Cambridge English Spring Seminar 2017_Programme

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Speaker Profiles
Peter Medgyes – Keynote Speaker
Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics and Language Pedagogy at
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Schoolteacher, teacher trainer, vice rector, deputy state secretary,
ambassador of Hungary and Vice President of IATEFL
Author of 40 books including The Non-native Teacher (1994,
winner of the Duke of Edinburgh Book Competition), The Language
Teacher (1997), Laughing Matters (2002), Golden Age: Twenty
Years of Foreign Language Education in Hungary (2011), Reflections
on Foreign Language Education (2015), The Non-native Teacher (3 rd
edition) (2017)
Professional interests: language policy, teacher education,
non-native English speaking teachers, humour research
John Potts
Working as an ELT professional, and teaching for Cambridge
exams, since 1979
Course Director of Cambridge CELTA and Delta teacher training
schemes at IH Baden
CELTA and Delta course tutor since 1983 and 1991 respectively
Assessor for CELTA worldwide from 1988 to 2016, and ex Joint
Chief Assessor
Author and co-author of ELT publications (CUP, Langenscheidt-
Longman)
Authorised presenter for Cambridge English since 1990
Working on school projects and training programmes in India
since 2002
Thom Kiddle
Director of Norwich Institute for Language Education
20 years’ experience teaching and training across 4 continents
Cambridge Delta; MA in Language Testing
Author of ‘Developing Digital Language Learning Materials’ (2014)
CELTA and Delta trainer and assessor; Cambridge Examiner
Academic Director of NILE Online programmes for language
teachers
Published in Applied Linguistics, Language Assessment Quarterly
and System journals
Former member of ELTJ editorial review board
Rob Dean
Worked as a teacher, Director of Studies and teacher trainer for ELT
Taught in Europe and South East Asia
Exam preparation, EAP and English for business and professional
purposes
Focuses on teaching with technology, language and culture and
task-based learning
Works as an independent teacher trainer and academic consultant
Delivers talks, workshops, seminars and online webinars
Julie Sladden
Worked as an English teacher in Poland and Italy
Was an Academic Director of a language school in the UK
Joined Cambridge English Language Assessment in 2008 as
Senior Assessment Manager developed a particular interest
in assessing reading through a Masters in Applied Linguistics
Oversaw the Cambridge English: Advanced reading paper
and its revision for 2015
Is involved with test development projects and chairs a
cross-product group on the assessment of reading
Roger Bourne
Group Director of Studies at The Cambridge Institute
since July 2013
Based in Zurich, responsible for teacher training, evaluation,
course design and lesson planning.
Deputy Director of Studies at The Cambridge Institute 2009
Cambridge English Oral Examiner since 2008
Teaching English as a second language since 2003
Before teaching worked in the property industry in the City of
London and previously to that was an Army officer.
Urs Kalberer
Over 25 years of experience teaching teenagers at Swiss lower
secondary schools
Preparing students for Cambridge exams (Key and Preliminary for
schools)
Experienced seminar, workshop and webinar presenter
ETAS Teacher Development Chair
MEd in English Language Teaching (University of Manchester)
Zoltán Rézműves
Began teaching in a secondary school in Budapest in 1990
1993 MA in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (ELTE
University of Budapest).
1999-2011 worked for Oxford University Press (OUP) as ELT editor
and project manager, later ELT Managing Editor for Central
Europe and Russia
Set up his own publishing services company, Consonant Kiadó
in 2012
Currently freelance ELT author, teacher trainer, editor and
consultant
Co-author of Achieve (OUP), Straight to Advanced (Macmillan)
and various secondary Workbooks
Author of Teacher’s Books for Project 4th edition (OUP), Ready for
Advanced (Macmillan), and Think (CUP)
Olha Madylus
Began teaching in a secondary state school in England
Has been involved in young learners' teaching for over 25 years
For the past 30 years has been a freelance consultant, materials
writer and trainer for local state and private language school
teachers (and trainers)
Lived and taught in Hong Kong, Venezuela and Greece and is
currently based in the UK
Focuses on both primary and secondary school children
John Page
From 2001 to 2013: teacher, teacher trainer and manager at
centres abroad and in the UK
Worked in South America for 5 years
Completed a Masters in Applied Linguistics in 2008 with focus on
the barriers faced by Arabic speakers when learning English in a
multi-cultural setting in the UK
Has a keen interest in how technology can be employed in
listening tests to raise task validity and improve candidate
experiences
Is Assessment Manager at Cambridge English Language
Assessment for IELTS, CAE and CPE Listening and CAE Reading &
Use of English Reading and Use of English with a particular focus
on Computer-based testing.