May 29, 2009
Posted by Board at 8:38am UTC
TESOL Macedonia - Thrace, Northern Greece would like to invite you to our Summer Event.
Venue: Study Space premises (Gounari Str. 21) 
Date: June 10, 2009 at 6:00 p.m.
Speakers:
- Sara Hannam, BA, CTEFLA, DELTA, M(Ed) ELT, PhD Candidate (Director English Unit, City College)
“Relaxation, Rejuvenation and Reflection: An English Teacher’s Summer Holiday”
“Public Speaking”
Biodata
Sara Hannam is the Director of the English Unit at City College and the Research Coordinator for Governance, Politics and Society (including research into language planning and teaching) at the South East European Research Centre.
she teaches English for Academic Purposes, as well as courses on “Language and Identity in Europe ” and is currently completing her PhD with the University of Sheffield, Dept of Education, in Language and Identity in Serbia.
Sara has just completed her three year term as Associates’ Representative for IATEFL International, and was Vice Chair of TESOL Macedonia-Thrace, Northern Greece from 2004-6.
She is also the co-founder of the Campaign for Birth Choices in Greece www.birthchoices.gr .
Sara has carried out a number of presentations for TESOL Macedonia Thrace including Using Music and Movies in ELT, Classroom Management and ELT, Accent Prejudice in ELT, Using Varieties of English in ELT, and Beauty, Society and ELT.
She also regularly presents at international conferences and publishes articles in different magazines and journals, both in Greece and abroad.
Email: hannam@city.academic.gr
Ellen Werter is an International Business Advisor, an International Mentor and Coach and a Trainer at SIC sales academy.
She is a trainer for Public Speaking, Communication and Sales.
Also she is active at Women NGO’s in Greece especially concerning their career, development and professionalism.
Immediately following the event there will be a wine-tasting kindly sponsored by Lagou Raxi.
Lagou Raxi is a Greek company based not far from the port of Volos and imports a quality wine selection from France and Italy.
www.lagouraxi.com
May 06, 2009
Posted by Board at 12:41pm UTC
VENUE: Capsis Hotel Thessaloniki, Greece
DATE: 31st October - 1st November, 2009
TITLE:
The Ever-changing World of Schooling
…the sky’s the limit
PLENARY SPEAKERS (in alphabetical order):
1. Gary Anderson (sponsored by Cambridge University Press)
2. Craig Huxley (sponsored by Express Publishing)
3. Philip Kerr (self-sponsored)
4. Penny Ur (self-sponsored)
May 03, 2009
Posted by Board at 11:08am UTC
The SEETA Community
South Eastern Europe Teachers’ Associations on-line community
Participant TAs: ELTA Albania _ BETA Bulgaria _ ELTAM FYROM _ TESOL M.TH. Northern Greece _ ETAI Israel _ ELTAM Montenegro _ IATEFL Poland _ RATE Romania _ ELTA Serbia _IATEFL Slovenia _ INGED Turkey
M A R I O R I N V O L U C R I
GUEST SPEAKER
IN THE 7th SEETA ON-LINE EVENT
DATES: 11th - 17th MAY 2009
VENUE: SEETA TEACHERS’ OPEN FORUM
TOPIC:
ABSURDITIES IN ELT:
WHAT HAVE YOU ALWAYS THOUGHT IS ABSURD IN EFL THINKING?
During this week in May I suggest one or two things which are fully accepted in EFL thinking, but which, on maturer consideration, strike me as deeply absurd. An example: we talk about “mother tongue” and “target language”. Can we, in one and the same breath, think of language as mother-given and as a target to be hit?
Central to this week will be the bits of EFL thinking that you point out are absurd. The discussion must not be confined to my bugbears, prejudices and lopsided furies!
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SEETA MOODLE PLATFORM
REGISTRATION PROCEDURE for the SEETA OPEN FORUM
1. Go to website: http://www.seeta.eu
2. Click on Login at the bottom of the page.
If you have already registered with SEETA, login and follow the link to the current fielded discussion.
Make sure you enrol to the course.
If this is your first time here, follow the instructions below.
3. Go to column Is this your first time here?, read the instructions and create a new account.
4. Select a username and password that will be easy for you to remember (and write them down somewhere), type your personal details and click on ‘create my new account’.
5. You will automatically receive a confirmation e-mail from the system at the e-mail address you gave. This usually takes only a few minutes. The title of the e-mail will be SEETA – South Eastern Europe Teachers Association: account confirmation. Please check your spam/junk mail because it may end up there.
6. Open the e-mail and follow the instructions in order to confirm your account – you will click on the link in the e-mail.
7. This page shows that your registration has been confirmed. Click on home.
8. On the SEETA home page, you will find information and a link to the current fielded discussion. Click on the link and enrol yourself as a member of this course, i.e. click ‘Yes’.
March 06, 2009
Posted by Board at 1:40pm UTC
The SEETA Community
South Eastern Europe Teachers’ Associations on-line community
Participant TAs: ELTA Albania _ BETA Bulgaria _ ELTAM FYROM _ TESOL M.TH. Northern Greece _ ETAI Israel _ ELTAM Montenegro _ IATEFL Poland _ RATE Romania _ ELTA Serbia _IATEFL Slovenia _ INGED Turkey
L U K E P R O D R O M O U
GUEST SPEAKER
IN THE 5th SEETA ON-LINE EVENT
DATES: 11th - 15th MARCH 2009
VENUE: SEETA TEACHERS’ OPEN FORUM
TOPIC: THE GOOD LANGUAGE TEACHER: WHAT DO WE KNOW - WHAT DO WE THINK?
Participants will be able to share their experiences of good teaching, whether language-teaching or any other kind of teaching. We will also look at any research data there is on the subject.
Luke would like potential participants to prepare for the discussion by conducting a very simple survey with their current classes. Ask students to take a slip of paper and complete these stem sentences in any way they wish:
1. The best teacher I ever had…
2. The worst teacher I ever had…
Explain that students can complete the stems with adjectives or an activity. For example: ‘…was very friendly’ or ‘…explained things clearly’.
You can carry out the survey with students of all ages, or friends and relatives and even your fellow teachers !!
Collect in the slips of paper.
In the Forum we can then share the results of these surveys and compare good teaching practice across cultures.
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SEETA MOODLE PLATFORM
REGISTRATION PROCEDURE for the SEETA OPEN FORUM
1. Go to website: http://community.britishcouncil.org/seeta/course/view.php?id=13
2. Go to column Is this your first time here?, read the instructions and create a new account.
3. Select a username and password that will be easy for you to remember (and write them down somewhere), type your personal details and click on create my new account.
4. You will automatically receive a confirmation e-mail from the system at the e-mail address you gave. This usually takes only a few minutes. The title of the e-mail will be The SEETA Community: account confirmation. Please check your spam/junk mail because it may end up there.
5. Open the e-mail and follow the instructions in order to confirm your account – you will click on the link in the e-mail.
6. When you click on the link your web browser will display the SEETA Open Forum page and you will be logged in. On the left hand side of the page at the top you will see a section entitled Administration. There are two things you should do.
7. The first is to enroll. This ensures that you receive e-mail from the Teachers Forum – there are not many of these – mainly announcements of upcoming events on the SEETA website.
8. You should also fill in your profile; this makes the discussion a bit more real as it helps make discussions a little less anonymous.
9. Now scroll down the page – about halfway down you will find information and a link to the current fielded discussion. Click on the link to visit the page. Once again, you will need to enroll – this is necessary to take part in discussions, etc. You can unenroll at any time by simply clicking a link.
