The American Center in Moscow and the English Language Office are inviting practicing and aspiring English language teachers to English Language Teaching Week on October 21-25, 2019. ELT Week at AMC is a week of daily lectures and workshops from ELT specialists on various aspects of teaching English as a foreign language. The topics covered will include teaching English through video, teaching speaking, teaching academic writing, EMI (English as a Medium of Instruction), and creating an online EL course.

On October 22 at 5-6 pm, you are invited to a workshop on teaching speaking in the EFL classroom by an English langauge specialist Vera Bobkova.

What to expect?

• Some theory on teaching Speaking
• A lot of actual speaking (semi-controlled and free practice)
• Only student-tested tasks, the ones that worked. Levels A2-B2
• Tips on where to find resources for Speaking lesson preparation
• Materials and ideas that you can use in your next class
• A lot of communication with wonderful colleagues   

About the instructor:

Vera Bobkova

• Practicing teacher (Golden Section, New School)
• Access program coordinator (US Department of State)
• British Council teacher trainer, 2008-2016
• Fulbright alumna with two years of experience of teaching Russian as a foreign language, USA and the UK
• Speaker at IATEFL, eMerging Forums, Trendy English conferences

Schedule of ELT Week events:

October 21 (Monday) at 6-7:30 pm: Workshop: Motivating Teens: Video in the EFL Classroom by Irina Kostyukovich, British Council teacher-trainer since 1998

October 22 (Tuesday) at 5-6 pm: Workshop: Say Something! Teaching Speaking by Vera Bobkova, Access program coordinator

October 22 (Tuesday) at 6-7:30 pm: Lecture: What do English as a Medium of Instruction teachers need to know about language? by Ann Mabbott, English Language Specialist (English Language Office)

October 23 (Wednesday) at 5:00-6:30 pm: Workshop: Academic Writing + Rhetorical Analysis by Leticia Medina, English Language Fellow (English Language Office)

October 24 (Thursday) at 5:30-7:30 pm: Workshop: Backwards Course Design

October 25 (Friday) at 5-6:30 pm: Seminar: Theory and Practice of Online Course Design by Vladimir Mikhailov, Moscow Pedagogical State University

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