Hey, there! My name is Anya and I'm an English teacher from Russia. I'm really passionate about using books in the lessons and everything connected to that topic. So last year I decided to hold a free conference 'It's all about books' and it went really well. You can watch it here https://pruffme.com/landing/u457639/tmp1545033630 and here
https://pruffme.com/landing/u457639/tmp1545032832
This year the conference is all about storytelling and I hope there will be more teachers from around the world interested in this event. Join in!
You can contact me here https://vk.com/englishmannia or here. https://www.instagram.com/anya_english_teacher/
Meet the speakers:
11:15 - 11:55 Svetlana Markova 'Props for storytelling with primary and pre-primary students - how to create Storyfiles with kids'
Svetlana is an EFL teacher (CAE, TKT certificates), the founder of 'English for kids' VK-community with almost 70 000 subscribers https://vk.com/spkid and of Meridian English school in Saint-Petersburg. She has 10 years of experience in teaching.
12:00 - 12:40 Martin Johnston 'Make it Memorable'. The talk is about how to make words memorable so that we can remember them.
Martin is an English teacher from England who teaches at International House Palermo in Italy. He has a podcast called Rock n Roll English https://rocknrollenglish.com/ which is aimed at helping students from all round the world with their English. You can find him on social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rocknrollenglish/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rocknrollenglish/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/rocknrollenglish
12:40 - 13:20 Galina Vishnyakova 'Top 7 storytelling resources'. Storytelling is one of the most effective ways to teach YL to speak as it develops both receptive and productive skills. Picture books encourage and motivate YL to learn English. However, do we need to use Picture books only to teach YL to tell the stories. In this session, we are going to have a look at the most interesting storytelling Resources that make your lessons fabulous and productive.
Galina is a Language school owner, TKT YL certified teacher, regular speaker at conferences, 'English' magazine writer.
13:30 - 14:10 Irina Malinina 'Off-the-Cuff Stories: Visualising and Creative Writing'.
Irina is an English teacher with more than 25 years of experience; Delta; MA in English Literature at Northumbria (in progress) MATSDA conference presenter; teacher trainer (NILE)
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14:10 - 14:50 Ekaterina Stashevskaya 'Starting Storytelling with Teens: Beginner's Storytelling Kit'
Ekaterina is an English teacher (City&Guilds (C2), TKT (Modules 1-3, Band 4); teacher trainer; the founder of PRO English community for teachers with more than 30 000 subscribers https://vk.com/proenglishteachers