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British Council ELT Conference, 18 - 19 February 2005
This third British Council ELT conference attracted 30 speakers and 150 participants from 13 European countries and from all over Germany. Panel discussions, talks, workshops and lunch, coffee breaks and dinners on a more informal level offered a platform for discussing the concept of intercultural learning, sharing best practice in the teaching of it, reflecting on its 'assessability' and informing on how it is best integrated into teacher training.

A conference report will be available in late spring.




A European conference for trainers, teachers and policy makers working in intercultural learning.

Conference strands:
• teaching and learning – resources and strategies
• evaluation of intercultural learning
• teacher training and intercultural learning

Below you can see the conference programme. Click on the speaker's name to read the abstract and biodata.

Timetable Thursday 17 February

Time

Events

From
16.00 on

Registration

19.00

Pre-conference reception

20.00

Dinner

21.30

James Banner, video workshop Principles of English Comedy


Timetable Friday 18 February

Time

Events

8.15

Arrival and registration

9.15

Opening

10.00

Panel discussion: "Looking for third places": definitions and directions

Alan Pulverness, Simon Greenall, Nick Wadham-Smith,

Anke Fedrowitz, Malgorzata Zdybiewska-Garbacik

11.00

Refreshments and networking

 

Sub-themes

 

1

1

2

3

11.30

Simon Greenall

John Corbett

Tim Lewis

Karin Vogt

12.30

Lunch, networking and exhibitions

14.00

Chris Rose


Q&A or early finish

Ruth Cherrington

Q&A or early finish

Dave Allan

Sylvia Fehling

15.30

Refreshments and networking

16.00-17.00

Maria del Carmen Mendez Garcia

Anke Fedrowitz

Hermann-Günter Hesse

Helga Dreher/ Adelheid Kierepka

17.10-18.10

James Banner

Neva Cebron

Evaluation discussion, facilitator Dave Allan

Dennis Newson

 

19.00-20.15

Dinner

From 20.30

Cultural event

 


Timetable Saturday 19 February

Time

Events

 

Sub-themes

  1 1 2 3

9.00

Barry Tomalin

Q&A or early finish

Malgorzata Zdybiewska-
Garbacik

Q&A or early finish

Elena Tarasheva

Gabriele Linke

10.30

Refreshments and networking

11.00

Alan Pulverness

Genevieve Grace

Chris Cullen

Petra Delf

Q&A or early finish

12.30

Lunch, networking and exhibitions

13.45

Anna Gonerko-Frej

Liana Gherdan

Gabriela Fellmann

Richard Bolt

14.45

Closing panel discussion

Bernd Voss , Maria del Carmen Mendez Garcia, Chris Rose, Dave Allan

15.45

Refreshments and final networking opportunity

16.15/30

Depart

 

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