International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language in Poland
Stowarzyszenie Nauczycieli Języka Angielskiego w Polsce
IATEFL POLAND
Rybnik, 10th December 2008

Dear Colleagues,

What about continuing our tradition and going away together again for
the FORTY-THIRD IATEFL SILESIAN MEETING in a form of a mini-conference?

Great workshops and fun promised!

Place: USTROŃ, D.W. “PRZODOWNIK”, ul. Jelenica 49 http://www.ustron.wizja.net/mapa/index.html?NazwaMiejsca=Ośrodek%20Wczasowy%20Przodownik


Date: 7th/8th February 2009

Number of participants: 22 (FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED !!!) – due to the accommodation booked

Cost (registration fee + accommodation + 3 meals + coffee/tea breaks):
70,00 PLN for IATEFL PL members
90,00 PLN for non-members

The rest paid by IATEFL PL

Our guest speaker/presenter is MARIANNE RAYNAUD* from Grenoble, France who will lead us through and give fantastic lesson tips on:

TEACHING THE ENGLISH OUR STUDENTS NEED AND WANT!

This professional development session for ESL teachers will be devoted to "reviewing basic
notions", "improving speaking skills" and "promoting creativity". If time permits we will also
deal with "evaluation of oral expression". Hands-on training will enable participants to
experience exercises from the student's point of view in order to implement them directly into
their own programs. A twenty-page handout of ready-to-use-in-the classroom materials will
be furnished, and electronic files of exercises will be made available on request. Films from
an educational DVD with students interacting in class will be used to demonstrate activities.
Films, written, directed and produced by students will also be shown. References to
worthwhile Web sites will complete this two-day program.

*Marianne Raynaud taught twenty-four years at France's largest technological university,
INPG, winning the prestigious Palmes Académiques for innovations in teaching ESL.
She founded www.QualityTime-ESL.com to help emerging teachers and others looking for
more effective ways of teaching foreign languages. She airs two podcasts series Better
Speaking Skills and Your English on iTunes and conducts TESOL workshops internationally.
Marianne has written QualityTime-ESL:
The Digital Resource Book, which provides an extensive toolbox with more than 1,500 files
of teaching materials from which teachers can freely choose. Marianne is especially
interested in individualizing teaching, helping students enjoy lab work and writing exercises
that correspond to student needs. She has done considerable work on student films-a means of
bringing out the creative side in ESL learners. A resident of France, she identifies as a citizen
of the world. Marianne is the present coordinator of TESOL France-Grenoble.

All teachers wishing to join IATEFL Poland are required to pay the annual membership fee, which is 75,00 PLN for the year 2009, membership of one of the SIGs included. The membership fee can be sent to me, your rep. or send to the IATEFL Pl account (see www.iatefl.org.pl) - don’t forget to give all your details and also to inform me.

The mini-conference registration deadline is 10th January 2009. You can do it by phone (032)4224210 (in the evenings) or e-mail danrur@tlumacz.rybnik.pl . As the number of participants is limited, after being accepted you will have to pay in advance.
(I will give the details of payment to you then).

With best wishes

Danuta Rurańska
Górny Śląsk Region representative

Adres korespondencyjny IATEFL Poland:
Biuro Iatefl Pl
Skr.poczt. 54
62-028 Koziegłowy


http://www.iatefl.org.pl