NATE Russia 2018

The Сonvention is devoted to new educational developments and current trends in ESL/EFL teaching and learning in dynamically changing environments.

English language teaching professionals and scholars from around the world are invited to share ideas and best practices, explore the research, new developments and current trends in teaching EFL/ESL, and to enjoy networking and socializing.

The participants will receive certificates of participation.

CONVENTION MAIN TOPICS: 

  • Internationalization in Education
  • Technology in EFL Teaching and Learning
  • Testing, Evaluation and Assessment
  • Russian State Examinations (OGE and EGE): Expectations and Reality
  • Developing Critical Thinking Skills
  • Action Research in the Classroom
  • Teaching English to Young Learners
  • Inclusive Education Across Countries and Cultural Contexts
  • English for Professional Opportunities
  • Writing: Centers for Academic Excellence
  • Teaching Сross-Cultural Communication Skills
  • Distance and Blended Learning
  • Studies in Philology: Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies
  • Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language
  • CLIL: Empowering Students for the Future
  • Teaching English for Scientific and Academic Purposes

  • Learn the latest trends from the outstanding speakers
  • Benefit from networking with 600 attendees from all over the world
  • Pitch about your findings and ideas together with other Russian and foreign experts
  • Take part in exciting events like EL EXPO – 2018, PechaKucha, contests with valuable prizes
  • …and have fun in Samara!

 

EXPERTS

Svetlana Ter-Minasova

Professor

Lomonossov Moscow State University

Carolyn Westbrook

Associate Professor

Southampton Solent University

Elena Solovova

Professor

Higher School of Economics

Radislav Millrood

Professor

Tambov State Technical University

Johanna Stirling

Associate Trainer

Norwich Institute for Language Education

Marina Sternina

Professor

Voronezh State University

Karen Ottewell

PhD, Director of Academic Development & Training for International Students

University of Cambridge

Yulia Skugarova

Head of Representative Office

Cambridge University Press ELT

Ludmila Kozhevnikova

Assistant Professor

Samara University

Elena Bazanova

Director of Academic Writing Center

National University of Science and Technology “MISiS

Victoria Levchenko

Professor

Samara University

Svetlana Suchkova

Associate Professor

Higher School of Economics

Virginia Simmons

Specialist in Inclusive Education

Olga Mironova

Associate Professor

Minin University

Natalia Komissarova

Associate Professor

Russian State Social University

Kelli Odhuu

Regional English Language Officer

Department of State

Elena Kashina

Professor

Samara University

Marina Solnyshkina

Professor

Kazan Federal University

Svetlana Sannikova

Associate Professor

South-Ural State Humanitarian Pedagogical University

Ashley Squires

Director of the Writing and Communication Center

New Economic School

Peter Stepichev

Associate Professor

NATE Russia executive director

M. Sidury Christiansen

Assistant Professor

University of Texas

Akiva Weiss

English language fellow

ITMO University

Ludmila Gorodetskaya

Professor

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Phil Warwick

Teacher Trainer

Pearson

Anne-Kathrin Reck

Academic Skills Tutor

University of Portsmouth

Alla Nazarenko

Professor

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Andrzej Boguta

Pearson Central and Eastern Europe manager for Russia

Konrad Dejko

Teacher Trainer

Pearson

Neil Watson

Editor and Press Officer

The European Azerbaijan Society

 

18 – 20 APRIL – XXIV NATE CONVENTION:

  • 18 April – Opening Ceremony, Plenary Talks, ELT resources EXPO;
  • 19 April – Concurrent workshops and SIGs, All NATE Russia members meeting, ELT resources EXPO;
  • 20 April – Concurrent workshops and SIGs, ELT resources EXPO, Closing Ceremony
  • 21 – 22 APRIL – II ACADEMIC WRITING INSTITUTE

 

CONFERENCE VENUE

The Convention will be held  at the Samara National Research University, located in the heart of the Samara city centre.

Samara University is one of the leading Russian universities, highly-regarded not only in Russia but abroad. SU trains specialists in rocket and space engineering, aviation, radio electronics, metallurgy, the automotive industry, the information-and-communication industry, and other fields.

  • 18 April – The Сonvention will be held at 34, Moskovskoye shosse.
  • 19 and 20 April – The Сonvention will be held at 1, ul. Academica Pavlova.

 

CONTACTS

Telephone number: +7–917–144–94–34, +7–846–334–54–54

Email: nateconference2018@gmail.com

Web: nateconf.ru