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
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