34th Annual ConferenceANDAGMProgramme and Invitation

Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st January 2018Berufs- und Weiterbildung Zofingen,

Bildungszentrum (BZZ), Strengelbacherstrasse 27, 4800 Zofingen

ETAS ISSUES4 ETAS Organisation5 ETAS Administration 9 Nominations to the ETAS Executive Committee 2018 2021

CONFERENCE ISSUES6 Programme8 AGM invitation and agenda

10 Plenaries12 Lunch menus13 Overview of all workshops18 Workshop descriptions30 Speakers' biographical information

SUPPORT ISSUES12 Sponsors34 Book exhibitors

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS

CONTENTS

2 Oxford7 Cambridge English Exams 8 Le Petit Bookshop

35 TLC International House36 Flying Teachers

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ETAS 34th Annual Conference and AGM Programme and Invitation

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEPRESIDENT g Sue Wood g pres@e-tas.chVICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY g Kelly Sovilla g vpres@e-tas.ch PAST PRESIDENT g JoAnn Salvisberg g past-pres@e-tas.ch NATIONAL COORDINATOR g Antoinette Breutel-ODonoghue g natco@e-tas.chNATIONAL EVENTS CHAIR g Choreanne Frei g natev@e-tas.chPUBLICATIONS CHAIR g Helena Lustenberger g publ@e-tas.chPUBLIC RELATIONS CHAIR g Emilia Siravo g pure@e-tas.chTEACHER DEVELOPMENT CHAIR g Urs Kalberer g tede@e-tas.chTREASURER g Florian Gantenbein g trea@e-tas.chWEB CHAIR g Martina Lazaro g wech@e-tas.ch

REGIONAL COORDINATORS (RCs)BADEN g Caroline Rickli and Melissa Weaver g baden@e-tas.chBASEL g Guadalupe Salazar g basel@e-tas.chBERN/NEUCHTEL g Ben Hoyt g bern@e-tas.chCENTRAL SWITZERLAND g VacantGENEVA g Karen Greaney and Rachael Harris g geneva@e-tas.chGRAUBNDEN g VacantSOLOTHURN/OLTEN g VacantST. GALLEN g Karen Kerley g st.gallen@e-tas.chTICINO g Nicole Jaks g ticino@e-tas.chVALAIS g Cathy Grard g valais@e-tas.chVAUD g Sharon Acton-Dagaudenzi and Sonia Vanyan Spenlehauer g vaud@e-tas.chZRICH/WINTERTHUR g Choreanne Frei and Angela Mercado g zuri-winti@e-tas.ch

ETAS AGM ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Big thanks to Annegret, Coco, Dawn and local volunteers.

ETASOrganisation

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(Office and Library)

Annegret RichmondIm Hubel 36210 Sursee

Tel: +41 (0)24 420 32 54Fax: +41 (0)24 420 32 57

email: office@e-tas.chwebsite: www.e-tas.ch

Phone hours:Monday: 8.30 11.30Wednesday: 8.30 11.30 and 13.30 16.30

PUBLISHER:ETAS English Teachers Association, Switzerland

PROGRAMME:ETAS National Events ChairETAS AGM Organising Committee

GRAPHIC DESIGN:Sumners Graphics

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Bildungszentrum Zofingen (BZZ) in Zofingen

Saturday08.30 09.15 Registration, coffee and book exhibition09.15 09.30 Welcome: Sue Wood, ETAS President09.30 10.30 Opening Plenary John Hughes: Personalisation

in an impersonal world(sponsored by National Geographic Learning)

10.30 10.45 Information10.45 11.45 Workshops Session A11.45 13.00 Lunch and book exhibition13.00 14.00 Workshops Session B14.15 15.15 Workshops Session C15.15 15.45 Coffee and book exhibition15.45 16.45 AGM17.00 18.00 Closing Plenary Dave Allan: Bringing LOLA to life:

delivering Learning Oriented Language Assessment at national, regional and local levels(sponsored by NILE, Norwich Institute for Language Education)

Followed by Apro

Sunday09.00 09.30 Registration, coffee and book exhibition09.30 10.30 Opening Plenary Daniel Xerri: Supporting Teacher-Researchers

Through the Development of Research Literacy(sponsored by the University of Malta)

10.30 11.00 Coffee and book exhibition11.00 12.00 Workshops Session D12.00 13.15 Lunch and book exhibition13.15 14.15 Workshops Session E14.30 15.30 Closing Plenary Mike Hogan:

8 Success Factors for Learning Design(sponsored by Cornelsen Schweiz AG)

15.30 Closing words from the President and official end of the Annual Conference and AGM

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You are cordially invited to attend the ETAS 34th Annual General Meeting on Saturday, 20th January 2018, at 15.45.

Agenda1. Welcome

2. Approval of the agenda

3. Approval of the minutes of the 33rd AGM in Zrich, published on theETAS website (https://www.e-tas.ch/annual-reports-and-agm-documents)

4. Annual Report, 2017 Sue Wood, President

5. Financial Report, 2016-2017 - Florian Gantenbein, Treasurer

6. Auditor's Report

7. Discharge of executive committee

8. Approval of membership fees (revised AGM 2014)

9. Approval of the budget for the new fiscal year (2017 2018)

10. Election of executive committee members:a. Publications Chair

Helena Lustenberger, nominatedb. Teacher Development Chair

Jayne Kyte, nominated11. 2020 Vision 12. Any other business

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Nominations

POSITION NOMINEEProfessional Development Chair Jayne KytePublications Chair Helena Lustenberger

Professional Development Chair: Jayne Kyte Jayne has had an extensive career in ELT which began in 1990 in Basel. After 18 years at thechalk face, Jayne undertook a new challenge and represented OUP in Switzerland, first as areamanager, and then as Senior ELT Consultant. She recently trained to become a CELTA tutor withAcademia in Basel, and is currently Assistant Course Tutor on both the full-time and part-timecourse, as well as working with Cambridge St. Gallen on an upcoming part-time course. Jaynepreviously held the positions of RC for Basel, National Events Chair and Vice President of ETASand is keen to put her extensive experience to good use in the position of ProfessionalDevelopment Chair.

Jayne has been nominated by Urs Kalberer and seconded by Sue Wood.

PUBLICATIONS CHAIR: Helena LustenbergerSnice March, Helena has taken over the position of Publications Chair. She began contributingbook reviews to ETAS Journal before becoming Book Reviews Editor and member of thePublications team in early 2013. She is known to readers of the ETAS Journal through her 'At A Glance' column. She has also served ETAS as Sponsorship Coordinator on the NationalEvents team and enjoys the social and cultural benefits of belonging to an organisation such as ETAS, and especially the Publications team.

She is British and studied English, French, and Philosophy and then Business Administration. After some years working in Marketing and then running a business, Helena has been an English teacher and member of ETAS for over 25 years. Helena has extensive experience inteaching adults up to tertiary level and in translating, and is particularly interested in CLIL.

Helena has been nominated by Caroline Grnig-Manton and seconded by Ceres Pioquinto.

Nominations to the ETAS Executive Committee 20182021

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PlenariesSaturday opening plenaryJohn Hughes Personalisation in an impersonal worldSponsored by National Geographic Learning

Personalisation in the classroom is always considered desirable but in reality, its often hard toachieve. As teachers, we try to personalise the language, but this can be challenging in largerclasses. There is also a delicate balance between asking students to personalise language andasking them to say too much about their real lives. Finally, if we want to use texts, videos andimages which bring real-life topics into the classroom, we need to find personal connectionsbetween the individual student and global issues. In this presentation, Ill explore these issuesand share a variety of practical techniques and activities which bridge the gaps between the individual, the language and the wider world.

John Hughes is an award-winning ELT author with over 30 titles including course books for studentsand methodology resources for teachers. His books for National Geographic Learning include Life,Spotlight on First, Practical Grammar, Success with BEC Vantage and Total Business. In his 25-yearcareer, he has taught students from all over the world and still teaches part-time with a voluntary organization. He has managed departments of Business English and Teacher Training and has lectured on ELT materials writing and critical thinking at Oxford University. He regularly writes for the blog National Geographic Learning Infocus and also blogs at www.elteachertrainer.com.

Saturday closing plenaryDave Allan Bringing LOLA to life: delivering Learning Oriented Language Assessment at national, regional and local levelsSponsored by NILE (Norwich Institute for Language Education)

This plenary talk will present a 5-year transnational collaborative project to deliver a new kind of assessment. NILE worked with an Austrian partner, CEBS, to make real a new concept forassessment in school contexts, the design and delivery of national language tests with both summative and formative purposes, combining system diagnosis at national level with innovative feedback to institutions, teachers and learners. The tests were linked to the CEFR,covering both receptive and productive skills, and made extensive use of digital modes of delivery. The talk will focus on the instruments and tasks developed so as to achieve both high levels of inter-rater reliability and extensive formative feedback.

Dave Allan is the Founding Director of NILE, the Norwich Institute for Language Education, one of the UKs premier teacher training and CPD providers, where over 40,000 teachers have been trained,including hundreds from Switzerland. Dave himself is a regular visitor to Switzerland, having workedwith Swiss teachers for almost all his working life, and has been a regular speaker at ETAS eve