2. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT/SUN
26 August 27 28 29 30 31/1 September
2 3 4 5 6 7/8
9 10 11 12 13 14/15
16 17 18 19 20 21/22
23 24 25 26 27 28/29
30 1 October 2 3 4 5/6
september 2013
OPEN HOUSE 16:00 – 17:20
Creating your
classroom community
Presenter: Tatiana
Casian, TRAIAN lyceum
14:00 – 15:00
Movie Session
School of Rock
With a follow-up
discussion
15:00 – 16:20
WEBINAR 11 Series
Grammar Sauce: spicing
up the Present Perfect
C.Chan & K. McCaughey
16:00 -17:20
10 easy usable
brainbreaks within
teaching English as a FL
Cristina Cernei, "Onisifor
Ghibu" TL, 1st Didactic
Degree, MaEP
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
Guest speaker: Aften
Blackwell
SOUTH CAROLINA
15:00 – 16:20
university lecturers are
invited for the workshop
Real English: authentic
EFL resource
D. Munca-Aftenev, ASEM
16:00-17:20
Web resources in
language learning
Liliana Nederita, G.
Calinescu lyceum
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
Topic: Music is my
passion
Guest speaker: Michael
Watts, PCV
15:00 – 16:20
WEBINAR 11 Series
Teaching Spoken English
with the color vowel
chart
Shirley Thompson
16:00-17:20
How to use a computer
to make your English
lessons interactive
Liliana Nederita, G.
Calinescu lyceum
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
Presenter: Sarah from
USA
MAINE
Advisory Board
meeting
HARD WORK is a two-way street, you GET BACK exactly what you put in!
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Events for professional development of the English
teachers from Moldova sponsored by the US Embassy
3. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT/SUN
30 September 1 October 2 3 4 5/6
7 8 9 10 11 12/13
14 15 16 17 18 19/20
21 22 23 24 25 26/27
28 29 30 31 1 November 2/3
4 5 6 7 8 9/10
october 2013
16:00-17:20
Pair Work Activities to
Involve Students in a
Creative Way
Guidea Larisa, SPU “I.
Creanga”, Chisinau
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
Call us for update
16:30 – 17:50
Debates
Women make better
teachers than men
Movie Session and follow
up discussion
9:00 – 10:30
Call us for update
15:00 – 16:20
WEBINAR
Discovering grammar
with consciousness-
raising tasks
Leif Erikson Day
16:00-17:20
What a wonderful world
(ready-made lesson for the
12th form)
Aliona Caraman, “A. Guzun”
lyceum, Anenii-Noi
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
Wedding traditions
around the world
Presenters: Julia
Moiseenko, Svetlana
Botnari, , English major
students
Columbus Day
Movie Session and follow
up discussion
9:00 – 10:30
Call us for update
15:00 – 18:00
Socratic questioning in
teaching English to
young learners
Marina Ambrosi, NGO
(refreshments provided)
16:00 – 17:20
Ready-made grammar lesson
Non-finite forms of the verb
Presenter: Elena Bagoeva,
P. Movila lyceum
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
Brands and Technology in
our everyday life
Presenters: V. Serjant, O.
Slobodeniuc, English major
students
16:30 – 17:50
Debates
There are no bad
children, only bad
parents
15:00 – 16:20
WEBINAR
ELLs building essays
from the ground up
Aaron Carlson
16:00 – 17:20
Motivational activities
for students coming
after holidays (Success)
Nelly Ceciui, P. Movila
lyceum
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
Influence of Computer
Games on Children
Presenter: Cristina Rusu,
English major student
15:00 – 18:00
The earlier – the better
Marina Ambrosi, NGO
(refreshments
provided)
Fall School
start at 8:20
Halloween
November 1
Fall School
November 2
Fall school
“A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.” -Knights of Pythagoras –
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ETRC events for professional development of the English
teachers from Moldova sponsored by the US Embassy
4. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT/SUN
28 October 29 30 31 1 November 2/3
4 5 6 7 8 9/10
11 12 13 14 15 16/17
18 19 20 21 22 23/24
25 26 27 28 29 30/1 December
november
2 3 4 5 6 7/8
2013
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
MY HOME STATE: Ohio
Presenter: Berkend Pura,
Peace Corp. Volunteer
15:00 – 16:20
WEBINAR
Incorporating green
themes into the
classroom
Debbie Cain
16:00-17:20
Telephone English
Presenter: Irina
Pomazanovschi, IRIM /ETRC
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
" Movies,serials and
cartoons"
Presenter: Kate
Coshelnaya, Eng major
student
15:00 – 18:00
Ambrosi Marina
16:00-17:20
How You Going, Mate? or
Welcome to Down Under
Presenter: Tamara Turcan,
American Resource Center
director
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
STREET ART
Presenter: Alina and
Marina, Eng major
students
15:00 – 16:20
WEBINAR
Activate: games fro
learning American
English
J. Hodgson & K.
McCaughey
16:00-17:20
“Nature Protection and
Environment” activities
for intermediate level
learners
Presenter: Irina
Pomazanovschi, IRIM
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
Movie Session : Guess
WHO?
14:00 – 15:20
Variants and Dialects of
English
Presenter: Patty Harlan,
Peace Corp Volunteer
Registration required!
16:00 – 17:20
Thanksgiving and (Native)
American Cuisine
Presenter: Natalia
Alhazov, Ph.D. in
Linguistics
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
Presidents' Day
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.” ― Bil Keane
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ETRC events for professional development of the English
teachers from Moldova sponsored by the US Embassy
5. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT/SUN
25 November 26 27 28 29 30/1 December
2 3 4 5 6 7/8
9 10 11 12 13 14/15
16 17 18 19 20 21/22
23 24 25 26 27 28/29
30 31 1 January 2 3 4/5
december 2013
9:00 – 11.:50
What makes Moldova
special? (workshop for
university lecturers)
Presenter: I. Pomazanovschi,
IRIM/ETRC
10:00 – 13:00
The earlier – the better
Presenter: Ambrosi
Marina
16:00 – 17:20
Oral Fluency and Speaking
Presenter: Carolina Andronic, ASEM
----
18:00 - National Philharmonic, Mitropolit
Varlaam str. 78
The U.S. Embassy in Chisinau is pleased to
present the Native Pride Dancers, a group
of American Indians
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
10:00 – 13:00
The earlier – the better
Presenter: Ambrosi Marina
13:10
Movie session
Ron Clark story
16:00 – 17:20
Conflict resolution games
as effective activities to
improve communication
Presenter: Vera Tabureanu,
Moldova State University
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
Winter Holidays and
Activities
Wright Brothers Day 10:00 – 13:00
The earlier – the better:
keys to success
Presenter: Ambrosi
Marina
16:00 – 17:20
Movies and Songs in
teaching English
Presenter: Cristina Macaev,
Elena Alistar High School
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
CRAFTS for the winter
holidays
Advisory Board
meeting
15:00-16:00
Christmas Day Closing the I
Semester
New Year Party
Vacation
New Year's Eve
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time
to pause and reflect.” ― Mark Twain
ETRC events for professional development of the English
teachers from Moldova sponsored by the US Embassy
6. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT/SUN
30 December 31 1 2 3 4/5
6 7 8 9 10 11/12
13 14 15 16 17 18/19
20 21 22 23 24 25/26
27 28 29 30 31 1/2 February
january
3 4 5 6 7 8/9
2014
15:00-16:20
Webinar series 12
Grammar sauce 2:
sweetening up gerunds
K. McCaughey, RELO,
Washington DC
16:00 – 17:20
Online courses for
continuous professional
development of the English
teachers
Presenter: T. Popa, lyceum
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
Holiday music
Guest speaker: M. Watts,
USA
15:00 – 17:00
Debates
14:00 – 15:30
Reading activities for eFL
classes
Alina Mardari, UPS “I. Creanga”
Registration required:
certified!
16:00 – 17:20
Singing about love (ready-
made lesson for the 12th
form)
Presenter: A. Caraman, , “A.
Guzun” lyceum, Anenii-Noi
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
Hollywood
Presenter: Trish
Ostrovsky, USA
15:00 – 17:00
Debates
15:00-16:20
Webinar series 12
Assessing and addressing
the needs of your
students
D. Lopez, ELT expert
16:00 – 17:20
Web 2.9 tools – to
enhance your teaching
Presenter: L. Nederita, ,
G. Calinescu lyceum
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
Movie Session
What a wonderful
world!
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ― Mark Twain
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Winter Vacation
ETRC events for professional development of the English
teachers from Moldova sponsored by the US Embassy
7. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT/SUN
27 January 28 29 30 31 1/2 February
3 4 5 6 7 8/9
10 11 12 13 14 15/16
17 18 19 20 21 22/23
24 25 26 27 28 1/2 March
february
3 4 5 6 7 8/9
2014
Seminar for university
teachers TBA later
Keep checking the
online schedule
16:00 – 17:20
Assessment of learning
(going beyond tests and
traditional written
assignments)
Presenter: Rick Breault,
Fulbright Scholar
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
Dreaming California
Presenter: Chanel
Reaves, USA, Peace Corp.
Volunteer
16:00 – 17:20
Using the arts to teach
other content areas.
Presenter: Rick Breault,
Fulbright Scholar
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
St. Valentine’s Day
Guest speaker: Rick
Breault, Fulbright Scholar
Family Day in Canada
ETRC Movie session:
Meet the parents
16:00 17:20
16:00 – 17:20
Ready-made lesson
ANIMAL WORLD
Presenter: Natalia Catana
Movila lyceum
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
Guest speaker:
Schnorbach
Phillip, Peace Corps.
Volunteers
9:30 – 10:50
Academic Writing and
Peer Response
presenter: Eve Smith,
English Language Fellow
16:00 – 17:20
Ready-made lesson
FAMILY
Presenter: Nelly Ceciui, P.
Movila lyceum
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
Guest speaker: TBA later
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will
never forget how you made them feel.” ― Maya Angelou
ETRC events for professional development of the English
teachers from Moldova sponsored by the US Embassy
8. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT/SUN
24 February 25 26 27 28 1/2 March
3 4 5 6 7 8/9
10 11 12 13 14 15/16
17 18 19 20 21 22/23
24 25 26 27 28 29/30
march
31 1 April 2 3 4 5/6
2014
14:50 – 16:10
Seminar for university lecturers
Exploring Vulnerability as a Trait of
Good Language Learner
Presenter: Eve Smith, Senior ELF, USA
Registration required: certified!
Movie Session
11:00 – 12:20
Ron Clark Story
Spring school
Beginning at 14:00
Spring school Spring school
16:00 – 17:20
Pre-reading and post-
reading activities
Presenter: Raisa Guidea,
PSU “I. Creanga”
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
Loyalty
Guest speaker: Michael
Watts, USA
Demonstrative lesson
IRIM
15:45
16:00 – 17:20
Folk Music: ready made lesson
for the VIII form.
Presenter: Aliona Arsene,
Lucian Blaga lyceum
Deadline for META conference
registration
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
16:00 – 17:20
Oxford and Stratford-upon-
Avon (ready-made lesson)
Presenter: Olga Temnicova,
Liviu Deleanulyceum
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
ETRC events for professional development of the English
teachers from Moldova sponsored by the US Embassy
9. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT/SUN
31 March 1 April 2 3 4 5/6
7 8 9 10 11 12/13
14 15 16 17 18 19/20
21 22 23 24 25 26/27
28 29 30 1 May 2 3/4
5 6 7 8 9 10/11
april 2014
12:00 – 13:00
Carnegie Program Presentation by
A. Kharlamov, ACCELS
16:00 – 17:20
Using poems in TEFL
Presenter: C. Cernei, O. Ghibu
lyceum
DAY OFF
ETRC will be closed
9:30 – 18:00
META conference
54 Pushkin street
16:00 – 17:20
Teaching Homonyms
Presenter:
I. Pomazanovschi, ETRC /
IRIM
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
Guest speaker: B. Pura,
PCV
“TRAVELING”
16:00 – 17:20
"Active Learning: Activities
to Foster Student
Engagement and Critical
Thinking“
Presenter: Peter Frank, USA
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
Guest speaker: B. Pura,
PCV
“Music in our Life”
Webinar series 13
15:00
Writing Effective Alternative
Assessments and Rubrics
Presenter: Dawn Bikowski
May 1st
16:00 – 17:20
Presenter:
TBA later
“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.” ― Mark Twain
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Easter Vacation Easter Vacation
10. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT/SUN
28 April 29 30 1 May 2 3/4
5 6 7 8 9 10/11
12 13 14 15 16 17/18
19 20 21 22 23 24/25
26 27 28 29 30 31/1 June
may
2 3 4 5 6 7/8
2014
Thursday Events
15:20 – 16:20
Progress of democratic education in Moldovan schools and
current school reform efforts
Presenter: Rick Breault, Fulbright, USA
16:00 – 17:20
Presenter:Veronica Diaconu, Ialoveni, Tim Schneider, PCV
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
16:00 – 17:20
Presenter: 14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
Webinar series 13
15:00
Activate: Games for Learning
American English Part 2
Presenters: Jennifer Hodgson
& Kevin McCaughey
16:00 – 17:20
Inspiring Ideas to End a
School Year
Presenter: I. Pomazanovschi,
ETRC / IRIM
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
16:00 – 17:20
Teaching English
sounds: challenges
and achievements
Presenter: Lilia Porubin,
Associate prof., IRIM
14:00 – 15:00
Discussion Club FACE
Webinar series 13
15:00
Easy Reading Activities
to Engage Students
Presenter: Serena Chu
15:30 – 16:30
Closing Ceremony
Handing in Certificates of
Participation in ETRC annual events
Presenters: I. Pomazanovschi, L.
Guzun, ETRC
“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.” ― Dr. Seuss
www.etrc.md
11. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT/SUN
26 May 27 28 29 30 31/1 June
2 3 4 5 6 7/8
9 10 11 12 13 14/15
16 17 18 19 20 21/22
23 24 25 26 27 28/29
30 1 July 2 3 4 5/6
june 2014
15:00 – 16:20
Lydia McKinley
"Early Childhood
Education - a look at the
United States and the
European Union"
Webinar series 13
15:00
Using Comics in the EFL
Classroom
Presenter: James
Whiting
Summer School
14.00 – 14.30
Opening Ceremony
Till 17:50
Summer School
14:00 – 17:20
Summer School
14:00 – 17:20
Summer School
14:00 – 17:20
Summer School
14:00 – 17:20
Webinar series 13
15:00
Reframing: The Power of
Positive Language
Presenter: Sally White
12. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT/SUN
30 June 1 July 2 3 4 5/6
7 8 9 10 11 12/13
14 15 16 17 18 19/20
21 22 23 24 25 26/27
28 29 30 31 1 August 2/3
4 5 6 7 8 9/10
july 2014
Training for university-level English teachers in Vadului-Voda
