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32nd Annual
ConferenceANDAGMProgramme and Invitation
Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th January 2016
Kantonsschule Zürich Nord, Zürich-Oerlikon

03 ETAS 32nd Annual Conference and AGM • Zurich
ETAS 32nd Annual Conference and AGM Programme and Invitation
ETAS ISSUES
4 ETAS Organisation
4 ETAS AGM Organising Committee
5 ETAS Administration
10 Nominations to the ETAS Executive Committee 2016 – 2019
CONFERENCE ISSUES
7 Programme
8 Friday Evening Event
9 AGM Invitation and Agenda
12 Plenaries
14 Lunch menus
18 Registration information
21 Registration form
22 Overview of all workshops
26 Workshop descriptions
38 Speakers' biographical information
ZURICH ISSUES
15 Travel to Zurich: How to find the Conference
16 Hotel information
17 Map of Zurich with locations
SUPPORT ISSUES
13 Raffle
13 Sponsors
42 Book Exhibitors
INDEX OF ADVERTISERS
CONTENTS
Cambridge English Languages GmbH 17
Cambridge English Examinations Centre Winterthur 28
Cambridge English Examinations Geneva 20
Cambridge University Press 40
Flying Teachers 2
Macmillan Education 6
Migros Schools 14
Oxford University Press 43
TLC International House Zürich-Baden 44

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THE COMMITTEE
PRESIDENT g JoAnn Salvisberg g pres@e-tas.ch
VICE PRESIDENT AND PUBLIC RELATIONS CHAIR g Peach Richmond g vpres@e-tas.ch
PAST PRESIDENT g Ann Humphry-Baker g past-pres@e-tas.ch
MEMBERSHIP g Anel Aubert g memb@e-tas.ch
NATIONAL COORDINATOR g Annette Leimer g natco@e-tas.ch
NATIONAL EVENTS CHAIR g Sue Wood g natev@e-tas.ch
PUBLICATIONS CHAIR g Julie Mangold g publ@e-tas.ch
SECRETARY g Catherine Shultis g secr@e-tas.ch
TEACHER DEVELOPMENT CHAIR g Urs Kalberer g tede@e-tas.ch
TREASURER g Raymond Rogers g trea@e-tas.ch
WEB CHAIR g Hansjoerg Stieger g wech@e-tas.ch
REGIONAL COORDINATORS (RCs)
BADEN g Caroline Rickli g baden@e-tas.ch
BASEL g Katharina Hegy and Antoinette Breutel O’Donoghue g basel@e-tas.ch
BERN/NEUCHÂTEL g Alessia Pratka and Annina Ochsenbein g bern@e-tas.ch
CENTRAL SWITZERLAND g Susanne Oswald and Annette Dober g
central-switzerland@e-tas.ch
GENEVA g Karen Greaney and Rachael Harris g geneva@e-tas.ch
GRAUBÜNDEN g Vacant
SOLOTHURN/OLTEN g Sue Nikles g solothurn@e-tas.ch
ST. GALLEN g Liudmila Viaroukina g st.gallen@e-tas.ch
TICINO g Nicole Jaks and Meghan Jones g ticino@e-tas.ch
VALAIS g Cathy Gérard g valais@e-tas.ch
VAUD g Ruth Benvegnen and Lucy Kottsieper g vaud@e-tas.ch
ZÜRICH/WINTERTHUR g Sue Wood and Choreanne Frei g zuri-winti@e-tas.ch
ETAS AGM ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Pamela Betschen g ETAS Administrator
Choreanne Frei g Sponsoring
Cathy Gérard g Managing Editor
Janet Joos g Proof-reading
Alice Knöpfel g Book Exhibition Coordinator
Elsbeth Mäder g Registration
Dawn Wenger g Registration / Room Allocations
Sue Wood g National Events Chair
Christina Workman g Speaker Hospitality, Room Allocations
ETAS 32nd Annual Conference and AGM • Zurich 04

(Office and Library)
Pamela Betschen
Les Murailles 2
CH-2037 Montezillon
Tel: +41 (0)24 420 32 54
Fax: +41 (0)24 420 32 57
email: office@e-tas.ch
website: www.e-tas.ch
Phone hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
8.30 – 11.30
PUBLISHER:
ETAS English Teachers Association, Switzerland
PROGRAMME:
ETAS National Events Chair
ETAS AGM Organising Committee
GRAPHIC DESIGN:
Sumners Graphics
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Kantonsschule Zürich Nord, Zürich-Oerlikon
Saturday 23rd January 2016
09.00 – 09.45 Registration, tea / coffee and croissants, Book Exhibition
09.45 – 10.00 Welcome, JoAnn Salvisberg, ETAS President
10.00 – 11.00 Keynote Address by Jane Revell (sponsored by Helbling Languages)
Getting older… and wiser?
11.00 – 11.15 General information
11.15 – 12.45 Lunch / Book Exhibition
13.00 – 14.30 Workshops Session A (60 or 90 minutes)
14.30 – 15.00 Tea / coffee and Book Exhibition
15.00 – 16.00 Workshops Session B (60 minutes)
16.15 – 17.30 AGM
17.45 – 18.45 Closing Plenary by Claudia Ferradas (sponsored by NILE / ETAS)
Communicating across cultures: encounters in the ‘contact-zone’
Followed by Apéro Riche
Sunday 24th January 2016
09.00 – 09.30 Registration, tea / coffee and croissants, Book Exhibition
09.30 – 10.30 Keynote Address by Paul Dummett
(sponsored by Cengage / National Geographic Learning)
Finding your voice
10.30 – 10.45 Short coffee break
10.45 – 12.15 Workshops Session C (60 or 90 minutes)
11.45 – 13.15 Lunch / Book Exhibition
13.30 – 14.30 Workshops Session D (60 minutes)
14.30 – 14:45 Closing words from the President
14.45 Official End of the Annual Conference and AGM
Programme
ETAS 32nd Annual Conference and AGM

This year, we are organising a tour of the
old town of Zurich in the form of a ghost walk:
“Ghost Walk of Zurich. Have a scream on the
city’s most spirited guided tour”
Zurich may not have been home to the infamously famous Jack the Ripper,
but wrap up warm for some chilling stories on a cold winter evening.
When? Friday 22nd January 2016
Where? Beginning and ending at Paradeplatz (next to the Savoy Hotel / Grieder fountain),
starting at 18.30. The tour lasts approximately 70 minutes and takes place in any weather,
so wrap up warm!
How to sign up?
Places are limited, so please email Choreanne Frei at zuri-winti@e-tas.ch by 18th January,
providing the following information:
• Your name
• Whether you would like to join the tour
• Whether you will attend the restaurant dinner
We look forward to welcoming you to Zurich and spending an enjoyable and relaxing
evening together.
Friday Evening Event

You are cordially invited to attend the ETAS 32nd Annual General Meeting
on Saturday, 23rd January 2016, at 16.15
Agenda
1. Welcome
2. Approval of the Agenda
3. Approval of the Minutes of the 31st AGM in Bern, printed in the Spring Journal 2015, page 16
4. Annual Reports
Web Chair, Hansjoerg Stieger
Treasurer, Raymond Rogers
Teacher Development Chair, Urs Kalberer
Secretary, Catherine Shultis
Public Relations Chair and VP, Peach Richmond
Publications Chair, Julie Mangold
National Events Chair, Sue Wood
National Coordinator, Annette Leimer
Membership Chair, Anel Aubert
President, JoAnn Salvisberg
5. Auditor’s Report
6. Approval of the Budget for the new Fiscal Year (2015 – 2016)
7. Election of Committee Members: Membership Chair, Publications Chair,
Public Relations Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Web Chair
8. Any other business
9. ‘Free membership’ draw for all contributors to the ETAS Journal during 2015
AGM Invitation and Agenda
ETAS 32nd Annual Conference and AGM

POSITION NOMINEE
Membership Chair Anel Aubert
Publications Chair Julie Mangold
Public Relations Chair Neil Bullock
Secretary Kelly Sovilla
Treasurer vacant
Web Chair Martina Lazaro
MEMBERSHIP CHAIR: Anel Aubert
After having studied English linguistics at Moscow State University, Anel took up French
language courses and started working as a teacher and translator. She is now teaching ELT and
FLE (French as foreign language) in Lausanne and is about to start working as a teacher trainer.
She got her SVEB in 2009 and did the CELTA course in IH London in 2012. While now working
towards her DELTA, she also participates in many MOOCs (massive open online courses) at
Coursera.org and other online platforms.
At the moment, Anel is interested in all aspects of technology use in the classroom, from
IWBs to mobile applications and voting systems. In the future, she would like to specialise
in e-learning and / or data visualisation.
Anel has been nominated by Fay Rogers and seconded by Raymond Rogers.
PUBLICATIONS CHAIR: Julie Mangold
Julie has been an English teacher and ETAS member since 2009, a Journal contributor since
2010 and an Editorial Board member since early 2012. Julie’s main area of teaching interest is
Exam preparation courses, but she also enjoys teaching young learners and adults in general.
Julie completed a Master of Education in Workplace and Adult Learning with a specialization in
English Language Teaching from the University of Calgary in 2011. She also earned a certificate
in Teaching and Training Adults, a BA Honours in Communications and French from the
University of Ottawa, and completed the CELTA program. Julie believes in lifelong learning and
skills upgrading as cornerstones to continuing professional development. Originally from
Toronto, Canada, Julie lives in Solothurn with her Swiss husband, two young children and
precocious Border Terrier.
Julie has been nominated by Val Safai and seconded by Helena Lustenberger.
Nominations
Nominations to the ETAS Executive Committee 2016 – 2019

PUBLIC RELATIONS CHAIR: Neil Bullock
Neil has been an English teacher for 13 years, principally in Business English and, more
recently, specialising in the aviation world. An ETAS member since 2006, Neil has recently
completed a second MA (with Merit) in Applied Linguistics, and is also involved in rater
training, test development and exam administration on behalf of the Swiss Federal Office of
Civil Aviation. Additionally, he works as an aviation English teacher and ELPAC examiner for
the air traffic control organisation, Skyguide. Other than his ETAS activities, including his role
as TEASIG Coordinator, he serves as a committee member of IATEFL TEASIG (responsible for
webinars) and is a member of ALTE, IATEFL (ESP SIG) and the International Civil Aviation
English Association.
Neil has been nominated by Urs Kalberer and seconded by Sue Wood.
SECRETARY: Kelly Sovilla
Kelly grew up in sunny California and now calls Bern, Switzerland home. She currently teaches
Business English and exam preparation courses at the Bildungszentrum Emme, (bzemme) in
Burgdorf. She has a BA in Business Administration, a CA Teaching Credential and a CELTA
certificate and has been teaching a variety of age groups in private and state institutions
over the past 28 years in the United States and Europe. Kelly has been a member of ETAS
since 2011.
Kelly has been nominated by JoAnn Salvisberg and seconded by Catherine Schultis.
WEB CHAIR: Martina Lazaro
Martina graduated from Potsdam University (Germany) in languages and economics with
a “Magistra Artium” degree in 1997, gaining her first professional experience in the
marketing and PR sector.
In order to combine family life and professional career, she left the PR / marketing sector in
2000 to start a teaching career. Since then she has been working as a part-time teacher of
German, English and Russian. In 2009 she obtained the Federal PET Diploma from SVEB
(level 2) and in 2013, the diploma as a qualified teacher of Swiss vocational schools from
SFIVET. She is currently teaching English and German at the Public Commercial School CPC
in Locarno / Ticino.
Martina grew up in the former German Democratic Republic and has been living in Switzerland
since 1998. Her interests include using new technology in the classroom, running, figure
skating and her family.
Martina has been an ETAS member since 2009.
Martina has been nominated by Hansjoerg Stieger and seconded by Cindy Stieger.

Saturday Keynote Address (60 minutes)
Jane Revell • Getting older … and wiser?
Sponsored by Helbling Languages
The aim of this plenary is to make you think a little, make you laugh a little, and leave you with
some ideas to take away and use both inside and outside the classroom. We will experience
stories, poems and anecdotes that relate to different stages of life and provide interesting food
for thought for people of all ages.
Jane has been involved in English language teaching for over forty years. She has taught English
and trained teachers all over the world. She has also written many ELT books, most recently a
new adult course for Helbling Languages. She has also written children’s stories and BBC radio
and video material.
She is a certified international NLP trainer and a qualified Pilates instructor.
Saturday Closing Plenary (60 minutes)
Claudia Ferradas • Communicating across cultures:
encounters in the “contact zone”
Sponsored by NILE / ETAS
One of the central concerns of foreign language learning is how to communicate our fluid
identities in languages used to express worldviews different from our own. In a context of growing
intercultural communication, reading and responding to “contact literature” (creative texts in which
cultures come into contact) can help us develop intercultural awareness, as the encounter with
otherness can encourage reflection on how meanings can be communicated across cultures.
This presentation explores a variety of creative texts written in English (both in print and other
media) in which intercultural encounters are highlighted. It proposes strategies to approach them
aiming at developing the linguistic repertoire necessary to express our own meanings in English.
Claudia Ferradas, PhD, is a teacher educator and ELT author who specialises in literature and
intercultural studies. Her extensive international experience as a conference speaker includes
the closing plenary of IATEFL Cardiff, 2009.
Sunday Keynote Address (60 minutes)
Paul Dummett • Finding your voice
Sponsored by Cengage / National Geographic Learning
A common complaint among learners is that their English does not allow them to express
themselves or represent themselves as they would want – in other words, they cannot find their
voice. And yet they have a very real desire to do this. How can we create the conditions for these
voices to flourish? This talk demonstrates that by using the example of native speaker presenters
(TED talks from the new Cengage /NGL series, Keynote) who have found their voice, we can: inspire
learners and tap into their interests; generate ideas and stimulate creative thinking; overcome
plateaux they have reached; and ultimately provide them with the language, skills and confidence
needed to present their own ideas in their own voice.
An experienced ELT writer with a mission to provide content that is meaningful and
thought-provoking, Paul has observed that learning occurs best when the vehicle is a narrative
that learners can engage with and learn from.
Plenaries

Thank you to all of our sponsors (listed alphabetically).
academia Basel
Bell Switzerland
Bergli Books
British Council
Business Spotlight / Spotlight Verlag
Cambridge English Examination Centre St Gallen
Cambridge University Press
Cengage / National Geographic Learning
Coordination Office of the Migros Club Schools
Cornelsen Schulverlage Schweiz AG / ETAS
Globe English Centre / ETAS
Helbling Languages
Hilderstone College
Macmillan Education
NILE
Oxford University Press
Pearson Schweiz AG
TELC GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany)
TLC – The Language Centre International House Zürich-Baden
Sponsors (at time of going to print)
Raffle
We are very grateful once again to NILE for their generous support in sponsoring
two GRAND PRIZES for the raffle draw: one free face-to-face NILE course, and one
free online NILE course within the next calendar year. The proceeds will go into the
teacher-to-teacher fund for our next project to be decided in 2016.

SATURDAY LUNCH
Salad buffet
Beef Stroganoff
Sliced beef with mushrooms and peppers
Served with homemade butter spätzle
Vegetarian option
Beef stroganoff with Quorn
Choice of different dessert creams
Mineral water and coffee
SUNDAY LUNCH
Salad buffet
Riz Casimir
Sliced chicken in a curry sauce served
with rice and garnished with fruit
Vegetarian option
Spring rolls on a curry sauce
Served with rice and garnished with fruit
Choice of different dessert creams
Mineral water and coffee
Lunch menus
SATURDAY EVENING
APÉRO RICHE after the Closing Plenary
A selection of varied finger food
Choice of wine, orange juice, water

BY TRAIN: please refer to www.sbb.ch for your timetable to Zürich Hauptbahnhof or
Zürich Oerlikon. There are trains from Zürich Hauptbahnhof to Zürich Oerlikon about every
10 to 15 minutes.
Map of the venue with bus and tram numbers
BY CAR: Take A1 to
Dreieck Zürich Ost and
follow directions towards
the city. As you exit
the first tunnel, take the
Unterstrass exit towards
Chur/Luzern/Unterstrass.
Continue onto
Hirschwiesenstrasse,
then turn right onto
Grebelackerstrasse, and
left onto Wehntalerstrasse.
Turn right onto Birchstrasse
and the car park is on
your left.
Important note:
Parking is available at the
school and is paid in cash.
Please note: Only guide dogs
are allowed at the venue.
Travel to Zurich:
How to find the Conference
Directions to the Kantonsschule Zürich Nord,
Birchstrasse 107, 8050 Zürich
Wehntalerstrasse
Hofwiesenstrasse
Hirschwiesenstrasse
Hofwiesenstrasse
Grebelackerst
rasse
Kantonsschule
Zürich Nord
Birchstrasse
Birchstrasse
Regensbergstrasse
W
ehntalerstrasse
Bad Allenmoos
Regensbergbrücke
Oberwiesenstrasse
Birchdörfli
R
Hofwiesenstrasse
Direction Bahnhof Oerlikon with tram 11, bus 61 and bus 62
Tram11
Holunderweg
Kantonsschule
Zürich Nord

With such a large range of hotels to suit every budget in the immediate area
and Zurich in general, we would suggest checking an online booking portal
such as www.booking.com or www.hotels.com to get the best available price.
Hotels in the immediate area include (in alphabetical order):
Courtyard by Marriott Zurich North (approx. 12 minutes on foot)
Max-Bill-Platz 19
8050 Zurich
044 564 04 04
Holiday Inn Messe Zurich (approx. 20 minutes on foot)
Wallisellenstrasse 48
8050 Zurich
0800 561 057
Hotel Oerlikon Inn (approx. 13 minutes on foot)
Edisonstrasse 11
8050 Zurich
058 680 24 24
Ibis Messe Airport (approx. 28 minutes on foot)
Heidi Abel-Weg 5, Zurich-Oerlikon
8050 Zürich
044 307 47 00
Swissôtel (approx. 9 minutes on foot)
Schulstrasse 44
8050 Zürich
044 317 31 11
Hotel information

Registration fees Members
Early Bird
Members Non-Members At the door
Registration and
payment deadline:
30.11.15 5.1.16 5.1.16 -
Early Bird Package1 CHF 220.− - - -
Saturday (including lunch,
refreshments and aperitif)
- CHF 130.− CHF 180.−
Sunday
(including lunch and refreshments)
- CHF 110.− CHF 160.−
Annual Conference Package1 - CHF 240.− CHF 290.−
1 Packages include: all workshops, keynote addresses, lunches (see menus on p. 14), refreshments, and aperitif.
(add CHF 20.–,
cash only)
The following attendees are entitled to the member rate:
- Individual Members of ETAS
- Two, five or ten teachers per School Membership of ETAS, depending on your
membership category (additional teachers pay the non-member rate)
- Two teachers per Associate Membership of ETAS (additional teachers pay the non-member rate)
To join ETAS now and register at the ETAS member rate please do the following:
1) Fill in the lower portion of the registration form found on page 21
2) Pay the ETAS half year annual dues along with the Annual Conference and AGM ETAS member
registration fee
1) Fill in the registration form on p. 21, or register online (www.e-tas.ch > Events > AGM), and
2) Pay your registration fee
ETAS postal account details:
Beneficiary: English Teachers Association Switzerland, 8000 Zürich, Switzerland
Account number: 80-43533-3 IBAN: CH10 0900 0000 8004 3533 3
BIC/SWIFT: P O F I C H B E Clearing number: 09000
Bank: Swiss Post, PostFinance, Engehaldenstrasse 37, CH-3030 Bern, Switzerland
Mention: ‘AGM 2016’ plus name(s) of attendee(s)
Please note that in an effort to reduce administrative costs, ETAS will not issue invoices or
confirmations of registration or payment.
If you have any doubt about your registration, please contact ETAS Administration.
Early Bird registration and payment deadline: 30th November 2015
Final registration and payment deadline: 5th January 2016
If you’ve missed the registration deadline, you can still register on the day
(see On-site registrations below).
On-site registrations must be paid in cash (Swiss Francs) and are subject to a surcharge of
CHF 20.-.
Lunch is subject to availability.
Member
rates
Join ETAS now
and register
at the ETAS
member rate
How to
register
Payment
details
Deadlines
On-site
registrations
Registration information

If you have registered and are prevented from attending, please send a cancellation to
ETAS Administration (office@e-tas.ch). For last-minute cancellations, please call
+41 (0)24 420 32 54 and follow the instructions. Cancellations received before
5th January 2016 will incur a 50% cancellation charge. Cancellations after this date will not be
refunded unless a medical certificate can be provided (50% refund). No-shows will be charged.
Workshops are on a first come, first served basis. No reservation is necessary. However, it is
useful for us to have some information about participant numbers for room allocation, so you
are invited to state which workshops you are interested in attending, though this choice is not
binding. Numbers are limited for some workshops, so please go early to be sure of a place.
Or even better, enrol as a workshop supervisor – your place is then guaranteed.
A workshop supervisor welcomes participants, closes the door when the room is full, and
introduces and thanks the speaker. If you are interested in being a workshop supervisor, please
mark it on the registration form. Make sure you give us your email address so we can send you
a confirmation.
If you have already registered with the Book Exhibition Registration Form, you don’t need to fill
in another registration form. If in doubt, contact ETAS Administration.
If your sponsor has already registered you through the Book Exhibition Registration Form, you
don't need to fill in another registration form. Otherwise, please fill in the registration form on
p. 21 and tick the I am a speaker/workshop presenter box.
For lunch (Saturday and Sunday) you can choose between vegetarian and non-vegetarian
(see menus on p. 14). If no option is selected, the default choice is non-vegetarian.
You will find a list of hotels on p. 16. We recommend that you book early.
Cancellations
Choosing
your
workshops
Workshop
supervisors
Book
Exhibitors
Speakers
Meals
Accommodation
We look forward to seeing you in Zurich!
ETAS Administration, Les Murailles 2, CH-2037 Montezillon, Tel: +41 (0)24 420 32 54, Fax: +41 (0)24 420 32 57, office@e-tas.ch
Registration information
Two steps to register:
1) Fill out the registration form (p. 21) and send it to ETAS Administration,
or register online at www.e-tas.ch, and
2) Pay your registration fee (IBAN: CH10 0900 0000 8004 3533 3
or see full payment details on page 18).
Please send your registration form (with proof of payment) in an envelope to:
ETAS Administration
Les Murailles 2,
CH-2037 Montezillon

AARGAU/SOLOTHURN
Contact Centre: BERN
E-mail: info@cambridgeesol-aargau.ch
Website: www.cambridgeesol-aargau.ch
Exams offered: KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC, ILEC, ICFE
BASEL
MAUREEN HILL
CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH EXAM CENTRE
ST ALBAN-ANLAGE 25
4052 BASEL
Tel: 061 273 90 43 Fax: 061 273 90 47
E-mail: contact.enquiries@cambridgeenglish-basel.ch
Website: www.cambridgeenglish-basel.ch
Exams offered: YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC
BERN
ANNE GRUAZ
EFFINGERSTRASSE 15
3008 BERN
Tel: 031 398 02 70 Fax: 031 398 02 74
E-mail: info@cambridgeesol-bern.ch
Website: www.cambridgeesol-bern.ch
GENEVA
MARY BURZMINSKI
IFAGE BUILDING, 19 PLACE DES AUGUSTINS
CASE POSTALE 300
1211 GENEVE 4
Tel: 022 800 08 75 Fax: 022 800 08 76
E-mail: info@cambridgeenglish-geneva.ch
Website: www.cambridgeenglish-geneva.ch
JURA
Contact Centre: BASEL
E-mail: contact.enquiries@cambridgeenglish-jura.ch
Website: www.cambridgeenglish-jura.ch
Exams offered: PET, FCE, BEC
LUZERN
Contact Centre: BERN
E-mail: info@cambridgeesol-luzern.ch
Website: www.cambridgeesol-luzern.ch
ST. GALLEN
KAREN KERLEY
OBERSTRASSE 222
9014 ST. GALLEN
Tel: 071 278 00 40 Fax: 071 278 00 44
E-mail: info@cambridgeenglish-stgallen.ch
Website: www.cambridgeenglish-stgallen.ch
THURGAU
Contact Centre: ST. GALLEN
E-mail: info@cambridgeenglish-thurgau.ch
Website: www.cambridgeenglish-thurgau.ch
TICINO
GERMANA D’ALESSIO
C/O SUPSI Centro competenze lingue
PALAZZO E
6928 MANNO
Tel: 058 666 61 33 Fax: 058 666 61 39
E-mail: info@cambridge-ticino.ch
Website: www.cambridge-ticino.ch
VALAIS
SALLY MAYOR
PO BOX 216
3963 CRANS-MONTANA 1
Tel: 027 483 50 00 / 079 206 84 35
Fax: 027 483 50 01
E-mail: info@cambridgeesol-vs.ch
Website: www.cambridgeesol-vs.ch
VAUD EAST
Contact Centre: VALAIS
E-mail: info@cambridgeesol-vdeast.ch
Website: www.cambridgeesol-vdeast.ch
VAUD WEST
Contact Centre: GENEVA
E-mail: info@cambridgeenglish-vaudwest.ch
Website: www.cambridgeenglish-vaudwest.ch

Registration form
* To join ETAS now and register at the Member rate, please fill in the information below and
pay the annual or half year dues** with the event registration fees.
Year of birth: _______________
Please indicate which ETAS Region you would like to join (tick one only):
Baden Basel Bern/Neuchâtel Central Switzerland
Geneva Graubünden Solothurn/Olten St. Gallen
Ticino Valais Vaud Zürich/Winterthur
I do not wish my name to be passed on to EFL publishers.
Please indicate which ETAS Special Interest Groups (SIGs) you wish to join:
Business English Cross-Cultural
Drama & Literature English for Specific Purposes
Immersion/CLIL Learning Technologies
Research Swiss Cantonal Teacher & Teacher Educator
Teacher Training and Development Teen
Testing, Examinations & Assessment Young Learners
Pricing (full year / half year):
**Individual Member (Switzerland) CHF 110.- / 55.- Student/Senior (Switzerland) CHF 55.- / 27.50
Individual Member EU CHF 135.- / 67.50 Individual Member overseas CHF 160.- / 80.-
Note: Half year applicable to NEW membership only
Surname: First name:
Address:
Postcode/Town:
Telephone: Email:
Please tick here if this is a new address
ETAS Individual School Member. Name of School:
member? Non-Member* Associate. Name of Company:
I am a speaker/workshop presenter
I am interested in attending the following workshops:
Session A: Session B: Session C: Session D:
(Please note that this choice is not binding and is given for statistical purposes. We do not reserve seats for workshops, and
workshop attendance is still on a first come, first served basis. Please indicate only one workshop per session.)
I would like to be a workshop supervisor for workshop number
I have paid CHF to cover registration as follows:
Annual Conference Package Early Bird Package Saturday only Sunday only
Meals: Saturday lunch vegetarian non-vegetarian
Meals: Sunday lunch vegetarian non-vegetarian
Registration and payment deadlines:
• Early Bird registration and payment deadline: 30th November 2015
• Final registration and payment deadline: 5th January 2016
ETAS Administration, Les Murailles 2, CH-2037 Montezillon - office@e-tas.ch - www.e-tas.ch
ETAS 32nd Annual Conference and AGM (please make a copy for your records)

Overview of all workshops
Workshops Session A:
Saturday 13.00 – 14.30 (60 or 90 minutes)
A1 Dave Allen • ‘Testing and assessing reading skills – how can we do it better?’ (90’)
Sponsored by NILE
A2 Chrissi Florides • Creativity in the classroom (90’)
Sponsored by Globe English Centre / ETAS
A3 Rachael Roberts • Helping advanced students to REALLY advance (90’)
Sponsored by Oxford University Press
A4 Rob Dean • ‘I CAN learn English; I WANT to learn English!’
A fresh look at motivating teenagers (90’)
Sponsored by Pearson Schweiz AG
A5 Laura Hudson • The B2 challenge (60’)
Sponsored by Macmillan Education
A6 Ioanna Ntaidou • Gamify your teaching with post-it notes (60’)
Independent presenter
A7 Sharon Heduvan • Different levels? Different types of learner? Adapting the YL course
book to make sure all of our young learners get the most out of the language lessons (90’)
Sponsored by Bell Switzerland
A8 Sylvia Goetze Wake • Designing and evaluating role plays for intercultural
communication skills (90’)
A9 Paul Dummett • The picture and the story (60’)
A10 Christina Kwok • Leading and motivating across cultures with cultural intelligence (90’)
A11 Nancie Gantenbein • Giving feedback and ensuring learning (60’)
A12 Ron Morrain • Getting L2 learners to write effectively! Effective writing strategies
for B1, B2, and C1 (90’) Part I (continued under C6)
Sponsored by TELC GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany)
This workshop continues in Session C6
A13 Dr Jon Wright • Personalising English teaching for effective learning (90’)
Sponsored by Cornelsen Schulverlage Schweiz AG
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Workshops Session B:
Saturday 15.00 – 16.00 (60 minutes)
B1 Lee Shutler • Making pronunciation fun and accessible
Sponsored by Hilderstone College
B2 Neil Bullock • Assessment as a tool for learning and not a tool to be learnt.
Towards a re-evaluation of testing and assessment in the language learning process
B3 Rachael Harris • Who cares about Churchill? – Practical tips to help students with
learning difficulties
B4 Valerie Jakar • The challenges of mentoring for TESOL professionals
B5 Julia Warner • English Medium Instruction (EMI) and the Internationalisation
of Higher Education
Sponsored by British Council, Switzerland
B6 Rob Williams • Let the music take you: classroom activities beyond gap fills and
‘singing the song’
B7 Rachael Roberts • More than a guessing game: identifying and teaching specific
reading skills
B8 Adrian Doff • The teacher as listener: Informal assessment in the classroom
Sponsored by Cambridge University Press
B9 Rob Dean • The flipped classroom – what, why, and how?
B10 Paul Dummett • Listen up – The benefits of extensive listening
B11 Jane Revell • Wake up your inner elephant
Sponsored by Helbling Languages
B12 Helen Strong • All teched-up: the digitally literate business English trainer
B13 Ian McMaster • How authentic should we be?
Sponsored by Business Spotlight / Spotlight Verlag
B14 Angela Lloyd • Getting the message across

Workshops Session C:
Sunday 10.45 – 12.15 (60 or 90 minutes)
C1 Lyutsiya Staub • Blend in to Stand out (60’)
Sponsored by Macmillan Education
C2 Jayne Kyte (formerly Herzog) • TOWITB – The only way is task-based? (90’)
C3 Claudia Ferradas • Textual intervention for cultural encounters (90’)
Sponsored by NILE / ETAS
C4 Rob Dean • Video – Just for watching? Ways of exploiting DVD material (90’)
C5 Choreanne Frei • Can’t draw – won’t draw. Presentation / visualisation skills for
language teachers (60’)
C6 Ron Morrain • Getting L2 learners to write effectively! Effective writing strategies
for B1, B2, and C1 (90’) Part II of A12
Sponsored by TELC GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany)
This is a continuation of session A12
C7 Carol Waites • Smart learning techniques to progress rapidly from the intermediate
plateau to solid C1 level (60’)
C8 Reinhard Kunz • The effectiveness of new media in language learning at tertiary level (90’)
C9 Chrissi Florides • Creative writing (60’)
Sponsored by Globe English Centre / ETAS
C10 Nasy Inthisone Pfanner • Teaching the multicultural classroom (90’)
Sponsored by ETAS
C11 Ben Hoyt • Homework, out-of-class learning activities, and ELT pedagogy (60’)
C12 Dave Allan • ‘Probably the best online teachers’ courses in the world’ – come and learn
about the new NILE. (90’)
Sponsored by NILE
C13 Dr Jon Wright • Boost your students’ conversation, confidence and creativity
with visual organisers (90’)

Workshops Session D:
Sunday 13.30 – 14.30 (60 minutes)
D1 Sylvie Dolakova • Pronunciation with kindergarten and primary school children
(and other learners too)
D2 Jayne Kyte (formerly Herzog) • Keeping the flame alive!
D3 Adrian Doff • More than just speaking: Developing speaking skills
Sponsored by Cambridge University Press
D4 Choreanne Frei • Setting up authentic reading tasks
D5 Diccon Bewes • False friends: 51 ways to be misunderstood
Sponsored by Bergli Books
D6 Ozlem Yagcioglu • Jazzing up our classes with different songs and jokes
D7 Dina Blanco-Ioannou • Formative assessment – a quest to discover ways to inform,
support and enhance language learning in secondary school
D8 Margarida Marques Pereira • Using mobile devices to promote innovative forms
of teaching and learning in EFL classes
D9 Valerie Jakar • Cultural understandings and teaching English: Learning about
Human Rights and folklore through Content-Based Language Instruction
D10 Gigi Saurer • Using podcasts to enhance learning
Sponsored by Coordination Office of the Migros Club Schools
D11 Claire Hart • Bringing video into Business English courses: A fresh approach

Workshop descriptions
Workshops Session A:
Saturday 13.00 – 14.30 (60 or 90 minutes)
A1 Dave Allan • Testing and assessing reading skills – how can we do it better? (90’)
I Workshop I Audience: All
Following my workshops in 2013, 2014 and 2015 on assessing speaking, writing and listening
skills, this session will allow participants to complete the set. We will explore together in depth
and detail the nature of reading skills and how best to assess them, with references to key
principles and a review of the relevant literature. We will consider all the major aspects involved
in good test design both for classroom testing and for high stakes tests, including: authenticity;
coverage; topic, task and text type choice; response formats; scoring validity and the rest.
The workshop will provide recent examples of good practice.
A2 Chrissi Florides • Creativity in the classroom (90’)
With so many pressures facing teachers and students, from curriculum restrictions to coursework
deadlines and exams, we often forget how to bring a little imagination into the classroom. This
session reintroduces the notion of creativity in language learning. It offers ideas that provide
learners with integrated skills practice and extensive language practice. Music, pictures, film, art
– all play a role in the creative classroom and enhance the learning experience.
A3 Rachael Roberts • Helping advanced students to REALLY advance (90’)
Advanced learners often feel that they’ve ‘been there, done that, bought the t-shirt.’
The temptation is to keep trying to teach them something completely new, even if it isn’t
really very useful, when what they probably really need is to further develop and deepen
what they already know, or to gain a fresh perspective.
In this workshop, we will look at four key areas of student learning: grammar, vocabulary,
listening and speaking, and consider:
• What problems do advanced students still typically have?
• What approaches, materials and activities can be used to help them?
• What pitfalls should we avoid?
A4 Rob Dean • ‘I CAN learn English; I WANT to learn English!’
A fresh look at motivating teenagers (90’)
When was the last time you heard a 14-year-old shout out that they love learning English, or
come to that, love school? Not the most common utterance from this age group I’m sure we
would agree. A few decades since the invention of the teenager, more is understood about this
unique age group, how they think and how they learn, and importantly what motivates them.
This session will look at what makes this age group tick in terms of approaches, materials and
activities, and even if it doesn’t result in them running from the classroom declaring out loud
their undying love for English classes, they might secretly end up thinking it…

A5 Laura Hudson • The B2 challenge (60’)
Are you ready for the B2 challenge? The summit is in sight but there’s still a way to go – get
your students to the top by helping them develop their confidence and fluency. This session will
give you some practical ideas to use with your students, providing them with new challenges,
building their vocabulary and improving their speaking skills with examples taken from Ready
for First and a variety of other resources so they can reach that summit!
A6 Ioanna Ntaidou • Gamify your teaching with post-it notes (60’)
This is an interactive workshop, a resource kit for the teachers with fun, creative and hands-on
activities which can be adjusted to accommodate different level, ability and age groups.
They can be used either in a conversation class or in a year-long class and fit in pre, while and
post activities. You can teach grammar, vocabulary, writing, speaking and listening by using
post-it notes only and use some of these practical ideas as ice-breakers. The activities with
post-it notes merge teaching, learning and assessing. They can be used to improve both the
productive and the receptive skills.
A7 Sharon Heduvan • Different levels? Different types of learner? Adapting the YL course
book to make sure all of our young learners get the most out of the language lessons (90’)
I Workshop I Audience: Teachers of young learners
How can we make sure that each of our learners gets the most out of their language lessons
when we are asked to follow a course book? This session will offer lots of practical ideas to
adapt and supplement course books so that we really appeal to the different types of learner in
our YL classes while at the same time consolidating language for all members of the class,
regardless of level.
A8 Sylvia Goetze Wake • Designing and evaluating role plays for intercultural
communication skills (90’)
In this hands-on workshop, teachers will participate in an intercultural role play requiring specific
communication skills. Both language-based elements and evaluation of intercultural skills will
be addressed. The workshop will appeal to experienced teachers curious to develop new
strategies for intercultural evaluation and to newer teachers who come from other professional
backgrounds. The activities used are most appropriate for adult or young adult learners.
A9 Paul Dummett • The picture and the story (60’)
The narrative is a powerful tool in learning. In our teaching we too often downplay the
importance that narrative intelligence has in engaging students emotionally and in helping to
make learning more memorable. Partly inspired by my work on LIFE (National Geographic
Learning 2012), this talk will look at the concept of narrative intelligence and present practical
ideas for combining stories and images to create motivating, effective activities that develop
fluency and accuracy, teach vocabulary and recycle language.

A10 Christina Kwok • Leading and motivating across cultures with cultural intelligence (90’)
In an increasingly globalized world, the ability to lead and motivate across cultures with cultural
intelligence will be the defining criteria for being successful in international endeavours.
We will look at several case studies and stories to illustrate this point:
• A sales manager with a stellar track record fails to make an impact with a
multicultural audience
• A famous talk show host feels insulted on a shopping trip abroad
• Last but not least, the uproar from religious caricatures reminds us of the dangerous
split between the Western world and the Islamic world
A11 Nancie Gantenbein • Giving feedback and ensuring learning (60’)
In this workshop we will look at different techniques to give feedback to students following
activities in such a way that learning is stretched and there is more going on than just checking
that students get the correct answers. The questions to ask ourselves in a feedback stage are:
are my students getting more than just a confirmation that answers are correct and how can
I use their mistakes to help others benefit from them. Techniques to help create more
meaningful feedback stages will be presented.
A12 Ron Morrain • Getting L2 learners to write effectively! Effective writing strategies
for B1, B2, and C1 (90’) (continued under C6)
This workshop will show participants how to design an L2 Task-Based Learning (TBL) oriented
training experience that involves participants in a meaningful way. This workshop continues in
session C6.
A13 Dr Jon Wright • Personalising English teaching for effective learning (90’)
I Publisher’s Presentation I Audience: All
How can you personalize learning for each student in a class when you use a coursebook?
This is one of the problems many teachers struggle with, and it’s an important one. Research
indicates that students feel more motivated, get more practice and also learn more when
activities are personalized. This practical workshop will focus on a number of special features
used successfully throughout the KEY series that are designed to help teachers personalize
classroom activities at all levels of ability from A1 to C1.
Workshops Session B:
Saturday 15.00 – 16.00 (60 minutes)
B1 Lee Shutler • Making pronunciation fun and accessible
Teachers are often nervous of pronunciation. It is often considered too scientific and fiddly.
It can often slow the pace of the class and, in a multi-lingual class, one pronunciation feature
can often be irrelevant for a section of the class.
This workshop aims to put the “fun” back into pronunciation tuition without getting
over-technical and “boring”. We will show how to boost the students’ pronunciation,
their confidence and their listening skills. Be prepared to have a go!

B2 Neil Bullock • Assessment as a tool for learning and not a tool to be learnt.
Towards a re-evaluation of testing and assessment in the language learning process
I Talk I Audience: All
We know that good testing systems should have a positive washback effect, that is, a positive
effect on learning. But what can be done to try and ensure this? What can we do to convert
exam preparation into language learning? How can we show students that a language exam is
more about continuous learning and not just a means to getting a ‘pass’ ? Using case studies
from my own experience, where recurrent testing is obligatory, I will argue that washback starts
in teaching and discuss the key points that form a learning - testing - learning continuum where
all students can benefit.
B3 Rachael Harris • Who cares about Churchill? – Practical tips to help students
with learning difficulties
Too many talks on learning difficulties focus on figures and famous examples without giving
teachers the necessary tools to make a difference in the classroom. Not this one! As well as
giving ideas on spotting and helping students with a variety of learning difficulties including
dyspraxia, ADHD, dyscalculia, and Gifted & Talented, time will be taken for attendees to share
their experiences and ideas.
B4 Valerie Jakar • The challenges of mentoring for TESOL professionals
It has been demonstrated that mentoring programs have been effective not only in stemming
the tide of novice teacher attrition but also in enhancing professional development
opportunities for both the mentee and the mentor. Programs for mentor-training abound in
the U.S. but few focus on EFL situations. In the international arena, we are aware of some
support programs in the school systems but there are very few institutionalized mentoring
programs for ESOL teachers in adult education. We will discuss aspects of the mentoring
enterprise, including ways and means of providing support to novices and peers
in a range of educational settings.
B5 Julia Warner • English Medium Instruction (EMI) and the Internationalisation
of Higher Education
Many higher education institutes offer their programs in English (EMI). This poses a challenge to
teachers in higher education who teach their subjects in English, but also to ELT departments.
What role will English language teachers play? How can quality in HE be secured? Will EMI
overtake ELT? These questions have come up repeatedly with colleagues in Austria, Croatia,
Hungary and Mexico while I conducted the ATE (Academic Teaching Excellence) course - a new
course offered by the British Council as a response to EMI. Let me share my experiences
and invite you to discuss how EMI might influence ELT.

B6 Rob Williams • Let the music take you: classroom activities beyond gap fills
and ‘singing the song’
Music has often been used in the language classroom. The image of a teacher leading a tune
whilst strumming a guitar became quite standard in many English language schools. Likewise the
use of songs as listening activities and gap fills. But what else can we do? This interactive
workshop explores the parallels between music and language, the power of music as a tool to
promote learning and offers a variety of activities to use in the classroom. No previous musical
ability required – just an open mind and some open ears.
B7 Rachael Roberts • More than a guessing game: Identifying and teaching specific
reading skills
For many years the most popular view of reading in ELT was that it was a kind of ‘psycholinguistic
guessing game’ (Goodman 1967) where readers used knowledge of the context and the world
to guess and predict, only falling back on bottom up or decoding skills when these top down
skills failed.
However, it is now becoming clear that without bottom up skills, top down skills are pretty
limited and may even send us off in the wrong direction. Yet, there is still very much a tendency
to simply test comprehension, rather than actually teaching these bottom up skills.
In this workshop we will explore exactly what bottom up skills are and look at a number of
practical ways in which they can be integrated into our classroom practice, providing students
with everything they need to read more efficiently and effectively.
B8 Adrian Doff • The teacher as listener: Informal assessment in the classroom
An important part of teaching is being able to evaluate learners’ progress. The teacher can often
achieve more by doing this informally in class than by using more formal kinds of assessment.
This workshop will look at principles of ‘Learning Oriented Assessment’ and how they can be
applied in everyday classroom teaching. We will consider ways in which emphasising the
teacher’s role as evaluator can affect the way we view common classroom procedures.
We will also consider more extended uses of formative assessment, such as noting errors,
using diagnostic activities and using ‘can do’ statements as an evaluation tool.
B9 Rob Dean • The flipped classroom – what, why, and how?
Most education models are the same – students come to school to gain information via
lectures and presentations. They then go home to practise what they’ve learned, hence the
term ‘homework’. But surely, isn’t the classroom, rather than home, the best place for quality
interactive language practice? So what if things were different? What if the entire learning model
was flipped? What if students came to school to practise knowledge they had gained outside
classroom hours? In this session, we will show how using Pearson’s digital learning tool
MyEnglishLab in combination with communicative language teaching can create a flipped
classroom that not only represents a different way of thinking, but is also extremely effective
for language learning.

B10 Paul Dummett • Listen up – The benefits of extensive listening
Most of us have advised our students to listen more to native speech outside the class - watch
a film, look at the BBC news, etc. But what did we really expect to come of this? We know from
research by Krashen and others that extensive reading not only help builds reading fluency, but
also leads to improvements in other areas of language literacy. But does extensive listening
play a similar role in developing learners’ listening fluency? This session looks at the nature
of extensive listening and offers guidelines and tips on how it can be practised effectively
by learners.
B11 Jane Revell • Wake up your inner elephant
Memory is a vital part of learning, and that includes learning a language. We sometimes
forget just how powerful our brain is and we often have limiting beliefs about our ability to
remember things, especially as we get older. But essentially, it’s a question of practice.
Our memory is like a muscle: the more we exercise it, the better it works. Use it or lose it!
This session will look at some ways to help us remember, and suggest some simple practice
activities for - and beyond - the classroom.
B12 Helen Strong • All teched-up: the digitally literate business English trainer (60’)
There’s no denying that technology plays an important role in both business and business
training today. In the modern workplace, virtual communication platforms are commonplace,
and in business training, blended learning models are becoming ever more popular.
In this workshop, I will look at some of the technologies which business English trainers can
use to provide their clients with a more modern approach to training. I will also consider what
it means to be “digitally literate” in the 21st century and examine some of the pitfalls to
avoid when implementing technology in our training.
B13 Ian McMaster • How authentic should we be?
Business English materials are full of standard phrases for particular situations, such as
telephoning, meetings, negotiating or socializing. But how useful are these phrases? On the
one hand, they are criticized for being artificial on the grounds that corpus research shows that
native speakers don’t necessarily use them. At the same time, the phrases are criticized for
being too native-speaker oriented, and therefore at odds with the concept of English as a
Lingua Franca. In the talk, we will discuss these issues, consider the extent to which we should
be teaching ‘real’ English (whatever that might be) and invite the audience to share its views.
B14 Angela Lloyd • Getting the message across
Enabling learners to achieve performance-related goals is the aim of in-company language
courses. Oral and written communicative competence involves knowing the language, but also, by
activating social and cultural knowledge, knowing what to say and how to say it appropriately in
various professional contexts. Useful exercises must aim to provide the tools learners need to
deal successfully with the kind of tasks they have to perform on a regular basis. This interactive
workshop will provide examples of how to help our learners get their message across.

Workshops Session C:
Sunday 10.45 – 12.15 (60 or 90 minutes)
C1 Lyutsiya Staub • Blend in to stand out (60’)
Technology offers new ways to learn and practice knowledge of English via a number of
interactive tasks and instruments. It also enables teachers to monitor their students’ progress
and save time on corrections and on lesson preparation. In this session we’ll suggest some
blended learning solutions and digital resources to add engagement and fun to the traditional
teaching approach, and respond to the needs of the digital native learner.
C2 Jayne Kyte (formerly Herzog) • TOWITB – The only way is task-based? (90’)
How often do we ask students to do something in class which they would do in their daily life
in their mother-tongue? If we can make language in the classroom more memorable for our
students, they will process what is being learned and recycled more naturally. In this session
we will experience and look in detail at a task-based lesson and discuss the advantages and
disadvantages. Finally, we will spend time creating our own task-based lesson.
C3 Claudia Ferradas • Textual intervention for cultural encounters (90’)
As a follow-up to the plenary session ‘Communicating across cultures: encounters in the
“contact zone”’, this workshop proposes techniques to approach “contact literature” creatively
to focus on intercultural understanding and encourage the production of “identity texts” which
empower language learners to express their own identities.
C4 Rob Dean • Video – Just for watching? Ways of exploiting DVD material (90’)
For many of us, video in the past has often been used as a ‘treat’ for the class, perhaps to fill
in time at the end of the course when we’ve completed the last unit in the book. Whilst it’s
no doubt true that many students consider video in class to be a treat, there’s so much more
to it than just a way of filling the time. This highly practical workshop will look at ways of
integrating video material with the course for a variety of purposes – receptive and productive,
accuracy-based and fluency-based, and along the way will consider the pedagogical advantages
of incorporating such material into the classroom.
C5 Choreanne Frei • Can’t draw – won’t draw. Presentation / visualisation skills for
language teachers (60’)
Can’t draw – won’t draw? This is just how I felt for years when confronted with a board or flip
chart. You do not need to be a great artist to make simple drawings which make your board
look much more friendly, memorable and inviting. In this workshop, you will be given the
opportunity to experiment and share.
C6 Ron Morrain • Getting L2 Learners to Write Effectively! Effective Writing Strategies
for B1, B2, and C1 (90’) Part II of A12
Continuation of A12

C7 Carol Waites • Smart learning techniques to progress rapidly from the intermediate
plateau to solid C1 level (60’)
Competent B2 adult learners need to move from the so-called ‘intermediate plateau’ towards
C1 level. They need to free themselves from bad habits that may be preventing them from
improving. They need to start accessing English in the same way they access their native
language – using dictionaries sensibly, using immersive strategies and employing reflective
noticing techniques. They can make fast progress through appropriate listening and reading
techniques and by using apps, Twitter, MOOCs, Netflix and many other techniques at hand.
This practical session will present useful materials, tools and techniques to aid learners in
advancing quickly to their desired level.
C8 Reinhard Kunz • The effectiveness of new media in language learning at
tertiary level (90’)
I Talk I Audience: Experienced
Analysis of how the use of new media helps or hinders effectiveness in language learning at
tertiary level, by taking account of personal factors of the learner, lesson and course design,
and other technical resources.
C9 Chrissi Florides • Creative writing (60’)
Writing is often a key skill that students dislike and teachers shy away from. This practical
session offers some simple but creative writing tasks that work and that students will enjoy.
From poetry to stories to letter writing and emails, all these can be made more fun with the
addition of a little imagination.
C10 Nasy Inthisone Pfanner • Teaching the multicultural classroom (90’)
As the classrooms become more and more diverse, they present both rewards and challenges.
However, many teachers feel overwhelmed! As values underlie educational practice and
behavior expectations are culturally anchored, confrontations are likely to arise when teachers
are ill-prepared. Additionally, in some cases, there are language barriers. The purpose of this
talk is to 1) discuss the misunderstandings that often occur, 2) provide practical ideas on how
to be inclusive, and 3) create a positive rapport with students and parents alike. This talk is
suitable for anyone who has a multicultural classroom.
C11 Ben Hoyt • Homework, out-of-class learning activities, and ELT pedagogy (60’)
I Paper I Audience: All
Homework is acknowledged to be an important part of the learning process, but it receives
very little treatment in teacher-training materials. At the same time, new media types permit
increased access to a variety of learning materials for students at all levels. This paper is the
result of a survey which was carried out with the help of ETAS members and reveals the type
of activities that learners do on their own and the learners’ impressions of their efficacy.
These findings have implications for our teaching and future research.

C12 Dave Allan • ‘Probably the best online teachers’ courses in the world’ – come and learn
about the new NILE. (90’)
NILE has provided teachers’ courses for ETAS teachers for 20 years. We run the UK’s
biggest MA in language education, the modular MAPDLE, available both online and by blended
learning, with intensive face-to-face delivery at NILE. We have an online DELTA, CELTA, CELT
and TKT programmes and a short-course programme of around 100 courses a year, plus a
state-of-the-art, tutor-led, online programme, with a choice of 25 different modules, delivering
NILE quality anywhere in the world. Come and meet me at ETAS 2016 in Zurich and learn all
about the full range we can offer for both individual and institutional development.
C13 Dr Jon Wright • Boost your students’ conversation, confidence and creativity
with visual organisers (90’)
This practical session will demonstrate a number of simple but effective activities to help
boost your students’ fluency and accuracy by using a range of visual organisers such as Venn
diagrams, decision-trees, graphs and charts. Visual organisers are simple ways of organising
complex information, which makes them ideal for use in classes of all ages and all levels of
ability. We will demonstrate fun and creative activities that help students feel more confident
in their English.
Workshops Session D:
Sunday 13.30 – 14.30 (60 minutes)
D1 Sylvie Dolakova • Pronunciation with kindergarten and primary school children
(and other learners too)
Without proper pronunciation, learners' English is thought "insufficient". We will explore various
techniques that work for little children as well as for older learners. Original exercises such as
Phonicolours, Chinese whisper, and sound shopping are just a few of the activities that can
help learners master the unusual sounds of English.
D2 Jayne Kyte (formerly Herzog) • Keeping the flame alive!
Do you ever have that Monday morning feeling as you start yet another elementary course?
Does your enthusiasm for teaching your Thursday evening class wax and wane? It has been
proven that teachers who embrace professional development will get a lot more out of their
work, and feel better about their classes and themselves! In this workshop we will share
ideas as to how we can develop as teachers and create an action plan. Finally, we will take
a few moments to look at the new online professional development courses from Oxford
University Press.

D3 Adrian Doff • More than just speaking: Developing speaking skills
Freer activities in class give learners a chance to practise speaking and gradually improve
their fluency. But how can we do more than just give opportunities for speaking and actively
develop learners speaking skills? In this workshop, we will take a close look at what
language learners need in order to speak effectively and consider how this can be focused
on and integrated into fluency activities. We will then look at the way fluency in speaking is
naturally developed through repetition and consider ways in which this can be reflected in
classroom activities.
D4 Choreanne Frei • Setting up authentic reading tasks
There is more to life than just true / false tasks in using authentic reading materials in
language learning. In this workshop we will look at various sources and different ways of
adapting these for the communicative classroom.
D5 Diccon Bewes • False friends: 51 ways to be misunderstood
A chef using a preservative is not quite the same as a Chef using a Präservativ. False friends
like these are a foreign language’s booby traps: words that are similar to ones we know but
which have very different meanings. In their new book, British author Diccon Bewes and Swiss
cartoonist Michael Meister have created 51 cartoons to celebrate the perils of false friends
between English and German. In his presentation, Diccon Bewes presents the book and shows
how it can engage ESL students of all ages in the classroom.
D6 Ozlem Yagcioglu • Jazzing up our classes with different songs and jokes
I Paper I Audience: All
In this paper, different English songs and jokes which belong to different countries will be
suggested to the participants of this conference. Why these songs give positive energy to the
students who learn English will be explained by different examples. Lyrics of the popular songs
in British English, American English and the Canadian English will be shared. British jokes,
American jokes, Australian jokes and the Canadian jokes will be used. Photos of the singers
will be shown. Useful websites and books which have English songs and English jokes will be
suggested. Classroom activities on using English songs and jokes will be suggested.
D7 Dina Blanco-Ioannou • Formative assessment – a quest to discover ways to inform,
support and enhance language learning in secondary school
Formative assessment supports both learning and teaching. Indeed, implemented effectively,
it imparts valuable information about our learners’ language-learning journey, where they are,
where they are going and how we, as teachers, can support them to get there. What then does
formative assessment look like? Why use it, and how can we implement it? Aiming to answer
these questions, this talk presents participants with ideas for implementing formative
assessment as a tool to uncover and understand what our learners know in order to support
them on their language-learning journey. Interested? Join me on this pursuit to discover more.

D8 Margarida Marques Pereira • Using mobile devices to promote innovative forms
of teaching and learning in EFL classes
Mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) have become pervasive in today’s world for both
personal use and educational purposes. Research shows that the integration of mobile
devices into the language classroom can benefit second language acquisition by promoting
new ways of learning. This workshop will offer insights to support both experienced and less
experienced teachers in their efforts to incorporate mobile technology into their teaching
practice. Concrete examples will be presented, demonstrating how EFL teachers can use
mobile technology to transform traditional classroom tasks, promoting greater learner
involvement and creating more engaging language learning opportunities.
D9 Valerie Jakar • Cultural understandings and teaching English: Learning about
Human Rights and folklore through Content-Based Language Instruction
I will present a range of programs and projects that were undertaken by a group of teachers
from a variety of ethnic and national backgrounds. The goal was to develop materials on global
issues, based on the principles of peacebuilding and mutual understanding.
D10 Gigi Saurer • Using podcasts to enhance learning
I Workshop I Audience: Inexperienced
Many learners have a mobile phone these days and some use them for language learning
practice. Why not get your students to listen to language on the go and use podcasts in class
to enhance their language learning experience? In this workshop we will be looking at how to
use podcasts (in an app / on a website) in class and out, at the preparation this involves for
teachers and at how learners will benefit from more authentic listening practice. Come along
and share your ideas and experiences.
D11 Claire Hart • Bringing video into Business English courses: A fresh approach
We sometimes see videos as ‘bonbons’ that we can offer learners as a reward – a break
from the ‘real work’ of learning English. Yet videos can do so much more than that. Amongst
other things, they can introduce and engage learners with topics or skill areas, expose them
to authentic English and a range of global Englishes, and even raise awareness of
common mistakes.
I’ll share some examples from Cornelsen’s Simply Business series to illustrate effective ways
of using video in Business English courses, and look at how to avoid the ‘faff’ which
sometimes puts us off using them.

Speakers’ biographical information
DAVE ALLAN
Dave Allan is Director, NILE, the UK’s top provider of teachers’ courses, both face-to-face
and online. He has been a speaker at nearly every ETAS conference since the first.
DICCON BEWES
Diccon Bewes is the best-selling author of Swiss Watching, Swisscelleny, and Slow Train
to Switzerland.
DINA BLANCO-IOANNOU
As the coordinator for the ETAS Swiss Cantonal Teacher & Teacher Educator (SCT&TE) SIG, Dina
presently works as a teacher educator at the PH FHNW Institute for Secondary Education (SEKI).
NEIL BULLOCK
Neil Bullock, an independent test developer & teacher in ESP and Business English, is
ETAS TEASIG Co-ordinator & IATEFL TEASIG committee member.
ROB DEAN
Rob Dean, an independent international teacher trainer and academic consultant, travels
widely delivering talks, workshops and seminars – as well as online webinars – to teachers all
over the world.
ADRIAN DOFF
Adrian Doff is a writer and teacher trainer in Germany. He has written many books for Cambridge
University Press and is co-author of Cambridge’s new adult course Cambridge English Empower.
SYLVIA DOLAKOVA
Teacher trainer at MA, Masaryk University Brno (Czech Republic) and freelance teacher, Sylvie
focuses on teaching English to children aged 4 to 15 and students-to-be-teachers. Popular for her
creativity and the high applicability and usability of her methods in the classroom, she specialises
in teaching English through art and stories, and publishes language game books and CDs for
children. She also works as an ELT consultant for NILE, Norwish.
PAUL DUMMETT
See Keynote Address notes for his biography.
CLAUDIA FERRADAS
See Keynote Address notes for her biography.
CHRISSI FLORIDES
Chrissi has been in EFL for over 30 years and is the Director of Studies (DOS) at the Globe English
Centre in Exeter. She is experienced in teaching all ages from children to teenagers and adults.
CHOREANNE FREI
Coco works for Flying Teachers and is currently the ETAS ESP SIG coordinator and ETAS regional
co-coordinator for Zurich/Winterthur.
NANCIE GANTENBEIN
Nancie has 20 years of EFL teaching experience at all levels and is a qualified CELTA Teacher Trainer.
She finds helping teachers to explore different techniques to enhance learning very rewarding.
SYLVIA GOETZ WAKE
Sylvia Goetze Wake is a language training professional who currently teaches English at the
University of Lausanne Language Centre.
RACHAEL HARRIS
In TEFL for 20 years, Rachel now teaches in a secondary school where she is Head of English and
responsible for the SEN statement. She is ETAS Teens SIG and Geneva regional co-coordinator.

CLAIRE HART
Based in Southern Germany, Claire Hart combines Business English teaching in the tertiary
and corporate sectors with a variety of materials development and teacher training projects.
SHARON HEDUVAN
CELTA, YL Extension to CELTA and TKT YL trainer, DELTA RDT for Bell, author of Compass Teacher’s
Companions and related online material. 18 years’ experience in Germany and Switzerland.
BEN HOYT
Ben has been teaching English in Switzerland for seven years, focusing on exam preparation and
online learning opportunities. He has an MA TEFL/TESL from the University of Birmingham.
LAURA HUDSON
After teaching for 7 years in Germany, Denmark, Austria and the UK, Laura Hudson joined
Macmillan Education in 2004 and has been out and about in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
ever since!
VALERIE JAKAR
Valerie S. Jakar is a teacher educator and counselor engaged in professional development
projects for teachers of ESOL. She has worked and studied on three continents, participating
in numerous conferences and meetings with ESOL professionals.
REINHARD KUNZ
Reinhard is of Swiss-American background and received his Master’s from Columbia University.
He teaches English at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and owns WordShop
GmbH, a translation and editing company in Baar.
CHRISTINA KWOK
Christina is an intercultural skills and leadership trainer working with export-oriented
companies to help staff bridge gaps in communication styles when working on international
teams and projects.
JAYNE KYTE (formerly HERZOG)
Jayne Kyte taught English at all levels before joining OUP Switzerland seven years ago.
As Senior ELT Consultant, she concentrates on visiting teachers and teacher training.
Jayne recently completed the initial training to become a CELTA trainer.
ANGELA LLOYD
Angela has extensive experience of teaching Business, Academic and General English in
both monolingual and multilingual classes. Her special interest is how to teach English as
an international language.
MARGARIDA MARQUES PEREIRA
Margarida Marques Pereira has an MA TESOL from the University of Manchester, UK. She has
extensive experience teaching English and currently teaches primary school children and is a
research assistant at the Thurgau University of Teacher Education.
IAN MCMASTER
Ian McMaster is editor-in-chief of the bi-monthly business communication magazine Business
Spotlight (www.business-spotlight.de) and a former coordinator of IATEFL-BESIG.
RON MORRAIN
Dr. Ron Morrain is co-founder and Director of Studies at the Language Learning Center in
Duisburg, Germany. With over 25 years’ international experience, he is currently a guest
lecturer for International Business Communications, Business English, and EAP.

IOANNA NTAIDOU
EFL teacher, examiner and presenter who studied ‘Business Administration’, ‘Psychology’, ‘Human
Resources Management’, ‘Marketing and Advertisement’, ‘Consulting Psychology in Education and
Children’, ‘Teacher Trainer’, ‘Business English’, ‘Methodology, ‘TEFL/TESOL’ and NLP.
NASY INTHISONE PFANNER
Nasy Inthisone Pfanner was born in Laos and grew up in the United States. Presently, she
is teaching English at B.O.R.G Dornbirn-Schoren, a secondary school in Vorarlberg, Austria.
JANE REVELL
See Keynote Address notes for her biography.
RACHAEL ROBERTS
Rachael Roberts has been an ELT teacher, trainer and writer for over 20 years, with experience
in both the private and public sectors. Her publications include General English coursebooks,
as well as coursebooks for IELTS.
GIGI SAURER
Gigi grew up in the UK where she specialised in teaching English to adults, an activity she still
enjoys 27 years later. She is currently working on national projects at the Coordination Office of
the Migros Club Schools.
LEE SHUTLER
Lee is the Director of Studies at Hilderstone College. He has taught, trained teachers and
managed schools in the UK, Italy, Korea and Japan and Siberia.
LYUTSIYA STAUB
Graduated from Zurich University, lived and taught English in several European countries. Lyutsiya
combines different media in contemporary classroom to engage and motivate students, make
them learn from various sources and develop competence as a 21st century teacher.
HELEN STRONG
Helen Strong is a Business Communication Skills Trainer and Teacher Trainer based in Germany.
She has many years’ experience in corporate and academic environments and is currently
Chair of MELTA.
CAROL WAITES
Carol Waites teaches advanced English and writing skills to international civil servants at the
United Nations in Geneva. She holds a CELTA, DELTA, two Masters and a PhD.
JULIA WARNER, MAEd
Julia has been working as a trainer since 1997. She originally specialized in business English
training for the managers of corporate clients before working in the field of higher education in
and around Vienna, Austria.
ROB WILLIAMS
Rob Williams, a teacher, teacher trainer, intercultural consultant and materials developer, is a
principal lecturer at the University of Westminster. Rob also teaches singing and spends as much
time as he can writing and recording music.
DR JON WRIGHT
Jon Wright is a teacher, teacher trainer, examiner and coursebook writer with over 25 years of
experience in TEFL in schools and at university. He is the main writer of the KEY series for Cornelsen.
OZLEM YAGCIOGLU
Ozlem has been a full-time in instructor at Dokuz Eylul University since 1997. She has attended
many conferences as a delegate and presenter.
Speakers’ biographical information

Bergli Books, an imprint of
Schwabe Publishing
Steinentorstrasse 11
CH – 4010 Basel
www.bergli.ch
Black CAT CIDEB Publishing
Via Inverigo, 2
I–20151 Milano
www.blackcat-cideb.com
British Council Switzerland
Hildanusstrasse 3
CH – 3013 Bern
www.britishcouncil.ch
Cambridge English
80 rue Saint Lazare
F–75009 Paris
www.cambridgeenglish.org/ch
Cambridge English Examinations
Centre, Winterthur
BULATS
Cambridge English Examinations
Zürcherstrasse 46
CH – 8400 Winterthur
www.cambridge-exams.ch
Cambridge English Languages GmbH
Oberstrasse 222
CH – 9014 St. Gallen
www.celgmbh.ch
Cambridge University Press
Industriestrasse 25
Volketswil
CH – 8604
www.cambridge.org/ch/cambridgeenglish
Collins Learning
The News Building
1 London Bridge Street
GB – London SE1 9GF
www.collins.co.uk
Cornelsen Schulverlage
Schweiz AG
Bächerstrasse
CH – 8832 Wollerau
www.cornelsen.ch
EduCreate English Books for Children /
Usborne Books
zoesenglishbooks@gmail.com
http://org.usbornebooksathome.co.uk/
zoesenglishbooks
FB: EduCreateEnglishBooks
Tel: (00420) 737 69 0000
Garnet Education
6 southern Court
South Street
GB – Reading RG1 4QS
www.garneteducation.com
Helbling Languages
Aemmenmattstrasse 43
CH – 3123 Belp
www.helblinglanguages.ch
Macmillan Education
Wylerringstrasse 64
CH – 3014 Bern
www.macmillanenglish.com
National Geographic – Cengage Learning
Cheriton House
North way
GB – Andover SP10 5BE
www.cengage.com
Oxford University Press OELT Ltd
Hauptstrasse 53
CH – 4127 Birsfelden
https://elt.oup.com/
Pearson Schweiz AG
Chollerstrasse 37
CH – 6300 Zug
www.pearson.ch
SCHUBI Lernmedien AG
Breitwiesenstrasse 9
CH – 8207 Schaffhausen
www.schubi.ch
Stäheli Books AG
Oberdorfstrasse 32
CH – 8001 Zürich
www.interlingua.ch
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