“Raising the Awareness of Building up Succesful Strategies in Learning and Teaching English” Conference.

The territorial professional group “Novelty” was founded at the Foreign Languages Department for Engineering Faculties at Novosibirsk State Technical University on November 10th, 2016. Teaching ESP is the key sphere of interest. Thus, the goal of the TPG “Novelty” is the provision of the conditions for the professional growth of all teachers and educators who deal with the English language at any level of training. To fulfill the goal of Novosibirsk region teachers’ involvement in various local, state, and international projects Novelty members cooperate with the educational organizations of different profiles and destinations.

January, 30th
Novosibirsk State Technical University (NSTU)
20 Karl Marx Prospekt, Building 1

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Registration (Building 1, Floor 2)
10:00 – 12:00 a.m. Plenary Session
(Building 1, Floor 2, Conference Hall)

Opening Address:
 Vadim V. Nekrasov, Vice Rector of NSTU for International Relations
 Elena A. Melekhina, NovELTA President
 Arsenty I. Bochkarev, NOVELTY President
 Natalia Komissarova, NATE Coordination Council Chair (Video record)
 Todd Vidamour, Snr. ELF in Novosibirsk in 2007–2010 (Video record)
 Kelli Odhuu, PhD, Regional ELO of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow (Video record)

Plenary Presentations:
1. Johanna Campbell, ELF Moscow, Russia: “Descriptive Writing: Scripting Color
and Sensory Expression into our Language”
2. Elena A. Melekhina, head of the FL Department for Humanitarian Faculties,
NSTU: “Peer – Coaching as a Means of EFL Professional Development”
3. Galina V. Igonina, Gleb V. Toropchin, associate professors of the FL Department
for Engineering Faculties: “Creative Problem Solving While Teaching English”
4. Anna Gorizontova, Language-Prosveschenie, Moscow: “What Makes a Good
Exam. Key Principles of Language Assessment and their Practical Application in
Modern Language Exams”
5. Olga Yu. Chekchurina, INJAZ group deputy director, teacher trainer: “Learner’s
autonomy: sweet dreams or realistic teaching and learning targets?”

13:00 – 14:00 – Coffee Break (Building 1, Floor 5)
14:00 – 16:00 – Workshops
(Building 1, Floor 4, Rooms 425 (1,2,3,4)

January, 31st
Novosibirsk State Technical University (NSTU)
20 Karl Marx Prospekt, Building 1

10:00 – 12:00 a.m. Workshops
(Building 1, Floor 4, Rooms 425 (1, 2, 3, 4)
12:00 – 13:00 Closing Ceremony, Certificate Awarding, Book Lottery
(Building 1, Floor 2, Conference Hall)

Key Moscow Russian and American Speakers:

Anna Gorizontova
 studied History at Lomonosov Moscow State  University (graduated in 1984) and did postgraduate studies at the Institute of Biological Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences (1989). Anna did her PhD in History in 1990 and authored more than 40 works on the history of Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages.

In 1997 Anna Gorizontova joined the head office of Pearson Longman Publishing House in Russia and went on to become its regional executive officer in 2000 where she worked successfully until 2008. In 2011–2018 Anna worked as Cambridge
Assessment English Regional Manager: Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In April 2018 she became deputy CEO of language. Prosveshcheniye Ltd, a company founded by the Prosveshcheniye Publishing House to implement joint projects with the Pearson international educational corporation.

Johanna Campbell is an English language teacher, trainer and curriculum developer with extensive field experience across the US and overseas.
Her expertise includes teaching intensive academic English with top-tier American universities (7 years), language program instruction and administration in US-based colleges in the Middle East (2 years), training, tutoring, writing center coaching, and presenting at myriad professional engagements (14 years). She has spoken on such varied
topics as cultural influence on English teaching and learning, civic resource use to generate language production, and student learning beyond the classroom. Her research interests include how culture shapes language, learner-centered oral fluency skills, and sociolinguistics.
She has traveled, lived and taught in the central and southern United States, across Western Europe, and in the Gulf region. She holds an MA in Applied English Linguistics from the University of Houston. Currently, she is serving as an English Language Fellow in Moscow, Russia.

January 30th, 2019
Workshops

Session 1 – 14:00 – 15:00 

How to Write a Compelling Conference ProposalOlga ChekchurinaFrom School Children – to Students and Young Scientists & Professionals: New and Classical Principles of Syllabus Design and Teaching MaterialsOlga Kochenkova Olga SyssaletinaDigital Class as the Tool to Provide Continuous Evaluation of Students’ EFL Skills Development

 Session 2 – 15:00 – 16:00 

lHow to Write a Compelling Conference ProposalOlga ChekchurinaFrom School Children – to Students and Young Scientists & Professionals: New and Classical Principles of Syllabus Design and Teaching MaterialsOlga Kochenkova Olga SyssaletinaDigital Class as the Tool to Provide Continuous Evaluation of Students’ EFL Skills Development

January 31^st, 2019

Workshops

Session 1 – 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. 

 Session 2 11:00 – 12:00 a.m. 

 12:00 – 13:00 Closing Ceremony:

Wrap-up, Certificate Awarding, Book Lottery, and Photo session of the WMS participants

(Building 1, Floor 2, Conference Hall)

Our Sponsors:

• Novosibirsk State Technical University
• Office of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Embassy, Moscow
• ELT Consulting Company Relod, Novosibirsk
• Magellan Book Shop, Novosibirsk