PANHELLENIC ASSOCIATION OF STATE

SCHOOL TEACHERS OF ENGLISH (PEKADE)

Har. Trikoupi 14, 10679 Athens, Tel./Fax: 210-3619500
E-mail: info@pekade.gr - Website: www.pekade.gr

PROGRAMME
Saturday, 2 October 2010,Divani Palace Acropolis (Parthenonos 19-25. Athens)

GETTING PREPARED FOR THE NEW SCHOOL

09.00-09.30 REGISTRATION-GREETINGS

ARISTOTLE I
09.30-10.00 Using English-language literature reading
as a tool of developing social literacies
in EFL classrooms
Konstantina Zavalari, EFL State School teacher
ARISTOTLE II
Classroom climate & the role of the teacher:
Ways to improve poor peer relations,
supporting withdrawn & rejected students
Chryssa Tselika, ΜΑ Linguistics, EFL State School
teacher

10.00-10.30 An alternative school is possible: Teaching very young learners in the EFL
Creative activities for the primary & classroom
secondary classroom Paul Bouniol, MA in TESL
Mary Primi, MEd in TEFL, EFL State School
teacher

10.30-11.00 Using web-based materials & resources Mobile motivation! Using the cell phone in class
to help students practice & improve Michael Robbs, EFL teacher & trainer
their English language skills
Mary Malitsa, EFL State School Advisor for
Lesvos

11.00-12.00 Learning English in the new school

Bessie Dendrinou, Professor of Sociology of Language & Foreign Language Education

12.00-12.30 BREAK: BOOK EXHIBITION

12.30-13.00
"Θέσεις για τη διδακτική της αγγλικής γλώσσας
Using technology with young learners of
στο ελληνικό δημόσιο εκπαιδευτικό σύστημα"
English
Nikolaos Sifakis, Assistant Professor in the Hellenic
Barbara Crespi, EFL State School Advisor for
Open University
A’ Athens

13.00-13.30 Literature and Teaching Practice: The
Student as Reader and his/her Creative
Role Nina Haritatou, MA & PhD on Literature
13.30-14.00 English in Action Caterina Skiniotou, , MA in
TESL, EFL teacher & trainer at the HAU
14.00-14.30 Open Discussion
Teaching English to very young learners or …
The early bird catches the worm
Thomai Alexiou, Lecturer at the Department of
Theoretical & Applied Linguistics at Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki
Values in Education: What are your values &
how do they define your interaction with
children?
Cliff Parry, British Council