03/2009 - Milan, Italy

Innovations in Teaching Children & Teenagers
Milan, March 23rd to 25th 2009

Organised by the British Council and IATEFL's Young Learners & Learning Technologies Special Interest Groups

A conference for all teachers of English

This conference will look at three of the most important topics in the rapidly changing world of English Teaching:

Learning Technologies
CLIL
Testing and Assessment

Keynote speakers will be:
Graham Stanley - Learning Technologies
Richard Johnstone - CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning)
Sophie Ioannou-Georgiou - Testing & Assessment

The conference audience will consist of three main groups: IATEFL members (local and international), Italian & other state school teachers, British Council Young Learner specialists.

Papers are particularly welcome which develop links between the 3 topics or on the following areas:

Learning Technologies:

• ICT in the YL classroom
• wikis and blogs
• podcasts
• web 2.0
• social networks

CLIL:

• introduction of CLIL courses
• design of CLIL materials
• assessment of CLIL courses
• practical tips and experiences

Testing and assessment

• designing testing materials
• preparing for exams
• assessment of young learners
• portfolios and alternative assessment

Registration

Register on-line for this event here.

Draft Programme

A draft schedule for this event is now available in pdf format here.

Travel and Accommodation

Information about the conference venue, travel and accommodation can be downloaded here.