EATE/ TU Open University Summer Seminar
Tartu, 18-19 August 2010

A FRESH LOOK AT THE LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

AND LANGUAGE-TEACHING METHODOLOGIES


"Interesting ideas from the conference “Innovative Methods in Multicultural Education”"
Natalja Zagura (MA), University of Tartu/ Tartu Secondary School of Business

Abstract
This presentation is meant for the teachers of English who did not have an opportunity to attend the conference
 “Innovative Methods in Multicultural Education” that took place at Narva College of the University of Tartu on
13-15 May 2010. I am going to focus on some practical ideas and activities that seemed interesting to me and
 will discuss their applicability in the context of our schools (at basic and secondary school level).                    

Details and materials
I am going to touch upon presentations by five scholars. Below, you can see the names of the presenters
 as well as their affiliation. In one case, a scanned version of the handout provided by the presenters is     
 given (this is password-protected, the password will be given at the seminar), in other cases, links to       
Internet materials are suggested. You can also see the link to the conference home page.The organisers 
  have just palced the materials of the conference there.                                                                             

Home page of the conference "Innovative Methods in Multicultural Education"


Heather McKay, EdD; St Louis Community College, Missouri / Romania
mckayh@aol.com
"The Fluency First Approach as Exemplified in an American Comunity College"
  Presentation by Heather McKay (12th on the list)


Galina Maslova, PhD and Elena Klenevskaya; Pskov Pedagogical University, Russia
"Video Materials in Teaching EFL to Secondary School Students as a Tool for Developing Bilingualism"
Presentation (6th on the list)                                                       
Handout by Elena Klenevskaya (password needed)                   
                              Video: "The Adagio" (directed by Garri Bardin; music by Albinoni)                           
                                                   Video: "Ёжик должен быть колючим?" ("Must the Hedgehog Be Spiny?")                                 



Jacqueline Gardy, MA; University of Novi Sad, Serbia/ USA
"Using Web Podcasts as Authentic Listening Material in University and Test Preparation Classroom Settings"
Materials available at
http://sites.google.com/site/jacquelinegardyswebsite/narva-estonia-conference



Natasha Jovanovich, MA and Jacqueline Gardy, MA; University of Novi Sad, Serbia/ USA
"Webquests, Blogs and podcasts in ELT"
Numerous materials available at
http://sites.google.com/site/jacquelinegardyswebsite/narva-estonia-conference/joint-presentation



The PowerPoint presentation by Natalja Zagura
shown on 18 August 2010 (password needed)
Handout distributed at the seminar


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