Let's celebrate together our Welcome Back Day Conference face to face.
Sunday 24th September 2023 at 11:00
(Arrival time 10:30 and approximate end round 13:00)
at the Amphitheatre of the Central Library of AUTH (map below)
We are happy to invite our members and friends of TESOL MTH/NG who would like to join our association to a wonderful opportunity to discuss Reading Comprehension Skills for different levels of the CEFR. As mentioned before, this event is a spin-off from last year's conference in Larissa.
We would like to present our two speakers Ms Marina Kollatou and Ms Zafi Mandali and their sessions.
Ms Marina Kollatou holds a BA from the faculty of English language and
Literature of the University of Athens. She has completed her postgraduate
studies in the Organization and Administration of Education (University of
Thessaly) and in The Teaching of English as a Foreign/International Language
(Hellenic Open University). She holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University
of Ioannina. Marina is an EFL teacher in the public sector and a Senior High
School Head teacher who currently works as an Education Consultant for English
teachers. She is also President of English Teachers’ Association of Larissa
(ETAL). In our WBDC, Marina will be presenting a session entitled: Teaching reading strategies. Why,
how, what for? The speaker
has written about her session: In an era characterized
by generating too much information for us to access, let alone process and
digest, in the little spare time we have for reading, youths do not
usually demonstrate any keenness on reading long texts, articles, or literature
in their mother togue, even worse in a foreign language like English. They
prefer to have a look at titles or read short texts by people summarizing or
commenting on either fiction or non-fiction texts. Therefore, now it is more necessary than ever before
that teachers should guide learners so that they develop into strategic readers
or, in other words, effective,
self-regulated readers.
Μs Zafi Mandali, holds a BA in
English Language and Literature from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
and an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Essex. She is an
active teacher, teacher trainer, storytelling coach and educational consultant
who has given a number of presentations, published a number of articles and
authored four books, E.A. Publications. She has recently retired from the
position of director of studies, Department of English of Ελληνογερμανική
Αγωγή, after a tenure of 25
years. Her soft point is storytelling in education and samples of her work are
uploaded on www.eltstorytelling.com and her Eltstorytelling facebook group. In our WBDC, Zafi will
present a session entitled: Keys to unlocking new reading texts.The
presenter has written about her session: Different points of entry to reading texts unlock
different angles of its context. How do we best set the stage for the new text
and which mechanisms do we use to link existing to the new knowledge? With the
moving image, as vital communication medium transcending languages and
cultures, teachers have fresh points of entry to texts in class. Our workshop
will showcase tried and tested reading techniques, adjusted to present day
educational needs and means. Participants will walk off with concrete evidence
of how to help students understand, personalize, organize and assimilate
lexical, grammar or content information in texts.
The board of TESOL MTH/ NG would like to remind all members who would like to renew or all prospective members of our association that this is your last opportunity to join with the reduced price of 30 euro instead 45 euro for 12 months, including our conference and the conference of TESOL GREECE as well as reduced membership rate for IATEFL. Additionally, this Sunday 24.9 the board has decided that all proceeds will go to the victims of the Thessaly floods as a small token of our concern and worry.
Between the two sessions, there will be a coffee break with coffee and cookies from Miltos Catering.
Map to the venue
