THE 10th ELTAM – IATEFL – TESOL INTERNATIONAL BIANNUAL CONFERENCE

Educate and Empower: from a more creative and enlightened teacher to a more forceful and
cultivated student
19-21 October 2018, Hotel DRIM, Struga, Republic of Macedonia

FRIDAY 19 October 2018

12.00 –13.00 Registration
13.00 – 13.45 Room A
Awards Welcome to ELTAM’s 20th Anniversary
ceremony
13.45 – 14.45 Room A
Plenary 1 Fiona Mauchline, SOL
Not rocket science, but brain science: designing materials for teens and adults
Room A Room B Room C Room D Room E
15.00 – 15.45 15.00 – 15.45 15.00 – 15.45 15.00 – 15.45
Zeljka Jakusic Cejka Adrijana Petrovic Biljana Shoposka Marina Shokeva
HUPE Croatia KETNET, Kosovo Language school Queen, Ohrid, RM
Grammar Games for young Read Together! Project Ohrid,RM Classroom Techniques for
learners WS PR TD Emilija Paunkoska Developing Critical Thinking
WS PR SE Primary School Bratstvo WS PR SE AD
Presentations Edinstvo, Ohrid, RM
and Incorporating Mindfulness
Workshops in Class
WS PR SE TD

16.00 Departure-Ohrid Tour

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SATURDAY 20 October 2018
7.45 – 8.30 Zumba Time!
8.30 – 9.45 Registration
9.45 – 10.00 Room A
Opening Marija Dzonova, ​ELTAM Conference Secretary
ceremony Aleksandra Popovski-Golubovikj​, ELTAM President

Room A
10.00 – 11.00 Jon Hird
Plenary 1 Dyslexia and Learning English: literacy and wider issues

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break & Poster presentations

11.30 – 12.30 ​Room A
Plenary 2 George Kokolas, ​Express Publishing
Breaking the Sound of Silence

Room A Room B Room C Room D Room E

12.35 – 13.20 12.35 – 13.20 12.35 – 13.20 12.35 – 13.20 12.35 – 13.20
Rina Krasniqi Ana Galac Jon Hird Petra Konchic Fiona Mauchline
Vushtrri,Kosovo HUPE Croatia Oxford, UK HUPE Croatia SOL, UK
Creative Writing Something Old and Selecting, Adapting and Using Technology in the ESL What the eyes see … (Using
Presentations
WS PR SE AD TD Something New Designing Materials for Classroom images to deal with -isms
and WS PR SE AD Learners with Dyslexia WS PR SE and issues in the classroom)
Workshops WS SEN TD WS TD PE SE TE MW

13.30 – 14.00 13.30 – 14.00 13.30 – 14.00 13.30 – 14.00 13.30 – 14.00
Blerim Sherifi Bisera Silvana Neshkovska Metaxeni Symeonidou Marija​ ​Dzonova
Kosovo Kostadinovska-Stojchevska Faculty of Education, Bitola, Junior and Senior Music Q Language School, Skopje,
Project Based Learning, the Faculty of Education, Bitola, RM School of Drama, Drama, RM
way to foster students’ RM The “Welfare” of English Greece Combating Dyslexia with
motivation Why and how much use of collocations in the Hands of Useful Tips and Activities the SoftEnglish Method
PA TD L1 in the EFL classroom-a Macedonian Students of for Teaching Reading in a PA PR SE TD MW
student-in-training’s English Young Learners’ class
perspective PA TD PA PR TD

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14.10 – 14.55 14.10 – 14.55 14.10 – 14.55 14.10 – 14.55 14.10 – 14.55
Dubravka Blazic Mike Harrison Danny Singh Elvira Hodzic/Ramajana Azra Muhedinovic/Dijana
Zagreb, Croatia ELThacks, London, UK Freelance, Rome, Italy Zahirovic M.Hajdarhodzic
The Power of Metaphor Visual Organisers: In and Team Building: Inside and TETA BiH TETA BiH
WS PR SE AD TD Out of the Classroom Outside the Classroom Teachers vs Generation Z Going Nonverbal: Story of a
WS SE TE AD TD WS PR SE TE AD TD ESP WS PR SE Cowboy and an Indian
WS SE TD

14.55 – 16.00 Lunch break

Room A
16.00 – 17.00 Daniel Xerri, University of Malta
Plenary 3 It’s a Many Splendored Thing: Reconceptualising teacher Creativity

17.00-17.20 Coffee break & Poster presentations

Room A Room B Room C Room D Room E
17.25 – 17.55 17.25 – 17.55 17.25 – 17.55 17.25 – 17.55 17.25 – 17.55
Gergana Georgieva Natka Jankova Donike Maxharraj Stefanija T.Miladinoska/ Ivana Duckinoska
BETA Bulgaria SOU Nikola Karev, Strumica, Prishtina, Kosovo Ana L.Nikovska Lingua Link Language
Teaching Eurospeak to RM Syllabus Design and Elokventa, Skopje, RM School, Skopje, RM
International Relations Intercultural Implementation The Use of Pseudo Words in Teacher Development as a
Students Communication Cognition PA TD Early Phonics Teaching step towards Teacher and
Presentations PA TD TE of Teachers and Students at PA PR Learner autonomy
and the State Municipal School PA PR SE AD TD
Workshops Nikola Karev-Strumica
PA SE TD

18.00 – 18.30 18.00 – 18.30
Fitore Sulejmani Liljana Belakaposka
ELTA Albania /Anabela Petreska
Dynamics of Teaching Faculty of Pedagogy, Bitola,
PA TD RM
Using creativity and
(classroom) innovations in
teaching language skills
PA PR SE
18.00 – 18.30 18.00 – 18.30 18.00 – 18.30
Elizabeta Hristovska Iskra Stamenkoska Tery Lemanis
Primary school Kiril i FON University, Skopje, RM Hamilton House Publishers,
Metodij, Skopje, R.M. Student-Centred Athens, Greece
Teaching for World Pre-Reading Activities for Effective ELT for Teens and
Citizenship Through Improved Reading Young Adults
International Standards and Comprehension PA SE TE AD
Principles for 21st.century PA PR SE TE AD TD
language learning

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18.45 – 19.30 Zumba Time!

20.30 Birthday Party – Hotel Drim

SUNDAY 21 October 2018

7.45-8.30 Zumba Time!
Room A
9.00 – 10.00 Plenary speaker: Jen McArthur, RELO Belgrade
Plenary 1 13 Ways of Using Poetry in the EFL Classroom
Room A Room B Room C Room D Room E
10.10 – 10.55 10.10 – 10.55 10.10 – 10.55 10.10 – 10.55 10.10 – 10.55
Slavica Stojcevska Sanja Rashkovic Tatjana Jancic Magda Goraj Bojana Nikic Vujic
Primary School 11 Oktomvri, Global Lingua, Zapresic, ELTA Serbia Barcelona, Spain ELTA Serbia
Kumanovo, RM Croatia Talk Show Games Revisited The Great Escape from the Creative Ways of Using ICT
Quiz time-memorable The Magic of Storytelling WS SE Classroom Routine in Inclusive EL Classroom
learning experience WS PR WS SE AD TD WS PR SE TD
Presentations WS PR
and
Workshops ​11.05 – 11.35 ​11.05 – 11.35 ​ 1
​ 1.05 – 11.35 ​11.05 – 11.35 ​11.05 – 11.35
Ozlem Yagcioglu Biljana Temelkova Marija Dimovska Tanja Srceva Jovanka J. Milenkoska
Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, State Primary School Gjorgi Bojan Ilkovski FON University, Skopje, RM UACS, Skopje
Turkey Sugarev, Bitola, RM Lingua Link Language Literature and Modern European requirements for
Using Visual Materials in Standardized tests vs School, Skopje, RM Trends-Much Ado about competence of EL teachers
ESP Classes authentic assessment Why Exams? The nothing PA TD TE
PA AD TD MW ESP challenges importance of exams and PA MW LCD
PA PR SE MW how they affect test-takers
PA PR SE AD TD ESP

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11.35 – 12.00 Coffee break & Poster presentations
Room A Room B Room C Room D Room E
12.00 – 12.45 12.00 – 12.45 12.00 – 12.45 12.00 – 12.45
Keith Kennetz Ereza Mehmeti Anita Jokic Ana Tripkovic
English Language Fellow, Kosovo English Teachers’ Prva Rijecka Hrvatska Tree Words online ESL
Gerogetown University, Network, Kosovo Gimnazija, Rijeka, Croatia School, Stara Pazova, Serbia
Chicago, USA TEYL: Differentiated Story of a Friendship: Tom Inspire, Involve, Motivate
Presentations Teaching Spoken English Instructions Jones and Elvis Presley WS PR SE TE TD
and with the Animal Vowel WS PR TD WS PR SE AD
Workshops Chart
WS SE TE AD TD

12.55 –13.40 12.55 –13.40 12.55 –13.40 12.55 –13.40

Mark Andrews Jasmina Sazdovska
SOL International Business
Paddington Bear in the School, Budapest
English classroom, England’s Thank you for the Music:
most famous bear Techniques for Incorporating
WS SE TD songs
WS PR SE TE AD MW
Valentina Kikerkova Ivana Sholar/Maja Vujin
Skopje, RM Elementary School Ivo Lola
Can good old paper Ribar, Novi Sad, Serbia
flashcards be replaced by (How) To resist pressures
digital ones? WS PR SE TD ESP
WS PR TD

Room A
13.50 – 14.15 Closing ceremony and award of certificates

14.15 Lunch
16.00 Departure for Skopje

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Poster presentations
Marija Petkovska “Practical Application of Multimedia tools in the English Language Classrooms in Skopje, Macedonia”
Kiro Jordanov “Global Learning – the whole world is a classroom with Belouga”
Sibel Riveni / Resmije Latifi Xhelili / Hanife Bakiu “Ways of Motivating EFL/ESL Students in the Classroom”
Biljana Petrovska “Spice Up the Grammar with Catchy Songs”

Note Please be respectful to the presenters and come to the presentations on time.
Latecomers will not be allowed to enter the presentation rooms.
Entrance to the presentations is by conference badge only.
If a presentation room capacity is filled, you will be directed to another presentation room.
Please bring your badges and coupons at the conference dinner.

Key to acronyms:
PA​ Paper WS​ Workshop CP​ Commercial Presentation YL​ Young Learners PR​ Primary School
SE​ Secondary School TE​ Tertiary AD​ Adult TD​ Teacher Development SEN​ Special education needs
ESP ​English for special MW M ​ aterials writing
purposes