Story Sharing Web Conference by British Council Turkey

STORY SHARING WEB CONFERENCE

Saturday 9th - Sunday 10th February 2013

CALL FOR PAPERS IS OPEN UNTIL 2 NOVEMBER 2012

http://www.britishcouncil.org/turkey-english-teaching-stories-for-schools-story-sharing-web-conference-call-for-papers.htm

TELLING, READING, SHARING...UNLOCK YOUR STUDENTS’ IMAGINATIONS!

We believe that stories should be read, told, shared and loved, not just for testing and assessing students’ knowledge of the English language. If you think the same way, join the 1st British Council Turkey Story Sharing Web Conference!

nd appreciation of all these genres...To enrich students’ experience of learning English both inside and outside the classroom.

This 1,5 day web conference will include a range of innovative intearctive sessions from Turkish and overseas experts actively involving teachers from all over the country in real-time.

We are delighted to accept proposals to present at one of the first ELT web conferences in Turkey.

Target audience includes but not limited to:

• Teachers of English in both state and private schools
• Teachers of preparatory year university students

Conference themes:

• Developing students' English through stories
• Digital storytelling
• Experiments with genre
• Reading for pleasure
• Real life, real stories, anecdotes
• Retelling stories
• Stories beyond the classroom
• Students and teacher generated stories as a resource

Please note:

Sessions should be timed for 30 minutes
Last date for applications: Friday 2nd November 2012
Acceptance of proposals: Friday 16th November 2012
Please send completed proposals to: TR-ELTTeamTurkey@britishcouncil.org.tr. Deadline for applications is Friday 2nd November 2012. Once the deadline has passed, a panel will review the abstracts anonymously and a draft conference plan will be constructed. If your paper is not selected at this time, we hope you are still able to attend the conference and contribute to the discussion online.

The conference takes place live online in a webconference solution called Adobe Connect. Previous experience in Adobe Connect is not required to your being accepted as a guest speaker, however, you need a headset with microphone and a webcam to present. Broadband internet connection is required. Adobe Connect is a flash based solution and requires Flash player 9.0 or higher. To ensure that your computer and network connections are properly configured for Adobe Connect go to this system and connection test. Following the acceptance of your proposal, we will assist in the technical set-up and provide guidelines on how to transform your presentation to be truly interactive and engaging.

For enquiries, please contact TR-ELTTeamTurkey@britishcouncil.org.tr. We look forward to reading your abstracts and hopefully meeting you at the conference!

You can visit our TeachingEnglish website to watch recordings of our previous webinars.