Представление программы, знакомство с "правилами игры" для участников

During the talk the participants will get practical tools and exercises to help their teenage learners to be more effective in their learning and later to be successful in their career.

When speaking about teaching teenagers the focus usually lies on sparking their interest and keeping it throughout the process. I believe that it is possible to motivate teenagers to learn Englishby teaching them the skills and providing them with the tools that will be helpful in organizing their learning process and will be beneficial in planningtheir career in the future. It is important to give our learners an opportunity to get to know and practice thesevitally important skills in the safety of their classroom. In the talk I would compare the process of learning in the classroom with the process of planning acareer. Each step of the way the participants will get ready-made activities on developing soft skills that can be used right away in their classroom.

We all make fun of the green Golitsinsky grammar book, but are we as natural ourselves? One of the essential concepts of Lexical approach is naturalness. It requires teachers to make an extra effort in order to garantee our students seeing, reading or hearing the most up-to-date language patterns. In this practical talk we will check our own naturalness and learn to give our students the best materials, examples and moderate our own language.

Tired of costly courses and endless scavenging for lesson ideas? The most powerful—and most overlooked—resource for both your teaching and your language mastery is already on your nightstand.
This practical workshop reveals how your personal leisure reading—from Ayn Rand to "French Lessons"—provides a double win: a limitless source of authentic teaching material and a powerful engine for your own language proficiency. Discover how to mine any text for captivating lesson ideas, real-world grammar examples, and lively discussion topics that bring even the driest theoretical subjects to life, all while you unconsciously absorb sophisticated vocabulary and complex grammatical structures.
Leave knowing how to effortlessly transform that evening book into the star of tomorrow's lesson, using it as your most authentic cultural resource and a tool for your own linguistic growth.
I will also suggest several must-read novels that every linguist and teacher should move to the top of their list. Rediscover the joy of preparation. The best investment in your development might just be a great novel.

Как творчество Шекспира повлияло на современный английский язык: ещё раз о любви

Why do students switch off, even in fun lessons? It’s not boredom — it’s brain activity. Alexandra Kondratyeva takes you on a surprising journey where movement meets memory, unpredictability sharpens focus, and grammar drills become… irresistible. Come ready to stand up, shake things up, and discover how attention really works in the classroom.

Чем нас радуют и огорчают новые тенденции в методике преподавания иностранных языков? Как эти тенденции отражаются на содержании современных ELT учебников и пособий? Чего нам ждать в следующем году на наших книжных полках?