STORY SHARING WEB CONFERENCE 2013

Saturday 9th – Sunday 10th February 2013

Telling, Reading, Sharing Stories…Unlock your students’ imaginations!

Venue: Live and Online (The conference sessions will be held in Adobe Connect, and can be accessed live from any personal computer)

Dates: Saturday 9th – Sunday 10th February 2013

See the conference overview. Full event programme will be announced later.

We believe that stories should be read, told, shared and loved. We believe that stories are not just for testing and assessing students’ knowledge of the English language. If you think the same way, join our British Council Turkey Story Sharing Web Conference on Saturday 9th -Sunday 10th February 2013.

Short stories, readers, novels, poems, anecdotes, folk stories, graphic novels, drama, jokes, teacher generated stories, student generated stories…even rap.

We will give English language teachers tools to develop genuine enjoyment and appreciation of all these genres…to enrich students’ experience of learning English through exciting and interesting story sharing techniques.

Follow our conference on Twitter #sswebcon

CONFERENCE PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME*

SATURDAY 9TH FEBRUARY 2013
09:00am – 10:00pm Opening address
10:00am – 11:00am Keynote Plenary with Alec Williams
11:00am – 12:00pm Lunch Break
12:00pm – 14:00pm Concurrent Sessions
14:00pm – 15:00pm Communication Break
15:00pm – 16:00pm Keynote Plenary with David Heathfield
16:00pm – 17:00pm Keynote Plenary with Gail Ellis

SUNDAY 10TH FEBRUARY 2013 (ALL TIMINGS ARE UK GMT)
08:00am – 09:00am Concurrent Sessions
09:00am – 10:00am Communication break
10:00am – 11:00am Keynote Plenary with Sevim Ak
11:00am – 12:00pm Keynote Plenary with Samantha Lewis
12:00pm – 13:00pm Lunch Break
13:00pm – 15:00pm Concurrent Sessions
15:00pm – 16:00pm Communication Break
16:00pm – 17:00pm Closing Plenary with Shelly S Terrell
17:00pm – 18:00pm GALA

*Please note that slight changes are possible. All timings are UK GMT – click here to check the time of the event where you are. Click here to download the conference overview and the detailed conference programme will be announced later.

Starting on Tuesday 15th January 2013, a variety of online activities will provide a pre-conference experience. You will need to register early to participate in these pre-conference events. View programme for pre-conference activities.

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This 2-day web conference will include a range of innovative interactive sessions from Turkish and overseas experts actively involving teachers from all over the country in real-time. You can join the discussion and start networking with teachers who are planning to attend.

Join us online in the Pre-conference webinars
Follow the conference on Twitter @trBritish and with hashtag #sswebcon
Join our TeachingEnglish – Turkey Facebook page to follow updates and to watch livestreaming
Visit our TeachingEnglish website to watch recordings of our previous excellent webinar sessions.
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We look forward to meeting you at the online conference! For your questions, please feel free to contact us at TR-ELTTeamTurkey@britishcouncil.org