Important For Speech

I enjoyed that workshop by Svetlana Suchkova very much. Svetlana invited her audience to join her fascinating lessons by miming, reciting, standing up, etc. Svetlana is a real teacher and teacher trainer!

Fabulous Fay Fence

David Fay, English Language Officer, (The ELO, Moscow) presented one format of teaching/learning in such a fabulous way that we gave him a thunderous ovation! He spoke of public hearing. David used the old case of the installation Running Fence. During his speech we made a 'clothes line' of a perfect teacher's qualities.

Under the Linden

Chelyabinsk has become a city of linden for me! The sweet smell of the trees is amazingly pleasant.

Do the newly-wed couples come to the museum in your town or city? In Chelyabinsk they do!

Academic Literacy

One of the plenary sessions

I think everybody was fascinated and charmed by Irina Korotkina. She spoke about the importance of academic literacy. I found only the article in Russian.

English Unlimited

I liked the workshop devoted to the new course. Two charming ladies - two Ludmilas - told us about it.

Technology-Enhanced Teaching English

I attended one of the eight Special Interest Groups Sessions.

One of the most hard-working NATE participants was Valerian Tukbaev from Zlatoust. He seemed to appear almost at each workshop!

Dr. Stephen Hoyt spoke about "Teaching English Online".

Natalya Patyaeva from Nizhniy Novgorod used blogs to teach business communication English.

Technology and Second Language Writing

John Mark King, Senior EL Fellow, presented new perspectives on second language writing.

Our American speakers demonstrated us how to share their presentations.

Characteristics of Effective EF/SL Teachers

We were lucky to hear Christine Coombe, TESOL President Elect, from Dubai Men's College.

You can download her PowerPoint presentation "Teacher Effectiveness: A Review of the Literature" that describes 10 characteristics here.

After Access Panel

Everything went according to the schedule. Though we didn't have enough time, I hope we managed to impress the audience.


We exchanged visiting cards. Vivien asked about Bossia and Vasili Ivanovich.


I am using the WiFi Internet.

From NATE Chelyabinsk

We're going to the registration. The programme is so fascinating that we can't decide how to attend everything!

Work, Work and Work

Bakul and Tatiana are working at their report at the airport. They are very busy preparing the presentation on Lessons in Kindness.

From Moscow with Love and Care

Hi from the very centre of Moscow from Andrey Vladimirovich and Valentina M S! I see that you've managed to publish your first post! We've had a nice time finding a free WiFi cafe in the centre of the Russian capital. Now we have only 30 minutes.

Remember to make photos smaller! Be active and initiative! Interview as many campers as possible!

Drinking a strawberry milkshake and thinking about the Summer Camp! Hugs and kisses!