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ZARAGOZA – FRIDAY 17TH APRIL, 2015 17:30 – 20:30 TIMETABLE ELT Pre-Primary & 1st Cycle ELT Primary / CLIL 17.30 – 18:00 Registration 18:00 – 19:00 Making the most of young learners Charlotte Covill & Mary Charrington What our students need to learn: things we can be sure of, even in uncertain times Marcos Peñate 19:00 – 19:30 Oxford Behind the Scenes & Coffee Break 19:30 – 20:30 Phonics made fun – and feasible! Kathryn Escribano Stepping into CLIL! Pablo Pérez OUR AUTHORS & EXPERTS: Mary Charrington – After studying English at Oxford University then Education and TEFL in Bristol, Mary started off in teaching and then moved into publishing, where she has spent over 26 years looking at the best and most relevant ways for children to learn English. She is the author of a number of courses including Great Explorers and Daisy, Robin and me!   Charlotte Covill has been teaching and writing English Language materials for nearly 30 years. She taught in Spain and Finland before returning to theUK to work in publishing. She has written several courses for young children, including Great Explorers and Daisy, Robin and me!   Making the most of young learners ‘Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.’ JF Kennedy (US President 1961-63). They are the best resource in our classrooms too. In this session, we’ll explore how we can harness the wonderful qualities our young learners bring to the classroom to maximize their development in a productive and enjoyable way. Share your experiences and discover lots of useful tips and practical ideas for making the most of the children in your class. Kathryn Escribano has taught at a bilingual school for the last 15 years. She’s written components for several ELT Pre-Primary course books and has consulted on OUP’s latest Pre-Primary series Daisy, Robin and Me! She has also designed OUP online resources such as worksheets for the Dolphin readers and the OUP Primary Ready-to-Go.  Phonics made fun – andfeasible! The principles, the material, the games, the songs…An interactive session designed to help you see that phonics is fun but also feasible. Come. Learn. Have fun! Marcos Peñate works in the faculty of teacher training at the University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria and has recently been advising the Ministry of Education on the development of competence in linguistic communication. He co-authored OUP’s Primary series Stay Cool and Cool Kids alongside Plácido Bazo. What our students need to learn: things we can be sure of, even in uncertain times In times of educational reform and change it’s not unusual for teachers to feel unsure about what exactly they should be teaching. Thanks to the European guidelines, however, we’ve got a clear direction in which to go. In this session we’ll take a close look at these guidelines and how they apply to the classroom. *Session delivered in Spanish Pablo Pérez graduated in English Teaching and English Philology in the University of Oviedo. Hehas worked as an English teacher in semi-private and state schools for the past 7 years in bilingual projects. He has specialized and developed school projects in Phonics for Infants and Primary. Since 2009 he has been a teacher trainer for CPRs and OUP in phonics and CLIL methodology. Stepping into CLIL! Children learn best by doing or by knowing “how to do”. The key competences have renewed the educational process by turning the methodology and focus to active participation, encouraging the development of critical thinking and involving children in their own learning process. A hands-on approach makes learning meaningful and active while keeps children motivated. In his talk we will explore the possibilities that Natural and Social Sciences offer us to develop the 7 key competences.