TESOL France (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) and IATEFL BESIG (Business English Special Interest Group) are pleased to present

BEST of BESIG 2

Saturday June 7th, 9am to 7:30pm
Télécom ParisTech

Download complete Best of BESIG 2 Program (includes speakers' abstracts and bios)


Following the success of the Best of BESIG 2006 in Paris, TESOL France and IATEFL BESIG came together for a second time.

Best of BESIG 2 included:

  • Teaching tips for teachers of Business English,
  • Relationships between Professional English and other disciplines,
  • English for Professionals and the use of technology,
  • New materials, but more importantly, innovative ways on how teachers can use them,
  • Discussions on the trends, evolution and future directions of Business English.

Pictures of the conference

Program:

9:00 - 9:30

Registration and bookshop open

9:30 - 10:30

Plenary session by Andy Hewitson

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee break and visiting bookshop

11:00 - 12:00

Anna Cowper (Macmillan) Have You Got What it Takes to Get Published?
Maurice Claypole (LinguaServe) Translation in the Business English Classroom
Sab Will (TESOL France) Internet in the Classroom

12:00 - 13:30

Lunch with coffee

13:30 - 14:30

Adrian Tennant (IATEFL) Method or Madness?
Vanessa Street (Université du Littoral) Transferable Skills: From private business language training to public university education
Ann Claypole (LinguaServe) Teaching Business English in a Virtual World

14:30 - 14:45

Short break and visiting bookshop

14:45 - 15:45

Ian Bell (TESOL France) Teaching Trends: What and how should we be teaching?
Bob Dignen (York Associates) Intercultural Competence - leveraging the world's diversity
Eric Baber (Cambridge University Press) Move Along, Now: From Web 1.0 to 2.0 - and back again?

15:45 - 16:15

Coffee break and visiting bookshop

16:15 - 17:15

Stephen Ferron (IATEFL BESIG) Life After Business English
Duncan Baker (Lydbury English Centre Ltd.) Negotiating in English
Anthony Green (Bari University, Italy) Business English Listening and Reading Skills - let's separate them

17:15 - 17:30

Short break

17:30 - 18:30

Pecha kucha

18:30  - 20h00

Cocktail and making dinner plans

Cost:

  • Event:
    • Free for TESOL France, IATEFL BESIG members and speakers
    • Non-member registration fee: €25
  • Catered lunch: €4 (click the appropriate box when registering)
  • Dinner: not included in registration (sign-up on the day of the event)
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