New Economic School cordially invites you to our online conference BEYOND ENGLISH: Teaching English for Professional Communication.

The purpose of the conference is to propose new approaches to teaching English as a means of professional communication in the modern global world and to discuss ways to unlock the creative and pedagogical potential of English language teachers in response to the new challenges.

The conference will be led by experts from the NES Humanities and Languages Department.

Date: May 25th, from 10:30 to 17:00 (Moscow time zone)
Venue: online (zoom)


Conference Schedule

10:30. Opening

11:00 - 12:00. Session 1. Tatiana Skopintseva: Facilitating the Way to Global Communication by ELF Approach

12:00 - 13:00. Session 2. Kate Koppy: Leveraging Cooperative Learning to Explore AI's Limits and Affordances

13:00 - 13:45. Lunch break

13:45 - 14:45. Session 3. Kevin Cancellaro: Fine-Tuning ESP: A Practical Approach to Business Negotiations

14:45 - 15:45. Session 4. Anna Kascheeva: Empowering Learners by Giving Useful Feedback on Writing

15:45 - 17:00. Round table discussion: Global Professional Communication: ELT Contribution. 

Facilitator: Tatiana Golechkova, Assistant Professor at NES, Ph.D. (MSLU), DELTA (full).

 
A participation fee applies. Register before May 22.