How to fix your lessons on the spot or in the long term? Have you got your teaching first aid kit to do that? During her talk Alexandra is going to play a role of an ELT doctor and share her first aid kit for a lesson with children and you will have an opportunity to either evaluate or pack your own kits . By the end of the talk you will have prescription for an effective lesson with young learners.

Does the idea of an online group with young learners sound more like chaotic noise than a harmonious melody? Are you hesitant to start building your tiny online orchestra?
In this session, Victoria will share her proven system for creating effective mini-classes. You’ll learn a strategic approach to forming balanced groups of YLs and discover a first-lesson algorithm that builds safety and engagement. You'll gain practical tools for classroom management, parental collaboration, and using a puppet as a key methodological tool to successfully conduct your own "little orchestra."

Is Reading Really as Easy as Pie?
Why does reading feel so demanding for children? Humanity has been developing this brain superpower for 5,000 years, but a child must master it in 2,000 days.
Learning to read is like baking an apple pie: ripe apples bake perfectly, unripe ones stay tough. Success depends not only on the “ripeness” of the child but on the recipe itself.
Participants will gain a science-based understanding of how to teach reading and an overview of a proven programme that develops reading, writing, and creativity—making learning truly as easy as pie.

Struggling to get students to engage with texts? Give your lessons a hands-on twist! Anna's toolkit of easy-to-make paper crafts will help you to provide visual support to learners at each stage of text-based lessons. Your students will be able to learn new grammar and vocabulary, retell and discuss the story - all with a single sheet of folded paper.

На своём выступлении я разберу:
• почему привычные активности внезапно перестают заходить
• что меняется в мышлении и мотивации детей
• как меняется атмосфера в группе
• какие задания начинают вызывать сопротивление и на что их заменять
Поговорим не про «добавьте больше игр», а про смену формата взаимодействия с учениками: от зайчиков к ёжикам - без потерь для дисциплины, эффективности и удовольствия от урока.

This talk addresses a common challenge in grammar teaching: how to make grammar meaningful, memorable, and engaging rather than abstract and mechanical. During the session, participants will explore the idea of grammar crafts — simple hands-on tasks where students create, manipulate, and transform physical or visual objects to explore grammar forms and meanings. The talk will include practical classroom examples, short demonstrations, and a discussion of why such activities work from a cognitive and methodological perspective. By the end of the session, participants will leave with ready-to-use ideas and a clear framework for designing their own grammar crafts for different ages and levels.

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Many teachers use picture books with young learners, but often limit reading to a single lesson and predictable comprehension questions. This talk addresses how to work with authentic picture books with children in a non-translation, communication-based classroom.
During the session, Nastya will share key principles of book-based teaching, demonstrate how to plan a series of lessons around one story, and show how to turn repeated reading into meaningful speaking practice.
Teachers will explore practical ideas and activities that help children stay engaged and bring language from books into their own speech.
By the end of the talk, participants will be able to design effective book-based lessons that support comprehension, repetition, and spoken language development.

Tired of grammar explanations which students can't memorize? It's time for storytelling to make English grammar not just understandable, but unforgettable.
The presentation answers a critical question ESL teachers face: "How can we help young learners understand and memorize abstract grammar rules?" On the example of tricky distinctions like Present Simple vs. Present Continuous we’ll show you exactly how a fairy tale can transform abstract rules into living, breathing contexts.
By the end, you’ll have ready-to-use ideas, and the confidence to replace “Just memorize it!” with “Let me tell you a story…”

This talk answers whether middle school English class is the right place to cultivate soft skills. It argues that ages 10-12 are a unique developmental sweet spot. We will move beyond theory with concrete examples of how we can implement teaching soft skills in every lesson not an add-on to the curriculum, but the natural substrate of our subject. Participants will leave with a practical toolkit of strategies to integrate skills like collaboration and critical thinking into core content, empowering them to foster classrooms where students become both proficient English users and adaptable, resilient, and collaborative individuals.