May 20, 2011, 5-6:30 p.m. “Using Drama in ELT”
Location: Future Leaders American Corner
The Pushkin Central Children’s Library, branch #1
27 Mayakovskogo st., St. Petersburg, 191014
tel./fax: (812) 273-9670
www.amcorners.ru
http://vkontakte.ru/club245320
Presenters: Senior English Language Fellow Toni Hull of Moscow
Sponsor: St. Petersburg English Language Teachers’ Association and Senior English Language Fellow John Mark King

Description: For this workshop designed for English teachers, participants should come prepared to play! The workshop begins with a quick discussion about the benefits and problems related to including drama techniques in the ELT classroom. Next the presenter will lead the participants through a variety of activities including drama warm-ups, miming for grammar practice, and role-play for fluency.

This workshop is a special St. Petersburg English Language Teachers’ Association event, to mark the beginning of this year’s SPELTA Spring Gathering. The gathering will be held at the University of Finance and Economics on May 21 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more details, please send an email to John Mark on the “Contact” page above.

May 27, 2011, 5:00-6:00 p.m. “Stars Fell on Alabama: My Home State”
Location: American Corner
Mayakovskaya Central City Public Library, 4th floor
Fontanka Embankment, 46
191025 Saint-Petersburg
Contact: 571-1589 or amcor@pl.spb.ru (please register if you plan to attend)
Presenter: Senior English Language Fellow John Mark King

Description: In this presentation open to the public, John Mark King will give a talk on the history and culture of the state of Alabama, where he was born and spent the first 25 years of his life. Topics will include annexation by the United States, the Indian Wars, the Civil War, the Civil Rights Movement and racial integration. Participants will also explore Southern American English and its peculiarities of grammar and vocabulary.