For Teachers, Authors, Teacher Trainers and Schoolmanagers

Programme

09.00 09.40

Arrival at conference centre/coffee/

Friday, 13 March 2015, The Nationaal Congres Engels

exhibition

Foundation will present its 11th Conference. The theme:

Introduction/Plenary opening: Ans van

English Education for International Communication.

Kemenade English as a world language

Our committee has done its utmost to organise a

10.45 11.15

Herman Wekker prize for best Reporter

wonderful day for you with many top speakers in

11.15 11.30

Coffee break

the field. The conference will be opened by Ans van

11.30 12.30

Workshop session I plus publishers

Kemenade and she will be speaking on English as a

presentations

world language (see underneath). There will be a wide

12.30 13.45

Lunch/publishers exhibition

choice of subplenaries, workshops and commercial

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Subplenaries: Laura Rupp, Ken Wilson,

presentations (see the programme on the next page) to

Hans Bak

satisfy all the different levels and interests.

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NATIONAAL CONGRES
ENGELS
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NCE 11TH Conference

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Tea break/Publishers exhibition/

Bargains/Bubbles

True to our tradition, the winner of the Herman Wekker

Workshop session II plus publishers

Prize will not be made public until the day of the

presentations

conference. Many well-known Dutch reporters have

Closing session: Twan Huys interviews a

already received this prize, but also this year the prize

guest. See our website for update

will be awarded to a star reporter.

Certificates & Drinks & Nibbles

We have some new people on our team which now

consists of: Jan Valkenburg (secretary), Erna Gille

Keynote Speaker:
Ans van Kemenade

11 CONFERENCE
TH

2015

English Education For International Communication

(treasurer), Hans Brand (webmaster), Joke Stoelinga

(registrations), Hans Bak, Betty Molt (LT), Hanneke
Andringa and Susanne Verboom.

Professor of English
Language and Linguistics,
Radboud University Nijmegen

Hoping to meet you on Friday the 13th!

Christien van Gool, chair

English as a world language:

changes in the expanding circle
This talk will explore the status of English as a world language, and the changes that are currently taking place in the status
of English in various countries worldwide, including our own country. Kachru (1992) formulated a clear rationale for dividing

Keynote speaker

the English-speaking countries into an inner circle, an outer circle, and an expanding circle comprising many countries like

Prof. Ans van Kemenade

the Netherlands where English plays no role historically, but where it is nevertheless important as a foreign language and
lingua franca. It is the expanding circle where the status of English has been developing most dynamically since this division
was first formulated: taking the Netherlands as an example, we can safely say that the status of English has changed in
various ways since 1992: English has clearly increased its impact on a variety of aspects of Dutch society. Multilingualism

Closing session

Twan Huys interviews a special guest!

has become the norm rather than the exception in society more generally, and English sets the tone in the language of
social media.
I will also explore the question how this might influence the way in which we teach English. Should we maintain the British

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English norm that has been characteristic in the past (with some allowances for American English)? Should we focus more
on the communicative effect of the English we teach, inevitably at the expense of pragmatic norms and opening the door to
extensive lingua franca effects?

SUB-PLENARIES

SUMMARIES SUB-PLENARIES

NAME

TITLE

LANGUAGE

TARGET GROUP

MAX. # OF
PARTICIPANTS

SUMMARY

Laura Rupp

Teaching English pronunciation for use in an international

context

English

all

unlimited

English is increasingly used as a Lingua Franca amongst non-native speakers in international communication, with its challenges regarding pronunciation (such as, intelligibility,
speakers agency, understanding other English accents). We will also look at practical activities.

Ken Wilson

Motivating the Unmotivated, seven ways to get your students to

DO something

English

all

unlimited

To get the best out of your students, you need to engage their interest, challenge them, make them curious and/or encourage them to be imaginative. Often, giving them a team-task
can inspire renewed engagement with the lesson.

Hans Bak

Language Across Borders: The Transnational Travels of English

in Contemporary North-American Literature

English

all

unlimited

This talk will explore the ways in which English functions as a theme and symbol in contemporary American and Canadian literature, from Vladimir Nabokov to Dave Eggers, from
Chang-Rae Lee to Clark Blaise, from Lawrence Hill to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

NO.

WORKSHOPS

SUMMARIES WORKSHOPS

Marcel Lemmens

Six approaches to English grammar teaching and learning

English

all

unlimited

Why is learning English grammar such an uphill struggle for students? A more practical, effective, realistic and diverse approach to English grammar teaching and learning will be
argued here.

Roland Allen

Meaning in the Mud approaching World War One in schools

English

all except HBO

unlimited

A set of workshops/shows around World War One for primary and secondary schools, to stimulate discussion about using the theme of war and related ongezellige themes in
language and literature teaching.

Johan van Hattum

Pronunciation in Education: which and why?

Dutch

HAVO/VWO

unlimited

EFR-scales state: a student needs to strive for a clear, natural pronunciation. But which (RP, GA, EFL) and why? Designing a pronunciation manual and the need of pronunciation
classes in secondary education.

Nick Zwart

Samenwerken in een virtueel taaldorp

Dutch

VMBO/HAVO

unlimited

Mogelijkheden en problemen van een virtueel taaldorp; een online simulatieomgeving waar leerlingen en docenten taaldorp oefeningen in een virtuele wereld kunnen doen.

Sheila Thorn

Practical guidance on designing authentic listening materials

English

All

unlimited

Listen effectively to the varieties of English in the real world, using a variety of recordings of authentic spoken English featuring NNES (non-native English speakers) in order to prepare
for international communication.

Pascal Koole

English programme aimed at future career success? BTEC Work

skills!

English or
Dutch

HAVO/MBO/

30

How can we prepare students for a professional career abroad AND work on all English language skills WITHOUT changing the entire curriculum? Keywords: content based learning,
BTEC, HBO Work skills, ICT.

Onno van Wilgenburg

They stole our jobs!? Teaching English in bilingual education

English

VMBO/HAVO/VWO

50

When schools start a tto-stream and many colleagues start teaching in English, the real English teachers sometimes feel pushed out of their job. The opposite is true! For tto as well
as non-tto teachers!

Jan Paul de Vries

Centraal Examen Engels MBO 4

Dutch

MBO

30

Wat zijn de contouren van het toekomstig centraal examen Engels voor MBO-4 studenten? Inhoud, examen en afnamecondities.

Philida Schellekens

Using research evidence to evaluate classroom practice

English

All except primary edu.

unlimited

How do we know that our favourite teaching techniques/activities work? Review of research evidence on e.g. vocabulary learning, reading, listening and learning styles + practical use
of for effective language learning.

10

Steve-Taylore Knowles

Study, Work, Life: Developing transferrable skills across domains

English

VMBO/HAVO/VWO/MBO

unlimited

What key skills needed to be effective in our academic, professional and social lives are transferrable across the three domains? What kind of scaffolding can make the acquisition of
those skills in English more effective?

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Ken Wilson

Can my students be creative in English?

English

All

unlimited

Be creative and improvise! Activities for/with your students that are not too demanding for them.Simple activities resulting in astonishing feats of creativity in English by your students
from elementary level onwards.

12

Patricia Rose

Quick n dirty! A first aid kit for using webtools in the EFL
classroom

Both

VMBO/HAVO/VWO/MBO

30

A practical hands-on session with simple but effective tools and tricks for interactive lesson starts; creating quizzes, creating digital language tasks, etc. You dont have to be an IT
expert but do bring your own device!!

13

Boom Chicago

Improvisation is a great tool to get your students involved!

English

All

25

The force of improvisation as a tool to let students speak English and engage them with a laugh. We provide the tools to implement this successfully.

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Drew Elston, Radmakker

Project-based learning in the classroom

English

All except adult

100

Teachers can both observe and participate in the various project-based activities and excerpts from an interactive play. A very practical and fun workshop giving fresh ideas to
implement in the classroom.

15

Masja Mesie

Lets talk digital!

Dutch

VMBO/HAVO/VWO/MBO

30

Practical webtools/apps which will engage all students to lose their inhibitions and get talking. Individually but also improving this skill in cooperative digital speaking assignments.
Dont forget to bring your own device!

16

Ellen Weijand

De cultuurverschillen over leven bij een typisch Engels gezin

English

All

unlimited

Wat zijn de grote cultuurverschillen tussen Nederlanders en Engelsen? Ervaringen van Engelse gastgezinnen met Nederlandse jongeren en hun Engelse taalgebruik + hoe Nederlandse
jongeren beter voor te bereiden.

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Rias van den Doel

English pronunciation training in the multilingual classroom

English

All

unlimited

The relevance of traditional approaches in pronunciation teaching. How would students actually benefit from their proficiency in other languages or dialects during pronunciation
training, especially in the multilingual classroom?

18

Andrew Niemeijer

Teaching War Stories: Gateway Literature

Both

VMBO/HAVO/VWO/HBO and adult

unlimited

All major wars of the past hundred years have been captured in war narratives. For each war different forms have dominated: poetry, novels, films, and blogs. Concrete lessons plans
and how they can be used as gateway texts.

19

Ingrid Bresser en
Margreet van Aken

Hoe haal je meer uit de Cito Kijk- en Luistertoetsen Engels?

Dutch

VMBO/HAVO/VWO

40

Welke vaardigheden moeten leerlingen inzetten om een vreemde taal te kunnen verstaan? Verschillende manieren om deze vaardigheden effectief te trainen met de Cito Kijk- en
Luistertoetsen Engels.

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Ton Koenraad en
Patrick de Boer

Video in Modern Language Education Revisited

English

reference VWO/TTO

PUBLISHERS PRESENTATIONS

HBO

The arrival of digital video and the current availability of affordable and user friendly tools to record, edit and enhance video content have provided further possibilities for formats and
applications. One of the options is to shoot in 3D worlds.

SUMMARIES PUBLISHERS PRESENTATIONS

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Pearson Education

Online interface for real practice

Wanted: Practice that motivates students and provides immediate feedback, but requires no teacher grading and enhances informed teaching. Sound impossible? Meet Pearson
MyEnglishLabs. Join us to learn more!

22

Oxford University Press

Learning to Fail, Failing to Learn

Why are we so scared of failure? How can we help students learn how to fail by teaching them to make mistakes and take risks, to learn from mistakes?

23

Express Publishers

Digital Language Learning Applications: The Future of ELT

In this age we can access new knowledge at the touch of a button: How apps, in combination with the printed book, are changing the face of ELT worldwide.

24

Malmberg

Gepersonaliseerd leren voor het vak Engels

Wat betekent het als leerlingen oefenen op hun eigen manier, in hun eigen tempo en op een passend niveau? Geef uw professionele feedback op de gepresenteerde visie.

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Black Cat Books - Cideb

Reading is key! The Key to Reading!

Everyone can benefit from Black Cats innovative expansive reading approach. Come learn about our variety of graded-readers and blended resources, and walk away with practical
ideas on how best to exploit them in your classrooms.

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Thieme Meulenhoff

Omgaan met niveauverschillen en ICT in de Engelse les

Staat u als onderbouwdocent ook regelmatig voor de uitdaging om tegemoet te komen aan alle niveauverschillen binnen uw klas? Hoe maakt u de Engelse lessen voor alle leerlingen
even uitdagend en hoe zet u ICT hierbij in? Deze workshop biedt u praktische handvatten voor uw lessen Engels. Zowel on- als offline.

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Cambridge University
Press

The fear of Friday the 13th has been called

friggatriskaidekaphobia

You wont risk being asked to pronounce this but do run the risk of Blizzards: Killer Snowstorms, Shark attack, Avalanches, Poison: Medicine, Murder and Mystery... The online learner
management system with the Cambridge Discovery Education Interactive Readers. All participants will receive a FREE copy of one of the Cambridge Discovery readers above.

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Maro RelLan Pro

Cloud based talenpracticum

ReLANpro Cloud & Class: een Cloud based talenpracticum zonder investeringen in hardware. Docent is de centrale spil die alle leerlingen tegelijkertijd laat spreken en individueel
correcties en feedback geeft.

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Noordhoff

Nieuw! Stepping Stones 5e editie onderbouw + Tweede Fase

Kom kijken wat de nieuwe Stepping Stones 5e Edities Onderbouw Tweede fase u en uw leerlingen te bieden hebben, de boeken n ICT! En ook: hoe kunt u op een speelse en
uitdagende manier vocabulaire, grammatica en stones herhalen in een klassikale setting waarbij uw leerlingen ook nog eens Engels praten?

30

Cengage / National
Geographic Learning

National Geographic in class

Using National Geographic in class - a focus on visual learning and critical thinking.

31

Cambridge English (CUP)

The Cambridge English Scale

The new Cambridge English Scale, the result of over 100 years of continual development in the reporting of candidates performance. Designed to complement the CEFR, and to help
test users to understand performance more clearly.

For Teachers, Authors, Teacher Trainers and Schoolmanagers

Registration fee for the 11th conference is 150 per person (students and

Registration

OAPs pay 50).

Registration for the Nationaal Congres Engels will be open from 4 January 2015
through our website only: www.nationaalcongresengels.nl until the maximum
number of 350 (paying) participants has been reached.
Please check our website regularly for the latest details.

Levende Talen

Are you a member of Levende Talen? Please tick the box at the NCE 2015

CONFERENCE CENTRE DE REEHORST EDE

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registration form and get your special gift at the Levende Talen stand, as a
token of our appreciation! Not a Levende Talen member yet? Come to the stand
to learn all about Levende Talen and the advantages of a membership for you
as a dedicated teacher of the English language. If you register and join us as a
member directly at the NCE, youll receive the special gift, too.

Sponsors

www.nationaalcongresengels.nl