LAKMA 30th ANNIVERSARY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND CONFERENCE

JUBILIEJINĖ LAKMA ASAMBLĖJA IR KONFERENCIJA Minėdami asociacijos 30-etį, maloniai kviečiame LAKMA narius, partnerius ir draugus į šventinę asamblėją-konferenciją prisiminti anglistų bendruomenės entuziastingo kūrimosi, nuolatinio augimo ir džiuginančių pasiekimų kelią, aptarti šiandienos kalbų mokymo(si) aktualijas ir pasidžiaugti kolegišku bendravimu. DATA / DATE: 2022 m. spalio 22 d. VIETA / VENUE: Vytauto Didžiojo gimnazija, Augustijonų g. 8,…

Online workshop “Essay Types in the New National Curriculum for Foreign Languages: Revisiting Organizational Patterns and Approaches to Teaching” November 14/15, 2022. Lecturer – Jurga Kasteckienė

The process of revision of the National Curriculum in Lithuania has brought a number of important changes for the teachers of English as a foreign language. The National Curriculum for Foreign (First and Second) Languages is introducing new content which echoes educational tendencies of foreign language teaching in other European countries and beyond. The main…

Online workshops “Essay Types in the National Curriculum for Foreign Languages: Revisiting Organisational Patterns and Approaches to Teaching” April – May, 2022

The spring of 2022 was rich in numbers of participants who took part in 2 online workshops “Essay Types in the New National Curriculum for Foreign Languages: Revisiting Organisational Patterns and Approaches to teaching” which were given by the lecturer Jurga Kasteckienė. During the seminars, 122 teachers broadened their knowledge of different organizational patterns of…

PRELIM 2 international project course “English Language in the Classroom” January – March 2022

We are happy and proud to announce that a 10-week PRELIM 2 international project course “English Language in the Classroom” has been completed with great success! On March 30, 2022, representatives of the LAKMA board Diana Galatiltienė, Kristina Urbonienė, Vilda Kiaunytė, lecturers Nathan Watling, Dorota Nalepa, Marta Jasinska from West London College (the United Kingdom)…

Online workshop “Speaking Exam: Quick Tips and Further Practice” April 09, 2022

On 9 April, 2022, Lina Fedorčenkienė, who is a lecturer at Vilnius University and American English School, with 20-year experience of teaching, gave a useful online workshop “Speaking Exam: Quick Tips and Further Practice” in which 34 teachers of English were provided with various tips and learned some methods of teaching speaking both in online…

National project “We Can Prepare for the English Exam Together / Pasirenkime anglų kalbos egzaminui kartu” April-December 2021

The project was funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of Lithuania and coordinated by LAKMA.The aim of the project was to provide 11-12 grade students  with expert assistance in dealing with learning difficulties which students have experienced during the pandemic and preparing for the school-leaving English examination. The project also offered practical…

20 th LAKMA International Conference “Mediation in Language Learning, Teaching and Assessment” 22-10-2021

The term “mediation” is not new to foreign language teachers in Lithuania. Mediation skills have beendiscussed for more than a decade by language teaching professionals as they are an important part ofcommunicative competence in our multilingual and multicultural world. This term has become particularlyrelevant this year, as the Lithuanian National Curriculum for Foreign Languages (which…

20th LAKMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY – 22-23 October 2021

MEDIATION IN LANGUAGE LEARNING, TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT CONFERENCE PROGRAMME08:00–08:45   REGISTRATION08:45–09:00   OPENING09:00–10:00   Session 1. Maria Stathopoulou, ECML, Council of Europe10:00–11:00   Session 2. Dave Spencer, Macmillan Education11:00–11:30   BREAK11:30–12:30   Session 3. Ania Kolbuszewska, Pearson Education12:30–13:30   Session 4. Dave Spencer, Macmillan  Education13:30–14:00   BREAK14:00–15:00   Session 5. Ania Kolbuszewska, Pearson Education15:00–16:00   Session 6. Beata Valungevičienė,  LAKMA (in Lithuanian)16:00–16:15   CLOSING CONFERENCE FEES15…