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…
Kristina Urbonienė – LAKMA President
LAKMA Board news update: The recent National Assembly 2020 has elected a new Board, and the recent Board Meeting has elected a new President – Kristina Urbonienė. Thank you, Eglė, for your contribution to the LAKMA community, and thank you, Kristina, in advance, for your future work. Good luck to all of us!
