Reports by teachers

2016 ATECR Conference ELT CZECHLIST: IDEAS FROM THE HEART OF EUROPE was held in Prague on 9 – 10 September. Ingrida Macytė, a senior English teacher from Klaipėda Vytautas Magnus Gymnasium, represented LAKMA at this conference. The conference started with a thought-provoking and highly moving plenary lecture given by Šarka Dohnalová “Language as the Tool…

On 23-27 August 2016, LAKMA in cooperation with the British Council organised a summer school “Teaching Young Teenagers” which took place at the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences. It welcomed over a hundred English language teachers working at the lower secondary level in Lithuanian schools of general education. The participants had a great opportunity to…

Study of the U.S. Institute on Secondary Education: American Studies through the Lens of Democracy and Citizenship Missoula-Charleston-Washington D.C., May 31-July 5, 2016 by Kristina Urbonienė a teacher of English at Šiauliai “Saulėtekis“ gymnasium A SHORT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The University of Montana welcomed twenty Secondary school teachers from different countries of the world to the…

PROJECT FAIR VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ySc9abN2FM#t=357 On 4 February 2016, Klaipėda Gedminų Pre-gymnasium hosted a regional event – Educational Project Fair –organized by English teachers Kristina Rudelienė and Anton Petrovskij. 55 projects were presented by students,teachers, trainers and other staff from 30 educational institutions representing Klaipėda, Klaipėda district, Šilutė district and Plungė. The projects covered different levels of activity – school, national and international, including Erasmus+, Lifelong Learning, eTwinning, Nordplus, the EU…

“How many people who live beside us are worth that much a wider circle of people would  learn about their lives? Of course, not one or two. Often we pass by many people not even imagining that one or another person has lived a dignified life …” These are the words from the recently published book “Oral…

On 7 April 2015, LAKMA and LEU Faculty of Philology continued their cooperation by organizing a four-hour workshop on ELT in primary education for LEU English Philology students conducted by LAKMA member Alma Balnienė, teacher-expert at Šviesos Primary School.  Alma Balnienė shared her experience of teaching English to young learners with LEU students who intend to become…

PHOTOS YOUTH EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ABOUT EMIGRATION Emigration is a European issue that affects adults as well as youth. This spring, the youth of the Klaipėda region expressed their views about emigration in an English essay contest hosted by the Lithuanian Association of English Language Teachers, LAKMA. Forty-nine youth entered the contest. They wrote essays and creative texts related…

On 20 February 2014, Vilnius Taikos Progymnasium hosted a competition “Songs Open the World” where the  6th-7th formers from various schools of Vilnius staged and sang songs in English, French, Russian and German. The originator of the idea was the English language teacher Kristina Greičienė, who involved in the organization of the event the administrative staff, the teachers of music and other foreign languages as well…