{"id":9781,"date":"2016-10-19T16:41:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T14:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yals.rs\/yals-conference-2016-fostering-excellence-in-language-education-centres\/"},"modified":"2016-10-19T16:41:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T14:41:06","slug":"yals-conference-2016-fostering-excellence-in-language-education-centres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yals.rs\/en\/yals-conference-2016-fostering-excellence-in-language-education-centres\/","title":{"rendered":"YALS Conference 2016: Fostering excellence in language education centres"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Yals Chair Marija Pejatovi\u0107 opening Yals Conference 2016: “Fostering Excellence in Language Education Centres in Serbia” in Belgrade, on 15 October 2016<\/em><\/p>\n

Reported by Danijela Veljkovi\u0107<\/em><\/p>\n

On 15 October, Yals, Association of Language Schools of Serbia, organised a conference titled \u2019\u2019FOSTERING EXCELLENCE IN LANGUAGE EDUCATION CENTRES IN SERBIA\u2019\u2019 in Guarnerius Centre in Belgrade. The conference was supported by Eaquals<\/a>, European Association for Quality Language Service, and was aimed at Private School Owners, Academic Managers, Directors of Studies and experienced teachers.<\/p>\n

Marija Pejatovi\u0107, Yals Chair, opened the conference, attended by around 120 people. The participants were also greeted by \u00a0the newly appointed British Council<\/a> Director of Serbia, Clare Sears, who emphasized the importance of following the standards and maintaining the quality in foreign language schools in Serbia, and added that it was the main reason for a long-lasting cooperation between the British Council and Yals.<\/p>\n

The main presenter was\u00a0 Ludka Kotarska<\/a>, Director of Eaquals Accreditation and Consultancy Services. The topics of her presentations were:<\/p>\n

Fostering excellence in language education centres<\/a>, and<\/strong><\/p>\n

The importance of CPD for an institution<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A panel discussion was also held with the following participants: Aleksandra Pejatovi\u0107, Ph.D, Associate Professor at Department of Pedagogy and Andragogy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Aleksandar Nedi\u0107, Services Sector Secretary, Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Josip Sobin, Jantar School Director; member of Language Association, Croatian Chamber of Commerce. Marija Pejatovi\u0107, Yals Chair, was a moderator.<\/p>\n

After the panel discussion, a short promotional film on quality in teaching and management in language schools in Serbia was shown. The name of the film is:\u00a0 “DO YOU KNOW HOW TO CHOOSE A GOOD LANGUAGE SCHOOL?”<\/a>, and its author is Predrag Todorovi\u0107.<\/p>\n

In the last part of our conference the participants enjoyed the examples of good practice from Yals, workshops prepared by our teachers:<\/p>\n

Jelena Spasi\u0107, Senior Teacher, Teacher Trainer, Academic Director, Oxford School, Leskovac,\u00a0 \u2019\u2019Storytelling with the Giving Tree\u2019\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Katarina Andri\u0107, Senior Teacher and Teacher Trainer, Lingva School,\u00a0 Valjevo,\u00a0 \u2019\u2019Vocabulary Beats\u2019\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jovana Popovi\u0107 an,d Sofija Ljiljak Vukajlovi\u0107, Senior Teachers and Teacher Trainers, Tom & Emma School , Belgrade,\u00a0 \u2019\u2019Aiming High with Video\u2019\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n