Join IH Reggio Calabria for their annual ELT Conference in Italy on Friday, 21st November 2025.
The school is delighted to announce that this year’s special guest plenary speaker will be Professor Sarah Mercer from the University of Graz, Austria. Other featured speakers include Lucie Cotterill (Freelance Teacher Educator | IH World Organisation), Sarah Ellis (Cambridge University Press & Assessment), and Palmina La Rosa (AISLi).
Expect a day full of engaging plenaries, interactive workshops, innovative teaching ideas, and inspiring ELT professionals. Join us for a memorable day of learning, connection, and celebration of teaching!
Programme
08:15 – 08:45 Registration
08:45 – 09:00 Welcome with Marco Goso & Patrizia Quattrone
Keynotes
09:05 – 10:05 Engaging Hearts and Minds in Language Learning​ with Sarah Mercer
10:10 – 10:20 From the Classroom to the World: Language that Moves with Moovy
10:25 – 11:00 Updates & Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45 Swipe Right for English! Making Learning Irresistible in the Attention Economy with Lucie Cotterill
11:45 – 12:30 Developing language and global citizenship through sustainability values with Sarah Ellis
12:35 – 13:40 Lunch
Workshops
13:40 – 14:25
- Motivating Teen Learners: Practical Activities for Cambridge A2 Key and B1 Preliminary for Schools with Sarah Ellis and Simon Brown, Cambridge University Press and Assessment
- Cooking Up CLIL: Stirring the 4Cs into the Classroom with Shannon Thwaites, ih BRITISH SCHOOL RC
- From ‘Facilitator’ to ‘Warm Demander’: Reshaping the Role of the EFL Teacher with Vince Palombo, ih BRITISH SCHOOL RC
14:30 – 15:15
- From Stress to Success: Teaching Students How to Study Smart with Enrico Chiavaroli, ih BRITISH SCHOOL RC
- Let Them Talk! Making Speaking Activities Work in Every Classroom with Jenniver Veit and Yasmine Rashwan, ih BRITISH SCHOOL RC
- Voices for the Future: The Language Classroom as a Life Competency Lab with Palmina La Rosa, AISLi
