Ondrej vo svete: Valíková

First of all, here are all the photos if you're not interested in my ramblings:

Second,
I will try to break the conference down a little, per day, with some notes.

To get to Uherské Hradiště, I had approached Lenka Kroupová, a friend I met at the ELTForums (2015, 2014, ..). She got me in touch with the ACETR's president Libuše Kohutová, who was so kind to let me in on the conference and feel the atmosphere from among the speakers. I should also thank Lynda Steyne and Mark Andrews for accompanying me to this beautiful Moravian city.

Here's Libuše starting off the conference in style!

From 2015-09-04 Shades of ELT Uherské Hradiště, day 1

And here's Louel, my room mate and guide, a former student of biochemistry from Philippines, who got enamored with Brno and who now has been teaching English for quite a few years there.

From 2015-09-04 Shades of ELT Uherské Hradiště, day 1

Friday's plenaries began with Graham Hall, currently the senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics/TESOL at Northumbria, the Editor of ELT Journal, and an active member of the International Association of Teachers of English as Foreign Language (IATEFL). He really did have a lot to say on Tradition, innovation and change: teaching in theory … and in practice.
If you would like to find out more about Graham and the others, Lenka did excellent interviews!

From 2015-09-04 Shades of ELT Uherské Hradiště, day 1

After the plenary, people spread to the unbelievable 7 (!) concurrent sessions. There was just so much to see and handle, especially for me as a photographer.

First off, Hugh Dellar gave a very interesting workshop asking Can a picture tell a thousand words? You can guess it really got my attention!

From 2015-09-04 Shades of ELT Uherské Hradiště, day 1

Second, there was Suzana Anic Anti with her ideas on how to Spice it up Digitally

From 2015-09-04 Shades of ELT Uherské Hradiště, day 1

Third came Zdeněk Janík with ideas on Politeness and Impoliteness in Intercultural Communication

From 2015-09-04 Shades of ELT Uherské Hradiště, day 1

Fourth was David Fisher of Bear Theatre with his incredible Drama games

From 2015-09-04 Shades of ELT Uherské Hradiště, day 1

Fifth was Lenka Zouhar Ludvíková saying there's no No need to cry over a sliced onion

From 2015-09-04 Shades of ELT Uherské Hradiště, day 1

Sixth was Martina Limburg giving us tips on Studying andteachingEnglishthrough film

From 2015-09-04 Shades of ELT Uherské Hradiště, day 1

And seventh was Daniela Valíková, one of the organizers, with her outdoor session To be or not to be … a teacher of English, which I sadly missed. Here are the participants back during sundown.

From 2015-09-04 Shades of ELT Uherské Hradiště, day 1

But that was not the end to the first evening! Thanks to the organizers it was followed with Moravian wine, music and song!

From 2015-09-04 Shades of ELT Uherské Hradiště, day 1

There was even some dancing!

From 2015-09-04 Shades of ELT Uherské Hradiště, day 1

And as I mentioned at the beginning, I was fortunate to join the speakers and other members of the English teaching chambers from Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia...for a traditional Moravian dinner!