On February 21st, 2015 International Black Sea University hosted 10th National Conference on Modern Trends in ELT organized by English Teachers’ Association of Georgia (ETAG). The event was supported by the British Council, the US Embassy and the International Black Sea University. The conference was dedicated to the 20th year anniversary of ETAG – the
February is African-American History month. During this month the Americans mark the achievements of diverse ethnic groups. In the US Embassy on February 19, 2015 the Public Affairs Office hosted Ossetian, Ukrainian, Russian, Armenian, Abkhaz ethnic representatives and Georgian students to take part in round table discussion on topic: “The Richness and Challenges of Ethnic Diversity
International Black Sea University is participating in EU funded project – Tempus MAHATMA (Master in Higher Education Management: Developing Leaders for Managing Educational Transformation). The project has been in progress since 2012 and is at its final stage. To ensure quality of programme administration the project execution board holds coordination meetings as well as additional
On March 9, 2015, American Combat Photographer Stacy Pearsal met all students of the American Studies BA program, Students of English Philology and professors. Wounded twice in Iraq, the female photographer centered her presentation on her life experience in Iraq and interestingly responded to students’ and professors’ questions.
Debate was held on 24th of April. Freshmen, sophomore and Junior students participated in the debate on the following topic: “Children should begin learning a foreign language as soon as they start school.” There were four groups. Two affirmative and two negative groups. The second affirmative and the first negative groups were winners. Certificates were presented
On Monday May 11th at 13:00 in Conference Hall of IBSU the students and professors of American Studies and English Philology Departments had an exciting opportunity to share a speaker – the best-selling American Mystery novelist Donna Leon (https://www.donaleon.et), who spoke about American Literature, tips for Aspiring Novelists as well as The History of the
Public Speaking Competition was held at the Faculty of Education and Humanities, on 13th of May. The students impersonated the famous leaders of the world, such as Hilary Clinton, Che Guevara, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Adolf Hitler, etc. They gave powerful speeches. As the competition was strong, it was really difficult to nominate the winners.
12th International ELT Convention was held by the Department of Basic English at Middle East Technical University (ODTU) on May 25-26, 2015 in Ankara, Turkey. The convention takes place every two years and attracts many renowned scholars in ELT from all over the world. This year’s event was not an exception. Key-note speakers, Dr. Luke Prodromou,
Prof. Dr. Ekaterine Pipia has organized a course project for opening ‘Future Teachers Professional Club’. Junior students at English Philology Program have discussed the issue of motivation in English Language teaching. Students brought many interesting ideas, activities and their own videos to show the importance of being a ‘Motivation Angel’ in the classroom. This is
