Ladies and Gentlemen,

We have the honour to invite you to the XI International PASE Conference dedicated to the new challenges facing  language schools today.  This year's conference is an opportunity to meet experts and professionals in the field of foreign language teaching methodology and management, who will present answers to questions such as:

  • How to restructure a language school,
  • How to keep existing customers,
  • How to sell a good service,
  • How to apply for and obtain EU funds for educational projects,
  • How to survive in tough times.

The Conference is addressed to owners, managers, directors of studies and methodologists from private language schools, university representatives as well as professionals associated with the teaching of foreign languages..

Jeremy Harmer

 

We are pleased to announce that the conference’s special guest will be  Jeremy Harmer - a guru in the field of ELT and a renowned author cooperating with Pearson Longman.





Plenary sessions:

  • Arthur Bartoszewicz "The Crisis Does Not Have to Be a Disaster."
  • Wojciech Graniczewski "How to Downsize Gracefully and Increase Profitability."
  • Grzegorz Spiewak, "Methodology Made (G) local."

Apart from the plenary sessions, participants can also take part in workshop sessions, divided into 2 thematic blocks -  management and methodology.

The topics of the parallel sessions include:

  • ‘Does the crisis have to affect teachers’ motivation?’
  • ‘On ways of motivating teachers’
  • ‘Imposing  VAT on language courses - the consequences and threats to language schools’
  • ’Financing of educational projects with funds from OP Kapitał Ludzki’
  • ‘A PASE inspection - painting grass green or a practical benefit for the school?’