Michael CARRIER

Michael Carrier is Head of English Language Innovation for The British Council, London. He has been involved in ELT for over 25 years as a teacher, trainer, author, school director and was CEO of IH World until 2008. He has worked in Germany, Italy, Poland, UK and the USA, lectured in many countries & written a number of textbooks. He is on the Board of EAQUALS and ELTJ.

Michael Carrier's visit is supported by the British Council.

Update September 4th: Due to scheduling conflicts, Michael Carrier has cancelled his presentations at FAAPI 2010.

Paul COOKSON

Paul Cookson was born in 1961 and brought up just outside in Lancashire. He qualified as a teacher and taught full-time for five years. In 1980 he published his first selection of poems and has now published over fifteen solo collections for both adults and children. As well as performing and leading workshops with pupils, Paul is also an experienced In Service Training speaker and has led workshops for adults in a variety of situations. He has appeared at various literature festivals – Cheltenham, Hay-on-Wye, Edinburgh, Swansea, NCBF, Greenbelt to name a few. Paul often works with David Harmer in the popular performance poetry duo Spill The Beans and has appeared on radio and television. This is his first visit to Argentina.

Paul Cookson's visit is supported by the British Council.

Leonor CORRADI

Leonor Corradi holds an MSc. in Education from Surrey University. She’s a lecturer in Didactics at Joaquin V Gonzalez and at IES en Lenguas Vivas. She’s a coordinator of state bilingual schools in the City of Buenos Aires, co-author of the Curriculum Design for Foreign Languages, presenter at national and international conferences, and ELT author. At present she’s teaching English to blind students as part of a project in Special Education.

Leonor Corradi's visit is sponsored by Pearson Education and also has the support of the British Council.

MaryAnn CHRISTISON

MaryAnn Christison is a professor in the Department of Linguistics and the Urban Institute for Teacher Education at the University of Utah. She teaches courses in the M.A. and Ph.D. programs as well as courses for undergraduates preparing for work in U.S. public schools. She was TESOL President 1997-98 and serves on the Board of Trustees of The International Research Foundation (TIRF) for English Language Education. Her current research interests are in second language teacher education and her most recent books (co-authored with D. Murray) are entitled What Teachers Need to Know: Understanding Learning and What Teachers Need to Know: Facilitating Learning.

MaryAnn Christison's visit is supported by ACPI, FAAPI and the University of Utah.

Kieran EGAN

Kieran Egan is primarily interested in education. His work focuses on a new educational theory and its implications for a changed curriculum, teaching practices, and the institution of the school. Some of his books are:An imaginative approach to teaching, The future of education: Reimagining our schools from the ground up., Teaching literacy: Engaging the imagination of new readers and writers.

Kieran Eagan will deliver his presentation by videoconference.

Daniel FERNÁNDEZ

Doctor in Language Sciences: Applied Linguistics – Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. MA in Applied Linguistics, Foreign Language Teaching and Educational Technology - University of Durham, UK. His academic interests include SFL and Dicourse Analysis. Head of Centro de Idiomas, UNL. Head of INDICE: Instituto de Estudio de los Discursos Académicos y Profesionales de las Ciencias Económicas - School of Economics, UNL. Author of national and international publications. Head of Licenciatura en Español Lengua Extranjera and Especialización in Discourse Analysis, School of Humanities, UNL. Professional Development Evaluator, Ministry of Education. President of Federación Argentina de Asociaciones de Profesores de Inglés – FAAPI.

Daniel Fernández's visit is supported by ACPI and FAAPI.

Merryl GOLDBERG

Merryl Goldberg Ed.D. is a Professor of Visual and Performing Arts at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) where she teaches courses on Arts & Learning, and Music and where she is founder and director of Center ARTES, a center dedicated to restoring arts to education through working with the SDCOE, arts partners, parents, and teachers. She has numerous publications including books, articles, chapters, editorials, and blogs. She is the recipient of numerous grants including a Federal Department of Education Innovation grant, a joint Spencer and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur grant, Fulbright-Hays Foundation grants, and California Arts Council grants relating to her work with arts in the schools. Prior to entering academia, she recorded numerous CDs and was on the road for 13 years playing the saxophone with the Klezmer Conservatory Band.

Merryl Goldberg's visit is sponsored by Pearson Education.

Jeremy HARMER

Jeremy Harmer has taught in Mexico and the UK and is currently on the faculty for the MA TESOL at the New School University, New York. He has trained teachers and offered seminars all over the world. A writer of both course material and methodology, his titles include How to teach Writing (2004), the extensively revised second edition of How to Teach English (2007), and the prizewinning fourth edition of The Practice of English Language Teaching (2007)– all published by Pearson Education Ltd. He is the General Editor of the Longman ‘How to’ methodology list. He is a keen amateur musician and poetry performer.

Jeremy Harmer's visit is sponsored by Pearson Education.

Susan HILLYARD

Susan Hillyard, B.Ed.(Hons) Warwick University (U.K.) Susan has work experience in fifteen countries as a speaker, workshop facilitator, trainer, consultant, researcher, on-line tutor. Now a NILE Associate Trainer, in Norwich, UK. She has co-authored a Resource Book for Teachers Global Issues for OUP and TDI-TKT On-line Course for Pearson, New York. Now coordinator: English in Action, teaching English through Drama in Special Education, Ministry of Education, City of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Susan Hillyard's visit is sponsored by Trinity College London.

John HUGHES

John Hughes is a teacher and teacher trainer. He has worked in ELT for eighteen years and has taught in Austria, Poland, Italy, Malta, the UK and the USA. He has authored and co-authored course books and resource materials including Heinle Cengage Learning’s Spotlight on FCE, Practical Grammar (Levels 1 to 3) and a new series of materials based on National Geographic resources.

John Hughes' visit is sponsored by Heinle Cengage Learning.

Analía KANDEL

English teacher (INSP JVG). M.A. in the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (Distinction, University of Reading). President of APIBA. “English Language III” lecturer (ISP JVG & UB). Head of the Foreign Languages Department at Boston College. Information and Special Programmes Officer in the Foreign Languages Area at the Ministry of Education GCBA. Radio producer (ETER).

Analía Kandel's visit is possible with the support of ACPI, FAAPI and the British Council.

Alan MALEY

From 1962-88, Alan worked for the British Council in Jugoslavia, Ghana, Italy, France, China and India. He was Director-General of the Bell Educational Trust in Cambridge from 1988-93 and then worked as Senior Fellow at NUS, Singapore until 1998. From 1999-2003 he set up and ran the graduate programme in ELT at Assumption University, Bangkok. He is currently Visiting Professor at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK, and a freelance writer and consultant. He has published over 40 books and numerous articles.

Alan Maley's visit is supported by ACPI, FAAPI and the British Council.

Adrian PALMER

Adrian Palmer teaches a variety of courses in applied linguistics at the University of Utah. His areas of specialization include language assessment, teacher training and professional development, and language teaching methodology, and he regularly offers a variety of workshops and presentations on these topics. Recent publications include Seeking the Heart of Teaching (University of Michigan Press), 2007 and Language Assessment in Practice (Oxford University Press), 2010.

Adrian Palmer's visit is supported by ACPI, FAAPI and the University of Utah.

Silvia RETTAROLI

Teacher of English, graduate of I.S.P. "J.V. González". Foreign Languages Co-coordinator, Research and Educational Development Unit, Ministry of Culture and Education (1998 and 1999). School Manager at bilingual schools in the Buenos Aires Province. She has also worked as a Pre and In-Service Teacher Educator at the ISP "Dr. J. V. Gonzalez" (1985-1999) and "Presbítero Sáenz" (1999-continues). IT trainer in the Methodology Programme by the British Council in Tucuman. CLE (Certificados en Lenguas Extranjeras) coordinator at the Ministry of Education (GCBA).

Silvia Rettaroli's visit is sponsored by Cambridge ESOL Examinations and also has the support of the British Council.

Ana Marina SUAREZ GIANELLO

Teacher of English and MSc in Didácticas Específicas. Teacher at AACI, Santa Fe; at Instituto Superior del Profesorado Nº1 “E.G. Cervera” and at Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Cambridge ESOL OE and Team Leader. Book: Los textos en Español en la clase de Inglés (Publicaciones UNL).

Ana Marina Suarez Giannello's visit is supported by ACPI and FAAPI.

Greta VOLLMER

Dr. Greta Vollmer is Associate Professor of English and applied linguistics at Sonoma State University, where she teaches courses in English education, grammar, language acquisition and second language pedagogy.

Dr. Vollmer received her PhD from the University of California, Berkeley (2000), with a specialization in applied linguistics and second language acquisition. She also has an M.A. in TESOL (San Francisco State University) and an M.A. in French Literature & Linguistics (New York University).

Her previous teaching experiences include 10 years as a secondary level ESL teacher and five years of teaching non-native speaker composition courses at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests include second language composition, genre studies and visual literacy.

Dr. Vollmer has offered English language and pedagogy courses in Argentina, Hong Kong, China, Chile, Turkey and Italy. Published articles have addressed topics in immigrant education, second language writing and composition pedagogy. She has also presented papers at NCTE (National Council for Teachers of English), the National Writing Project, TESOL, American Educational Research Association, American Association of Applied Linguistics, and College Conference on Composition & Communication (CCCC).

Greta Vollmer's visit is supported by The Fulbright Commission.