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LATE Online Teacher Training Event
LATE is delighted to announce that we will be holding an online Teacher Training event entitled "Developing Engagement in a Period of Change: Elaborating Writing and Reading Skills" on Thursday, 21st January 2021 from 15:00 – 18:00. The workshops will be conducted by our well-known trainers Tatjana Kunda and Anna Beļska. Click here for the programme of the event. Participants will receive a Teacher Professional Development certificate (4 hours). This will be a free training event for LATE members. If you do not hold a current LATE membership, pay €10 by 19th January to join LATE and you will be able to attend this and other LATE events for free until August 2021. Your membership will be confirmed in a few days’ time after the payment has been received. See the 'Join LATE' section at the bottom of this page. The deadline for the registration is 19th January. Please sign up for this exciting event using this form. The Zoom link for the event will be sent to your e-mail a day before the event on the 20th January. |
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Online Teacher Training Day
29th December 2020 LATE held an online Training Day entitled "Developing Engagement in a Period of Change" on Tuesday the 29th December 2020. You can read about the day here. This was be a free training event for LATE members. |
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HMC 2021
HMC Projects is a charitable organisation which organises two scholarship programmes for very bright and able 16/17 year-olds in 14 countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Successful applicants are offered a 2 year scholarship at a top private boarding school in the UK. Please look at the information on our HMC page and share it with young talented learners who you think meet the requirements and would be interested in applying. The deadline for applications is the 4th December. |
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Supporting Multilingual Classrooms
LATE ran the postponed “Supporting Multilingual Classes” 16 hours TPD course on 29-30th September 2020. You can read more about this event on this page. |
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Reading Circle
We are glad to announce that LATE in cooperation with Pearson is continuing the work on the project “Reading Circle”. The main aim of the project is to create a classroom culture that fosters motivation to read and promotes students’ reading skills. This year there will be 2 groups: “Reading Circle 1 – 2020” - a new group for 6th formers; and “Reading Circle 2 – 2020” for 7th formers, where the work will be coordinated by the teachers who participated in the project last year. The participation in the project can last for 3 years from 6th – 8th grade. The project is sponsored by Pearson and LATE, and is free of charge for the participants. Deadline for the registration is 18th September – 1pm. If you teach 6th formers and would like to apply for this project, please complete the application form which includes a short letter of motivation. |
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Nordic Baltic Region Newsletter
Click here to download the latest Baltic-Nordic Region Newsletter No. 2 of the International Federation of Language Teacher Associations. |
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Annual Conference
Due to the current continuing uncertainty LATE held a one-day online Conference on Friday 21st August. More information about the Conference can be found on the Conference page. |
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OnLine Learning Guide
Click here to download a free 'Rough and Ready Guide to Teaching English Online in a Time of Coronavirus'. The Guide looks at key terms and concepts, considers what kinds of things we can do online, and discusses three sample lessons based on Solutions Pre-Intermediate. |
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Nordic Baltic Region Newsletter
Click here to download the latest Baltic-Nordic Region Newsletter No. 1 (March 2020) of the International Federation of Language Teacher Associations. |
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Message from LATE Board
During this troubled time the LATE Board would like to wish all our members and their families, and their students all the best, and, most importantly, the best of health. Even though these are difficult times, the silver lining is the huge learning opportunity we have been presented with as we work to deliver lessons online. This perhaps daunting task is best approached with a positive mental attitude: It might be frustrating at times and we might make mistakes, but we will learn. Our publisher partners are being very generous with electronic course materials, and are also organizing webinars on line learning, and we would like to thank them for this help. LATE will continue planning for the Annual Conference in August, and we will continue to keep you informed of initiatives from publishers and our other partners. Remember to stay safe! |
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The Supporting Multilingual Classrooms Project has been postponed, perhaps to September... Unfortunately the Drama Express ’20 Festival has had to be cancelled.
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RELANG Project
LATE is proud to have participated in the organization of a workshop for foreign language teachers in cooperation with the European Centre for Modern Languages (Graz, Austria) on the 19-21st February at the University of Latvia Library (Kalpaka bulvāris 4, Riga, Latvia). The workshop was entitled ‘Exploring ways to test mediation and pluricultural/plurilingual skills in the classroom’ and was conducted by two ECML experts – José Noijons (the Netherlands) and Gábor Szábo (University of Pécs, Hungary). You can read more about the project here. |
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January Training Day
2020
The Third January Training Day was held on the 3rd of January 2020 at Riga Secondary School No. 34. We were delighted to have three speakers. Tatjana Kunda (VISC) talked about how to prepare students for the written part of exams. Thomas Springer (U.S. Attorney-At-Law, England & Wales Solicitor, Registered Legal Consultant, Russian Federation, Ventspils University) spoke about Challenges Encountered by Latvian Learners of English as a Second Language. Robert Buckmaster spoke on Time and on using maps in teaching. This was a free event for LATE Members. You can find out more about this event on this page. |
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Pearson/LATE “Reading Circle” Project Pearson Publishers and LATE are engaged in an exciting new project this year. The Reading Circle project is meant for elementary students: Pearson Readers Level 2 (600 headwords). Teachers from eight schools from all over Latvia are participating in the project. The project is sponsored by Pearson and LATE and is free of charge for the participants. Each school receives a set of (15+1 books of one title) and will be able to read them for a month. The teacher in each school organizes the reading process. After a month the set of books is posted to the next school in the Reading Circle and so on. You can read more about the Project here. |
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LATE Liepaja Conference 2019
The LATE Liepaja Conference 2019 “Changes and Challenges: English Language Teaching and 21st Century Skills”was held on Wednesday, 23rd October 2019. You can find out more about it here. |
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HMC
LATE is proud to announce that it is supporting HMC Projects, a charitable organisation which helps gifted children to study at private boarding schools in the UK. You can read more about the scheme and how your students can apply here. |
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New Board
A new board was elected at LATE's Annual Conference and you can read about the board here. |
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Annual Conference 2019
LATE held its 27th Annual Conference on the 22-23rd August at Riga Teika Secondary School, Aizkraukles iela 14, Riga, Latvia. The conference was entitled: Competence Based Teaching and learning: Challenges and Opportunities. More information about conference can be found on our Conference page. |
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Training Day 4th January 2019
LATE held the second January Seminar in our series 'Innovative Teaching Methods to Promote a Contemporary Learning Process' at Riga Teika Secondary School on Friday 4th January. The highlights of the programme were:
This was a special free event for LATE Members. For more information visit this page: Webinars etc. |
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Ina Andina, LATE Vidzeme region coordinator reports: Latvia and Estonia joint seminar in Valka
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Two Regional LATE Events for October
1. Annual LATGALE Teachers' Conference The 18th Latgale English Teachers' Methodology Conference "Competence-based Teaching and Learning – Gateway to Learner’s Success” in Daugavpils, on the 23rd of October. 2. Pearson-LATE Professional Development Course in Liepaja "A Competence Based Approach to Teaching and Learning English" at Liepaja State Gymnasium No. 1 on the 24-25th October. |
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British Council/LATE Summer School "Coping with Competences" LATE, in co-operation with the British Council organised a residential summer school entitled "Coping with Competences", for English teachers, from 15 - 18 August at Priekuli Technical School. Chris Thorn from the UK and local lecturers shared their expertise and worked with 54 teachers to develop ideas and resources to use in their classrooms. You can find more information about the Summer School here. |
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Annual Conference 2018
LATE's Annual Conference was held on the 23rd and 24th August 2018 at Riga State Gymnasium No 1, Raina Bulvaris 8. The Conference Title was: Educating Today's Learners for the 21st Century World: Competence-based Teaching and Learning. You can find more information about it on the Conference page. |
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Article James Egerton, our webinar and seminar presenter this year, published an article in IATEFL Voices (March-April 2018) entitled 'Inculcating a Growth Mindset' and kindly agreed to share it with us. The text of the article can be found here. Accompanying videos and PDF copies of the materials for each stage can be found on this blog post. |
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The FIPLV Nordic-Baltic Region (NBR) Conference 2018
Teaching and Learning Languages in the 21st Century: Linguistic, Educational and Cultural Aspects Click here for more information. Language Teacher Training and Development of Language Teachers Competencies Language Teaching and Learning†for New Generation Students Teaching and Learning Less Widely Taught Languages Multilingualism and Intercultural Communication Linguistic Research |
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Media Literacy Video Competition
The US Embassy in Latvia announces its annual video competition for high school students with a major prize for a four-week trip through the United States. This year's theme is "Media Literacy". We are waiting for young people in English about how they think about using media nowadays, how to think about who to believe, what not to, how to keep up with the topical issues of Latvia and the world, why it is so important, and so on. Videos should be submitted by February 22, 2018. There is more information about the competition in the attached poster. |
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Study of the United States Institutes
Study of the United States Institutes are intensive post-graduate level academic programs with integrated study tours whose purpose is to provide foreign university faculty, other scholars, and secondary educators (classroom teachers, teacher trainers, curriculum developers, textbook writers, ministry of educations officials, etc.) the opportunity to deepen their understanding of American society, culture, and institutions. The ultimate goal is to strengthen curricula and to improve the quality of teaching about the United States in academic institutions abroad. The institutes will take place at various colleges and universities throughout the United States over the course of 5-6 weeks beginning in May/June 2018. More information here [a Word document]. |
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FLEX 2018-2019 Latvia More information here about this exciting opportunity from the US Embassy. |
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About LATE LATE has been representing teachers of English in Latvia since it was founded in 1992. LATE is an Associate Member of IATEFL. Membership Fees per annum New members: 25 Euros Renewing members: 20 Euros Students: 10 Euros |
What LATE does LATE organizes an Annual Conference in August in Riga, a Training Day in January, occasional webinars and takes part in special projects such as British Council Summer Schools. Membership Benefits As a member of LATE you can attend the Annual Conference at a reduced rate and take part in LATE projects, training events and special promotions. In the 2019/20 academic year we had a training day in January for members as well as the two day Annual Conference in August: see here and here for more details. Join LATE Click here to join LATE. Complete the form and then pay the appropriate membership fee. See below for bank details. Once you have made the payment you will be contacted to confirm your membership. This might take up to 2 weeks. For bank details please click . |
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