ISSN 2228-0847
EATE Estonian Association of Teachers of English
The EATE Journal Issue No. 40 October 2011
From the Current and Earlier Committees THE BEGINNINGS Ülle Kurm
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TRAVELLING WITH EATE Mare Jõul
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EATE ANNUAL SUMMER SEMINARS – HOW? WHEN? Carmen Ruus
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PÕLTSAMAA REVISITED Juta Hennoste
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TOP TEN OF EVERYTHING YEAR-12-EXAM-RELATED Erika Puusemp
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TEACHING OF LISTENING TO EFL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN POLAND Andrzej Cirocki
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FORMATIVE OR SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT Tiia Timma
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OXFORD ADVANCED LEARNER’S DICTIONARY. EIGHTH EDITION Enn Veldi
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FOR ALL SEASONS: THE STORY AND JOYS OF CENTRAL PARK Julia Hirsch
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THE 45TH ANNUAL IATEFL CONFERENCE IN BRIGHTON, EAST SUSSEX, UK Annela Laht
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WHAT IS DKG? Margarita Hanschmidt
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Teachers’ Teacher VERSATILE STYLIST AND TRANSLATOR An interview with Urve Hanko
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Come and Share SHARE YOUR IDEAS ON iSLCollective An interview with Peter Laszlo
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I’M FULL – WE JUST HAD OUR ENGLISH CLASS Aari Juhanson
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POETRY AND SONG LYRICS FOR THE COMPUTER GENERATION? Ene Eisenberg-Lindqvist
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PÄRNU SUMMER SEMINAR 23-24 August 2011
Summer School participants get loads of materials
Aet Sarv speaking on Britishness and Englishness
Eva Rein – our enthusiast of Canadian literature
Piret Kärtner - in this picture as a listener
Photos by Ingrid Puusemp
Silva Toomingas from TEA spoke about e-dictionaries
Nadezhda Valk from Dialoog offering a grammar book
Estonian Association of Teachers of English www.eate.ee Chair
Editor of OPEN!
Current account
Leena Punga
Ilmar Anvelt
10152001597007
Phone 5212 347
Phone 7375 218
in SEB
e-mail: leena.punga@gmail.com
e-mail: ilmar.anvelt@ut.ee
Photos by Ingrid Puusemp
EATE 20th ANNIVERSARY RECEPTION IN PÄRNU KUURSAAL
Leena Punga and other Committee members receiving congratulations
Enjoying the food and drink in Pärnu Kuursaal – the largest pub of Estonia
Music from accordionist Veiko Rea, model for Rait Pärg’s sculpture of Raimond Valgre
Greetings from Mayor of Pärnu Toomas Kivimägi
Erika Puusemp and Tiia Ševtšuk from Miina Härma Gymnasium
Tiiu Vitsut from the US Embassy and guest speaker Jason Finn
Migle Ogorodnikoviene – one of our long-time helpers from Pearson Longman