Berlin 2007: Sessions

The 20th anniversary BESIG conference took place in Berlin 16 - 18 November 2007. The following sessions took place; for a number of them materials are available below. The conference programme is also available. Thank you to all the presenters, exhibitors and, of course, the delegates who made it a very special event!

Opening plenary: David Graddol - The Future of 'English for Business' and 'The Business of English'

A1: Paul Emmerson: The whole of business in one book	A2: Jeremy Comfort, Gabriele Eilert-Ebke, Bob Dignen: Diversity: Communicating internationally	A3: Byron Russell: Blended Learning - a tasty smoothie or just a mess? (PowerPoint presentation available here)	A4: Liam Brown: From communicating information to communicating impressions: is business communication skills training ready to deliver?	A5: Sharon Jordan: Cambridge ESOL Computer-based Business language assessment
A6/B6: Marjorie Rosenberg: Business English from the start (Handout available here)	A7: Luminita Cocarta and Dragos Cojocaru: Some cultural tips to use in teaching Business English (PowerPoint presentation and handout available here)	A8: Scott Tokaryk: An approach to developing customized ESP material and courses (PowerPoint presentation available here)	A9: Gerry McClean: Negotiated learning and the role of the introductory talk (PowerPoint presentation available here	A10: Eric Baber: Helping you help your learners: Using the Internet for Business English (PowerPoint presentation available here)
A11: Dr. Oleg Tarnopolsky, Svitlana Kozhushko, and Valentina Zhevaga: Blended Learning of Business English by university students of economics (PowerPoint presentation available here)	A12: Pat Pledger: ‘People management’ – what the personnel professionals need to know (PowerPoint presentation available here)	A13: Simona Mitocaru and Olesia Lupu: Communication skills in on-the-job training: The case of the Romanian banking sector	A14: Peter Mehta: A new opportunity for project work in Business English teaching (PowerPoint presentation available here)

B1: David Cotton and Simon Kent: On the Case	B2: Luigi Cosenza: Brain-compatible teaching	B3: Anne Dwyer: Communication Skills: Training and preparing for a globalised world (PowerPoint presentation available here)	B4: Duncan Baker: Practical negotiating	B5: Alan Cargyl: Training them to notice (PowerPoint presentation available here)
B6 (continuation of A6)	B7: Dr. Silvia-Emilia Placintar: The treatment of context in a Business communication course	B8: Elizabeth Renshaw: Tell me what you want, what you really really want	B9: Marianna Crestani: Communication between the East and the West. An insight into the effects of language and culture in business exchanges between British and Chinese people (PowerPoint presentation available here)	B10: Marie McCullagh and Ros Wright: Supplementing the diet: Developing communication skills in specific professional fields (PowerPoint presentation available here)
B11: Azra Ahmed and Faiza Saleem: Materials for BE: Learning by doing (PowerPoint presentation , handout 1, handout 2, handout 3, handout 4 available)	B12: Iclal Sahin: Developing speaking skills of Business English learners via authentic materials	B13: Vera Krnajski Hršak and Dr. Višnja Špiljak: Towards a specialised Business English: English for tourism needs analysis	B14: Andrea Koblizkova: Approaching analytical students (PowerPoint presentation, handout 1 and handout 2 available)

C1: John Allison: It’s not just how you say it, it’s what you say! (PowerPoint presentation available here)	C2: Nick Brieger: Resources for ILEC	C3: Sabrina Mallon-Gerland: "You can't say it that way - it's too direct!"	C4: Michael Bundy: Joined-up marketing (PowerPoint presentation available here)	C5: Maurice Cassidy and Sarah Wang: Business English in the UK: Integrating study abroad
C6: Matthias Meier and Judith Fortey: English for engineers - a magazine approach (Handout available here)	C7: Mary Vigier and Michael Bryant: Adapting activities in the classroom to the lifestyles and learning behaviour of our virtual generation students	C8: Ženja Kansky-Rožman: Let's get started, shall we? (PowerPoint presentation available here)	C9: David Caulton: Web2 and multimedia tools in the Business English class: 2 task-based learning activities (Presentation, References, Survey results, Movie 1 and Movie 2 available)	C10: Michael Williams: The three pillars of interviewing: Raising student confidence when interviewing in English (PowerPoint presentation and Handout available)

D1: Tonya Trappe: Intelligent business people use the Longman Business English Dictionary	D2: Ian Badger: On-line global business collaboration in English	D3: Guy Brook-Hart: Business writing: Committed to paper, committed to screen (PowerPoint presentation available here)	D4: Bethany Cagnol: Cracking down on bad tests (Presentation and handout available)	D5: Ken Taylor: Conference calls in English
D6: Brendan Wightman: Real skills in a virtual world (PowerPoint presentation available here)	D7: Elke Beder: You Tube, Google Video, and film scenes. . . and business English (Handout 1, Handout 2 and resources handout available)	D8: Sandip Mehta and Andrew Mossman: Is politeness a ‘problem’ in business writing in China?	D9: Deborah Starkey: International Certificate in Financial English: the new qualification from Cambridge ESOL	D10: Matthew Firth: Internet in Legal English (Internet in ELP case studies, Internet resources for lawyers)

E1: Cindy Hauert: Publishers' panel	E2: John Hughes and Rebecca Turner: Developing teaching skills in Business English (Handout available here)	E3: Cynthia Tilden-Machleidt: The Content Trap: Tips on how to replace content overload with practice-based activities for higher education and corporate training (PowerPoint presentation available here)	E4: Victor Ingilevich: Case method in teaching Business English	E5: Stephanie Ashford and Tom Smith: Leading by example in the Business English classroom (Workshop notes available here)
E6: Judith Mader: Talking about talking - the importance of meta-communication in business contexts (PowerPoint presentation available here)	E7: Adrian Pilbeam: Ideas and activities for intercultural training	E8: Danijela Piric and Branka Meic: BE Personal	E9: Charles La Fond: Negotiate convincingly in English (PowerPoint presentation, handout and role-play available)	E10: Almut Koester: Business strategies in real-life workplace conversations (PowerPoint presentation and handout available)
E11: Iskender Hakki Sarigoz, Angela Lloyd, and Cemal Cakir: ADCOESP: Challenges and solutions in a European Business English project (45 minute session)	E12: Dr. Zoya Kornyeva: Teaching management in English to Ukrainian university students using sheltered content-based approach (45 minute session)	E13: Rachel Appleby: Creating a more student-centred environment (PowerPoint presentation and handouts available)	E14: Revathi Viswanathan: Teaching Business English through industry-based projects (Handout available here)

F1: Vicki Hollett: Learning to speak 'merican (Handout available here)	F2: Mark Waistell: Yer 'avin' a larf! (Presentation available here)	F3: Nick Hamilton: How you say that? Grammaring Business English (Handout available here)	F4: Maurice Claypole: Translation in the Business English classroom	F5: Bob Dignen/Steve Flinders: Developing the 7 core skills – a new challenge for ELT (PowerPoint presentation available here)
F6: Mercedes Viola: Designing Business English programs creatively (Handout 1 and Handout 2 available here)	F7: Dr. Blanka Frydrychová Klímová: Improving Business English competence (PowerPoint presentation available here)	F8: Pamela Rogerson-Revell: Using English in international business meetings: a European case study (PowerPoint presentation and handout available here)	F9: Christel Schneider: Principles and views on online teacher training (Presentation, handout and audio file available)	F10: Helen Strong: If you’re serious about training, get yourself a website (PowerPoint presentation available here)
F11: Lisa Förster, Dörte Gluchowski, and Sabina Kufner: Business English materials for German speakers from Haufe-Verlag (Handout available here)	F12: Sheila Grabow-Woolmore: Moving walls. Business English 1987-2007	F13: Soumen Mukherjee: Apprehending the importance of chronemics in the 21st century	F14: Susan Turner-Lorenz: Monster moves - Teaching highly specialized language (Handouts available here)

G1: Andy Hewitson: We used to. . .	G2: Pete Sharma: New technology in business English: in search of the perfect blend (PowerPoint presentation and handout available)	G3: Matthew Firth: How do lawyers really use English? Course design in ILEC classes (Reading list teachers ELP, Designing case studies teachers ELP)	G4: Bill Mascull and Jeremy Comfort: Best Practice, business course in language, communication and intercultural understanding	G5: Andrew Miles: How long will it take my students to learn? (Handout available here)
G6/H6: Rita Baker: An equal bite of the cherry (Handout available here)	G7: Evan Frendo: Teaching conversation (Presentation available here)	G8: Alun Phillips: Into the Dragon's Den - making effective use of authentic business materials (PowerPoint presentation, worksheets and tapescript available)	G9: Khanh-Duc Kuttig and Petra B. Schubert: A genre-approach to Business English teaching	G10: Olesia Lupu and Simona Mitocaru: Explicit vocabulary teaching in a Business English class
G11: Suzanne Schumacher: Podcasting and E-Twinning in the Business English classroom (Powerpoint presentation, handout and Audacity instructions available)	G12: Paul Dummett and Colin Benn: Should we talk the talk?	G13: Timothy Phillips: CLTC-C Communication and Language Trainer Certificate - Corporate (PowerPoint presentation available)	G14: Abderrahman Azennoud: The Course of Business English at Al Akhawayn University (Handout available here)

H1: James Chamberlain: How to construct meaning (Presentation available here)	H2: Ian McMaster: So who can't you understand and why? (Presentation available here)	H3: Dr. Teun De Rycker and Peter Stange: Cross-cultural business communication: A comparison of Israeli and Flemish rejection letters in English	H4: Steve Flinders: Teaching political English (PowerPoint presentation available here)	H5: Nick Robinson: Bridging the information gap: content and vocabulary in the ESP classroom (PowerPoint presentation available here)
H6 (continuation of G6)	H7: Olga Kovalenko: Need analysis teaching ESP	H8: Paul Abbott: Syntactic testraints and professional writing style	H9: Carole Eilertson and Louise Kennedy: Topical pivoting: Moving students from B2 to C1 with practice in dynamic topic management (PowerPoint presentation and handout available)	H10: Nicola Thompson and Pauline Bramall-Stephany: The art of small talk (PowerPoint presentation and handout available)
H11: Nicola Schloeder and Iris Wangermann: Market survey of in-company language and intercultural training in Germany (PowerPoint presentation available here)	H12: TBC	H13: Yilmaz Köylü: Teaching Business English through Music and Songs (PowerPoint presentation available here)	H14: Anna Papageorgiou: Teaching ESP to Hellenic air force fighter pilots: Utopia or reality within the classroom reality? (Materials available: Overview; Table of Contents; Worksheet; Appendix; References; PowerPoint presentation)

J1: James Schofield: Reading aloud in the Business English classroom (PowerPoint presentation and handout available here)	J2: Deborah Capras and Meg Engelmann: Confidence-building blended learning telephone projects. Materials available: Presentation, Handout 1, Handout 2, Handout 3, Handout 4, Handout 5, Handout 6, Handout 7, Handout 8	J3: Deborah Starkey: Successful teaching tips for BEC preparation	J4: Cleve Miller. Using web 2.0 technologies as a Business English catalyst (PowerPoint presentation available here)	J5: Roger Randall: Online Language Testing (Presentation is available here)
J6: Dr. Rudolf Camerer: Tests of intercultural competence - valid, reliable and objective?	J7: Branka Meic and Danijela Piric: E-ngage your students (PowerPoint presentation and handout available)	J8: TBC	J9: Moderated Panel Discussion	J10: Nick Munby: Theatre games for Business English (Workshop notes available here)
J11: Dennis Newson: Does Second Life provide an environment in which EFL can be taught and learned? (PowerPoint presentation (3Mb), Slideshow 1 (17Mb), Slideshow 2 (15Mb) and audio recording of presentation (53Mb) available)	J12: Althea Przybylo Kroger: Is East Europe's business community ready for "life-long language learning"? (45 minute session)	J13: Svenja Schilling: GET REAL! Real English to support multiple channels teaching Business English (45 minute session)	J14: Linda Joy Mesh: A Tri-blend for lifelong learning: Certification of Business English at the University of Siena, Italy (PowerPoint presentation available here)