Ida Baj

• Title/experience:

  M.A., English Philology, from University of Wroclaw
  From 1997 teaching Educational Psychology on about ten INSETT Qualification Courses
  From 1999 teaching methodology on five British Council summer courses
  2001-2004 organising Learning Circle, a series of INSETT workshops
  Teaching methodology on post-graduate studies in Łódź, 2002
  2001 teaching on courses for matura examiners in Wałbrzych and Jelenia Góra
  2003-2006 teaching on three Culture in ELT summer courses
  

• Educational background:

  Young Learners' Teacher Training Course for Educators
  Qualification Course for Matura Examiners

• Professional interests:

  humanistic methods in the teaching of English
  teaching listening through literary texts
  using drama techniques in language teaching
  applying feminist ideas to language teaching
  storytelling and circle dance in ELT
  

• Private interests:

  guitar playing, singing in choir, circle dance, fortune telling, sauntering

• Professional affiliations:

  IATEFL, Culture in ELT Special Interest Group

• Publications:

  Network vol.3/2,2000: Handing Over: review of the book on NLP-based activities for teachers by Susan Norman and Jane Revell
  Network,vol.3/3, 2000:Creating Stories with Children: review of the book by Andrew Wright
  Network vol.4/2, 2001:New Methods are Coming: review of Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching ,second edition, by Diane Larsen-Freeman
  Weaving Stories: metaphorical communication in young learners' teacher training in: Combining Theory and Practice, ed. by Daf Pawelec
  Creative Drama as Practised by Dorothy Heathcote in: British Studies Web Pages available at: www.elt.britcoun.org.pl
  Ethnographic Research in Wales: Welsh HumourTeaching Materials Pack in: British Studies Web Pages available at: www.elt.britcoun.org.pl/elt/u_wh.htm
  Trans-border and Multicultural Inspirations in Ten Years of INSETT Programme ed. Ewa Osiecka, CODN Warszawa 2004.
  

• Presentations / workshops / conferences:

  International House Teacher Development Course, Hastings
  Tempus Adept Practice in Teacher Training College, Copenhagen (one month )
  American Literature Course in Corvallis ,Oregon (six weeks)
  NLP in the Teaching of English British Council Course
  Four methodology training courses in Reading
  Ten one-week Karpacz Methodology Seminars organized by Wroclaw University
  Drama for Cultural Awareness Course in Toruń
  Summer School of Feminism in Gdańsk
  Circle Dance Course in Jelenia Góra
  Inter-Act Drama Course in Slapanice, Czech Republic
  Gender and Race Training Course with Stella Dadzie
  Alternative Methods of Teaching Young Learners Course with Eva Jonai
  Voice Projection Course with Roger Williams
  Teaching English through Multiple Intelligences Course with Chaz Pugliese
  Celtic Kaleidoscope Course on Irish Culture and Literature in Destne, Czech Republic
  Gender and Ethnicity in American Culture Course in Przesieka
  Language and Culture Seminar in Toruń
  1993-98 six USIS Methodology Courses
  Presentation on Non-Violent Communication at IATEFL Conference in Dublin, 2000
  1997-2000 three Women in Development conferences organized by Peace Corps
  IATEFL Kraków presentation 2000: Camp GLOW and the Teaching of English
  Presentation Weaving Stories ,Young Learners Conference, Puławy 2001
  IATEFL Poznań workshop Australia across the Curriculum, 2002
  Presentation at IATEFL Kraków Seminar 2004 Creative Drama as Practised by Dorothy Heathcote
  IATERFL Radom presentation 2004: Humour in Wales : ethnographic approach
  2004 presentation on Transborder Co-operation of Teachers of English at Euroregion Neise Conference in Zittau
  2005 Young Learners' teacher training conference in Warsaw
  2005 Conference on Trans-border Co-operation in Krzyżowa
  IATEFL Toruń 2005 workshop Circle Dance and the Teaching of English Repeated for INSETT Legnica
  2006 The Rolling Stones' workshops together with Sherill Pociecha in Wrocław and Legnica
  2006 Circle dance and storytelling workshop at CELT course in Przesieka
  

• Honours/awards:

  2000 award of the Director of Teacher Training College 2001 the second grade award of the Minister of Education 2002 the Rector's jubilee award for 25 years in the profession

Jelenia Góra Region Coordinator:
Agnieszka Krajewska
aga (at) artek (dot) priv (dot) pl