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PROGRAMME ........................................................................................................................................ 3

ROOM GUIDE ............................................................................................................................................................................ 6

CATERING .................................................................................................................................................................................. 6

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES ....................................................................................................................................................... 7

ATTENDEE LIST ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11

NOTE PAGES ......................................................................................................................................................................... 18

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND

LEARNING IN THE MAGHREB

Tuesday 20 September 2016, 09.30 – 17.30

Location: SOAS, University of London, London, UK

Opportunity Maghreb a networking event for UK-based ELT practitioners, educationalists and

North Africa watchers.

Today will provide participants with a fresh, current and well-informed context for English

language training, teaching and learning across the countries of the Maghreb.

British Council staff who are based in and/or cover Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, will share

research, market intelligence and insight to facilitate the UK ELT sector’s engagement in the

region.

Through concurrent sessions and presentations during the day, you will be able to meet

representatives from our key projects in all four countries. We will be introducing some of the policy

makers and educators from Ministries, their dependent institutions and the private sector of the

four Maghreb countries. This event will be facilitated by British Council staff working in both the

Maghreb and the UK.

Key objectives:

Share context, research and insights into the Maghreb region

To help identify commercial opportunities that may be available for UK ELT providers

To create networking channels and explore potential strategic partnerships

Target audiences

The UK ELT sector, educational practitioners in general and specifically STEM specialists, with an

interest in working in, or with, the Maghreb countries.

Participants will include, but not limited to: training providers, education consultancy, researchers,

exam boards, UK language schools, publishers, university representatives, teacher recruitment

agencies, STEM and assessment-focused practitioners.

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Background

The countries of the Maghreb face many shared challenges including youth unemployment, which

has hit 29% across the region. A number of socio-economic factors are involved but there is a

growing body of evidence which indicates that the limited ability to speak English and lack of

business-related soft skills are the two main labour deficiencies that have prevented young people

in the Maghreb finding or creating employment.

Currently, levels of English are low in all countries. Quality of provision in the education system is

poor, and in the Francophone three, low importance is currently given to English. However, the ELT

context is changing just as fast as the wider social and political landscapes.

Encouragingly, governments across the Maghreb are recognising the importance that English

language skills and a quality education can play in employment opportunities, both at home and

internationally. In a region where the French language continues to play a pivotal role in the three

largest countries, this gradual but formal shift towards embedding English into public systems is

highly significant.

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PROGRAMME

09.30 – 10.00

Registration and Refreshments

10.00 – 11.30

Welcome address with overview of the day from Anna Searle, Director of English Language, British Council

Individual country and research overviews

“English and soft skills in the Maghreb” report launch, Carfax Education consultancy

11.30 – 13.00 Concurrent sessions

‘English and soft skills in the

Maghreb’

Context overview of the

Maghreb Research

Carfax Education

consultancy

English language in

Algeria

Overview and Q&A

Deirdre Nicholas British Council,

Algeria

Algerian delegates

English language in

Libya

Overview and Q&A

Yvonne Fraser British Council,

Libya

English language in

Morocco

Overview and Q&A

Kathryn Kelly & Karen Hooper British Council Morocco and Jane Massy

Moroccan delegates

English language in

Tunisia

Overview and Q&A

Kiros Langston British Council,

Tunisia

Tunisian delegates

13.00 – 14.30

Lunch and the opportunity to arrange meetings with country representatives at the registration desk

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14.30 – 16.00 Repeat of concurrent morning sessions

‘English and soft skills in the

Maghreb’

Context overview of the

Maghreb Research

Carfax Education

consultancy

English language in

Algeria

Overview and Q&A

Deirdre Nicholas British Council

Algeria

Algerian delegates

English language in

Libya

Overview and Q&A

Yvonne Fraser British Council

Libya

English language in

Morocco

Overview and Q&A

Kathryn Kelly & Karen Hooper British Council Morocco and Jane Massy

Moroccan delegates

English language in

Tunisia

Overview and Q&A

Kiros Langston British Council

Tunisia

Tunisian delegates

16.00 – 16.30

Wrap-up session with Mike Solly and closing address from Alison Barrett

16.30 – 17.30

Refreshments and pre-arranged meetings with country representatives

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ROOM GUIDE

Brunei Lecture Theatre – Lower Ground Floor

Brunei Catering Area – Ground Floor

Breakout Rooms – 2nd Floor

B202: Morocco

B203 :Tunisia

B204: Algeria

B211: Libya

English and Soft Skills in the Maghreb will remain in the Brunei Lecture Theatre

CATERING

Refreshments served upon arrival A selection of teas and freshly brewed coffee

A selection of sweet snacks

Still and sparkling water

Lunch Menu

Hot mains

Halal Lamb Tagine with chickpeas & apricots served with couscous

Roasted Mediterranean vegetables served with couscous (v)

Freshly baked bread rolls and butter

Desserts

Blackcurrant Cheesecake

Fresh Fruit Salad & cream

Afternoon Refreshments

A selection of teas and freshly brewed coffee

Crudités

Maghreb inspired sweet treats

Still and sparkling water

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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Alison Barrett, Global Head of English for Education Systems (EES), British Council

Alison is responsible for partnerships and contracts with governments and

institutions which seek to bring about a transformational change in the quality

of English language teacher education, teaching, learning and assessment.

Alison started her career as an English language teacher in a government

school in a remote part of Nepal in 1991. Since then, she has worked as a

teacher, teacher educator, examinations quality assurer, academic manager

and programme manager in Japan, London, South Korea, Pakistan and India

and was the regional lead for EES for South Asia from 2013-15. Alison has an MA in TESOL from the

Institute of Education, University of London and was recently awarded an MBE in the New Year

Honours list for services to the teaching and learning of English in India.

Matej Damborsky, International Consultant, Carfax International Projects

Matej is a consultant with a wide range of international project experience. His

recent project experience in education includes the development of an

Academic Plan and curriculum for a leading private school in Dubai. He also

established a highly successful organisation supporting scholarship

applications for study in the United Kingdom. His previous professional

experience was focused in management consulting; he worked for McKinsey &

Co., where he specialized in the areas of strategy, I.T., and practical

applications of behavioral insights. In the past, Matej has also worked for the European Parliament,

reporting on the legislative proceeding to the Czech Chamber of Deputies and helped develop a

successful marketing strategy for a cultural institute.

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Yvonne Fraser, English Projects Manager, British Council

Yvonne has worked in English language teaching, teacher training,

academic management, business development, and English language

project design and delivery at the British Council for 10 years. She has

worked in 4 countries across the British Council network in South East Asia,

the Middle East and North Africa. In Egypt she worked on the ground

breaking English for Religious Purposes project at Al Azhar University and in

Jordan she worked on the Syrian response, including teacher training

projects for English teachers living and working in refugee camps. Yvonne

has a Bachelor’s degree in Politics and International Relations, teaching qualifications in ELT, and

qualifications in Project Management. She has also spoken at ELT Conferences in various countries.

Karen Hooper, English Baccalaureate Tutor Mentor, British Council

Karen Hooper has more than 10 years’ experience in ‘teaching/learning

through English’ contexts. She is currently Team Leader for the British

Council Support Programme for the Moroccan Baccalaureate-English

Option and has been involved in the project since it was launched in

September 2014. She works closely with the Moroccan Ministry of

Education to design and deliver continuing professional development to

secondary school STEM teachers as they make the transition to teaching

their subjects through English. From 2004 to 2014 she taught history in

English to Italian students at state secondary schools in northeast Italy. At the same time she

worked with local education authorities and the University of Trento, delivering training in Content

and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) methodology to Italian secondary school teachers

preparing to teach their subjects in English. Karen is the author of the British Council publication An

English Option for Morocco.

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Kathryn Kelly, English Project, British Council

Kathryn is currently in charge of the British Council’s English Project

work in Morocco. She has worked for the Council since 2005 in

teaching, marketing and project work in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong

and Spain. Before joining the British Council, she had worked for the BBC

in London for eight years and the ICA Institute for Contemporary Arts for

two. Kathryn completed an MA in Anglo-Irish Studies in Queens

University Belfast; for her thesis, she demonstrated that it was possible

in 1990 in parts of East Belfast to identify someone’s religion based on

various speech and language indicators.

Kiros Langston, English Programmes Manager, British Council Tunisia

Kiros has worked for the British Council since 1999, first as a teacher in

Egypt and Turkey, then as Academic Manager for 6 years in Mexico and

Tunisia. He joined the Tunisia English Programmes team in 2010 as a

Senior Trainer, delivering a wide range of f2f and online training

programmes in partnership with arrange of institutions. He is currently the

English Programmes Manager leading activity to support the teaching and

learning of English across the country and has trained and presented at

ELT conferences in Algeria, Libya and Tunisia as well at the annual IATEFL conference in the UK. He

currently leads a range of projects in partnership with Tunisian Ministries that aim to support the

education reform processes happening in Tunisia and more widely in the Maghreb region. Kiros will

be joined by Najla Romdhane from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and

Brahim Alaoui from the Ministry of Education.

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Jane Massy, CEO, abdi LTD

Founder of abdi LTD. Jane developed the UK’s first formal professional

qualifications in monitoring and evaluating and has taught over 3000

individuals around the globe from education, healthcare, arts, social

enterprises, government agencies and private and public sector firms. She

has a particular interest and expertise in M&E of arts and cultural projects,

technology enhanced learning and workforce/labour market development.

An independent evaluator working for EU, USA and UK funding agencies

(notably EU RTD programmes (currently Horizon 2020) since 1993), she also

leads M&E in several transnational projects.

Anna Searle, Director English Language, British Council

Anna has worked in English Language teaching, management and business

development, and English Language project design and delivery for 20 years

in many countries across our network including in North Africa, South Asia,

East Asia and Europe, as well as Country Director for our operation in Libya

for 3 years, where she also led education projects for the region in skills and

schools. Anna has a Bachelor’s degree in Politics and International Relations,

a Master’s degree in TESOL from Aston, as well as teaching qualifications in

ELT, and has contributed to ELT publications in Spain, Italy and Sri Lanka as well as spoken at key

ELT Conferences in various countries. As Director English Language, Anna Searle leads the British

Council's English language teams in the UK and across the British Council network, with English

language programmes, centres and delivery in over 100 countries worldwide.

Mike Solly, Senior Advisor, British Council

Since October 2015, Mike has been Senior Advisor in English Language at

the British Council, with a particular interest in the role of English (and

other languages) in areas of development and conflict. Prior to this he

was Senior Lecturer in Education at the Open University, where he was

Director of the large scale TESSA programme (Teacher Education in Sub-

Saharan Africa). He was also a key member of the management and

delivery team on the award- winning EIA (English in Action) teacher

training programme in Bangladesh that uses SD cards on mobile phones

to deliver authentically based teacher training material. Mike also worked for many years as a

teacher/trainer in various regions including the Middle East and the Balkans.

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ATTENDEE LIST

Name

Company

Qaisar Abbas Government College University

Mohammed Abdel-Haq Centre for Islamic Finance, University of Bolton

Fatma Abidi INAT

Farid Aitsiselmi London Metropolitan University

Frances Amrani Amrani Education Ltd

Mary Aumjaud Twin Language Centre

Khaled Anwar Aumjaud

Issac Aumjaud

Gilbert Babida

Helen Backhouse Harrow College

Agnes Bangoura MPA Coaching LTD

Tim Banks Cambridge English Language Assessment

Mohamed Belahouel Miliani Oran University/National Commission of Reform Programmes

Mouna ben Othman Ministry of Education

Hicham Benfeddoul

Faiza Bensemmane University of Algiers 2

Andre Berenyi Adiscos

Emily Birolini Macmillan Education

Boubakar Bouazza Ministry of National Education

Raouf Boukoucha My School

Dalel Bourayou IBLV

Steven Burkin School of English Studies

Hugh Butland RedKiteSoaring

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Tony Calderbank British Council

Tereza Cambera Elementary School

Vanessa Carbajal FutureLearn

Lieve Carchon

Michael Carrier Highdale Consulting

Jake Castaldi English in Margate

Steve Cesse Virtual College LTD

Stephen Chadwick Exam English

Helen Charlton Legal English Training

Marina Chetinalp WMCollege

Claudia Civinini The EL Gazette

Alessia Cogo Goldsmith's, University of London

Roy Cross British Council

Josephine Curtis Liberation

Najoua Dahmeni Ministry of Education

Matej Damborsky Carfax Educational Projects

Jane Dancaster Wimbledon School of English

Michael Davies Unique Language Training

Julie Dearden University of Oxford, EMI Oxford

Bernard Delesalle

Maeve Dineen MD&A

Zeineb Dkhili Teacher of English

Craig Donohoe

Laila El-Metoui Haringey Adult Learning Services/LelmEducation

David Evans Cardiff Metropolitan University

Michelle Williams University of Warwick

Frank Forman

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Chafiqi Fouad Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training Kingdom of Morocco

Harrison George London Cyrenians

Fatellah Ghadi Vice President

Zoë Goodwin Cambridge University Press, Education Reform

David Graddol The English Company (UK)

Jodie Gray English UK

Joanna Griffith British Council

Emma Grisewood Macmillan Education

Alexis Gueu Sci-English Institute

Sara Habachi

Deborah Haile Swansea Sixth Form College

Lamia Hamdoun The Urswick School

Mike Harrison

Liana Hayrapetyan Heratsi High School

Jessica Hermosilla Magaña

Karen Hooper British Council

Maggie Jenkins Speakeasy School of English

Emily Judson Universities UK International

Mayer Jurado Cedechaco

Hana Jurikova SKOLA English Study Tours

Liubov Kamynina Language Owl

Anita Kanani Future Training College

Ela Karel

Kathryn Kelly British Council

Michelle Kelly Speakeasy School of English

Nadia Khayat Garnet Publishing LTD

Chafika Kouidmi Flexilearning Centre

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Mark Krzanowski University of Westminster

Terry Lane Pan European

Kiros Langston British Council

Mehdi Lazak Afrique Education

Diane Leedham

Sylwia Lemanska Migrants Resource Centre

Fethi Lemehannet Echourouk TV

Judy Loren Excel English

Nabiha Maamri Bourguiba Institute of Modern Languages

Christopher Macallister Durham University

Ernesto Macaro EMI Oxford

Sarah MacBurnie Garnet Publishing LTD

Olha Madylus ELT consultant

Rebecca Maher British Council

Charlotte Mahoney One to One English

Bootheina Majoul ISLAIB

Jason Mann Cambridge University Press

Hannah Marr Macmillian Education

Jane Massy ABDI

Graham McCullough British Moroccan Society

Sabrina Mimid University of York

Joseph Mugabo Lycee De Kigali

Aziz Mukhamadiev Navio State Pedagogical Instituet

Claire Natali EF

Ahmad Naziri London Metropolitan University

Thanh Nguyen ELT-Consultants

Deirdre Nicholas British Council

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Sofia Nikolova 96 School ‘L.N.Tolstoy’

Nasia Nikolova British Council

Ivy Nwanze British Council

Kate Owen British Council

Ciara Palmer Worldteachers Recruitment LTD

Fiona Pape British Council

Mina Patel VCfGL

Simone Paul LAL School

Richard Peacock Garnet Publishing LTD

David Peck Curriculum Foundation

Linda Peck Curriculum Foundation

Andrea Perez Freelance

Victoria Perselli Kingston University

Rhys Phillips Airbus Group

Dr Alison Phipps Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies (Creativity Culture and Faith)

A Redondo University of Bristol

Bob Reed Freelance

Heather Rhodes BABSSCo, Harrow School

Martin Rose British Council

Abdul Rupani King’s College

Siraj Sait

Matt Salusbury El Gazette

Susan Sandover

Jo Sayers ELTJam

Anna Searle British Council

Mark Searle EMI/EAP Consultant

Wahiba Sebaa Ministry of Education

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Abdul Ghaffar Shaikh Youth Action for Pakistan

Chris Sinclair University of Southampton

Mohamed Chatti Slama University of Sousse

Dr Richard

Smith University of Warwick

Simon Smith

Annette Smith

Jocelyn Smith Association of Commonwealth Universities

David Smoms Golders Green College

Michelle Spratt Winchmore Tutors

Mary Staszczuk SKOLA English Study Tours

Poppy Szaybo Heritage & Museums Consultant

Mohamed Tahiri

Adrian Tennant

Sam Thompson The London School of English International

Susan Thornhill Macmillan Publishers LTD

Will Tichener English Studio London

Barry Tomalin International House London

Mary Tomalin

Navjit Toor

Ravinder Vangala KITSW

Kelly Verdin

Louisa Walsh Global English TESOL

Sandra Wharton B and S Training LTD

Martin White UCL Centre for Languages & International Education

Ella White LAL London

Stuart Woodbridge

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Gillian Wray

John Wrigglesworth Sheffield Hallem University

Annie Wright English UK

Shao Yuen WSE

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