On 13 December 2018, English Nursery & Primary School hosted a training seminar for participants of the Prosveshchenie Academy as part of the programme “Federal State Educational Standard (FSES) for Preschool Education: From Words to Action,” on the topic “Linguistic Features of Speech in Preschool Age. Challenges of Bilingualism.”
The seminar was attended by heads, methodologists, and teachers from preschool educational organisations. As part of the seminar, ENS staff shared their experience with the participants.
ENS Director Maria Yuryevna Nikolaeva (PhD) delivered a lecture on how to organise the educational environment in a bilingual school to support children’s language learning.
Elizaveta Alexandrovna Khamraeva (Doctor of Education, Professor, PhD) spoke about key aspects of bilingual children’s development.
ENS Deputy Director for Research Elena Valentinovna Pavlova (PhD) dedicated her lecture to an important element of supporting bilingual children—educational assessment, which highlights the cognitive and communicative advantages of bilingual learners.
Nina Sergeyevna Khomeriki (PhD), Head of the ENS Psychological Service, spoke about how psychological support for children is organised at English Nursery & Primary School.
Ekaterina Alexandrovna Stepanova, Head of the ENS Speech and Language Therapy Service, addressed the specifics of speech therapy support for children in an immersive foreign-language environment.
Many seminar participants expressed interest in further professional development delivered by ENS specialists and also wished to take part in the International Research-to-Practice Conference “Bilingual and Multicultural Education: Practice and Prospects,” to be held at ENS in April 2019.
The seminar was attended by heads, methodologists, and teachers from preschool educational organisations. As part of the seminar, ENS staff shared their experience with the participants.
ENS Director Maria Yuryevna Nikolaeva (PhD) delivered a lecture on how to organise the educational environment in a bilingual school to support children’s language learning.
Elizaveta Alexandrovna Khamraeva (Doctor of Education, Professor, PhD) spoke about key aspects of bilingual children’s development.
ENS Deputy Director for Research Elena Valentinovna Pavlova (PhD) dedicated her lecture to an important element of supporting bilingual children—educational assessment, which highlights the cognitive and communicative advantages of bilingual learners.
Nina Sergeyevna Khomeriki (PhD), Head of the ENS Psychological Service, spoke about how psychological support for children is organised at English Nursery & Primary School.
Ekaterina Alexandrovna Stepanova, Head of the ENS Speech and Language Therapy Service, addressed the specifics of speech therapy support for children in an immersive foreign-language environment.
Many seminar participants expressed interest in further professional development delivered by ENS specialists and also wished to take part in the International Research-to-Practice Conference “Bilingual and Multicultural Education: Practice and Prospects,” to be held at ENS in April 2019.