WELCOME

In relation with the launch of E2, our new textbook for International English, we are

excited to welcome you to this year’s English seminar in Bloomsbury, London. Hopefully,

“Going international” will provide you with inspiration and resources for the benefit of

your students!

The three-day seminar is taking place in the heart of London. The venues, as presented below,

are all within walking distance and we will guide you there from St. Giles. However, should you

wish to travel independently we kindly advice that you respect the programme and schedule

and arrive in good time.

1 St Giles Hotel, Bedford Avenue, Bloomsbury

2 Marlborough Arms, 36 Torrington Place

3 3 Stephen Street Kitchen, 14 Stephen Street

4 The Guardian News Group, Kings Place, 90 York Way, Kings Cross

5 Carluccio`s, 2a Garrick Street, Covent Garden

Programme

Monday 1 May 20.00 Ladies and Ale, Hilde Hummelvoll

A social and informal gathering at a pub around the corner

Marlborough Arms

Tuesday 2 May 10.00 – 10.30: Welcome!

Information, coffee and croissant

Stephen Street Kitchen

10.30 – 11.30: TV Journalism, Samantha Simmonds

Stephen Street Kitchen

11.30 Walk to the Guardian

12.15 – 17.15 Print Media: The Guardian

20.00 Informal Dinner

Carluccio’s, Covent Garden

Wednesday 3 May Kl 09.00 – 09.45 E2 – An Introduction, Kari Anne Gjesdal Arnkværn

Kl 10.00 – 10.30 Language Learning in E2: Understanding Language Features, Ian Underwood

Kl 11.00 – 11.30 Width and Depth: Tools for Digging Deeper. Providing students with the

necessary overview using the introductory articles from Part Two: Going

International, Hilde Løvdal Stephens

Kl 11.30 – 12.20 Courses to Communicate Better “Discuss” is the most frequently used

instruction verb on the exam. The authors exemplify using Course 16 “How to

Discuss” in conjunction with one of the texts from Chapter 3, The Media,

Anne-Marie Torp and Arne Birkeland

Kl 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch and farewell

St Giles Hotel

We have reserved rooms at St Giles Hotel. Upon check in, simply state your name.

St Giles London hotel is located in London’s West End, in Bloomsbury near the junction of

Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Street, and just steps from top attractions, theatres,

restaurants and public transportation.

Check in from 2:00 p.m.

Check out by 11:00 a.m.

St Giles London

Bedford Avenue, London WC1B 3GH, United Kingdom

Read more on http://www.stgiles.com

The Guardian News Group

Registration

Lunch plus tea and coffee

Welcome

Guardian audiences and research

Snowden and NSA

US election, fake news and Brexit

Break – tea and coffee

Inside the Guardian: covering a

breaking news story

12:15

17:15

12:30

13:10

13:15

13:45

14:15

14:45

15:00

16:00

16:10

17:00

15:40

15:20 Role of the picture desk

Leader columns and news

Typical day at the Guardian

Editorial tour and tea and

coffee

Teaching resources, ideas and

activities

Finish

Important: Bring photo ID

Samantha Simmonds Stephen Street Kitchen

Samantha Simmonds, former journalist with

BBC and news anchor at Sky News, attempts to

answer the following questions:

Why do Fox News and CNN offer such

different content?

Why does Donald Trump brand CNN

"fake news"?

How do journalists on live TV source

their material and seek to guarantee its

authenticity?

How can we differentiate between the

impartiality or otherwise of TV news in

the UK versus that in the US?

E2, for International English, consists of three parts:

Part One: Succeeding in International English

This short part presents six fundamental concepts: “audience, purpose, genre, structure, and

language”. By understanding and making use of these, students will improve their English skills.

Part Two: Going International

This part contains four chapters according to the competence aims under Culture, society and

literature: Global Issues, Multicultural Societies, The Media and Work and Education.

Part Three: Communicating Better

20 courses provide systematic instructions and model answers to help students acquire the

necessary language and communication skills needed on the exam, in further studies and

working life.

Contact

Should you have any questions, before, during or after the seminar, please do not hesitate to contact

us.

Kari Anne Gjesdal Arnkværn

Editor

kari.anne.arnkvaern@gyldendal.no

928 45 778

David Wamstad

Marketing

David.wamstad@gyldendal.no

404 53 878

We look forward to seeing you in London!