The conference will take place in the building of the ‘Ravensberger Spinnerei’, a listed building dating from 1854. This old spinning and weaving mill on the then eastern outskirts of Bielefeld started the industrialisation of the area and made Bielefeld into the industrial centre of Eastern Westphalia-Lippe where it is still the major city today. The architectural importance of the building lies in the fact that its inner skeleton was bought by catalogue from Belfast and Leeds; in essence it is the first pre-fabricated building in the world, though the masonry, of course, is of local production.

When the making of pure linen went out of fashion at the beginning of this century - mainly due to soaring prices - the building became more and more obsoolete and was finally abandoned in the late 50’s. The town council, having bought the plot, intended to construct a motorway crossing there to make the inner city more accessible to cars. Fortunately, a citizens’ initiative got under way and finally succeeded in transforming the building into what it now is: The Bielefeld Institute of Adult, Further and Vocational Training.

There will be a short guided tour of the building to help you to understand its history and importance in greater depth. If you are interested in participating, please sign up in the Conference Office.

Conference Office

The Conference Office is the administrative heart of this event. You will find the Office in Room 218 on the 2^nd floor of the building. Nearest bus stop is at ”Volkshochschule” on bus lines no. 21, 22 and 29. The Office will be open:

Friday, 19/09/2003 04.00pm-07.00pm

Saturday, 20/09/2003 08.00am-02.00pm/03.30pm-04.00pm

Sunday, 21/09/2003 08.30am-10.50am/02.00pm-02.30pm

The fax line of the Office is +49 (0)521/51-3431 and can be reached at all times. The Office can be reached by calling +49 (0)521/51-2331. Thereafter you may leave messages on the answer phone at this number which will be listened to several times during the conference days. You can also e-mail by using the following e-mail address: wolfgang.ridder@bielefeld.de, which is accessible at all times. Urgent messages should be left by phone or fax; they will be posted on the Messages Board next to the Conference Office.

Social Programme

The Conference Fee includes one free Coffee/Tea in each of the morning and afternoon breaks which you may take in the Bistro of the building, the ”Café Flachs” on the 1^st floor of the main building. A short guided tour of the building on Saturday in the Lunch Break and a Walking Tour of the city of Bielefeld on Sunday afternoon will be organised, if there is enough interest (at least 5 people!). Please sign up in the Conference Office. The Conference Office will also provide information on restaurants, pubs and/or discos in Bielefeld. It holds timetables for trains and buses in the Bielefeld region; provides airport information and any other information not concerned with conference matters.

Conference Dinner

This dinner is NOT included in the conference fee. However, past occasions have shown that there is a heightened desire to participate in a communal dinner on Saturday evening after the day’s events. If there are enough participants (minimum number: 10!) the organisers will try to book a table in a local restaurant with typically Westphalian dishes. The restaurant may necessitate a taxi ride of approx. € 20,-- one way. By sharing a taxi you can reduce these costs. Interested participants are requested to register by the end of the Lunch Break on Saturday 20 September 2003. It is regretted that we will not be able to accept late registrations!

Conference Sessions

No session of the Conference will be chaired and speakers are responsible for starting and ending their presentations on time. There will be NO room monitors; a roving team of technicians will ensure that speakers find the equipment requested in their lecture rooms.

Information for Presenters

When checking in at the Conference Office all Presenters will be asked to confirm their media requests and countersign them. We regret that it will not be possible to change the media allotment after you have signed. In order to make sure where their lectures will take place, speakers are advised to check on their lecture rooms well in advance of their presentation. Presenters are cautioned that all lecture rooms must be locked in between sessions and must be kept locked if the presenter is absent for whatever reason. Presenters are responsible for this security measure! Keys to rooms can be had from the Conference Office about 15 minutes prior to each session and must be returned there immediately after the end of the presentation.

Book Exhibition

A small Book Exhibition by well-known German and International publishers is an integral part of the Conference. We would like to thank the following publishers and book shop for patronising this event: Absolutely English-Verlag/Langenhagen; Cornelsen & OUP-Verlag/Berlin; Finken Verlag/Oberursel; Langenscheidt-Longman Verlag/München; Lingutoy/ Bochum; Macmillan International; Mary Glasgow Scholastic; Oldenbourg-Verlag/München; Schroedel, Diesterweg und Westermann-Verlage/Düsseldorf and the Stäheli Bookshop/Spaichingen.

The Book Exhibition will be open Saturday 20 September 2003 10.00am-05.00pm

The Book Exhibition is located in the Central Corridor of the 2^nd Floor of the building. We would like to encourage you to visit it often. All problems concerning this area should be directed to the Conference Office.

Meeting Room/Small Group Discussions

If a group of participants finds a discussion worth continuing they are requested to leave the lecture room on time and go to the Conference Office (Room 218) from where another room may be opened for you. Details and keys can be had from the Conference Office.

Smoking

All lecture rooms, main hallways, corridors and toilets are totally NON-SMOKING areas. Smoking is only allowed in the Central Corridor of the 2^nd Floor and the Ground Floor Central Corridor area. Please observe these rules.

Coffee/Tea-Breaks

One coffee/tea per morning/afternoon break is included in your fee; please use your coffee/tea tickets for these. Additional drinks may be ordered at your own costs. You may get your Coffee/Tea in the Cafeteria on the 1^st floor.

Conference Registration

Before attending any of the conference sessions or visiting the Book Exhibition participants must register with the Conference Office. Here they will receive their Conference Bag containing the final Programme Brochure, all the latest programme changes, coffee/tea tickets and a name tag. Participants are requested to wear these tags visibly at all times. Admission will not be possible without a tag! Substitutes for a lost tag can be had from the Conference Office, but the charge for this substitute tag will be € 10,-- per person. If you have not yet paid your Conference Fee or the fee has not been fully covered due to bank transfer costs you must first pay the fee/the difference before you will be handed your Conference Bag Please, see the Finance Desk in this case first.

Certificates of Attendance may be picked up in the Office Saturday after 03.30pm.

Messages/Changes to Programme

There will be a Messages and a Changes-to-the-Programme board in the Conference Office. Please look frequently at these boards because changes can happen up to the last minute. If you want to, you can also leave a message on the Messages Board; however, messages that are no longer relevant will be removed at once!

The Conference Office will also act as a Cloak Room on Sunday morning for those participants leaving immediately after the end of the Conference.

Workshop Procedures

Most rooms have limited seating; please ensure that you are on time for the beginning of all workshops. Fire regulations forbid cramming of rooms/halls. Please be considerate!

INFORMATION ON TRAVEL

How to Get to Bielefeld: by Air

Bielefeld has no international airport close by; the nearest international airports are at Han(n)over or Düsseldorf. The former is very convenient for participants arriving from Eastern, Central and South-Eastern Europe; the latter for participants from Western and South-Western Europe and from the UK and the USA. Both airports necessitate a train journey of between 50 and 120 minutes to Bielefeld Hbf. (= Main Station).

Han(n)over Langenhagen Airport is connected by Urban Rapid Transit Line S5 (2 trains in the hour at .06 and .36 past the hour during most of the day between 05.06am and 00.36am [after 09.00pm the trains at .36 past the hour run only Monday to Friday]) to the Main Station (5 stops): journey time approx. 15 minutes. Express trains from Han(n)over Hbf. to Bielefeld Hbf. leave at .31 (ICE)/.40 (IC) minutes past the hour and take 51-59 minutes to reach Bielefeld. Connections run hourly from 05.40am to 10.31pm; There are also through local train connections at two-hourly intervals leaving at .09 past the hour between 06.09am and 10.09pm. These are the cheapest connections but take 96 minutes to reach Bielefeld.

Düsseldorf Lohhausen Airport Terminal Building is connected by the so-called ”H-Bahn” (= Skytrain) to the International Airport Station. This ”hanging railway” runs each 4 minutes from the 1^st floor of the Terminal Building (please, follow signposting for ”Skytrain”). At peak times it runs more often; there is one intermediate stop at ”P 04” (= Parking Lot No. 4). There is no fee for this service! There are connections to Bielefeld from the International Airport Station nearly all round the clock. There are no trains between 09.30pm and 02.57am. All regional and most of the express trains stop there. The regional through trains leave at .01 past the hour between 07.01am and 07.01pm; they run hourly. There are also other regional services leaving at .30 past the hour which necessitate one change at Hamm/Westf. These run between 05.30am and 09.30pm. The long-distance through express trains leave at the hour between 05.00am and 09.00pm; they run hourly, too. In addition there are innumerable other connections, mostly necessitating one change at either Duisburg Hbf, Dortmund Hbf or Hamm/Westf. please, inquire in the International Station Departure Lounge.

The Regional Airport for Bielefeld is at Paderborn/Lippstadt. This small airport is served by shuttle flights from all other German hubs, from Amsterdam-Schiphol (KLM), from Paris Charles-de-Gaulle (Air France), from London-Stanstead (Air Berlin) and from Zürich-Kloten (through ticketing with Lufthansa/Swiss available). There is a local bus connection from the Airport Terminal (No. 360 or No. 400) to Paderborn Hbf. From there you have hourly train connections to Bielefeld at .39 past the hour; very early train departures vary slightly! These trains run between 04.38(!)am and 07.39pm. these local trains run on the direct route to Bielefeld. There are other connections using a ”round-about”-route and consequently taking much longer. These trains leave at .09 past the hour between 08.09am and 10.09pm. There is also a limousine service direct from the Airport Terminal to any destination inside Bielefeld at very reasonable prices; this service can be pre-booked and your flight will then be met.

General Note on Trains

German express trains come in the categories of ICE, EC and IC; local trains in RB or RE. For ICEs you need a special ticket with an all-inclusive premium price, for ECs and ICs you need a supplement of € 4,00 when bought prior to boarding; these ticket cost much more if bought on board the trains. Please make sure when buying your tickets which train category you are using. All stations are announced on board through a loudspeaker system: mostly in German only (increasingly you also hear English announcements, prepare for great fun!)! So try your pronunciation of ‘Bielefeld’ before you travel!

Details for Overseas Visitors

When travelling from overseas you may find it difficult to get flights to the airports mentioned above. The main German international airport is at Frankfurt (FRA). You can get train connections from there leaving the Airport Station (Fernbahnhof = Long Distance Station) alongside the Arrival Hall. {Please, note: the ”Regionalbahnhof” = Short Distance Station) is situated inside the Arrival Hall in the basement! Do not confuse the two stations!} Unfortunately due to the on-going re-construction of the Airport this involves a very long schlep through the construction site itself; try to snatch one of the rare luggage trolleys! They are coin-operated and you need a € 1,-- coin! You must change trains at either Köln-Deutz (= Cologne) or Dortmund Hbf; but these are fast express trains and take about 3 hours to reach Bielefeld. The connections run between 05.34am and 11.18pm.

Or you may fly to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, which is connected by 3 through trains to Germany (at 06.54am/10.54am/02.54pm/05.05pm); these trains necessitate one change at Minden/Westf. and again take about 4.30 hours to make the journey.

How to Get to Bielefeld: by Train

Most of the information given for airports applies here as well. Bielefeld is connected by rail to most major towns in Germany and Europe. Again the express trains run mostly hourly between 04.00am and 01.00am seven days a week. The Volkshochschule can supply detailed information for nearly all connections upon request.

How to Get to Bielefeld: by Car

Take motorway A2 going from Cologne via Han(n)over to Berlin; exit Bielefeld Zentrum. Follow the access road (dual carriageway to city limits) to town centre; after about 4km a tram line joins access road from the right. Continuing straight ahead, this road leads directly into the city centre.

General Information about Public Transport in Bielefeld

There are 4 tram/underground lines in Bielefeld running mostly in a North-South direction and numerous bus lines running in a general East-West direction. They all meet at the central interchange point at ”Jahnplatz” which is also the centre of town. Buses are above ground, underground lines down below. They are connected by rather long flights of stairs and escalators and/or a combination of several lifts.

For an inner-city run of up to 4 stops in one direction without transfer you need a ”K-Ticket” (purple), for more stops a ”1-Ticket” (green). 4 tickets in a block (= Der Sechser) are cheaper than single tickets. These tickets can be bought from slot machines at the stops; they are not sold on board the vehicles! Slot machines accept coins and notes up to € 5,--.

It is NOT possible to park near the Volkshochschule; there are several parking possibilities nearby at the ‘Real-Supermarket’ during shop opening hours (08.00am-08.00pm Mondays to Saturdays; closed Sundays) or under the ‘Kesselbrink’ or the indoor parking facility in ‘Hermann-Delius-Straße’. All three parking places necessitate a walk of 3-5 minutes. A map with details can be supplied upon request!

The official address of the Volkshochschule is

Volkshochschule der Stadt Bielefeld

Ravensberger Spinnerei

Ravensberger Park 1

D-33607 Bielefeld

GERMANY

When using a taxi/cab from the Station

Tell taxi/cab drivers to drop you at ‘Heeper Str. 46’, a block of flats just outside the Main Gate. Cross over Heeper Strasse (please, be very careful, the ”official” crossway is round the bend of the street and the curve makes seeing the oncoming traffic very difficult!), enter through the main gate and continue straight ahead between the main and a smaller side building. Upon emerging onto a cobbled open space, you’ll find the Main Entrance on your left. Follow the signposting in the building.

Preliminary List of Presentations, Bielefeld 2003:

A. Plenaries

Jean Brewster, Penguin

Storytelling

Mary Slattery, OUP

English for Primary Teachers

B. Other Presentations

Dominika Adamová, The Bear Educational Theatre Praha/Czech Republic

Fun with Simple Drama Activities in the Primary Classroom (Workshop, 90’)

Kim Ashmore, British Council/London, UK

The Web and Primary EFL Teachers (Talk, 50’)

Debbie Candy, YL SIG/UK

Easy Games for Introducing, Revising and Recycling Any Vocabulary (Workshop, 90’)

David Fisher, The Bear Educational Theatre Praha/Czech Republic

Jackie and the Giant (Interactive English Theatre for Young Learners)

(Workshop, 90’)

Linda Huggett-Enders, Diesterweg-Verlag/Frankfurt, Germany

Experiential and Joyful Learning Goes Well With Systematic, Profile-Directed

Teaching (Talk, 50’)

Živka Ilieva, Dobrič College, Šumen University/Bulgaria

Stories in Teaching English to Young Learners (Workshop, 90’)

Markus Kötter, University of Münster/Westf., Germany

Leistungsmessung und Dokumentation von Lernfortschritten im frühen

Fremdsprachenunterricht [= Evaluation of Achievement and Documentation of

Learning Progress in Early Foreign Language Learning] (Talk, 50’)

Gordon Lewis, Berlitz International, Berlitz Kids, USA

Nr. 1: Games for the Language Classroom (Workshop, 90’)

Nr. 2: Internet and Young Learners (Workshop, 90’)

Lucy Mellersh, VHS München/Germany

I Found It on the Net! – Using the Internet as a Resource for Lesson Planning (Workshop, 90’)

Sandie Mourão, Mary Glasgow Scholastic/Portugal

Eek! A Cheese and Tomato Spider! Using REALBOOKS in the Primary

Classroom (Workshop, 90’)

Karen Richardson, Langenscheidt-Longman-Verlag/München

Scary Pizzas, Zebra Toast and Ketchup with Everything! An English Feast for Children

(Workshop, 90’)

Andy Reed, Langenhagen/Germany

Singing Picture Story Books, Acton, Performance, then Reading – Learning

Like a Native (Workshop, 90’)

Karin Schweizer, Beate Enderle, besser-englisch-lernen

1001 Things to Do With Authentic Materials (Talk, 50’)

Barbara Shatliff, Westermann-Verlag/Düsseldorf

Storytime - Teaching with Authentic Picture Books (Workshop, 90’)

Patricia N. Skorge, VHS Bielefeld/Germany

No. 1: Quick Drawings for Teaching English to Young Learners (Workshop, 90’)

No. 2: Pronunciation and Young Learners (Workshop, 90’)

Wendy Superfine, Haslemere/UK (OUP)

Motivating Young Learners – Tips and Tricks for Managing the Primary EFL

Classroom (Talk, 50’)