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5th EFL Young
Learners Conference
BiodatasPRESENTER´S BIODATA
Tamara Grace
Tamara Álvarez was born in Swansea, Wales – UK. Coming from a My name is Grace Boosey and I am currently the Senior Teacher for
Alvarez multicultural family, she holds a Master in Linguistics at Pontificia Boosey Young Learners and Early Years at the British Council Mexico. After
Universidad Católica de Chile, a Diploma on EFL Assessment at completing my CELTA in 2014 I moved to Istanbul, Turkey, where I
Indiana University and is a Cambridge Speaking Examiner. She lived for one year. After this I spent three years as a full time
currently works as the Head of the English Teacher Training teacher at the British Council in Vietnam, where I completed my
Program at Universidad Mayor, with vast experience as associate TYLEC and Trinity DipTESOL. Since arriving in Mexico a year ago, I
professor for English Teaching Programs at private and state have moved to a Senior Teacher position and become a course
universities and experience at school level. Due to her own personal tutor for the TYLEC. Language development in early childhood and
background her areas of major interest are sociolinguistics, teaching phonics are my current areas of interest.
pragmatics and language acquisition, linking knowledge with the
practical experience inside the school.
Marcelo Marcelo Andrade is a Professor at Universidad Austral de Chile. He
Joanna Jo Budden is the content manager of the British Council’s global websites
Andrade has a B.A. in English and a Master’s Degree in Education. He has Budden for learners: LearnEnglish Kids, LearnEnglish Teens and LearnEnglish. The
mainly taught at universities in Puerto Montt in the areas of sites provide free, self-access learning materials to an audience of over
Phonetics and Phonology, Writing, ELT methodology and ICT. He has 50 million annual visitors. She was responsible for the launch of the
been a teacher trainer and speaker in some international ELT LearnEnglish Teens site and now spends her time developing and
conferences. He is the co-author of two graded readers supported maintaining the learning content across the three websites.
by Mineduc and PIAP and the author of the book: Features of Jo has worked for the British Council since 1999 as a teacher, teacher
connected speech. He has also been an Examiner and a Team trainer and materials writer. She has taught young learners and adults in
Leader for Cambridge English exams for the last 6 years. Hong Kong, Egypt and Brazil, as well as Spain where she currently lives.
She’s also the author of Teen World (a photocopiable resource book for
teenagers) and co-author of the secondary course book Interactive,
published by Cambridge University Press.
Carolina My name is Carolina Arratia and I am currently the YL Coordinator
Arratia for onsite-offsite courses at British Council Venezuela. I started
teaching in 2010 and have taught a variety of educational contexts Soffia Soffia Carbone is a full-time professor and researcher at Universidad
in and out of the organisation. I am CELTA and TYLEC qualified. I have Carbone Mayor, and a part-time ESP teacher at Universidad de Santiago. She is
presented at VENTESOL conferences as well as internally conducted
trained as an EFL teacher from USACH, and also holds a Masters in
INSETTS. I have also collaborated with our Projects department in
English in Education from King’s College London, and a Masters in
alliance with the Ministry of Education, to train public school
Teaching English as a Foreign Language from Universidad de Jaen,
teachers teach English. Using different approaches and methods to
Spain. She has been involved in Language teaching in public and
encourage YL autonomy is my current area of interest.
private universities. Her fields of study are Methodology, EFL
teaching, Education and Inequality.PRESENTER´S BIODATA
Tom Lidia
Tom is from the United Kingdom and has lived in Chile since the year Lidia Andrea Fuentealba is an English Teacher, MA in TESOL (USA,
Connelly 2000. He has worked as an EFL teacher, teacher trainer and project Fuentealba 2011) and currently PhD in Education student (UCM, Chile). She
manager in different EFL initiatives at school, institute, university and has worked as an EFL teacher in the public and private educational
national levels (with the Ministry of Education). Prior to that, he worked system of Chile, teaching students from PK to 8th grade, and adults.
for the British Council in Chile for 4 years, developing and managing Additionally, she taught Spanish as a foreign language to middle
projects such as “Champion Teachers”, an innovative Exploratory school students in Columbia, South Carolina (USA), for four years.
Action Research scheme for school teachers of English. He is currently Currently, she works in the English teacher training Program at
the Regional Head of English Language Development for International Universidad Católica del Maule, teaching English grammar,
Schools Partnership and has been President of IATEFL Chile since methodology and practicum courses.
2012. He has an MA in Applied Linguistics & ELT from Surrey University
in the UK and the International Diploma in Language Teaching
Management from Cambridge University
Eugenia Eugenia Dell’Osa graduated as Profesora de Inglés from INSPT –
María Maria-Jesus Inostroza is a Chilean English Teacher, storyteller, and
Dell’Osa Universidad Tecnológica Nacional in Buenos Aires. She has had Jesús researcher, who has been working in primary English teaching for 15
classroom experience as a Whole Language facilitator for more than 15 Inostroza years. She is one of the IATEFL YLT SIG Events Coordinators, a member
years and has also been a teacher of English through Process Drama to of the Network of Chilean Researchers in ELT (RICELT), and currently
SEN students in Escuelas de Recuperación from Gobierno de la Ciudad works as an ELT teacher educator at Universidad de Concepción, Chile.
de Buenos Aires. She is currently an Educational Consultant and Materials Her areas of specialization are teaching English in primary state-run
Designer for The Buenos Aires Players®; and an Alternative Language education and using storytelling to enhance children’s language
Learning® Teacher Trainer and Materials Designer. She founded Babies’ learning experiences. She also has a PhD in English Language and
Corner, a language school for babies and very young learners. As she is Linguistics, and an MA in Applied Linguistics with TESOL (University of
involved in constant research on early learning and the development of Sheffield).
pedagogical material she founded Plan Up, to provide teachers with
practical hands-on tools and strategies from real experience. She has
participated in conferences along the country and also in Chile,
Paraguay, Bolivia and Peru. She currently is Deputy Head at a Bilingual
Kindergarten. Daniel My name is Daniel Johnston and I am currently the Young Learner
Johnston Programmes Manager at the British Council Colombia, where I have
been for the last ten years. I started teaching in 2002 and I have lived
Sofia I taught the IB Middle Years Programme at Craighouse School. I then
and taught in a range of different countries and educational contexts:
Fontana did a Masters degree at the University of Bath. I am interested in
Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong, and Libya. I am CELTA, CELTYL and DELTA
qualified. I became involved in teacher training in 2010 and I oversee
constructivism and collaborative learning.
the YL INSETT programme in Colombia and the Teaching English to
Young Learners Extension Course (TYLEC). Differentiation and
promoting learner autonomy are my current areas of interest.PRESENTER´S BIODATA
Isabel Orlando
I am an Engish Teacher from Catholic University of Santiago de Orlando Nieto, Teacher of English, BA in education, BA in English
Marín Chile. I have taken a Certificate on Materials at Universidad Chileno Nieto and Master of Applied Linguistics, is a professor at universidad
Británica, a Certificate on Methodology at Catholic University and a Austral de Chile, Puerto Montt. With 20 years teaching at primary,
Certificate in Neuroscience at Asociación Educar, Argentina. I work high school and university level, he has taught reading comprehen-
in La Pintana, at Fundación NOCEDAL. I have been teaching English sion and writing, which have also been his research interests. He is
to kids for almost 20 years in schools, workshops and as a private co-author of two graded readers in use at his hometown by the
Teacher. My area of interest is language adquisition in children. municipal schools, and which received support from PIAP Los Lagos
and DEM Puerto Montt.
Jocelyn Teacher of English since 2014 with experience in teaching all
Vinicius "Vinicius Nobre is a managing partner at Troika. He has worked as a
Moreno range of ages in Chile and in the UK. Currently undertaking a Nobre teacher, teacher educator, academic coordinator, international
Masters degree in Applied Linguistics at the Universidad de examiner, education manager and content developer in several
Concepción. The thesis is focused on how an L2 can enhance contexts. Vinnie is a course book writer and has co-authored two
vocabulary learning in L1. methodology books: “Getting into Teacher Education: a handbook”
(Cengage Learning), and “Teaching English Today: Contexts and
Objectives” (SBS/DELI).
He is a CELTA tutor and assessor, a DELTA tutor, past president of
BRAZ-TESOL and member of their advisory board, a professor for
the post graduation course at Estacio and a member of the New
Routes Advisory Board. Vinnie has also published several articles,
written chapters in academic publications and spoken as a guest in
many international conferences.
Carolina Carolina Moya, is a full-time Teacher of English at Colegio
He holds an MA in Language Education from the University of
Moya Concepcion, Talca.Trained as an EFL teacher from Universidad
Chichester, the COTE and the DELTA, the Certificate in Further
Teaching of Business English from LCCI and a specialization
Autónoma de Chile. She also holds a Master in English didactics at
certificate in Business Management. "
Universidad Católica del Maule. She has been involved in teaching
very young learners and young learners for seven years. Her fields
of study are EFL teaching methods and the use of interactive
games in EFL teaching.PRESENTER´S BIODATA
Paulina Claudia
English Teacher from Universidad de Playa Ancha, Valparaiso and Claudia is a NILE (Norwich Institute for Language Education) affiliate
Olea Senior Teacher at the Early Years Centre "Learning Time with Shaun Rey trainer. She started off her teaching career as an ELT teacher for
and Timmy" at the British Council Chile. Experienced teacher in Primary School in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and later became a
foreign language teaching to very young learners (2 - 10 years old). Secondary School ELT teacher and a college lecturer in Children´s
Highly interested in the crucial role of play as the main tool for Literature. Claudia has been a NILE trainer since 2007 specializing in
learning for children that have not yet developed their reading or the areas of Teaching Young Learners, CLIL for Primary Teachers,
writing skills and how storybooks unleash the creativity and CLIL for Secondary Teachers and Teaching English through
imagination of both children and teachers. Literature in Secondary School.
She is also an online course designer and tutor. She is the NILE
Teaching English to Young Learners online course designer and
moderator and has been a lead educator in the Teaching Your
Subject in English online course designed by Cambridge Assessment
English. With over thirty years as a practising teacher, Claudia’s work
as a teacher trainer is deeply rooted in her classroom experience.
Mical Mical is an EFL teacher working at a private school in Santiago. She
Camila Camila Roa holds a bachelor's degree in English language education.
Polanco holds a MA in TEFL and has experience teaching science in English. Roa Yáñez As an undergraduate she was Morphology and Syntax assistant. She
Her interests include the use of technology in the classroom. is the co-founder of the project «Desde Fuera del Centro». Young
Leader of the Americas Iniciative Fellow. This year she was part of the
Global Pathfinder Summit, at Virginia, USA. Board member at Becarius.
Erika Danisa
Teacher of English, MA TESOL for Young Learners from University of Danisa Salinas is currently working at Universidad Andrés Bello in the
Ramírez Leeds. Research interests include young learners, assessment and Salinas English Department. She holds the degrees of Elementary School
pre-service teacher training. Teacher, Teacher of English, Master in Linguistics and a PhD degree in
Education. She has been teaching English Language courses and
Applied Linguistics to student-teachers for 12 years. She has presented
her research work on teacher identity, technology and education in
different International conferences and has published 3 papers in EFL
journals.PRESENTER´S BIODATA
Pía I am an English Teacher from Chile. After graduating, I worked as a
Joaquin Caring teacher with 17 years of experience training students from
Tabalí Englisht Teacher to young learners at primary school in Chile. Triandafilide different ages and levels, keen to create abiding pleasant learning
In 2011 after being awarded a scholarship from my country, I environments. Skillful teacher able to combine the arts performance
travelled to England to carry out my Masters in Applied Linguistics with teaching procedures. Skilled at learning new concepts quickly,
and TESOL at the University of Sheffield. Later, I undertook my working well under pressure, and communicating ideas clearly and
doctorate studies at the University of Warwick. effectively. Jose Villaruel has been training teachers in different
During my postgraduate studies, I have been involved in a wide workshops for the last 5 years, bringing up new ideas about
variety of activities related to researching with children, teacher teaching strategies, curriculum and new trends in language learning.
training, appropriate pedagogies to improve the English Teaching Nowadays, he is digging into high order thinking skills and how to
to young learners in EFL contexts, organizing conferences, make them visible in the classroom..
seminars and workshops.
As a teacher trainer, I have been working with in- service teachers
conducting workshops and e-learning courses mentoring teachers
of English working in the public system. Since 2013, I have been a
Jose
lecturer at the university level developing modules of theory and Villarruel I'm an English Teacher, I've been working professionally for seven
years. My first major was highschool teacher and this year I
practice of learning/ teaching with future teachers.
graduated from a postgraduate in Elementary English Teaching.
I am currently a lecturer at Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago
My favorite areas in teaching are Methodologies and Didactics,
and Universidad de Playa Ancha, Valparaíso. I am part of the
Teaching Integrated Language Skills, Curricular and Evaluation
founders of the RICELT group in Chile, a community that aims to
Adaptations for SEN and teaching former teachers (at the
encourage and support research related to English teaching in
univerisity).
Chile conducted by local teachers, researchers and learners.
Paulina
English Teacher, teacher-trainer and neuroeducator. He became
Torres involved in neuroscience research and lecturing a few years ago
when he founded the Asociación Chilena de Neuroaprendizaje for
Brain Awareness Programs. He has specialized in Neurodiversity,
brain-friendly learning methodologies in ELL and teaching English to
SEND students. In 2019 his organization became a partner of DANA
Foundation International. For the last couple of years professsor
Triandafilide has conducted a number of training programmes and
conferences in a joint venture with Cambridge University Press in
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