Croatian Association of Teachers of English

Master course E-LINGO

University of Education Freiburg/Germany invites all of the interested techers to join their Master´s course E-LINGO Teaching English to young learners. 

The course qualifies for the teaching of English in primary and preschools. It is offered at the 
University of Education Freiburg / Germany in a part-time blended-learning or online format which makes it an ideal form of professional development for practicing teachers. 

Applications for the course which will start in October 2024 are now open. 

More Information can be found on www.e-lingo.eu and in the flyer.

The second HUPE Osijek branch meeting in school year 2023-2024

The second HUPE Osijek branch meeting in school year 2023-2024 was held on Saturday, 16 March 2024 at the Faculty of Education in Osijek. 24 HUPE members attended the meeting which lasted for four hours.

The agenda included:

1) Katarina Berać Vuić: Acting for dummies: Fairy tales development

2) Mirjana Zubak Mičetić: Implementing Magic of AI

3) Mirna Erk & Ksenija Benčina: The road that made all the difference 20 years ago: EFL teachers to young learners in Croatia

4) HUPE news

The first workshop, titled Acting for dummies: Fairy tales development, was held by Katarina Berać Vuić from Gimnazija Županja. In an interactive hour-long workshop, Katarina presented numerous creative and simple drama activities in which our students can act out well-known stories and fairy tales in the classroom, and turn them into short plays of 3 to 5 minutes. The participants had a lot of fun trying out most of the presented drama activities culminating in the performances of different fairy tales as frozen images.

The second workshop, titled Implementing Magic of AI, was held by HUPE Zagreb branch president Mirjana Zubak Mičetić from OŠ Bogumila Tonija in Samobor. Mirjana introduced all the possibilities artificial intelligence tool Magic School can offer to teachers to help them lessen their workload, including its advantages and disadvantages. She showcased some of the practical activities and then the participants took part in a scavenger hunt where they had to explore the mentioned AI tool themselves.

The third talk titled The road that made all the difference 20 years ago: EFL teachers to young learners in Croatiawas held by Mirna Erk and Ksenija Benčina from the Faculty of Education in Osijek. Mirna and Ksenija presented the results of the survey they conducted with lower-primary EFL teachers to explore their job satisfaction, as well as the current situation in which many subject specialists increasingly teach lower-primary students. They also shared their respondents’ insightful perceptions, comments, and recommendations which started a productive discussion amongst the participants.

The participants were also informed about the news in HUPE including the winners of the 4th National Writing Competition – HUPE in Storyland, the plans to organize the teacher training course in Liverpool in July, HUPE’s new partner associations and their conferences, future professional development events such as HUPE Day planned for 20 April 2024 with international speakers, new edition of HUPEzine, and many more.

HUPE Osijek is extremely grateful to the speakers and all the members who attended the meeting, actively participated in the workshops and discussions, and created a great atmosphere for chatting and sharing ideas. Hopefully, we will see you at our next meeting in May.  

Adrijana Roždijevac
HUPE Osijek Branch President

HUPE in storyland

We present you the winners of our fourth National Writing Competition. Congratulations to all the winners and to all the contestants!!
Dear mentors, please keep in mind that 18 March is the last day to fill in the Temporary ranking list with all the data.
Your certificates will arrive in your mailbox after 18th March.

hupe in storyland

HUPE-EVE mentoring programme

Our HUPE-EVE mentoring programme is coming to its close. 

The chosen mentees have been working hard with their mentors for the last two months and now they are ready to show us what they have done.

On this Saturday, 16 March, at 5 pm, the mentees will show us their presentations and give short talks on various topics that they have chosen and been guided through by their mentors. We would appreciate you to join the online event and show your support for them and all the work they have done.

To join, you need to register in advance at the following link: 
https://us06web.zoom.us/.../tZckdO6uqTspH9bxFGIKHw9MIWCPx... 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

We hope to see you there!

HUPE EVE mentoring programme

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