SELF Conf Moscow
Soft Skills for Teachers: Critical Thinking and Cognition


a training conference
1 March 2025

a training conference for ELT practitioners

How much do you know about critical thinking?

We are excited to invite you to be a part of this dynamic and transformative event, where we will focus on enhancing communicative skills as a group within soft skills.

This conference will be focused on such a complicated but crucial theme as critical thinking and cognition, both for teachers and students!

How to make your students think and analyze? What can you use to boost your CPD? These and some other topics are going to be covered!

We want to provide a supportive environment not only to learn more about this set of skills, but also to practice them with colleagues, under the guidance and supervision of our speakers.

SELF Conf Moscow brings together passionate educators to learn, collaborate and inspire one another.

Why should you attend SELF Conf?

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Develop Powerful Soft Skills

In today's rapidly evolving educational landscape, teaching goes beyond following a textbook. Critical thinking and cognition are essential parts of soft skills.
The conference will equip you with the essential communicative skills to engage and inspire your students and colleagues, fostering meaningful connections in the classroom and beyond.
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Learn from Renowned Experts

Gain insights from respected speakers and renowned ELT practitioners who have excelled in promoting critical thinking and cognition skills. Benefit from their extensive expertise and take away valuable tools and techniques to implement immediately in your professional life.
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Connect and Collaborate

Network with like-minded professionals, exchange ideas, and collaborate on future projects. The conference provides a unique opportunity to build a strong network within the ELT community.
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Experience an Immersive English Language Environment

By participating in SELF Conf Moscow, you will plunge into an English-speaking environment, providing an ideal opportunity to practice and enhance your own language skills.
Don't miss out on this invaluable opportunity to accelerate your professional growth and make a lasting impact on yourself. Launch a professional boost!

Meet our speakers!

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    Ekaterina Safonova

    Ekaterina is a business English teacher with over 17 years of experience. She holds the LCCI FTBE, TKT, and CELTA certifications, and is the author of the video course "Boost Your Teaching Skills" for teachers




    Maximize your teaching by catering to different types of learners

    These days everyone speaks about individual approach, sometimes totally forgetting what it actually means, especially in the context of a large classroom.
    Being overwhelmed by managing mixed ability groups, teachers often ignore the fact that we can't divide students into strong and weak only. So, in this workshop we will discuss and practice strategies to identify and effectively teach students of different learning styles both individually and in groups.

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    Ekaterina Redkina

    Ekaterina is an English teacher with over 10 years of experience and a background in psychology. She teaches at Moscow State University, focusing on professional English for psychology students. Holds CELTA, Fulbright, TKT CLIL, and advanced methodology certifications and plans to complete her DELTA and PhD


    The details of the topic she'll be covering are going to be available soon!




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    Marina Yesipenko

    Marina is a traveler, adventurer, and teacher who speaks 7 languages, 4 of which she enjoys teaching. She is also a methodologist and a gestalt therapist





    The Small and The Mighty: Directive Feedback in Classroom Observation

    I have to confess to you - I’m an ELT Methodologist. And I’m guilty of Directive Feedback.
    How do I do it?
    - I do not ask, I order
    - I do not see another person, I’m the master
    - I take no objections - I’m Omnipotent

    Sounds like a bit of tyranny?
    Exactly!

    Let’s explore to what extent we do the same when giving feedback in our classroom.
    Or, if we don’t, what do we do instead?

    It is an exploratory workshop based on a case study and a set of ideas for all of you to explore in the course of the session.

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    Anna Zavalishina

    Anna is an English language teacher, facilitator of the English Anonymous discussion club, and solution-oriented consultant, also the author of the "What do you call it?" podcast, in which her partner-in-crime and she are trying to translate the untranslatable and explain the unexplainable


    I really mean it. Or do I?

    Do we always mean what we say? Or is human communication far more nuanced than words alone?

    How can we get our message across despite language barriers, social norms, and cultural differences? How can we ensure that the listener truly understands what we mean — not just the words we use?

    As teachers, how can we empower our students to navigate this complex world of subtle, layered communication?


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    Katerina Panfilova

    Head of project and community SELF, advocate of self-care and anti-burnout for teachers, a teacher-polyglot who studies brain and soft skills and conducts master-mind sessions, as well as an internationally certified neurointegration trainer and playback theatre practitioner

    The details of the topic she'll be covering are going to be available soon!
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    Alena Nikitina

    Teaches English to adults (perhaps her own children will reach that level someday). Escaped from corporate employment (twice). CPE trainer




    Three pillars of effective writing

    In essence, the workshop will be about the importance of the three components of rhetorical situation (purpose, target audience and writer’s stance) and how awareness of them can make our writing more effective.
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    Sveltana Shustrova

    A freelance teacher with over 15 years of experience.
    After starting freelancing, she has deeply explored how pronunciation shapes our speaking and listening skills. Passionate about AmE from NY to LA, also she is interested in how pronunciation affects our ability to connect with others and express ourselves effectively.

    Beyond the Accent: Pronunciation as a Tool for Critical Engagement

    Have you ever reflected on how improving your pronunciation might reshape not only the way you communicate your ideas but also how you perceive yourself, others, and the world?
    In this talk, we will explore the transformative power of pronunciation — not just as a technical skill, but as a gateway to empathy and a deeper sense of self.
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    More speakers will be anounced later!

    Have a peek on what an atmosphere was there last time!

    Join us on March, 1 2025 and be part of a professional community committed to developing effective critical thinking and cognition skills.
    Participate in the workshops and learn from the talks of our speakers!

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    What is SELF?
    SELF (Study, Enjoy, Love, Focus) is a project for teachers from Russia. It includes a private supportive club for teachers, events to enhance their skills, a number of conferences throughout the year and a cozy community, being a part of which you can obtain feedback and operational support, as well as useful networking and cultural recreation.
    What topics will be covered?
    Our speakers will give talks and workshops on various aspects of critical thinking and cognition skills: mindset, brain and thinking, how to work with information etc.
    The speakers will share effective life-hacks from personal experience in order to build soft-skills for teaching and teacher-student and teacher-teacher relationships.
    Why is it a training conference?
    SELF Conf Moscow is designed as a training conference to provide educators with valuable professional development opportunities. The conference offers a range of workshops, presentations, and space for discussions that focus on enhancing teaching skills and knowledge in the field of soft skills. By participating in the training sessions, attendees can gain new insights, learn innovative instructional strategies and acquire practical tools to enhance their effectiveness.
    Why is the conference held in English?
    The conference is held in English because it provides an immersive and authentic language learning experience for participants. Additionally, it creates an inclusive environment where educators from different countries and backgrounds can come together to share ideas and collaborate effectively.
    Where will the conference be held?
    It will be held in Moscow at Paveletskaya metro station AND online on Zoom.
    Is it possible to join online? I don't have the opportunity to visit the conference face-to-face.
    Yes, it is! There will be a Zoom meeting link in your e-mail confirming your participation. Please note that it is still a synchronous event, there will be a recording. All the talks will be broadcasted via Zoom right from the venue.
    Why are you collecting the name and the surname of the participants in English when registering for the conference?
    We need your name&surname in English for the entry (offline and on Zoom) and the certificates. For the offline participants there will be a printed certificate, for the online participants – an electronic one.

    THE PROGRAMME OF THE CONFERENCE

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    The venue

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    Moscow, metro station Paveletskaya / Serpukhovskaya
    Stremyannyj pereulok, 11
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    Date
    March, 1
    10:00-18:00
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    If you
    - have no opportunity to join offline
    - understand all the risks of online connection,
    you can opt for joining via Zoom on March, 1 from 10 am to 6 pm (+3 gmt)

    — the same programme as with offline part
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    presentation on shared screen AND the conference hall
    — the sound will be transmitted as it is from the conference hall
    — a recording

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    Your participation on March, 1 2025 ONLINE

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    Please use your valid e-mail. This is our only way of communication. We'll be writing from our official e-mail info@proself.pro

    Shall you have any questions, please connect with the organising team via e-mail or social networks.


    Notice: we ask your name and surname in order to make a certificate of participation for you!

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