November 22 @ 10:00 - 14:00
Ron180📅 Date: Saturday, 22 November 2025
🕒 Time: 10:00–14:00 (4h)
📍 Venue: Central Plaza Hotel Piatra Neamț
👥 Format: In person, two trainers, max 2 groups × 20 (to keep it interactive)
💳 Fee: 180 RON / participant
🎓 Certification: Certificate of participation
🤝 Partners: Smart&Fun Language Center and ISS Edu
🔗 Register now: https://forms.ignistalent.com/t/hh88qkgHbAus
Who is it for?
Designed specifically for teachers who coach speaking in multiple settings—competitions, classroom presentations, debates, school events, oral exams, and university interview prep. This practical course blends coaching techniques with adjudication skills, so you can guide students effectively and evaluate them consistently.
It’s also suitable for club leaders/coordinators seeking consistent approaches across teams and for future adjudicators in the National Public Speaking Competition in English.
What We’ll Cover
- From Topic to Thesis – interpreting themes (competition or curriculum), narrowing focus, defining aims, building a student-owned outline.
- Evidence, Narrative, and Rhetoric – research shortcuts, credible sources, examples/anecdotes, signposting, repetition for emphasis, audience analysis.
- Delivery That Lands – voice & bodywork drills, using notes/visuals, timing, impromptu speaking, confident Q&A.
- Coaching Clinics – frameworks for 1:1 and whole-class coaching, motivating reluctant speakers, adapting to ages/abilities.
- Adjudication Essentials – why adjudication matters beyond contests (progress tracking, reporting, fair grading); calibration exercise (watch, score with rubric, compare, align); turning scores into actionable feedback (evidence-based comments, targets, next steps).
The Facilitators
Roxana Marin — educator in English culture & civilisation at “George Coșbuc” National College (Bucharest), with 30+ years in teaching/training; public speaking & debate coach, community organiser, equity consultant; long-time ESU Romania adjudicator and co-organiser of the National Public Speaking Competition.
Ioana Covei — public speaking & debate trainer since 2007 (British Council Bucharest, Better Speakers); adjudicator for Demostene and ESU Romania’s national rounds of the International Public Speaking Competition; organiser of local/national competitions; trainer for Erasmus+ SpeakUP; PhD fellow (University of Bucharest); former UN Youth Delegate; past President of ARDOR; MSc Public Policy from London School of Economics.