Dear colleagues, 

The first meeting of HUPE Zagorje Branch in school year 2021/2022 will take place on the 12th February 2022 (Saturday) at 10.00 a.m. It will be held online via Zoom. 

Agenda: 

1. Ante Žderić: A Box Of Chocolates 
   In this workshop, we are going to explore the ways of using movies in our lessons. The activities engage students in developing all four language skills along with bits of grammar. 
2. Patricia Alberini: You Can Kill The King Without A Sword 
   This workshop is aimed at those who dare to explore the world of drama in the classroom. It will focus on some practical drama techniques as an alternative to the average lesson when your students get restless or weary. It will also consider activities accompanying the scripts which further pupils’ own discussion, reading and writing skills. 
3. Marta Šarčanin: Language Mediation In 280 Characters Or Less  
   In this workshop, we are going to explore the way we can use literature in our classrooms to develop students’ speaking skills and promote close reading. It will also consider activities we can use for language mediation. 
4. News in HUPE 

If you'd like to attend the meeting, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by the 9th February (Wednesday). The Zoom link will be sent by email to those who wish to attend the meeting one day before the meeting. 

I’m looking forward to seeing you. 

Best regards, 

Petra Gorički, mag. philol. angl. 
HUPE Zagorje Branch President 

Dear colleagues,

The first meeting of HUPE Split Branch will take place on Wednesday, 9th February 2022, at 5:00 p.m. at Osnovna škola Sućidar, Perivoj Ane Roje 1, Split.

Agenda:

1. HUPE news - 29th Conference report 

2. Ivana Bokavšek: Targeted vocabulary and grammar units in use

To make our students use particular vocabulary and grammar bits in the right context successfully is one of a language teacher's priorities. It takes a persistent practice, and a skilful exchange of exercises to expose students to a regular and correct use of key vocabulary and grammar parts in the context. After this workshop, the participants will be able to apply different techniques and digital tools in order to encourage students to foster a correct and precise use of vocabulary and grammar in the aimed context.

3. Adriana Petra Blažević, Mara Ruža Blažević & Tania Žuvela Blažević:

The representations of culture, race and gender in English language textbooks

In order to investigate and understand the relations between different social groups participating in copious anglophone settings, in this presentation we will discuss the findings of a quantitative analysis of the representations of culture, race and gender in English language textbooks. In the first section of the presentation we will discuss the theoretical background of the phenomenon in the light of the importance of English in modern education, frequently associated with various systems of social inequality. Thereafter, the listed and interpreted results of the content analysis of nine English language textbooks for first-year highschool students in Croatia will be presented and elaborated. The quantitative analysis was conducted with the aim of determining the prominence of various social groups in English language textbooks, as well as observing how they interact with one another. Finally, the main conclusions derived from the study will be briefly discussed once again in order to restate the focal ideas and open the discussion.

4. Miranda Barac: Linguistic mediation - activities and assessments

What is linguistic mediation and what does it mean for our classes? How to teach linguistic mediation and assess it? How to create effective, engaging tasks and activities for your students to practise skills, acquire strategies and become more competent mediators? If you need answers to these questions, join this workshop which will give you an introduction to linguistic mediation and what it involves. You will be provided with sample activities, rubrics and checklists for teaching both intra and inter linguistic mediation. This workshop aims to support you and give you all the help that you need to become more confident in teaching this new skill in your classes.

If you wish to attend the meeting, you are kindly requested to register at
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  by 8 February 2022 (Tuesday).

I’m looking forward to seeing you!

Kind regards,
Miranda Barac

HUPE Split Branch President

Dear colleagues,

The first HUPE Dubrovnik Branch meeting will be held online, in HUPE DNŽ Teams General channel on 9 December 2021 (Thursday) at 5.00 p.m. 

Agenda:

1 Gordana Bujanić Tretinjak: WHYs and HOWs of making short videos in the classroom

2 Silvija Pećanac Bačić: International projects collaboration and their benefits for teaching process and personal development

3 Jelica Šeparović: 29th HUPE Conference report

I’m looking forward to seeing you!

Kindest regards,

Jelica Šeparović
Dubrovnik Branch President

HUPE Zagorje elections were held on 13^th September 2021 at an online meeting in Zoom. 

At the beginning of the meeting, the former branch president Gordana Bujanić Tretinjak gave a short report on the last two years. HUPE Zagorje held two meetings in the school year 2019/2020 before the Covid 19 pandemic led to lockdown and all the schools in the country were closed. That didn’t stop us, so HUPE Zagorje participated in organisation and carrying out the virtual meetings that the organisation held in 2020 and 2021. 

Currently, our branch has 45 members (out of which only 7 members haven’t renewed their membership – one retirement, three maternity leaves) and is growing every day. Out of the total number, 22 people participated in the meeting and took part in the voting. 

We had two candidates for the branch president for the first time in four years of our work: Valerija Smerekar from SŠ Krapina and Petra Gorički from SŠ Bedekovčina and SŠ Zabok. The ladies presented themselves and their vision for the future of the branch. Voting was held in Google forms, and Petra Gorički was voted the new branch president by winning 14 votes.

I wish to congratulate our new president and wish her many great LIVE meetings and a lot of fun in running our branch!

Also, thank you all for being part of our little Zagorje branch for these four years and sharing your ideas, enthusiasm and love for teaching English. #sharingiscaring

HUPE Zagorje will continue to inspire and hopefully become a bigger branch in the future.

If you wish to join us, contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Gordana Bujanić Tretinjak

(former) HUPE Zagorje Branch President