Report - Osijek Branch

07 November 2019Branch reports

The first HUPE Osijek Branch meeting in 2019/ 2020 took place on 12th October 2019 in American corner.

Our first speaker was Ivana Kirin and her topic was ŠzŽ FAQs - iskustva iz petoga razreda eksperimentalnog programa. This topic is very interesting and up to date because of the ongoing curricular reform. There are still a lot of questions that are not answered, and Ivana did a great job answering all our doubts. She led us through four topics, and they are: planning, tablets in class, projects and assessment. Ivana talked about her experience in the classroom last year, as her school was one of the experimental schools in the curricular reform. Although all the topics were covered in detail there were still questions. At the end the conclusion was that a process like a curricular reform is extensive and it requires a lot of learning from teachers as well as students.

Our second speaker was Marinko Uremović with interactive lecture The anatomy of a writing task. Marinko showed us how writing is as we all know the most challenging skill for students. It has same components as listening or reading skill. We need pre-writing part, while-writing part and post-writing part. Marinko also gave us an insight how important drafts are for the writing task and for students. He really dissected a writing task making sure to show every aspect concerning the writing task. From how the teacher should prepare him/herself for the task to how the teacher should prepare the students for the writing task. It was a very useful lecture in which everyone could find something new to learn.

At the end of the meeting, participants were informed about the news in HUPE and about the upcoming 28^th HUPE Conference that will be in Poreč in April 2020.

Kornelije Juranić
Osijek Branch President

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ZAGORJE BRANCH MEETING REPORT

08 July 2019Branch reports

The last HUPE Zagorje meeting before the summer break was held at Secondary school Bedekovčina on June 17th, 2019.

There were two workshops. The first one was a workshop held by our dear member, and the new HUPE vice president, Petra Blajić. Petra’s presentation was called Integrating Critical Thinking Skills in the EFL. The members tried different activities and discussed the meaning and importance of critical thinking in EFL teaching.

The second workshop, held by Damira Mršić, on behalf of OUP, was called Insight Into Inquiry Based Learning. The participants had a lot of fun trying different creative activities which could be used in the classroom.

After the two workshops, HUPE Zagorje Branch held elections for the new branch president. We proudly announce that the new HUPE Zagorje Branch Presidentis Gordana Bujanić Tretinjak, our dear and active member, who you probably all know as HUPE PR.

HUPE Zagorje is thankful to our members and the speakersfor coming. We congratulate Gordana and wish her a lot of productive and good branch meetings! HUPE Zagorje will continue to inspire and hopefully become a bigger branch in the future.

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

Petra Končić
HUPE Zagorje Branch President

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SPLIT BRANCH MEETING REPORT

08 June 2019Branch reports

Third HUPE Split branch meeting for the school year 2018/19 was held on May 31, 2019 at Osnovna škola don Lovre Katića. The agenda included:

Ivana Bokavšek: Digital Storytelling
Alenka Miljević : School for Life in experimental school
AOB

The first part of the meeting included a workshop titled Digital Storytelling. Ivana Bokavšek demonstrated how technology, if applied appropriately and innovatively, can enhance student communication skills. The workshop provided teachers with hands on opportunities to explore ICT tools WordCloud, H5P and Adobe Spark Post that support creative learning and innovative teaching. Ivana offered the specific examples and practical activities designed to spark student curiosity and creativity.

In the second part of the meeting Alenka Miljević shared her experience about experimental programme School for life in practice in the round table format. The focus was on planning, assessment and use of new technologies in teaching. Fourteen English teachers actively took part in the discussion.

We are thankful to all the participants for joining and making the meeting dynamic and productive!

Vanja Fazinić
HUPE Split Branch President

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RIJEKA BRANCH MEETING REPORT

20 May 2019Branch reports

The third HUPE Rijeka Branch meeting was held at Gradska knjižnica Rijeka, ogranak Trsat – American Corner in Rijeka on May 11th, 2019. Twenty members attended the meeting.

The agenda included:

Ana Inić and Marina Mrazovac:Co-teaching grammar
Dorina Badurina:Investigating content and language integrated learning in Croatia
Nataša Žarkov: 27^thAnnual International Conference in Poreč

The first workshop was held by Ana Inić, from Prirodoslovna i grafička škola Rijeka, and Marina Mrazovac, from Glazbena škola Ivana Matetića Ronjgova. The aim of this workshop was to offer first-hand co-teaching experience in grammar lesson design. Certain grammatical structures, such as causative have can be quite challenging for students to acquire. Using various methods can be a useful tool in overcoming those obstacles. One such method is co-teaching.

The aim of the second workshop, held by Dorina Badurina from Srednja škola Ljudevita Adamića, was to familiarize the teachers with the CLIL approach and its characteristics in Europe and Croatia. Moreover, the presentation aimed to provide insights into teachers' thoughts and concerns about the challenges and benefits of CLIL obtained as a part of a case study in Andrija Ljudevit Adamić High School in Rijeka. Although CLIL is seen as an innovative approach that promotes linguistic diversity in education, CLIL warrants more attention from national institutions, higher education programmes, and secondary education policies.

Nataša Žarkov, HUPE Branch President, talked about 27^thHUPE Conference held in April in Poreč.

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

Nataša Žarkov
HUPE Rijeka

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SPLIT BRANCH MEETING REPORT

29 March 2019Branch reports

The second HUPE Split Branch meeting was held at Osnovna škola don Lovre Katića in Solin on March 15th, 2019.
Eighteen members attended the Friday evening meeting. The agenda included:

1. Conrad Kellett - School for Life goals: Classroom to real life!
2. HUPE conference – news and update
3. AOB

It was a great pleasure to host Conrad Kellet who ran a workshop on behalf of PEARSON called School for Life Goals: Classroom to real life! Conrad activated our curiosity, demonstrating how to create a fun and engaging classroom. He offered the specific examples and practical activities designed to spark student curiosity and creativity. During the workshop the teachers tired the activities tailored to enable students to take a more central role in their learning experience, encourage independent learning and facilitate communicative language communication and cultural communication competence.
After the workshop Vanja Fazinić, HUPE Split Branch President, provided updates on 27th Annual International HUPE Conference.

Thank you all for coming and hope to see you at our next meeting in May!

If you are an English teacher and want to join HUPE Split, feel free to contact me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Vanja Fazinić
HUPE Split