GÁLIK NORBERT

Vice-President of IATEFL-Hungary

Norbert is an English language teacher, mentor and teacher educator. He has a BEd in English Language Teaching (CETT), an MA in English Language and Literature (ELTE) and an MEd in Teacher Education for ELT (Exeter). He has worked as a secondary school, language school and private teacher of English since 2003. He works as a part-time lecturer at Budapesti Kommunikációs Főiskola and as a freelance ELT professional at various language schools in Budapest. His current research focuses on developing and running associations for language teachers.

PRICE BEATRIX

Beatrix has been a member of the committee for a year. She received her BA in Linguistics, Literature and Russian as a Foreign language from Pécs. She lived in Russia and later in Finland. She then moved to England to study Steiner/Waldorf Education as a full-time student in Sussex. She finished her MA studies at ELTE/DELP, where she received an 'Outstanding thesis award'. She has worked in Waldorf schools in Hungary, teaching English. Bea has many years of experience in teaching children of all ages and adult learners. Currently she teaches young learners at the British Council, she is an online English teacher for Katedra Language School and works at a primary school in Gödöllő. Bea’s interests include holistic education, using art in foreign language teaching,  mother-tongue influence in second language acquisition, language teaching methodology, child and teacher development and salutogenesis.

KOZMA EDIT

Edit graduated as a teacher of English and Hungarian Literature and Linguistics in 1997, since then she has been teaching in a grammar school in her hometown, Vác. Feeling the need for professional development, she became an enthusiastic conference-goer and organiser. She had the chance to take part in the British Council teacher-trainer in-service course. She did her post-graduate course at Pécs University in 2007. Presently, she is doing a two-year course at ELTE PPK. Besides hers tate school career, she teaches in language schools, does one-to-one teaching and teacher training.

FRANK PRESCOTT

Frank studied English Language and Literature at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, graduating with an MA degree in 1988. In 1993 he received a Post Graduate Certificate of Education in English from the University of Heriot Watt. He has been teaching English ever since, first of all in secondary schools in Edinburgh, and since 1997, as a lector in the Department of English Applied Linguistics at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. He is now in the process of completing his PhD dissertation in Language Pedagogy, focusing on the experience of first-year students of English learning to write at university.

TAMÁS KATALIN

Kati  is a teacher of English and Russian, and has been working for Fast Business Communications for more than 17 years now.  She has gained experience in teaching secondary school students in bilingual classes of Károly Gundel Secondary school for Catering and Tourism. She is also a tourism expert and an educational manager. She has been involved in the advanced level of final examination in English language since the new system in 2005, and is a freelance teacher, too.

DARÁNYI ILDIKÓ

Ildikó graduated from ELTE as a philologist and teacher of English and she also has a CELTA. She has been teaching general and business English since 2006 and gained experience especially in teaching adults. Besides one-to-one teaching mainly in her hometown, Albertirsa, she works as a freelance teacher at language schools and educational institutions in Szolnok and Budapest. She adores group-teaching. Ildikó is a dedicated conference-goer and is quite interested in professional development that is how she got to know IATEFL a few years ago. Her main interests are teaching adults, life-long learning, L2 motivation, teacher development and everything that is British.

GÁLIK NORBERT

Vice-President of IATEFL-Hungary

Norbert is an English language teacher, mentor and teacher educator. He has a BEd in English Language Teaching (CETT), an MA in English Language and Literature (ELTE) and an MEd in Teacher Education for ELT (Exeter). He has worked as a secondary school, language school and private teacher of English since 2003. He works as a part-time lecturer at Budapesti Kommunikációs Főiskola and as a freelance ELT professional at various language schools in Budapest. His current research focuses on developing and running associations for language teachers.

CSÍKY ANNA

Anna is serving her third year as committee member and also coordinates the work of the different Special Interest Groups of IATEFL-Hungary. She has a CELTA, DELTA, and an MA in Teaching English Language and Literature. Anna is currently working as Director of Studies at International House Budapest. Teaching young learners and using technology in the classroom are her two main interests, but she also enjoys being involved in materials design and in-service teacher development.

KOZMA EDIT

Edit graduated as a teacher of English and Hungarian Literature and Linguistics in 1997, since then she has been teaching in a grammar school in her hometown, Vác. Feeling the need for professional development, she became an enthusiastic conference-goer and organiser. She had the chance to take part in the British Council teacher-trainer in-service course. She did her post-graduate course at Pécs University in 2007. Presently, she is doing a two-year course at ELTE PPK. Besides hers tate school career, she teaches in language schools, does one-to-one teaching and teacher training.

TARTSAY NÓRA

Nóra has been a member of the committee since 2009. She works as a teacher trainer and an educational expert at the School of English and American Studies, ELTE University in Budapest. She has been involved in several curriculum and materials development projects, runs in-service teacher training courses both in the Hungarian and in an international context. She is the co-trainer and designer of the Multimedia Course offered by IATEFL. Her special interests lie in teacher development, e-learning and using ICT in education.

FRANK PRESCOTT

Frank studied English Language and Literature at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, graduating with an MA degree in 1988. In 1993 he received a Post Graduate Certificate of Education in English from the University of Heriot Watt. He has been teaching English ever since, first of all in secondary schools in Edinburgh, and since 1997, as a lector in the Department of English Applied Linguistics at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. He is now in the process of completing his PhD dissertation in Language Pedagogy, focusing on the experience of first-year students of English learning to write at university.

PRICE BEATRIX

Bea gained her first degree in Pécs as a BA student in Hungarian and Russian; lived in Russia, later in Finland. Then she studied Steiner/Waldorf Education as a full-time student in Sussex, England. She finished her MA studies at ELTE/DELP, where she received an 'Outstanding thesis award'. Currently Bea teaches upper primary classes at the Gödöllő Waldorf  School, but she also works as an online English teacher for Katedra Language School. She has experience in teaching all ages and stages. Her main interests are: ELT Methodology, Teaching English through Art, Child & Teacher Development, Holistic Education and Salutogenesis.