The Slovene Association of LSP Teachers

Who we are

The Slovene Association of LSP Teachers was founded in 1997 as a professional, non-profit and non-political organisation. Members are tachers working in tertiary and secondary institutional language programmes or public and private language schools. There are currently about 60 members.


The Committee

Violeta Jurković - President
Mojca Jarc - Deputy President
Mihaela Zavašnik - Secretary
Darja Mertelj - Treasurer
Vesna Jevremovič - Deputy Treasurer
Helena Žnidaršič Seme - Member of the Committee
Šarolta Godnič Vičič - Editor of the professional journal Scripta Manent


Our goals

The principal goals of the Association are to promote professional growth of LSP teachers, introducing new approaches in teaching and testing of LSP, developing teaching materials as well as using information technology in teaching.


Our special interest groups (SIGs)

Currently two SIGs have been very active organising meetings and workshops:
● Foreign language policy SIG
● E-learning SIG
● Pedagogy SIG


Activities plan for 2009

Detailed information on all our activities is published in the News where you can find announcements of upcoming events as well as reports, photos and other news items about our past events.


Conference in 2010: Challenges in Languages for Specific Purposes

We are pleased to invite you to our LSP conference 'Challenges in Languages for Specific Purposes'. It will be held on February 5 and 6 2010 at the Faculty of Administration, Ljubljana. The language of the conference is going to be Slovene. For more information, visit the conference page.


LSP Symposium to celebrate the 10th anniversary of our association

On November 23rd 2007 the association marked its 10th anniversary with an LSP Symposium. The Symposium brought together over fifty Slovenian LSP teachers and experts who shared their professional experience in a one-day event. Read the Symposium preceedings and view some photos from the event.


Our teaching resources and publications

Our members are authors of numerous teaching resources that include student books, dictionaries, guides and other study materials. View a catalogue of our members’ published study resources.


Bibliografies of our members

Our members actively contribute to the development in the field of LSP. They are authors and editors of articles and books, and have delivered many presentations at conferences at home and abroad.  View a catalogue of our members’ publications and presentations.


Our publication

Guide to Problem-Based Learning has been written by a group of ESP teachers from Slovenia, members of the Association, who have implemented Problem-Based  Learning (PBL) as a new model of teaching. 
The method successfully combines professional knowledge with the knowledge of foreign languages. Characterised by student-centred and learning-centred interdisciplinary approach it enhances the development of linguistic, practical and cognitive skills as well as extralinguistic knowledge.
The guide is ideal for teachers in preparation, LSP teachers and subject specialists. It enables users to plan their PBL activities, provides guidelines and gives practical advice. It will serve as a useful tool to any LSP teacher who is willing to introduce new challenging methods into the teaching environment or who is in need of a tool that can be used to review, support or structure what is already being done.

Price: 14.61 €. Order here.

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