CPD Opportunities Summer 2024
CPD Opportunities Summer 2024
Mon. 3rd June, 18:00 – 19:00 (UK time) ENGLISH
IPSENSIG:
“TEACHING LANGUAGES TO STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA” BOOK CLUB
(IATEFL)
Free
webinar
According to the World Health Organisation,
8 to 10% of the population is dyslexic, and 15 to 20% is neurodivergent.
So, how do we tackle learning in order to
include every single student successfully in the process? Join us on 3rd June
at 7 PM CET time, 6 PM UK time, for a riveting book club meeting with Boelo van
der Pool to get some insights into an inclusive teaching approach.
Speaker - Boelo Van Der Pool
Boelo has been involved in the ESL world
for almost 30 years, having occupied many different roles. Being dyslexic and
ADHD himself, in 2019 he started investigating dyslexia and language learning
and developed dyslexia and ADHD-friendly language teaching strategies. He wrote
a small book on the matter in which he explains what he feels are the 6 main
keys to successful language learning for any neurodivergent learner.
Tues. 4th June, 2024, 10:00 & 16:00
(BST) ENGLISH
WILL
GENERATIVE AI RUIN CREATIVITY?
(Cambridge University Press & Assessment)
Free
webinar
What is this webinar about?
We know that navigating the world of
generative AI while nurturing essential life skills in your students can feel
daunting. This webinar breaks down these ideas, connecting the Cambridge Life
Competencies Framework with ways to harness AI for creativity, critical
thinking, and learner autonomy. Discover practical strategies to empower your
students, explore responsible and critical AI use, and become more confident in
working with generative AI tools to foster Life Competencies.
Speakers
Andrea Vinkler is an Insight Application
Lead at Cambridge University Press & Assessment. She applies research
insights into products and courses, and develops capabilities that ultimately
help English language learners and teachers have an effective and enjoyable
learning experience.
Dr Henry Shevlin is the Associate Director
of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of
Cambridge, where he also serves as co-director for the Kinds of Intelligence
programme. A philosopher of cognitive science and an AI ethicist, his research
explores a range of themes connected to non-human consciousness and
intelligence.
Tues, June 11th, 2024 10:00 (BST) and
Thurs. June 13th, 2024 16:00 (BST) ENGLISH
DEVELOPING
CHOICE, AUTONOMY AND INCLUSION FOR YOUNG LEARNERS IN THE DIGITAL WORLD
(Cambridge University Press & Assessment)
Free
webinar
What is this webinar about?
As tech has exploded into all of our lives,
younger learners are no different, with continuing debate on the positive and
negative effects of digital learning in and out of the classroom. In this
webinar we’ll be looking at recent research that focusses on where digital
really supports learning and how teachers can build on this to choose
beneficial tools and materials for their young learner contexts.
Helen Kenyon is a Product Manager in the Schools, English team at Cambridge University Press and Assessment developing educational materials such as coursebooks to videogames.
Fri, 14th June, 2024, 11:00 – 12:00 (UK
time) ENGLISH
MAWSIG:
IN CONVERSATION WITH PENNY HANDS
(IATEFL)
Free
webinar
In the second of a series of informal
online events entitled ‘In conversation with …’, we are delighted to announce
that our guest will be Penny Hands, who will be sharing insights and telling us
about her life in editing materials. We invite participants to submit questions
for Penny using this form, and we’ll add a few of our own, too. We look forward
to seeing you there!
Penny Hands is a freelance editor who has
worked for nearly 30 years as a lexicographer, compiler of language reference
materials and as an editor on ELT materials and teacher resource books. She has
worked with a variety of authors, from academics to materials writers and
self-publishers. Her interest lies in how best to achieve the shared goal of
making a book the best it can be, through communication, collaboration and a
strong understanding of the field and the market. She is just coming to the end
of her six year term in the role of Editor on the MaWSIG committee.
Sat. June 15th, 2024 09.00 – 16.45 (UK
time) ENGLISH
THE 9TH FUTURE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING (FOELT) CONFERENCE
(2024)
(Trinity College London, Regent’s University, London)
Free
online conference
The event will take place online, on
Saturday 15 June 2024. We will have plenaries from Judit Kormos, and Danny
Norrington-Davies & Richard Chinn, alongside various breakout sessions
covering:
English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
Young Learners (YL)
Innovation and Technology (IT)
Teacher Education (TE)
We have had an overwhelming response from
our call for papers and are currently finalising our breakout sessions. In the
meantime, you can familiarise yourself with the draft programme, including when
you can catch our plenary talks.
Mon, 17th June, 2024. 17:00 – 18:00 (UK
Time) ENGLISH
TEASIG:
EQUITABLE ASSESSMENTS FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS: INTEGRATING SOCIOCULTURALLY
RESPONSIVE AND PERSONALIZED ASSESSMENT APPROACHES
(IATEFL TEASIG)
Free
webinar
Primary and secondary schools are
increasingly “superdiverse” in the U.S. and globally (Park et al., 2018;
Vertovec, 2023). Students—including multilingual learners—have unique social,
cultural, and educational characteristics that, instead of being discounted, might
be leveraged in instruction and assessment as a means of advancing equity in
education. To better assess and support the reading and literacy development of
multilingual learners, we employed socioculturally responsive and personalized
assessment approaches in developing a classroom assessment for formative use.
In this webinar, we will demonstrate the features of our assessment design and
share research findings from a usability study.
Speakers: Lorraine Sova, Mikyung Kim Wolf
& Emilie Pooler
Weds. 19th June, 2024, 13.15 – 18.00 (UK
time) ENGLISH
BREAKING
DOWN BARRIERS – MINI-EVENT
(British Council)
Free
online event
Register to attend three practical webinars
and a panel discussion from educators specialising in equality, diversity and
inclusion in ELT and find out how to make your classroom more inclusive. The
event will be on 19 June 2024.
About the event
This event on Wednesday 19 June 2024 will
feature three practical webinars from specialists in equality, diversity and
inclusion. The webinars will give you insights into the experiences of teachers
and learners who face unjustified discrimination, and suggest ways you can
reduce barriers through your teaching. The webinars will focus on disability,
LGBTQIA+ issues and race, and will help you promote tolerance, respect and
anti-racism in your classroom. These will be followed by a panel of expert
teachers from around the world sharing activity ideas for fostering safe,
respectful and inclusive learning environments. The event is for teachers of
primary, secondary and adult English language learners.
Session
1: Being a teacher with disabilities: perspectives, practices and opportunities
Nidhi Singal (UK) 13.15 – 14.15 (UK time)
19 June 2024
This webinar will present the findings of a
new British Council publication that aims to support teachers with
disabilities. The lead researcher of the project, Nidhi Singal, will provide an
insight into the challenges, opportunities, policies and current practices that
teachers with disabilities encounter. The research is based on the lived
experience of English language and other subject teachers with disabilities in
national education systems in Brazil, Jordan, Rwanda, Spain and Sri Lanka.
Session
2: Raising awareness of LGBTQIA+ issues in the classroom
Katherine Reilly (Greece) 14.30 –15.30 (UK
time) 19 June 2024
This webinar will explore why English
language teachers committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) must
engage all learners, regardless of gender or sexual orientation. Teachers will
learn how to identify and enhance teaching materials to foster inclusive
practices and promote a safe, respectful and welcoming learning environment.
Katherine, the first open trans educator in Greece, will also discuss real-life
case studies where disrespect was shown in the classroom and will give
practical approaches to dealing with such incidents.
Session
3: Localising anti-racism: what you can do in the classroom
Dr Amina Douidi (UK) 15.45 –16.45 (UK time)
19 June 2024
This session is about anti-racism as a
proactive approach, with a focus on anti-Black racism. It will help teachers be
more prepared to handle difficult discussions and situations involving discrimination.
Amina will give practical ideas for you to foster open dialogue throughout the
year, not only limiting these discussions to Black History Month, in your own
local setting. By exploring this in the language classroom, you will promote
inclusivity and cultivate a respectful learning environment for all
learners.
Session
4: How can you break down barriers in your classrooms? (panel discussion)
Speakers: To be confirmed 17.00 – 18.00 (UK
time) 19 June 2024
Three teachers from around the world discuss issues and activities related to breaking down barriers. Learn about inclusion and disability in the ELT classroom, how to deal with inappropriate behaviour and more.
Weds, 19th June, 2024, 16:00 (UK time) ENGLISH
SCAFFOLDING
SUCCESS: VISUAL TOOLS TO SUPERCHARGE SELF-EVALUATION AND PROGRESS
(Trinity
College London)
Free
webinar
Summary
As teachers, you want our students to
succeed. You want to equip them with the life skills to support themselves on
their chosen journeys. This session will share innovative ways to help learners
map out their future, identify goals and reflect on distance travelled. Using
simple graphic facilitation techniques, participants will be guided to create
and use quick, minimal preparation visual tools which will inspire and motivate
learners. These accessible tools and techniques are perfect for online and face
to face teaching – and will convince anyone they can draw!
About the presenter
Emily Bryson is an ELT professional with
over 20 years’ experience in the classroom. She has written various print and
digital materials, including National Geographic Learning’s Voices series, 50
Ways to Teach Life Skills and the A-Z of ESOL. She is passionate about
diversity, equity and inclusion and the use of visual tools and graphic
facilitation strategies to make learning more engaging, accessible and fun. She
is a resident blogger for Ellii learning and frequently delivers teacher
development sessions for a variety of ELT organisations. Her teacher
development courses with a visual twist have been described as ‘the nicest
corner of the internet’ and her sketchnotes are extremely popular on socials. .
Sat, 22nd June, 2024, 14:00 – 14:00 ENGLISH
PRONSIG:
PRONUNICATION FOR LISTENING – UNPLUGGED
(IATEFL
PronSIG)
Free
webinar
Listening is difficult to teach as it is
less 'tangible' (Field, 2009) than the other skills. One of the main listening
problems is inability to decode pronunciation features, which happens when
students do not know the spoken form of
a word or utterance. Teachers usually test students by playing recordings and asking
comprehension questions rather than helping them overcome these obstacles.
Therefore, in this webinar we will continue our pronunciation teaching
unplugged discussion, by exploring two student-centered variations of
dictation, namely dictogloss and micro-dictations.
Speaker Rachel Tsateri:
Registration/Info Registration/Info
Sat, 22nd June, 2024, 15:00 – 17:00 ENGLISH
BESIG: THE NEW WORLD OF WORK AND MEGATRENDS – OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLES OR AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR CORPORATE ENGLISH TRAINING?
(IATEFL
BESIG)
Webinar
Free for IATEFL members
15.00
GBP for non-members
The business world is changing rapidly -
and so are the demands on communication and soft skills. New Work is one of the
buzzwords in the German-speaking world. Future researchers have identified new
megatrends in this area.
-
What can we learn from these trends for our own practice?
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How relevant are they for our work?
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How universal are they?
-
How can they help us make what we offer more meaningful for our clients?
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How can they help us to better position ourselves?
Join us for an interactive workshop to
discuss and reflect on the new workplace megatrends and how we can incorporate
them into our teaching and training practice.
Speaker - Isabella Keilani is an
international communication skills trainer and coach based in Graz, Austria
where she founded her own training company in 2020. Her background is in
language coaching and corporate language training. She has a keen interest in
effective communication at work and workplace dynamics especially in
international settings.
Thurs. 27th June, 2024, 12.00 – 13.15 (UK
time). ENGLISH
TITLE THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP AND
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN CREATING INCLUSIVE SCHOOLING
(British
Council)
Image Copyright Mat Wright
Free
webinar for teacher educators
Who is this webinar for?
Please note that the content of this
webinar is tailored for teacher educators and teachers who are engaged in
facilitating the professional development of others.
What is this webinar about?
This event will explore strategies for
empowering school leaders and embedding inclusive education techniques into
teacher education programmes, focusing on advocacy, mindset change, and
equitable education practices.
About the speakers
Zanele Mukwedeya is a Programme Manager
with more than 25 years experience leading large education and governance
projects at national, regional and international levels, focusing on capacity
building for teachers, school leaders and policy makers. The programmes include
Connecting Classrooms, Instructional Leadership and Leading Learning for Gender
Equality. She worked with the University of Nottingham on the comprehensive
M&E programme for the Leading Learning for Gender Equality programme. She is
a seasoned manager with experience of managing large projects training 1,000
school leaders per year, managing 40 facilitators and convening training
workshops in various provinces.
Rishikesh Shanker from Azim Premji
University (further details coming soon).
Info
(Registration link coming soon)
Sat. 29th June, 2024, 14:00 (UK time) ENGLISH
LTSIG
THE FLOOR IS YOURS: INSIGHTS AND EXPERTISE FROM OUR LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES
COMMITTEE
(IATEFL
Learner Technologies SIG)
Free
online event
1-
Once Upon a Time or “digitally” Happy Ever After! Balance in the revolution of
teaching
Children love listening to stories or
songs. So teachers use storytelling and songs as a very effective teaching tool
to catch students’ attention in the classroom and either teach them something
new or repeat something they taught them in a previous lesson. Storytelling and
many other traditional teaching methods are irreplaceable.
Nowadays, teachers are moving towards
combining the traditional teaching methods with a mixture of digital graphics,
text, recorded audio narration, video and music. They either design effective
digital activities or let students interact and learn with user-friendly
technologies supporting in this way their engagement, creativity, multimodal
thinking and expression and collaboration. So, teachers are balancing
traditional teaching and digital education. What is the balance? What is the
secret key to effective teaching and learning?
2-The
ABC of Collaborative Online International Collaboration
How can learners be prepared to thrive at
work and as active contributors in today's interconnected and multicultural
society? In the realities of the flat world we live in, breaking down classroom
walls as part of a routine that helps both educators and learners acquire
global dispositions has become imperative. This talk aims to inspire educators
and equip them with the basics to get started and engage learners in
Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). This format for
cross-cultural dialogue, also known as virtual exchanges (VE), promotes values
and behaviours for global competence. By engaging in virtual exchanges, classes
from different contexts or geographical locations interact and collaborate
online as part of the syllabus and under the guidance of educators. Students
learn EFL in a relevant and authentic way. Skills such as communication,
creativity, collaboration, intercultural competence, and digital literacy are
fostered. Basic guidelines on how to go about engaging students in COIL will be
provided in the talk. The focus will be on practical aspects of implementation such
as what characterizes VEs, how to find partners, points to be coordinated with
partnering teachers, the various stages, research-based models, and tools.
3-GOFAI
and GenAI for English language learning, teaching and assessment
The talk will briefly present some examples
of GOFAI (Good Old Fashioned Artificial Intelligence) and Generative Artificial
Intelligence to be implemented in ELT classes to improve teaching, learning and
assessment.
4-"Projects
that go beyond the classroom´s walls"
This short presentation will talk about
Projects that combine the use of technology in relevant and significant
contexts for students learning a second language. Technology becomes the
essential tool to generate opportunities to learn with and from others: cultural
diversity, the appreciation of otherness and global citizenship providing
experiential learning that gives content a real purpose for communication. This
learning by doing experience provides our students with a unique opportunity to
develop their soft skills. Working in tandem with Universities from abroad in a
win win scenario where pre service teachers carry out their remote practices
with our students is the way forward in global collaboration. In a world that
is plunged into AI, these Global Projects anchor in the core of human
connection and communication.
5-A
Brief History of T.A.I.M in ELT (Technology, Artificial Intelligence and
Methodologies)
From “I Robot” to “Blade-Runner” to
“Terminator” humans have been in awe of what A.I. can bring to humanity.
Somehow, though, in recent years teachers and students, along with other human
beings, have embraced AI as a partner and as the gift that keeps on giving. Is
AI a new tool that can only bring the future to the classroom or is it another
“fad” that will fade away like so many before in 4 to 5 years? In under 10
minutes, we will try to explore what has taken decades to develop and ponder
the question, “What if…”
6-Technology
as a skills builder for life outside the classroom
The aim of this short talk is to outline
five simple strategies for taking advantage of technological advancements to
support student learning and developing life and work skills.
The IATEFL LTSIG came into existence almost
40 years ago as the Computers SIG. However, technology in one form or another
supported Second/Foreign Language Education long before computers came on the
scene. The talk touches on the differences in the employment of edtech before
the 1980s and since then.
The presentation we will end with a brief
outline of work skills that can be developed in the language class and
transferred to life outside the classroom.
Speakers: Maria Diakou, Susana Galante, Letizia Cinganotto, Belen Albarracín, Eftychis Kantarakis, Caterina Skiniotou
Registration/InfoRegistration/Info
Tues, 2nd July, 2024, 16:00 – 17:00 (UK
time) ENGLISH
MAWSIG:
CONSIDERATIONS FOR DEVELOPING LANGUAGE MATERIALS FOR DEAF EAL/BSL LEARNERS
(IATEFL MAWSIG)
Free
webinar
Teaching Deaf children who are EAL or are
first language British Sign Language (BSL) users require specialist teachers
and bespoke resources. This paper will utilise the twenty years teaching
experience of three specialists Teacher of the Deaf to state the considerations
for making English teaching resources for Deaf children.
Speakers - Rebecca Fenton-Ree and Katherine
O'Grady-Bray, Oak Lodge School, London
Becky is a Qualified Teacher of the Deaf
and also works part time as a BSL/English Interpreter. She has been signing for
nearly 35 years and has had 20 years teaching experience. She is currently
working part time as a Language and Communication Teacher at Oak Lodge (a
specialist Deaf and SCLN school in London). She has previously taught at
university, college and schools (including experience as a substitute teacher
in Los Angeles).
Katherine is a Teacher of the Deaf with 20
years of experience ranging from Primary to 6th Form. She has held several
senior leadership roles, including Deputy Headteacher and head of 6th form and
is currently the Head of the Language Communication Team and KS3 leader. She
also holds a NPQH, Masters in Deaf Education and Level 6 BSL. As a Profoundly
Deaf, BSL user herself, her experience
and knowledge of teaching deaf children is fundamental in supporting D/deaf
pupils at Oak Lodge.
Katherine and Becky currently consult for
Ofqual as the lead experts for the BSL GCSE.
Weds. 3rd July, 2024, 13:00 – 13:00 (BST) ENGLISH
HOW
DO TEACHERS USE PUBLISHED RESEARCH?
(British
Council)
Facebook
Live event
In this #TeachingEnglish live community
event for teachers and teacher educators, we explore how teachers engage with
published research.
We are joined by Professor Graham Hall (Northumbria University) for an interactive discussion on some of the interesting findings from his recent TeachingEnglish English language teaching research award (ELTRA) publication.
Download 'Teachers’ engagement with published research: how do teachers who read research navigate the field, what do they read, and why?' here
Graham Hall is Professor of Applied Linguistics/TESOL at Northumbria University, UK, where he teaches on the University’s M.A. Applied Linguistics for TESOL and M.A. TESOL programmes. He is the author of Exploring English LanguageTeaching: Language in Action (Routledge, 2011; 2nd edition, 2017), which was the winner of the 2012 British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) book prize. He also edited the Routledge Handbook of English Language Teaching (2016), and was editor of ELT Journal from 2013–17. His research interests range from classroom discourse and language teaching methodology to the ways in which English language teachers understand their practice and the role research might play in their professional development.
Fri. 5th July, 2024, 13:00 – 13:00 (BST) ENGLISH
BREAKING
DOWN BARRIERS Q & A
(British
Council)
Facebook
Live event
Two presenters (Katherine Reilly and Dr Amina Douidi) return from their webinar presentations to join us live and interactive on our #TeachingEnglish Facebook page for a question and answer session with teachers joining us.
Katherine Reilly specialises in training teachers in inclusive teaching methodology and adaptation of diverse educational materials. She lives in Greece, where she teaches and works on teaching methodology and materials development courses for teachers. She has published extensively on ELT, and her articles can be found each month in the magazine ELT NEWS.
Dr Amina Douidi is a specialist in diversity, equity, inclusion, and intercultural communication in ELT. She works with publishers to enhance the inclusivity of their materials. She also works as an EAP teacher and as an EMI trainer. Amina is Co-Chair Elect of TESOL ICIS, advocating for contributions from teachers and researchers from the Global Majority.
Sat. 6th July, 2024. 15:00 (UK time) ENGLISH
EFFECTIVE
NOTES: EXPLORING CALLIGRAMMES AND OTHER NOTE-TAKING STRATEGIES
(IATEFL)
Free
webinar
An IATEFL monthly webinar presented by
Celestina Cardoz-Maury
This session will delve into different
note-taking strategies and their impact on learning outcomes, while
incorporating a new and inspiring note-taking process called Calligrammes. Also
referred to as patterned text, calligrammes are an exciting and innovative
method of note-taking which uses a visual arrangement of words or letters to
form a particular shape or image related to the content of the text.
You will be guided through a brief history of note-taking, highlighting important aspects of cognitive psychology to illustrate interesting facts, such as the better performance of students who take handwritten notes than those who type them, in addition to all the different linear and non-linear note-taking processes. Teachers worldwide will discover how to introduce note-taking techniques to their learners and reflect on the best note-taking strategies to perform daily academic tasks, as well as formal situations, e.g. standardized tests and examinations.
Sat. 13th July, 2024. 10:00 (US time) 16:00
(CET) ENGLISH
TESOL
WEBINAR: DEVELOPING RECEPTIVE SKILLS LESSONS
(SUNY Westchester Community College)
Free
webinar
Developing Receptive Skills Lessons with
Pre-During-Post Model
by Michael Griffin
Imagine you find (or are given) a listening
or reading text that you simply must use in your next ESL class. How would you
start planning to best exploit the text in your class? The PDP
(Pre-During-Post) framework can help guide the planning process for receptive
skills lessons. Because it’s intuitive, flexible, and extremely practical,
having an understanding of PDP can help make lesson planning easier and more
effective. In this interactive session we will consider the aims for each stage
of a PDP lesson and how to meet these aims. Potential activities for each stage
will be introduced and evaluated. In addition, potential challenges in such
lessons as well as possible solutions will be discussed. Participants can
expect to walk away with a clear idea of how to use PDP for planning receptive
skills lessons as well as useful activities for working with listening and
reading texts.
About the presenter:
Michael Griffin currently lives in Vietnam
and works online and offline as a teacher, trainer, and consultant. He has an
MA TESOL from The New School, and he taught Curriculum Development, Writing
ESOL Materials, and the Portfolio course on the New School’s MA TESOL program.
Sun. 14th July, 2024, 15:00 (UK time) ENGLISH
BESIG:
PRICING FUNDAMENTALS FOR FREELANCERS
(IATEFL
BESIG)
Free
webinar
Most freelance language professionals love
their work but not the pay. Over the years, they gain valuable experience and
invest time and money in developing their skills. However, their remuneration
rarely reflects that.
In this webinar we’ll examine the different
factors that influence prices and explore how we can use them to our advantage.
If you:
feel you are being underpaid for what you
do …
have not increased your prices for a
while …
are unsure of what price you should
charge …
… then this webinar is for you.You’ll leave
the session with a different perspective on pricing your services and with some
practical tips to help you move towards charging the prices you deserve.
Speaker - Mike Allison
Tues. 16th July, 2024. 12:00 – 13.15 (UK
time) in ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
AND INCLUSION IN A REFUGEE SETTING
(British
Council)
Free
webinar
Please note that the content of this
webinar is tailored for teacher educators and teachers who are engaged in
facilitating the professional development of others.
What is this webinar about?
The role of language in ensuring inclusion
in a complex language setting; Rod Hicks, Regional Education Lead Advisor for
Sub Saharan Africa for the Education Development Trust and Lucy Maina, Program
Director for coastal region projects at the International Research &
Exchanges Board, discuss strategies that are offered to teachers in Uganda
schools impacted by refugees to ensure language is used in a way that allows
all to learn and achieve their potential.
About the speakers
Lucy Maina is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience in programme development, education, and public health management. Lucy has worked in various countries as a trainer, researcher, in policy formulation, management and fundraising. She has worked on language in conflict, language policy and in refugee and development settings. Lucy is passionate about ensuring quality education for children and youth and believes in lifelong learning. She is dedicated to organisational effectiveness and improved impact through effective management and development processes.
Rod Hicks is an education consultant who
has worked for British Council, and Education Development Trust among other
organisations. He has worked in a range of countries in Africa as a teacher,
trainer, curriculum developer and researcher and more recently has been
involved in working on language in conflict and refugee settings. His interests
include foundational learning, curriculum implementation language policy and
relevant subject pedagogies. At present he is based in both UK and Kenya.
Rod and Lucy have been involved in the
research and strategies developed under British Council’s Language for
Resilience (L4R) program in Uganda.
Weds. 17th July, 2024. 16:00 (UK time) ENGLISH
USING
PHOTOS TO GET STUDENTS OF ALL AGES TALKING
(Trinity
College London)
Free
webinar
This session looks at using images in EFL
lessons to encourage genuine and meaningful communication between students.
We’ll look at five information gap tasks using photos which work with learners
of different levels and age groups. As well encouraging speaking and listening,
we’ll look at how activities using images work with mixed ability groups and
can encourage creativity and critical thinking. During the webinar we will also
explore how to select photos for different age groups and tasks as well as how
to generate images using AI.
Thurs. 18th July, 2024, 9:00 – 12:30 (UK time) ENGLISH
VALUING
MULTILINGUALISM – MINI-EVENT
(British Council)
Free
online event
Join us for two webinars and a panel
discussion from specialists in using multilingual approaches in the English
language classroom. This event will be on Thursday 18 July 2024. You can watch
the live event on Facebook or register to join us on Zoom.
About the event
This event on Thursday 18 July 2024 will
feature two webinars and a panel discussion from specialists in multilingual
approaches. All sessions will explore how you can use your learners' home
languages, also referred to as L1s, as a valuable resource to help them learn.
Our speakers will offer inspiration for taking a multilingual approach and
share effective strategies for using learners' home languages in class. The two
webinars will be followed by a panel discussion with expert teachers sharing tried-and-tested
ideas for celebrating and taking advantage of the linguistic diversity in your
classroom.
Session
1: L1 in the classroom Adrienn Szlapak (Malaysia)
9.00–10.00 (UK time) 18 July 2024
The workshop will explore research supporting the notion that incorporating learners' L1s is an asset in language classrooms. We'll then delve into the practical aspects of L1 use, providing effective classroom management tips and addressing anticipated challenges. Attendees will gain ideas on how to integrate L1s to support English language development, and to effectively manage a multilingual classroom environment. Finally, we will focus on pedagogical frameworks that embrace the use of L1s in the young learner language classroom.
Session
2: Multilingual lessons from my classes Huma Hasna Riaz Ahmed (UAE)
10.15–11.15 (UK time) 18 July 2024
'No Arabic here, please.' 'Sorry, Spanish
is not allowed here.' How often do we hear ourselves uttering such phrases to
our learners? It isn't true that when one language is on, the others are off.
The concept of multilingual teaching challenges this notion. In my classroom I
have witnessed the positive impact of this approach on my lower-level adult
learners. In this webinar I'll share my classroom experiences and practical multilingual
teaching ideas adaptable to various contexts. I'll also present strategies for
incorporating home languages to facilitate language learning.
Session
3: How can we celebrate multilingualism in our classes? (panel discussion)
Speakers: Andrea Collados (Argentina),
Chathuska Undugoda (UK), Guilherme Meira (Brazil)
11.30–12.30 (UK time) 18 July 2024
Three teachers from around the world discuss issues and activities related to teaching multilingual classes and/or using L1 in the classroom. Learn practical tips for your classrooms.
Mon, 22nd July, 2024, 14:30 – 15.15 (UK
time) ENGLISH
MAWSIG:
CREATING MATERIALS TO ENHANCE EAP VOCABULARY
(IATEFL
MAWSIG)
Free
webinar
Creating materials to teach and practise
vocabulary is crucial in ELT courses. Yet our approach might need to be tweaked
when the materials are for EAP classes.
In this practical session, we’ll look at
how creating materials following a Flipped Classroom approach can enhance the
quality of our EAP content. We will share practical ideas to write worksheets
which will be valuable for learners.
Name of speaker: Coni Barbariol
Coni Barbariol is an EAP, English language
and literature teacher. She has worked teaching these subjects in Buenos Aires
(Argentina) for thirteen years and, at the moment, she’s teaching in Madrid
(Spain). She is also a speaking examiner and materials writer. She’s currently
studying a TEFL Masters and her top priority is developing meaningful materials
which are aligned with her pedagogical insights and students’ needs.
Sat. 27th July, 2024. 12:00 (UK time) ENGLISH
PRONSIG’S
PRONUNCIATION CAFÉ
(IATEFL
PronSIG)
Free
webinar
Put the kettle on and join us for our
second online get-together where we’ll be chatting all things pronunciation.
Whether you’re an experienced pron-thusiast, a researcher, or are just starting
out at the very beginning of your pronunciation journey, this informal online
tailor-made event is for you. We promise plenty of chat in a relaxed atmosphere
with English language teachers from all corners of the globe. This event is
open to all - members and non-members alike, regardless of your level of
knowledge of pronunciation.
Thurs. 1st Aug, 2024. 10:00 – 13:30 (UK
time) ENGLISH
MULTIMODAL
CLASSROOMS – MINI EVENT
(British
Council)
Free
online event
This event on 1 August 2024 will feature
two webinars and a panel discussion that look at practical classroom activities
that use a multimodal approach to increase learner engagement. Our speakers
will explore multimodal assessments and how they can be used effectively with
your learners. You will also learn how to use different media and technology to
create more engaging classroom activities.
Session
1: How can we design multimodal assessment tasks?
Speakers: Judit Kormos and Tineke Brunfaut
(UK)
Time and date: 10.00–11.00 (UK time) 1
August 2024
Session information:
Instead of using assessments with just one
mode (e.g. text) why not add images, video or audio and make it multimodal? The
workshop will start by explaining the advantages of using multimodal assessment
tasks in the language classroom. You will then see examples of two types of
multimodal tasks, try out a task and get advice on how to create similar tasks.
You will also learn how to make such tasks with common software and copyright-free
materials.
Session
2: How can we make engaging listening activities with technology?
Speaker: Chiara Bruzzano (Italy)
Time and date: 11.15–12.15 (UK time) 1
August 2024
Session information:
In this interactive webinar, you will learn
how listening works based on research and whether listening really is the
'Cinderella' skill – ignored, neglected and not given importance compared to
its stepsister, speaking. You will then critically evaluate the effectiveness
of a listening activity and learn how to make your listening activities more
engaging and more conducive to the development of listening. Finally, you'll
learn about free online tools you can use in engaging listening activities.
Session
3: Panel discussion: How can we integrate multimodal resources and digital
tools?
Speakers: Nour Al-Huda (Saudi Arabia),
Agnieszka Burzyńska (Poland), Mary Rose Banaag Soriano (Philippines)
Time and date: 12.30–13.30 (UK time) 1
August 2024
Sat, 24th August, 2024, 15:00 – 17:00 (UK
time) ENGLISH
BESIG:
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN EDUCATION AND THE WORKPLACE
(IATEFL
BESIG)
Webinar;
Free for IATEFL members, 15 GBP for non-members
New research published by Pearson in 2023
revealed that over half of those using English for work felt that formal
education – at school and college – had not adequately prepared them for the
English skills needed in the workplace.
Three quarters said they were not able to express themselves fully at
work, with a similar number admitting that their jobs would be easier if they
had better English skills.
So what is it that employees need that is
not currently being taught? And what skills are employers themselves looking
for as part of their recruitment processes? This workshop explores these and
other questions within the context of Pearson’s Global Scale of English and
Employability Frameworks, with practical suggestions on how the free online
resources can be used by educators to plug the current skills gap and set
learners up for future success.
Speaker - Mike Mayor
Mike Mayor is Senior Director, Global Scale
of English at Pearson. On leaving university, Mike worked as a teacher of
English in France before entering the world of publishing as a lexicographer.
Mike joined Pearson in 2003 and headed up the Longman dictionaries list until
his move to the Global Scale of English in 2013. In this role, Mike works with
coursebook and assessment teams to ensure that the Global Scale of English
underpins all elements of the Pearson Connected English Learning Programme.
Mike has a BA in French and a Masters in English and Applied Linguistics from
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