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TeachingEnglish webinars Check out our schedule of webinars for English language teachers below and register for a webinar if you are interested! Registration is free and generally opens a week before the event. You can also watch recordings of our ELT webinars here if you can't attend. |
Upcoming webinars
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Using literature for language learningDate: 28 February 2012 Time: 1200 UK time (check what time this is in your country) Theme: Using literature - in particular short stories and poetry - as a tool for language learning has opened up new paths and opportunities for the language teacher and student. Using the BritLit model Fitch will trace how the creative aspects of using narrative texts have influenced classroom practice and processes and have helped to challenge the rightful place that literature has in English as a Foreign Language. He will also trace the development of the project and its application and examine some of the results that occur when we tap into the creative reserves of our students. Register: If you are not able to watch the webinar live, you will be able to watch a recording - we'll put the link on this page after the event. Registration will open the week before 28 February. About the speaker: Fitch O'Connell has been a teacher for longer than he cares to remember. He works as an editor, materials writer and teacher trainer. In 2003 he set up the acclaimed BritLit project for the British Council in Portugal, and has worked since then to help establish a new place for literature in English language teaching. He also contributes to the WordPowered website, which brings together teachers of English by using short stories, poetry and film. He now works as a freelance consultant and is based in Europe. |
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Spoken grammar/lexical approachDate: 15 March 2012 Time: 1200 UK time (check what time this is in your country) Theme: Lexical Chunking is a way of thinking about language which puts lexis in the centre of our attention rather than grammar. New ways of collecting data such as computer analysis of the language corpus has provided invaluable information about the meaning of words, their frequencies and their word partnerships just to name a few. The pedagogical implications for our teaching are immense and it is now finding its way into our coursebooks and other materials we use in our language classes. Raising awareness of chunks through learner training speeds up the learning process helps in more natural language use and can helps students to perform better in exams. In this session we will look at chunks, how to teach them, how to tweak our materials and how to explore the available on-line resources. Register: If you are not able to watch the webinar live, you will be able to watch a recording - we'll put the link on this page after the event. Registration will open early in March 2012. About the speaker: Hanna Kryszewska is a senior lecturer at the English Institute, University of Gdańsk, Poland, and EU Teacher Training College where she trains pre-service teachers. She is also a teacher trainer and trainer of trainers working mainly with Pilgrims Language Courses and University of Oxford. She is co-author of resource books: “Learner Based Teaching” OUP and a range of other books for teachers. Her new book (with Paul Davis) on lexical chunking “Company Words Keep” will appear in DELTA this month. For 6 years she has been the editor of HLT Magazine. |
Recorded webinars
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Using social networks and media to support our continuing professional developmentDate: 19 January 2012 Time: 1200 UK time (check what time this is in your country) Theme: Many teachers have found that social networks and media can provide valuable support for their continuing professional development. However, knowing where to start can be a problem. Facebook, Twitter and the blogosphere aren't always easy places to move in and it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the multitude of posts that appear and disappear in rapid succession. How can we make sense of them and identify the people we can most learn from? How do we set ourselves goals and keep track of where we're going? In this webinar we'll consider practical ways of centring and organising ourselves to make the process a little less chaotic. Watch a recording of the webinar: You can watch a recording of the webinar (around 70 mins) here: http://britishcouncil.adobeconnect.com/p4ptr7ueuj2/ About the speaker: Ann Foreman is a classroom teacher and teacher trainer based in Bilbao, Spain. Her interests include finding the best ways of using new technology in the classroom and coming to terms with the changing needs and aspirations of learners in today’s digital world. Ann manages the TeachingEnglish Facebook page and works on developing new teaching and learning applications such as What kind of teacher are you? |
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The learner-centred classroom
Time: 1200 UK time (check what time this is in your country) Theme: This webinar will explore different aspects of learner-centred teaching. What does it mean to be 'learner-centred'? Why is it important? We will examine some of the practical issues. What problems might arise? Is learner-centred teaching possible in all contexts? We will consider these and other questions, and also introduce some ideas which can help teachers to become more learner-centred. Watch a recording of the webinar: You can watch the webinar (just under 70 mins) here: http://britishcouncil.adobeconnect.com/p3kcoz8nz99/ About the speaker: Sue Sheerin, formerly Director of the University of Sussex Language Institute, is an educational consultant with many years’ experience in language teaching, teacher training and academic management. |
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Ten ideas for mobile learningDate: 29 November 2011 Time: 1200 UK time (check what time this is in your country) Theme: What is m-learning? There is lots of discussion about this, but what most teachers want is practical examples. This webinar, aimed at teachers with little or no experience in the subject, will show ten practical ways you can exploit mobile technology in order to support language learning. We will look at uses for both the teacher in class, and for the learner outside of lessons. Watch a recording of the webinar About the speaker: Rob Lewis is a teacher, trainer and writer currently based in Poland, from where he manages the TeachingEnglish website. |
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CLIL for secondary schoolsDate: 15 December 2011 Time: 1200 UK time (check what time this is in your country) Theme: In this session we will explore what works in CLIL. We will stress the final L in CLIL. Learning will be the focus of the session. In addition, we will unpick what is meant by CLIL in different contexts. Finally we will look at some strategies that are practical, learning centered and inclusive. Watch a recording of the webinar: About the speaker: Noreen Caplen-Spence is a teacher and a teacher trainer based in Canterbury. She loves travelling and enjoying the arts wherever she happens to be. |
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Dealing with challenging learnersDate: 14 February 2012 Time: 1200 UK time (check what time this is in your country) Theme: What is a challenging learner? Why do some learners challenge us more than others? How can we understand challenging behaviour in a different way so that we can teach these learners better in the classroom? This webinar will address these questions and explain the effects of loss, trauma, violence and neglect on the brain, learning and behaviour. Watch a recording of the webinar: You can watch a recording here: About the speaker: Marie Delaney is Director of The Learning Harbour, Cork, Ireland. She is a teacher, trainer and Educational Psychotherapist with many years of experience of working with school management, staff and pupils around challenging behaviour. |
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