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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. Our second series of webinars will be starting soon. |
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A box of tricks: warmers, coolers and fillersDate: 26 April 2012 Time: 20.00-21.00 Theme: A series of short activities to help consolidate – challenge – and enhance language learning. Some of them are tried and tested and are old favourites to many of us and some are variations on a theme. I am a great believer that we as teachers should have a 'box of tricks' that we can call on to add variety pace and hopefully fun to lessons. So whether you are an old hand or just starting out come and join me in some practical classroom games and ideas. Watch a recording: You can see a recording of the webinar here: http://britishcouncil.adobeconnect.com/p55s21b39ev About the speaker: Simon is the teacher trainer for the British Council Turkey and joined the team in November 2011. He has worked all over the world including 3 years in Mauritius, 5 in Bahrain and 8 in Argentina. He gained his RSA Diploma in TEFL in 97 and has worked in EFL for nearly 18 years and has taught age ranges from 5 year olds through to adults. He is a CELTA tutor and has delivered sessions for CELTYL courses as well. He has worked closely in shaping and delivering courses for the Ministries of Education in both Bahrain and Mauritius and is looking forward to achieving the same degree of involvement here in Turkey. |
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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. Watch a recording: You can see a recording of the webinar here: http://britishcouncil.adobeconnect.com/p7brfa63vk9/ and the presentation only here: http://britishcouncil.adobeconnect.com/p3540z14a25/ 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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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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Thinking skillsDate: 21 February 2012 Time: 1200 UK time (check what time this is in your country) Theme: Most people think of a language as having four main skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Good performance in any of these skills, however is dependent on clear thinking, and attention to this needs to be built into every language course. In this webinar I will be focussing on some of the reasons why thinking is not always built into language classes and some of the things that teachers can do to encourage their learners to think more critically and more effectively. I will refer, among other things, to the place of textbooks, the importance of questions and questioning, the value of language awareness work and the inner world of learners. Watch a recording of the webinar: You can watch a recording of the second part of the webinar here (around 40 mins): http://britishcouncil.adobeconnect.com/p29x274vemj/ As the first section of the webinar is unfortunately missing, you can access the complete set of presentation slides here: http://britishcouncil.adobeconnect.com/p3umt6fkw17/ About the speaker: Rod Bolitho is Academic Director at Norwich Institute for Language Education (NILE). He is also currently consultant to the British Council on a Teacher Education project in Uzbekistan, an Academic English project in Russia, a project to develop English materials for Rural Tourism in Romania, and a CPD initiative in India. He has just completed a series of articles on Holistic Approaches to Grammar for English Teaching Professional. His most recent book (co-authored with Tony Wright) is 'Trainer Development', available from www.lulu.com |
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