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English as a school subject: learning effective practices from primary-sector English language teachers in the global south – webinars
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?
Drawing on their collaborative research project with academics, teacher educators, teachers and children in Malawi, Mexico, Uzbekistan and Bangladesh Dr Fiona Copland, Head of the School of Education, Learning and Communication Sciences, University of Warwick and Sue Garton, Professor of Applied Linguistics (TESOL) at Aston University, discuss barriers and solutions to learning English in the four contexts.
Referencing video content and teacher education materials created from real classroom situations they examine strategies for repositioning students and teachers as emergent bilinguals rather than weak language learners and highlight associated approaches to and practices in teaching English more effectively in the primary school sector.
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When?
Recorded on Tuesday 10 December 2024, 12.00 – 13.15 (UK time). Find out the time in your location.
About the speakers
Fiona Copland is Professor of TESOL, Head of the School of Education, Learning and Communication Sciences, University of Warwick. She has published widely on teacher education and linguistic ethnography. She has led research projects on teaching English to young learners and edited the Routledge Handbook of Teaching English to Young Learners (2018) with Sue Garton.
Sue Garton is Professor of Applied Linguistics (TESOL), School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Aston University, Birmingham. She has led and participated in a number of research projects on teaching English to young learners, language teacher education, CLIL and EME. She has published widely in TESOL and is co-series editor of the Palgrave Macmillan International Perspectives in ELT series (with Fiona Copland).
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