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About this event
In these two sessions, our expert educators from Southeast Asia will help you create warm, welcoming and inclusive learning spaces that enhance language learning by fostering a sense of well-being and belonging.
About the sessions
Session 1: Creating happy classrooms for English learning
Speaker
Mai Tuyet Ngo
Time and date
9.00–10.00 (UK time) Friday 20 March 2026
Session information
This session focuses on teacher and learner well-being, drawing on classroom practice to explore how joy, emotional safety and positivity can enhance English learning. The presentation will share practical ways teachers can create happier, more connected classrooms.
Session 2: Including learners' languages in English teaching
Speakers
Donna Lim and Yustinus Calvin Gai Mali
Time and date
10.15–11.15 (UK time) Friday 20 March 2026
About the session
This session brings together two teacher educators to discuss how multilingual realities shape English teaching in Southeast Asia. Speakers will explore how teachers use learners' home languages as a resource, challenge 'English-only' assumptions and promote inclusive, culturally responsive practices. Learn about strategies that you can use in your classroom, wherever you teach.
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About the speakers
Mai Tuyet Ngo is an associate professor in TESOL and applied linguistics at Flinders University, Australia. She has been working as an English language teacher educator for 30 years, and has coached and mentored many young early-career Vietnamese schoolteachers, university lecturers and leaders to become healthier and happier. Her research interests are teachers' social well-being and happiness pedagogies.
Donna Lim is a lecturer with the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She specialises in primary English language teaching methodology courses. Her area of interest is in developing literacy with a focus on teaching writing. She has considerable teaching experience with young learners.
Yustinus Calvin Gai Mali is an associate professor in the Masters of English language education at Satya Wacana Christian University (Salatiga, Indonesia). He holds a PhD in Language, Literacy and Technology Education. He also serves as the director of publications at Indonesia Technology Enhanced Language Learning (iTELL) journal.
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