Online courses, whether for teachers or learners, offer so many advantages but sometimes things don’t work out as planned. Participants find it difficult to manage their time, they get demotivated, and small technical hitches can become huge stumbling blocks. You may be using a state-of-the-art learning platform and have fantastic content, but is that enough when your students are that imperfect species … humans? We’re going to look at some ways online learning can be made much more effective both from a participant’s and a course provider’s point of view.
Ever seen students presenting in class work that’s been obviously copied and pasted from the internet? Feeling concerned about your students’ academic habits? How can you prevent plagiarism starting from young learners? With more and more schools adopting Project Based Learning, forming good academic habits from an early stage is essential. A workshop with tips and hints on how to guide your learners to analyze and synthesize rather than copy and paste. Student projects will be displayed.
Something to MULL over: mapping the urban linguistic landscape -Damian Williams
04/02/2017 - 11:59
In this webinar, I’ll report on the Map of the Urban Linguistic Landscape (MULL), an online collaborative project, open to all, which aims to map the global urban linguistic landscape. After a brief overview of the background and findings of the research so far, I will share some practical ideas on how to use the map as a teaching resource.
Activities from classrooms around the world -Anna Loseva
04/02/2017 - 11:36
There are numerous places where teachers turn to for new, better, or more engaging activities for their students, including printed materials, websites and, of course, their colleagues. One would think that there’s no real need to create yet another online storage of activities that “can help a busy teacher”… but #flashmobELT was designed to be more than just that. In this session you will find out all about the advantages and originality of #FlashmobELT project, learn how to benefit from it and freshen up your classes with activities that have been successfully tried out in classrooms around the world.
Never the twain shall meet? Differences in teaching general and business English -Marjorie Rosenberg
04/02/2017 - 11:25
General English teachers may be reluctant to make the change to business English, especially if they have never worked outside of the school or university system. However, this stretch into a new area may be less daunting than many think. There are differences, of courses, as business English may be more purpose-driven and needs to include specific areas of vocabulary, but for those interested in taking on the challenge, this workshop aims to provide practical tips on how to get started.
