Listening attentively and listening to understand -Rose Bard
04/02/2017 - 10:17
In this presentation, the role of listening attentively and listening with the aim to understand is discussed. Both the teacher and the students miss important things during the class interaction. Once I understood that myself, I started making few changes that resulted in better comprehension of what was going on in the class as well as promoting more learning. In this webinar, I will suggest some practical ideas to promote better listening results, thus more engagement with the learning of English inside and outside the class.
English teachers working with teenage learners recognize that such individuals think and behave differently than those from previous generations. Welcome to Generation Y! These students were born into a world of information technology; they regularly multitask… and they trust the ideas of peers and web videos more than their teachers.
Generation Y is significant: it constitutes 20 percent of the world’s population. As Gen-Y occupies the young end of the population demographic, we can assume many second language learners belong to this group; it demands our attention and understanding.
Contemporary research on Gen-Y originated in developed nations, although examination is increasing throughout the world. Whereas Gen-Y has received much attention in the academic literature of many fields, this is not yet the case in ELT research. This lack of consideration is regrettable, as most Gen-Yers are currently English language learners. My talk addresses this shortcoming by explaining the nature of Gen-Y, while presenting teaching strategies aimed at engaging such learners.
Do you understand? – Effective ways of concept checking
02/02/2017 - 22:33
After you have introduced and clarified the meaning of new language, it might be a good idea to check your students have actually understood you. In the session we’re going to first look at 7 practical ways of doing it. Then we will discuss the pros and cons of each and highlight when they might (not) be appropriate to use. Finally, we are going to spend the rest of the session applying the techniques in practice, based on various examples which will cover not only individual words, but also grammar, collocations and register.
How to Recognize an Autonomous Learning Environment by Leni Dam
02/02/2017 - 16:30
This webinar will give an introduction to the basic principles underlying an autonomous learning environment. It will briefly look at the theory behind learner autonomy, but will mainly be concerned with the implementation of the principles at different levels i.e. it goes beyond the classroom (cf. “How to recognize an autonomous classroom?”, Die Neueren Sprachen,1994).
Teaching pronunciation and listening for English as a Lingua Franca with Laura Patsko
25/01/2017 - 11:13
The ELT industry has traditionally assumed that English learners need to talk to and sound like native English speakers. But nowadays, the majority of interaction in English actually takes place between non-native speakers. In other words, English is often used as a lingua franca (ELF). This session will outline the needs of English users in this context and make some practical suggestions for the classroom, focusing on pronunciation and listening skills. Teachers will come away with an appreciation of the need to understand and be understood among an ever-widening range of English speakers, and how to help learners achieve this.
