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Dries Debackere
Learnings from IATEFL 2025
Audience focus:
- Business English teachers
- Freelance teachers
Abstract
Join Dries Debackere as he shares key takeaways from IATEFL 2025 (Edinburgh, 8–11 April), with a focus on corporate English training.
The IATEFL Conference is a four-day event featuring more than 500 academic sessions, an exhibition, and valuable networking opportunities with ELT professionals worldwide.
To deliver effective and relevant training, corporate language trainers need to stay ahead of the latest research, methodologies, developments in EdTech, and business English trends. Dries will share insights from both the official IATEFL conference programme and informal discussions with ELT experts, corporate trainers, school managers, materials writers, and publishers.
Expect to hear about AI-supported skill development, microlearning for busy professionals, coaching techniques to engage corporate learners, trends in global business English, VUCA English, intercultural communication, inclusive syllabus design, sustainability, and research-backed teaching strategies. You'll also receive practical advice on securing freelance clients and designing effective learning programmes.
Want to stay at the forefront of corporate English training? Join this session for expert insights and new ideas to implement in your training programmes.
Biography
Dries Debackere is a facilitator at De Taalsector, a Belgium-based association that connects language professionals across different fields. With a strong background in corporate language training, he sees himself as a connector rather than a specialist, bridging different areas of the language sector. Through active engagement in industry events and ongoing in-depth conversations with experts, Dries gathers and shares valuable insights that help language professionals stay at the forefront, adapt, and innovate in an evolving field.
