IH Annual ELT Conference 2010
2010 English Language Teaching Conference for teachers of English to Adults, Children & Business students
Barcelona, February 5-6, 2010
NOTE The Conference is now FULL and we are not accepting further applications.
If, however, you wish to go on the waiting list for places due to last minute cancellations, please contact the Teacher Training Department (contact details, foot of this page)
Plenary speakers
Multiple Voices from the classroom: becoming a better teacher
Plenary session
Luke Prodromou
I report on research into 'expertise' in language teaching, drawing on the following sources; empirical research; teachers' voices from various European countries, and on some of my own surveys into 'the good teacher'. From this data, I identify tendencies and patterns in effective classroom practice. I end with two personal 'case studies' of teachers' voices that have shaped my own teaching.
Biodata • Luke is a freelance teacher, trainer and materials writer. He has taught mostly for the British Council. He has published a number of textbooks and handbooks for teachers. He co-authored Dealing with Difficulties with Lindsay Clandfield (Winner of the Ben Warren Prize) and English as a Lingua franca: a corpus-based study (2nd ed. Continuum, 2010). He has run training courses for NILE (Norwich) Pilgrims (Canterbury) and ESADE (Barcelona). He has an MA in Shakespeare Studies (University of Birmingham), a Postgaduate Diploma in ESL (Leeds University) and a Ph.D from the University of Nottingham. He lives and works in Greece.
How to create your own digital course book using Web 2.0 resources
Plenary session
Nik Peachey
Many teachers feel bound by course books and the syllabus and materials it provides. It can stop teachers from experimenting with new approaches or technologies and confine them to often dull and limited materials.
As publishers start to explore how they will move from producing paper based course books to digital ones, perhaps we as teachers can take advantage of this hiatus to explore how we can make that step ahead of them.
This session will explore how we can use web based resources to replace the kinds of tasks and activities we commonly see published in course books and in so doing free ourselves from the limitations of published materials and open up a world of real communication, creative tasks and authentic materials for our students.
Biodata • Nik is a freelance educational consultant, writer and teacher trainer specialising in web based technologies for language learning and development.
He has been involved in English language teaching since 1992 and has worked all over the world for companies like the British Council, International House and IATEFL. As well as working as teacher and teacher trainer, he has also been involved in managing a number of online and software projects including websites for teacher development, CD-ROM projects and has developed online and blended learning courses for the web and for virtual worlds such as Second Life.
Is there discourse in this course?
Plenary session
Scott Thornbury
Traditionally, language teaching has targeted the three systems of phonology, lexis and grammar. But what about discourse, the system "beyond the sentence"? How systematic is it, and can it be taught?
In this talk, I review the different senses of "discourse" and show they operate in some very simple, classroom-friendly texts. I also demonstrate some ways that corpus linguistics can inform our understanding of discourse.
Biodata • Scott used to direct the DELTA program at IH Barcelona and now teaches on an on-line MA in TESOL for the New School Unviersity, New York. He is the co-author of The CELTA Course (CUP) and series editor of the Cambridge Handbooks for Teachers.
Enrolment
To reserve your place, please complete the enrolment form (link, below) and send it to us, either by fax or by email, together with proof of payment.
Price: €75 (Saturday only, €65)
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Conference Full -- we are not accepting further applications.
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