Welcome to this special edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter – IATEFL Online!
If you can't attend this year’s IATEFL Conference in Liverpool, follow the event online! We will be live streaming over 20 talks throughout the week of the conference, starting at 9.00 a.m. Tuesday 2 April 2019. Find out more here.
And to whet your appetite, this week we feature six events that you won't want to miss.
Join us live online 2–5 April!
The TeachingEnglish team
Teacher empowerment: leaving the twilight zone
The first plenary talk of the conference looks at the concept of teacher empowerment and how it may be facilitated. In this talk, Paula Rebolledo will draw on general education literature to present the different dimensions of teacher empowerment and what research findings suggest regarding its role in students' achievement. She will zoom in on English language teaching and look at how empowered English teachers claim to feel by sharing stories of empowerment and disempowerment.
British Council Signature Event: Is English teaching inclusive? Do we practise what we preach?
The British Council believes that inclusion involves an integrated approach to policy, educational culture and classroom practice and that good practice is an ongoing process. Key issues are access, engagement, empowerment and enablement. What do these terms mean and how can they be applied? This event is of interest to all looking to be more inclusive in finding solutions in supporting quality learning approaches in our different contexts.
Macenta Signature Event: What makes a good teacher good?
This Macenta signature event discusses the benefits of teaching life skills to children and the knock-on effects this has. Being a teacher already means making a difference in the world, so join us for this session to find out how you can teach more than just your subject to give youngsters a better education for life in tomorrow's world. The success of a teacher is not how high their students' marks are; it's how better individuals these students become.
Forum on critical-thinking skills
In these three talks, the speakers look at how critical-thinking skills can be taught effectively, consider the outcomes of teaching critical thinking using a framework of cognitive skills, and present findings from two projects that aimed to develop both critical-thinking skills and cultural awareness.
Anatomy of an iceberg: the hidden power of TED Talks
TED Talks provide engaging authentic listening practice in the ELT classroom, but there's much more to them than that. This talk explores the power of TED at deeper levels, showing how learners can use them to become powerful communicators – even at pre-intermediate and below. We look at examples from TED Talks and how to use them in the classroom.
Future directions in ELT: where are we headed?
This final plenary is a team effort focusing on the future of our profession. It kicks off with four mini-presentations and is followed by an interactive discussion with the audience both inside and outside the plenary hall. The presentations aim to look at English teaching to future generations from various angles: changing attitudes and learning habits, next-generation workplace needs, materials to support a changing learning context and new roles for the teacher.
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