The webinar is facilitated by Hala, Lucy and Karen, who are experts in teacher education. They will give practical examples of how teacher educators can help teachers to get online – for teaching and learning. And how to support teachers in overcoming affective, competence and infrastructural barriers. See more information and links below. Please note the content of this webinar is not aimed at teachers, and is specifically for Teacher Educators who have a role in supporting the professional development of English language teachers.

The term 21st century skills refers to a broad set of knowledge, skills, work habits, and character traits that are critically important for students to succeed in today’s world (Great schools Partnership, 2016). It is the responsibility of teachers to facilitate their students with real life skills and knowledge, help them become global citizens and make learning relevant, personalized and engaging. The Partnership for the 21st Century Skills identified 4 key skills that are essential in the 21st Century classroom and they referred to them as the 4Cs (2007). These skills include Critical Thinking, Creativity, Communication, and Collaboration. In this session I aim to provide the audience with a brief overview of the different 21st Century skills; The 4Cs of 21st Century Skills and how they evolved to the 6Cs, a more holistic model. The session will also provide examples of different strategies that could be used in the classroom to help learners achieve the best possible outcomes in the classroom.

Our students are learning English to communicate with people from around the world, with people with different cultural backgrounds and a range of communication styles. They are eager to make real connections, build relationships, and engage in meaningful conversations. In the new CEFR descriptors for mediation, the ability to facilitate a pluri-cultural space and manage communication in delicate situations has been given fresh importance and re-defines how our students can become effective communicators in English. So how can we help students successfully navigate these real, culturally rich situations? Using examples from Voices from National Geographic Learning, this interactive session demonstrates lesson ideas and activities educators can use to help our students develop the skills and language they need to communicate effectively across cultures.

The Owl Factor assumes that the teaching and learning process is built around the idea of exchange and resources. There are two agents, teacher and students, and they use a multitude of resources to exchange something. We can narrow these exchanges down to a three-stage approach: KNOW-SHOW-GROW. When teacher and students meet, they come to KNOW something. They might know something about each other, about the content that is being shared, or about the most effective ways to teach that content. But for either agent to learn what the other one knows, they have to SHOW something. This session will look at how we can use the available resources to make each of the three steps successful as we get inspired by the lessons we can find in fables and philosophy.

In this webinar, participants will be able to understand the concept of ELF awareness and apply it within their context when preparing their lessons by offering practical tips and ideas on how to tackle issues such as accent, identity and nativeness in a light way in your classroom. ELF-awareness is a new lens in which we can include more perspectives in English Language Teaching, especially in the Global South.

Exam results for young learners. What can you do with them and how can it help plan your lessons? In this webinar we aim to cover the following: - the young learner Statement of Results (what they look like, what is reported) - focus on exam success i.e. what YL have done well, motivation etc. - how to plan young learner exam classes - how the exam is not the end of learning but a tool and motivating incentive for students to carry on learning -we will give practical tips and demonstrations on how to use assessment 'little and often' throughout the year, as well as using end-of-year assessments -we'll show you some examples of activities using our resources This webinar is for new teachers, or experienced teachers who are perhaps new to the Cambridge English young learner exams: Pre A1 Starters, A1 Movers and A2 Flyers.

Children are naturally curious, with an enormous appetite for learning about the world. When it comes to teaching English, we can tap into this curiosity by providing a window to amazing facts, people and places. But how can we do this in a way that is truly meaningful for young learners, and creates a memorable and motivating learning experience that both builds essential language skills and fosters a love of English? In this session we will look at how our primary series, Imagine, pairs fascinating, real-world content with step-by-step presentation and structured practice, to carefully scaffold young learners’ progression in English at every level of their Primary education. By focusing on four key areas: Communication Skills, Foundational Language Structure, Interculturality and Multiculturality, and Contextualised Reading and Writing Opportunities, we will examine how Imagine’s systematic language progression, from Starter to Level 6, equips learners with the foundational language skills they need to become confident communicators in English.

Understanding how the brain works can transform how we teach. This webinar will offer insightful ideas to help teachers boost students’ focus and alertness and improve memory.

By the end of this webinar, participants will walk away with new activities, chants and props that they can bring straight away into their VYL classrooms. The session focuses on many different suggestions and ideas in each area, with an emphasis on low preparation. It covers practical, low prep or no-prep games and activities. Teachers will see how they can use chants and short songs to make transitions clear and fun for students, as well as learning some must-have props that will make their classes great fun.

Exam results for young learners. What can you do with them and how can it help plan your lessons? In this webinar we aim to cover the following: - the young learner Statement of Results (what they look like, what is reported) - focus on exam success i.e. what YL have done well, motivation etc. - how to plan young learner exam classes - how the exam is not the end of learning but a tool and motivating incentive for students to carry on learning -we will give practical tips and demonstrations on how to use assessment 'little and often' throughout the year, as well as using end-of-year assessments -we'll show you some examples of activities using our resources This webinar is for new teachers, or experienced teachers who are perhaps new to the Cambridge English young learner exams: Pre A1 Starters, A1 Movers and A2 Flyers.

Come to our interactive webinar and brush up on your techniques for embracing differentiation in your language class

Change can be tremendously impactful and rewarding, and we all have the power to enact it. Taking that first step, however, can sometimes be daunting or overwhelming. Therefore, to open Season 5 of the Advancing Learning Academic Programme, we will take inspiration from Zarina Subhan, Harry Waters and Matthew Hayes by getting their advice and thoughts on how to inspire positive local and global change from within the wonderful world of the ELT classroom.

Oracy is the ability to articulate ideas, develop understanding and engage with others through spoken language. It is a powerful tool for learning, and it is widely agreed that oracy is also a route to social mobility, that empowers all students to find their voice to succeed in school and life. There is a firm base of evidence that these oracy skills can, and should, be taught and with teachers developing their own digital teaching skills and the more widespread availability of digital tools, many teachers have started paying more attention to the interaction between oracy and technology in class and the beneficial impact this has on all students’ learning. In this session we shall address the natural relationship between oracy and technology and drawing on classroom-research we shall discuss how, when used effectively, technology can dramatically improve all students’ oracy skills.

The last few decades have seen significant advances in describing and understanding the behaviours of L2 speakers during task-based work. Less is known, however, about the neurocognitive processes in which L2 speakers engage. In this talk, I will first propose that, to promote L2 theory-building and advance task-based pedagogy, it is essential that more research attention is allocated to task-generated processes. Then, I will turn to a review of various methods that have been used to explore task-based processes. I will also demonstrate how an interdisciplinary approach, combining cognitive and neuroscience methods, can help us obtain a fuller and more complete understanding of L2 speech production. In doing so, I will draw on my own and colleagues’ work examining the processes in which L2 learners engage during oral task performance. I will end the talk with methodological recommendations for future task-based research into speech production processes.

This practice-focused talk details the process of developing a suite of listening tests in a large public university: from writing text and items, to recording sound files, through piloting the tests, running an item analysis and then editing to create final forms. In addition to the complex technical challenges, the role of collaboration with all stakeholders will be examined.

When you are four years old, it can be scary to walk into a classroom for the first time and be expected to learn to read and write in English. You hear unfamiliar sounds, your favorite animal or food is called something different, and you are unsure how to act. Can you play and talk? Students at this age are eager and curious but also easily distracted. As their teachers, you are challenged to capture their attention and teach them literacy concepts in English that they may not know in their primary language. This webinar will explore strategies to meet these challenges.

Make sure you don’t miss this interactive webinar looking at ways to inspire our students to success in the classroom and beyond