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Dear PARTICIPANTS:
Welcome to the 1st CCBEU TEFL Conference 2019!
This is an opportunity for English teachers to network and keep pace with the latest tendencies in the ELT field. 3
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM SCHEDULE Presenter Title
FRI JULY 26 13:30 14:00 – 14:15
What Reception Welcome Note
14:15 – 15:30
Talk
Alex Tamulis (Macmillan)
15:30 – 15:45
Talk
Roger Espadas (SBS)
16:45 – 17:00 17:00 – 18:00
Coffee Break Virtual presentation
SAT JULY 27TH 08:30 –10:00
What Plenary
10:00 – 10:15 10:15 – 11:15
Coffee Break Virtual presentation
11:30 – 12:30
Talk
SUN JULY 28TH 09:00 – 10:00
Thassiana Balbino (Oxford)
Workshop
10:00 – 10:30 10:30 – 11:30
Coffee Break Workshop
Paul Seligson (Richmond)
Pedagogical timewasting
11:30
Raffle
Paul Seligson (Richmond) Cambridge, Cengage, Disal, Macmillan, Oxford, RELO, Richmond, SBS
Pedagogical timewasting
Raquel Lambert
Empowering Teachers to Build the Next Generation Make a game out of fluency! Gamification for automaticity Pronunciation: the highway to successful communication
Lukas Murphy (English Language Fellow)
EMI – English Medium Instruction
Presenter Luciana Fernández (Cengage Learning)
Title Teaching language through critical thinking
Mark Ibbotson (Cambridge)
Peer power: exploring the importance of peers in language learning Teaching speaking
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Where Auditorium Auditorium
Auditorium Multitask Room Auditorium
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FRIDAY JULY 26TH 14:15 – 15:30 (Macmillan)
Make a game out of fluency! Gamification for automaticity How does gamification help with student engagement, motivation and success in fluency activities? This talk explores this question by looking at current gamification trends and the latest game-based tools. The talk will provide a toolkit of practical ideas for adding game elements - prizes, points and rankings - to automatic speech activities in communicative contexts for beginners and intermediate speakers. Alex Tamulis is the academic coordinator for Macmillan Education. He has been involved in ELT since 1998, teaching at various language schools and also working as a translator for MTV Brazil. A CPE and CELTA holder, he´s got a B.A in Social Communication and a B.A in Linguistics awarded by the University of São Paulo. 15:45 – 17:00 (SBS)
Pronunciation: the highway to successful communication How can you teach pronunciation effectively? The answer is not easy, but if we understand the physical nature of pronunciation, we will discover a whole new world of possibilities. My hypothesis is this: we can and we must teach pronunciation without teaching phonetics and phonology. First, we will discuss key concepts in order to understand pronunciation. Secondly, we will find out why it has been neglected. Finally, we will learn classroom-tested activities that will help you and your students explore how fun it is to produce new sounds. Roger Espadas started his career as a language teacher in Europe in 2000 and ever since he has been searching for new ways to facilitate language acquisition to students. Roger holds a B. A. in English Language Teaching from Ceneval Mexico and he has taught at UNAM, The Anglo, and Tec de Monterrey. For the latter he was founder of CEDDIE, an institutional committee that promoted ideas for improving teaching techniques and making those ideas come true. Roger’s field of expertise comprises pronunciation, inductive grammar, gamification, implementation of constructivist strategies in the classroom and he has lectured on these topics for a myriad of institutions in Mexico and Latin America. Roger is currently working at Empreser ELT as an International Academic Consultant and Regional Product Manager for MM Publications.
17:15 – 18:15 (US Consulates & Embassy in Brazil)
English as a Medium of Instruction: What you need to know 5
English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) has become a buzzword popping up in academic circles over Brazil recently. This talk will look at what EMI is, and how it may be adapted to the Brazilian context of English language teaching. English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) has gained traction in many European and Asian universities in the last two decades. In its pure form, EMI does not take into consideration the language-learning needs of the student and assumes that the student is already fluent in English. Most Brazilian university students, however, do not have the required high intermediate or low-advanced proficiency in English to successfully study their content area through English, but all is not lost. This presentation will discuss how EMI may be introduced into the Brazilian context with the inclusion of language support offered in the Content and Language Integrate Learning (CLIL) approach. Lukas Murphy holds an Ed. D. in Adult Education and Leadership from Teachers College, Columbia University. He is currently serving as an English Language Fellow at UFMG and served in the same capacity last year at IFES in Vitória, ES. His projects in Brazil are based on internationalization of the curriculum and English as a Medium of Instruction. He received a masters in TESOL and a BA in Linguistics and Japanese language. In addition to Brazil, he has lived and worked as an instructor in Japan, Russia and the US.
SATURDAY JULY 27th 08:30 –10:00 (National Geographic Cengage Learning)
Teaching language through critical thinking What does critical thinking actually comprise? Is critical thinking a 21st century skill or has it always been a mandatory skill? Is the teaching of critical thinking skills a new burden for language teachers? Can critical thinking be viewed as the propeller of language use? What does the teaching of language through critical thinking comprise and look like in the classroom? It is the aim of this interactive plenary to explore and answer these questions and provide teachers with concepts that will gear their practice and decisions when engaging their students in developing their language and critical thinking skills. Luciana Fernández is a graduate teacher of English who has been teaching English for the past twenty-one years. She has specialized in Methodology and Teaching Practice and she holds a Diploma in Educational Research from the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education.
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She is a Reading and Literacy expert and has been training teachers in this area for the past ten years. She is a teacher educator and has designed several presentations and courses for professional development both in Argentina and abroad. At present she is a Learning Consultant and reader for National Geographic Cengage Learning. She is also a facilitator at ESSARP (English Speaking Scholastic Association of the River Plate), where she trains heads and teachers from the most important bilingual institutions in Argentina.
10:15 – 11:15 (Cambridge)
Peer power: exploring the importance of peers in language learning As teachers we know that our students are our greatest classroom resource. This session explores how students can benefit from each other, both inside and outside the classroom. Referring to insights from current research, it will also provide practical examples of how peer learning can be integrated into your classes. Mark Ibbotson is a materials writer specializing in courses for adult and young adult learners. He has lived in France for over 20 years, where he began his ELT career teaching English to company employees. He has written and co-written several courses for Cambridge University Press. Most recently, he has been a member of the author team of Evolve (Cambridge, 2019). 11:30 – 12:30 (Oxford)
Targeting Speaking The aim of this presentation is to offer teachers strategies and activities that can be easily applied in class in order to promote more Speaking amongst students. Thassiana Balbino has been working in the ELT market for more than 10 years. She holds an English Language Teaching degree and a postgraduate degree from the University of Sao Paulo and a CELTA certificate from the University of Cambridge. She is currently working for Oxford as an academic consultant.
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SUNDAY JULY 28TH 09:00 – 11:30 (Richmond)
Pedagogical time-wasting Having observed many hundreds of classes across four continents, I’ve often found myself squirming, thinking ‘Get on with it’, as precious classroom minutes tick by with nothing particularly useful happening in terms of language learning. In this lively, highly practical session, I’ll list activities which tend to become largely a waste of time, and
suggest a host of alternatives. Paul Seligson has been ‘TEFLing’ worldwide for 40 years and is well-known for his lively, pragmatic training. An MA in TEFL and CELTA assessor, his many ELT publications include English File (OUP) and, for Richmond, Helping Students to Speak, Awesome,Kids’ Web, Essential English 1-5, English ID, the first course specifically written for Romance Language background learners in Latin America, second edition just published, and now Identities 1 and 2 (Levels B2 and C1) in both American and British English. He works freelance from his home in Brighton, and is delighted to be returning to Brazil, his beloved second home.
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