http://www.all-london.org.uk/webinars.htm#ForthcomingWebinars
If you are outside the UK, the ALL is the Association for Language Learning, an English modern language teaching association.
Helen Myers, from the London branch, has very generously organised and hosted a number of webinars presented by teachers around England. I did my first webinar recently on teaching texts and found it an enjoyable experience. I hope other people did.
This morning I watched John Connor's webinar entitled "It's a guy thing" in which he attempts to look in some detail at what motivates boys in the languages classroom. He begins with some general points about the psychology of boys and girls, before going into detail about why language lessons are a particular challenge to many boys and how we might help make language learning more palatable for them. It's an excellent presentation, full of relevant points based on long experience, a small dose of theory, along with some amusing anecdote. Younger teachers would do well to spend an hour or so watching it.
As I write, Suzi Bewell from York University is doing her webinar entitled "Literature for languages". Other recorded webinars which you can view at your leisure are by Dominic McGladdery ("Talking Tools"), Joe Dale ("Using Ipads to promote speaking and listening skills") and another presentation by John Connor entitled "Using song". All the links to webinars are here.
If any teachers are interested in doing a presentation I am sure Helen Myers would be interested to hear from you. You can contact her via Twitter @HelenMyers.
I would personally be interested to learn more about TPRS and AIMLANG, both approaches having many followers in North America and elsewhere.
The webinar is a super way for teachers to connect with each other and learn. There is considerable interactivity as attendees can leave comments and ask questions which the presenter can pick up along the way. Presenters can also show powerpoints as they speak or provide visible web links.
If you are outside the UK, the ALL is the Association for Language Learning, an English modern language teaching association.
Helen Myers, from the London branch, has very generously organised and hosted a number of webinars presented by teachers around England. I did my first webinar recently on teaching texts and found it an enjoyable experience. I hope other people did.
This morning I watched John Connor's webinar entitled "It's a guy thing" in which he attempts to look in some detail at what motivates boys in the languages classroom. He begins with some general points about the psychology of boys and girls, before going into detail about why language lessons are a particular challenge to many boys and how we might help make language learning more palatable for them. It's an excellent presentation, full of relevant points based on long experience, a small dose of theory, along with some amusing anecdote. Younger teachers would do well to spend an hour or so watching it.
As I write, Suzi Bewell from York University is doing her webinar entitled "Literature for languages". Other recorded webinars which you can view at your leisure are by Dominic McGladdery ("Talking Tools"), Joe Dale ("Using Ipads to promote speaking and listening skills") and another presentation by John Connor entitled "Using song". All the links to webinars are here.
If any teachers are interested in doing a presentation I am sure Helen Myers would be interested to hear from you. You can contact her via Twitter @HelenMyers.
I would personally be interested to learn more about TPRS and AIMLANG, both approaches having many followers in North America and elsewhere.
The webinar is a super way for teachers to connect with each other and learn. There is considerable interactivity as attendees can leave comments and ask questions which the presenter can pick up along the way. Presenters can also show powerpoints as they speak or provide visible web links.
Thanks very much for this post and especially for your own webinar, Steve! I really look forward to hosting you again, and yes, please do encourage others to offer to do them! I'd love to hear from them!
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