23rd October 2018

This webinar hosted by Chia Suan Chong will illustrate what a growth mindset is and how it is different from a fixed one. These are not only for students but for teachers too. Chia will consider the benefits of a growth mindset and how we can try and apply it to ourselves and the teachers around us.

Chia Suan Chong is a teacher trainer, an intercultural skills trainer, and a materials writer.

7th November 2018

Hosted by Laura Patsko, this webinar will explore new pronunciation priorities and challenges for learners and teachers of English. Nowadays it is important to develop a good understanding of the English language, both speaking and listening, as the vast majority of interactions in English involve no native speakers at all.

Laura Patsko is a language and pedagogy consultant, specialised in pronunciation and listening.

28th November 2018

During this webinar our hostess Katie Harris will explore how polyglots manage to learn several foreign languages and effective methods for learning and teaching. She will present insights about learning several languages and how they can be applied in the classroom to help students learn languages more efficiently.

Katie Harris is the founder of Joy of Languages and speaks Italian, French,  Spanish, German and Mandarin.

12th December 2018

This webinar will be hosted by Sarah Mercer and it will discuss why teacher well-being is not an indulgent luxury but the foundation of good practice. The workshop considers practical strategies for teachers to use to manage their negative emotions and stress, promote positive emotions, and regulate their time and work/life balance.

Sarah Mercer is a Professor of Foreign Language Teaching at the University of Graz, Austria, where she is Head of ELT methodology.

23th January 2019

Educators can play a unique role in enabling their students to participate on the global stage – whether in work or life. Global Citizenship Education (GCE) encourages students to think beyond their immediate community, towards the challenges and opportunities of their globally connected generation. In this webinar, Matthew will take you through the concept of GCE – where it comes from, what it is, why it matters, and how it can be practically implemented in the classroom. He will cover three broad themes in current GCE thinking and practice: global orientation, global skills and global action.

This talk will be of particular interest to teachers working in international contexts, or wishing to incorporate cross-curricular skills into their teaching of mainstream subjects.

Matthew Hayes, BA (Oxon), MA (SOAS), is a doctoral researcher at the Institute of Education in London. His research concerns Global Citizenship Education in English language textbooks. Matthew is also the Director of Growth at Publons, the world’s largest peer review platform and a part of Clarivate Analytics.

30th January 2019

Malcolm Mann is an English language teacher and materials writer. He is the author or co-author of numerous ELT courses, including the Optimise, Laser and Destination series (all published by Macmillan), and has given presentations in many countries around the world. Malcolm lives and works in Greece, where he’s responsible for the production of several levels of the L.A.A.S. English language exams. He is a former Chairperson of TESOL Greece. In his spare time, he’s a partner in a bike shop and a cafe/bar in Athens.

The Preliminary exam is changing. From January 2020, there’s a new format, with four papers rather than three. To reflect the changes to the exam, we’re bringing out a new edition of Optimise B1. In this webinar, we’ll look at what’s staying the same, what’s changing (in the exam and in Optimise B1), and how that will affect our students’ exam preparation. So come along and find out how Optimise B1 can meet your and your students’ needs when preparing for the new Preliminary.

6th March 2019

This session is for teachers of English as a Foreign Language who are looking to support all learners in the inclusive classroom setting. We will begin with a task that invites us to examine our own unique ways of processing information, and then use this as a springboard to explore practical teaching principles and strategies, which we can use in the inclusive classroom.