News from Macmillan Education

Time To Party!

You're invited! Inspired by The 150TH Anniversary of  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland  , We've Created A  wonderful  n EW Resource to Help you Celebrate your achievements SO far this year! Full of games, Activities, Decorations and more, Our Exclusive Tea Party Pack Provides everything you need Host and to enjoy your Very own 'mad' Tea Party Along with colleagues, Students - or Both! Just Another Way of us Showing How We #loveteaching with Our Teachers all around The World!

For CET members

Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking-New Development Plan

1 Week

Webinar Replay / Alex Tilbury NEW  Working with Learner Language What techniques can be used to capture learner output? What kinds of feedback can we give learners on their language? When might this more reactive approach to lesson design be especially useful?  60 minutes

Bookshelf / Alan Maley, Alan Duff Working with the Voice How can you raise students' awareness of how they sound, and other aspects of the way they use their voices? This resource introduces a range of activities to develop vocal range and expressivity. 20 minutes

Week 2

Article / John Field Second Language Listening: Where Are We? The past twenty years has seen a big shift in the way in which second language listening is viewed, and in how it is practiced in the classroom. This article reviews some of these developments. 20 minutes

Webinar Replay / Mike McCarthy Putting Speaking and Listening Together Discover what good listeners do and the repertoire of words and phrases that they use to show that they are active, engaged and fully involved in the conversation. 50 minutes

Week 3

Webinar Replay / Peter Watkins NEW  Teaching Reading This talk examined common practices in the 'teaching' of reading and suggested alternative activity types, aimed at helping our learners to become more effective readers.  60 minutes

Teaching Task / Silvana Richardson Using Graphic Organisers In this task, you will become familiar with different types of graphic organisers and understand how graphic organisers can be used to help students organise information about texts. 30 minutes

Week 4

Webinar Replay / Martin Hewings Writing in English for Academic Purposes Academic writing presents some unique challenges, including: working with authentic materials, teaching students from a range of subject specialisms, and helping students. 60 minutes

Discussion After-Talk Discussion Having watched the webinar replay, conclude this development plan by reflecting and discussing your thoughts with fellow Members. 10 minutes

Upcoming webinar from the British Council

Sandy Millin: Professional development through blogs and blogging

Teaching blogs contain a wealth of information, but it can be hard to know where to start. In this webinar, Sandy shows you where to find them and how to start your own.

Back in 2010, Sandy discovered the world of teacher blogs, and it changed her life completely. In this webinar, she will introduce you to that world, show you a selection of her favourite blogs, tools to keep up with them and how not to feel overwhelmed by all of the information they contain. She’ll also give you some tips on how to start blogging for professional development, what to write about, and how to get people reading and commenting on it. Finally, there’ll be time for questions to help you make the most of this amazing resource.

Date: 21 May 2015 Thursday

Time: 12pm UK time 

Location: Adobe Connect

About the speaker: Sandy is an experienced CELTA tutor, teacher trainer and teacher who has worked in Borneo, Paraguay, Czech Republic, Crimea, United States, Canada, Thailand and the UK. She is currently working as a CELTA tutor in Mallorca. She is passionate about teaching, and is constantly trying to develop professionally.

For CET members: upcoming webinar

Webinar: Writing from A1 to B1

Speaker: Urs Kalberer

Date: 22nd April

Time: 15 pm (UK Time)

Writing at beginner/elementary level offers a myriad of options. This webinar will lead you from easy and controlled writing towards activities with less guidance and freer expression. Topics will include tasks focussing on spelling, grammar, and the assessment of writing.

Urs Kalberer has been teaching English at Swiss lower secondary schools for over twenty years and knows the challenges of teaching foreign languages to teenagers. Urs is an experienced workshop presenter and his ideas have stood the practice test in his own classroom. His interests cover a broad range of ELT-topics including exam preparation, teacher development, and skills training. Urs holds the Teacher Development Chair for ETAS (English Teachers Association Switzerland) and has a Master of Education in English language teaching from the University of Manchester.

Upcoming webinar from Macmillan Education

13th May: Storytelling 

Time: 11.00.a.m.-4.00.p.m.(UK time)

Special: Chris Rose and Special Guest Storyteller

Who is it for?

This online event is free to attend and aimed at English language teachers and professionals of all levels.

Description

Join ELT expert Chris Rose and special guest storytellers for a full day of webinars all about how to use the art of storytelling to transform your teaching and engage your learners in a range of contexts and levels.

Schedule (UK time)

• 11.00 am: Chris Rose - The power of cross-cultural storytelling (Secondary)
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• 12.00 pm: Carol Noakes - Storytelling: The key to powerful public speaking and presentations (Business and Adult)
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• 2.00 pm: Mike Dodsworth - Creating, adapting and performing stories with young learners (Primary)
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• 3.00 pm: Mike Dodsworth - Live storytelling on Twitter (All)

Для вчителів англійської мови: літній табір 2015 з OUP

  OUP webinars for EFL teachers about summer camps from Tetyana Redchenko: Dates 14th, 28th May 2015

Time: 17.00.-18.00. (EEST)

Літні мовні табори – це прекрасна можливість для учнів покращити знання англійської мови у невимушеній атмосфері. Заняття в таборах не обмежуються шкільною програмою, а отже в їх основі можуть лежати різноманітні розважальні та корисні види діяльності, які готуватимуть їх до майбутнього життя. Навички спілкування, уміння критично мислити та взаємодіяти один з одним, цікаві оповідання і, звісно ж, різноманітні ігри, – ось що буде презентувати спікер під час вебінару. І ще одна важлива річ – ви отримаєте в подарунок повну підбірку цікавих ідей та завдань для використання в літніх таборах чи в позакласних заходах від видавництва Оксфорд Юніверсіті Прес.

Happy blessed Easter to everyone!

 Easter fills us with hope, joy and warmth. It is a time to get together with family, friends and loved ones and celebrate this joyful time!