'Film in the ESOL Classroom' (10/12/08 & 11/12/08) Cormac Conway, Micheala Salmon (MAES) & Racheal Hayward (Cornerhouse) Venue: The Cornerhouse, 70 Oxford St, Manchester
Designed to link The Cornerhouse's ESOL programme with NATESOL, these seminars look at ways of using film to engage and inform ESOL learners. The seminars look at classroom management, communicative kinaestheic tasks to link to viewing fim and tips of manipulation of DVDs and AV equipment in the classroom.
'What's all the fuss about online testing' Carrick Cameron (Oxford University Press) 16/03/09) Venue: English Language Teaching Centre, University of Manchester, Oddfellows Hall
This session looks at the theoretical basis and technical challeges of creating on line tests. It looks at the online testing materials available on www.oxfordenglishtesting.com and samples some of the testing materials / placement tests there. The session also looks at how institutions can access and utilise these materials via the web, linking in to their own institution-specific placement testing procedures.
'Developing speaking skills in the ESOL classroom' Jane Allemano (Cambridge ESOL) (16/03/09) Venue: English Language Teaching Centre, University of Manchester, Oddfellows Hall
It's not all about 'you' when it comes to discussions! This session looks at classroom actiivities & techniques for the develepment of the skill of engaging in a discussion. Video clips will be used to highlight the challenges and pitfalls of engaging in discussion in examination situations and how tutors can prepare their learners to engage more and worry less.
'A whole world of support for teachers and learners of English' ( 24/03/09) From The British Council: Micheal Houten, Chris Cavey & Tim Phillips Venue: The British Council, 4th Floor, Bridgewater House, 58 Whitworth St, M/cr
The session focusses on some of the learning and professional development materials available from The British Council including their free website and also free DVD materials related to sport and football.
A NATESOL debate: 'The spread of English - a force for global good'. For the motion: Alan Waters, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics, University of Lancaster Against the motion: Julian Edge, Senior Lecturer in Education in the School of Education, University of Manchester (07/05/09) Venue: English Language Teaching Centre, University of Manchester, Oddfellows Hall
Alan Waters is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics, University of Lancaster, which he joined in 2001 after working in the university’s Institute for English Language Education for a number of years. He has also held posts in Sierra Leone, Kuwait and Thailand, and run courses in many other parts of the world. Perhaps best known for his book on ESP with Tom Hutchinson (CUP, 1987), Alan has, however, written numerous articles for prominent language teaching journals, most notably in relation to this debate ‘Ideology in applied linguistics for language teaching’ (Applied Linguistics 30/1, 2009) and a review of Edge (2006) in ELT Journal 62/1, 2008).
Julian Edge is Senior Lecturer in Education in the School of Education, University of Manchester. Julian came to Manchester after having been Research Director at the National Centre for English Language Teaching Research, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He has also taught at the Universities of Aston, Birmingham and Durham. His international experience includes teaching in Egypt, Turkey, Germany, Singapore and Lebanon. Two recent publications that are relevant to the debate are ‘(Re-) Locating TESOL in an Age of Empire’ (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2006) and ‘Imperial troopers and servants of the lord: A vision of TESOL for the 21st century’ (TESOL Quarterly 37/4, 2003).
Peter Grundy, University of Northumbria - 'Pragmatics and ELT: a silver wedding, I don't think.' Liam Brown, The British Council - Equal Opportunity and Diversity in ELT – the British Council approach. (Sponsored by The British Council )
Janet Golding, Trinity College London - Trinity’s ESOL for Work Qualifications: the first 2 years. (Sponsored by Trinity College London)
Matt Yallop - The latest generation of ELT dictionaries – what’s new? (Sponsored by Pearson Longman)
Pete Sharma - Oxford Brookes University - Technology in ELT: past, present and future. (Sponsored by Macmillan )
Philida Schellekens - Language in the vocational and work context.
'Designing, refining & using communicative tasks. (06/10/09) Speaker: Jane Willis, EFL consultant.
Jane Willis taught both French and English overseas before teaching on Aston University (UK) Masters in TESOL programmes. Now semi-retired, she works as an ELT consultant and teaches Tai Chi. Her prize-winning books include English for Primary Teachers (with Mary Slattery) and Teachers Exploring Tasks in English Language Teaching (with Corony Edwards). Her latest books (with OUP) are: Doing Task-based Teaching (with Dave Willis), and English Through Music, (with primary music specialist Anice Paterson). Find out more about their books athttp://www.willis-elt.co.uk/
NATESOL's 25th Anniversary Celebration event 'Lessons learnt from others: a celebration of co-operative development.' (20/11/09) orchestrated byMike Beaumont (Honorary Fellow, School of Education, University of Manchester, and Founding and Current Chair, NATESOL)
OUP sponsored evening to launch New Headway 'i-Tools' materials. 'Digital Days' with Tim Roberts. Tues, 26/01/10 ____________________
NATESOL evening with Adrian Underhill 'The story of teaching and learning' Wednesday, 10th February, 2010
It has been said (Howard Gardner) that stories help us to '...think and feel who we are, where we have come from and where we are going.' Stories are increasingly used to bring fresh perspective to professional learning, and in this workshop we will explore 'story space', the openings and insights it offers, and experience the shift from mundane to mythic and back.
We will create short stories from our own experiences of teaching and learning, and see how this connects with our professional journey.
'When you follow your bliss... doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors, and where there wouldn't be a door for anyone else...' (Joseph Campbell)
NATESOL 'Technology without tears': using technology in the classroom. Wednesday, 21st April, 2010. Will Nash & Keith Gould
It Two sessions in 1 event. Keith Gould will focus on the creation of listening materials made using Audacity recording software and Hot Potatoes interactive task authoring software, showing how the 2 can be used together to create a range of listening tasks to match the needs of the learning cohort. Will Nash will look at the opportunitites offered by Web 2.0 options and the use of discussion rooms to create learning opportunities.
