NEWSLETTER  12-20  March 2025

Webinar 1: National Geographic Learning: “Visible Outcomes – Making Language Learning Visible and Successful”

Date:   Mar 20, 2025    | Time: 08:00 PM İST

Speakers: Alex Warren

Session details:

Research by John Hattie has long since proven that making learning visible has a significant impact on student achievement, but how can we incorporate it into the English language classroom? In this interactive and practical session, we’ll explore a range of visible learning strategies that help drive student development, autonomy and successful learning outcomes. Using examples from the National Geographic Learning series Outcomes Third Edition to illustrate the strategies, teachers will come away from this session with practical ideas for their classroom.

Register here:

https://cengage.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9tpW-46XRUiK1vBWOlhWiA#/registration

Webinar 2: ETS: “TOEFL iBT Champion Part 2: Your Pathway to Speaking and Writing Success”

Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025     | Time: 04:00 PM İST

Session details:

That’s a free webinar offered by ETS for students and teachers for the Speaking and Writing skill success.

Register here:

https://etsemea.clickmeeting.com/toefl-ibt-champion-part-2-your-pathway-to-speaking-and-writing-success/register?ad_id=%7B%7Bad.id%7D%7D

Bonus: ETS: “Discover TOEFL Ambassador Program for Teachers in Türkiye”

Date: Thursday, March 13, 2025     | Time: 03:00 PM Europe/Istanbul

Speakers: Zeynep OĞUL

Session details:

You and your student both benefit when they take the TOEFL iBT® test! Join this short webinar to learn about the new TOEFL® Ambassador Program by ETS.

By participating, you can share a TOEFL iBT test discount code with students to help them take the next step in their academic journeys while being recognized for your guidance. The webinar will be recorded and shared with all registrants.

Register here:

https://etsemea.clickmeeting.com/discover-toefl-ambassador-program-for-teachers-in-turkiye/register?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9dWkBoTiJCp1sR8sQ8zSTYmGx9NEDbu_AlneAu7fjPlnFc7sOQp2WHcfLOXbPGLH71FDHVTOcN9wxZTHtmgiWs9ZOgoqVSCUZLPe1rqJe9bPEaas0&_hsmi=105591512&utm_content=105591512&utm_source=hs_email

NEWSLETTER  5-15 MARCH 2025

Webinar 1: ETS: “Teaching Strategies and Assessment in Mixed-Ability Classrooms”

Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025   | Time: 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM IST

Speakers: Sena Elibal İçuz, Karina Anvarova

Session details:

In this webinar, strategies for teaching mixed-ability classrooms and how to tailor lessons to young students' unique needs will be exlored. It'll be also discussed how TOEFL Primary® and TOEFL Junior® tests help identify students' strengths and areas for improvement.

By attending this webinar, you will learn more about:

- Identifying individual learning differences and preferences

- Adapting teaching and assessment to students’ individual learning needs

-Creating a safe learning environment for mixed-ability classrooms

This webinar is specifically designed for teachers to enhance their teaching strategies and classroom engagement.

Register here:

https://etsemea.clickmeeting.com/teaching-strategies-and-assessment-in-mixed-ability-classrooms/register

Webinar 2: Cambridge: “Assessing writing skills for B2 First for Schools and C1 Advanced”

Date: Tuesday 11 March | Time: 10.00 (GMT)  1 PM İstanbul

         Thursday 13 March| Time: 16.00 (GMT) / 7 PM İstanbul

Speakers: Olha Madylus, Sarah Ellis

Speaker bios:

Olha Madylus is a freelance author, materials’ designer, consultant and teacher trainer and presenter based in London, who works worldwide. In her extensive ELT career, she has trained teachers and trainers in 72 countries, been a CELTA, CELTYL & DELTA trainer, worked with the British Council in projects in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa and Ministries of Education world-wide.

Sarah Ellis is a Senior Manager of Assessment Services, Europe for Cambridge, based in Bologna, Italy, and has an extensive background in teaching, teacher training, assessment and exam management.

Session details:

Unlock the secrets to excelling in the writing components of the B2 First for Schools and C1 Advanced exams. In this session we’ll guide you through the practical application of assessment criteria, share ideas and resources to boost your confidence in evaluating your learners' writing, and talk about ways to give constructive feedback that makes a difference.

Register here:

https://share.hsforms.com/1yHVR27jLTJSbqti__ilK1g3iz8b  (For Tuesday)

https://share.hsforms.com/1WRqeewpURyeP7MQuo2CTmQ3iz8b (For Thursday)

Webinar 3:  IATEFL: "PRONSIG- Inseparability of Reading and Pronunciation"

Date: Saturday, March 15, 2025 | Time: 3:00 PM IST

Speaker: Mike Budden

Session details:

Reading and speaking are widely considered separate skills, however, this contradicts findings that successful reading depends on having a reliable phonological repertoire. (Dehaene, 2009., Walter, 2008)

The perceived separation of the speaking sub-skill of pronunciation from reading means that students’ phonological awareness is not fostered alongside their reading skills. When students encounter new words while reading, they are forced to either guess the pronunciation and/or draw upon their L1 as a guide. With each repeat encounter, their  false internal pronunciation is reinforced, perhaps with L1 influence.

In this talk, we will explore these links and discuss how to better support our students to develop greater pronunciation awareness when reading.

Register here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/UpNWYmSpRzib60Q9LFlRBw#/registration

Bonus: PronSIG’s Conversation Café

Date:  Saturday, 15 March 2025       | Time: 16:30 IST

Join PronSIG’s first conversation café of 2025!

This relaxed and informal event provides a space to chat, learn, network and make friends with Pronthusiasts from around the world. Whether you’re a classroom teacher who loves pronunciation, a researcher, or even just starting out in your journey to learn more about pronunciation, this online event is tailor-made for you.  A relaxed atmosphere is guaranteed. Just good people, good vibes, and good pronunciation related discussions. It’s a linguistic journey without leaving your chair!

Register here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/zUsVivd9S1iGaMoxajR3ag#/registration

NEWSLETTER  26 FEBRUARY-5 MARCH,2025

Webinar 1: HelblingEnglish: “All Access AI - because there's more than ChatGPT!”

Date: Thursday 27 February 2025 | Time: 4:00-5:00 PM London, UK

Speakers: Thomas Strasser

Session details:

This interactive online workshop for ELT teachers will focus on digital tools and AI for their aiding lesson preparation. In this session, we will help you explore the latest digital tools and AI-powered solutions that can help you prepare for EFL-lessons more effectively. This workshop will be filled with interactive tasks and creative ideas designed to keep you engaged and motivated throughout. During the workshop, we will cover a range of topics, including:

• Updated tools and activities
• The benefits of using digital tools and AI
• How to identify the best tools for your needs (and your learners)
• Strategies for using AI-powered tools to improve your learners’ performance

   

Register here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ctajhA1gSEmPklKco6STGw#/registration

Webinar 2: TESOL AEIS Webinar: Problem-Posing Perspectives in TESOL and Materials Development

Speakers: Graham V. Crookes

Speaker details:

Graham V. Crookes is Professor, Department of Second Language Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where he has been since 1988. His primary interests include transformative and problem-posing L2 pedagogies. His most recent book is English for a Critical Mind: Language Pedagogy for Social Justice (Delta/Klett).

Date: Monday, 3 March 2025 | Time: 2:00 p.m. ET

Session details:

Problem-posing is one way to describe the Freirean approach in Adult ESL, established several decades ago by Elsa Auerbach and Nina Wallerstein. In this perspective, teachers help adult ESL students develop the language they need to address real-world problems arising from their lives and experiences, with a larger social justice focus in view. A key aspect of this is materials; although a participatory approach implies joint construction of curriculum, teachers cannot be expected to move in this direction without at least some sample materials, or preferably a bank of pre-prepared materials that can be adapted to students’ varying needs and concerns.

A characteristic element of problem-posing pedagogy is the “code”, an element of materials, often visual, that acts as a stimulus or “projective device”. These should be easier to develop in an era of image-oriented AI. Codes can also be elements of text, fragments of dialog, and more. The webinar will introduce the basic concepts of problem-posing pedagogy, drawing on classic concepts, and also illustrate materials using the work of Auerbach & Wallerstein. It will then suggest design actions and possible tools or apps. Small group discussion and sharing using zoom breakout rooms will be scheduled with a final phase that should allow experiences and options to be broadly shared across all attendees.

Register here:

https://members.tesol.org/events/event-details/?id=b994494d-0fce-ef11-95f6-000d3ae692db

• It needs to add the event to the chart, but it’s a free event. 

Webinar 3: EAQUALS: “Why we should put compassion at the heart of language education”

Session details:

This webinar proposes that contemporary language education needs to have compassion at its core. Compassion can inform both HOW we teach as well as WHAT we teach. Together, we will reflect on how to build and model compassion in the relationships we foster in class. Next, we consider how to encourage students to generate ideas and take action in their local and global communities demonstrating compassion for others and the planet; all the while working through the medium of whichever language they are learning.

Learning to communicate and connect with the world around them is typically the main goal for language education. In this webinar, we discuss specific ways in which we can sustainably move towards achieving this aim by placing compassion at the heart of language education.

Some of the topics touched upon include:

• -Teacher-learner relationships that embody trust, care and inclusivity
• -Social-emotional learning and empathy among learners
• -Teaching self-compassion and wellbeing literacy
• -Compassion for others, including global citizenship education and social justice
• -Eco literacy, sustainable living. and compassion for the natural world

Date: Wednesday 5th March 2025 | Time: 1pm - 1:45pm (+03) İstanbul

Speaker: Sarah Mercer

Register here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LL8NBZnkTwC6V2reO22efw#/registration

NEWSLETTER  18-25 FEBRUARY,2025

Webinar 1: MetuFleTalks: “Becoming Change Agents: Fostering 21st Century Skills with Bloom’s Taxonomy.”

MetuFleTalks are delighted to invite you all to meeting #27 of our event series on Wednesday, February 19th, 2025, at 19.00 (GMT+3).

Session details:

Dear Dr. Fatma Tanrıverdi-Köksal of Middle East Technical University will deliver a speech titled “Becoming Change Agents: Fostering 21st Century Skills with Bloom’s Taxonomy.” This talk explores how English teachers and researchers can become change agents by integrating 21st-century skills into their teaching practices through Bloom’s Taxonomy. The session offers practical strategies and tasks to equip students with the essential competencies for success in the modern world.

The meeting will be held online via Zoom, and the session is limited to 100 participants.

Date: February 19th, 2025 | Time: 19:00 (GMT+3)

Speaker: Dr. Fatma Tanrıverdi-Köksal

Meeting ID: 2910 1923 23

Passcode: 29101923

Webinar 2: Trinity College: “Seeing Teaching Through Peer Observation”

Speakers: Cecilia Nobre

Date: February 19th, 2025 | Time: 07:00 PM İstanbul

Session details:

This session will explore the benefits of collaborative reflection through peer observation as a key tool for teacher development. It will be discussed how observing peers can provide valuable insights into different teaching styles, classroom dynamics, and learner behaviours, helping teachers become more self-aware and reflective practitioners. They’ll also examine how peer observation promotes critical thinking about classroom management and pedagogy, leading to improved teaching practices. During the webinar, they will highlight how peer reflection fosters professional growth and offers teachers practical ways to refine their teaching approaches.

Register here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OEiF8CPRShq83SGC-U4IBA#/registration

Webinar 3: TESOL: “Building Classroom Culture Through Translanguaging: Theory and Practice”

Date: February, 24, 2025 | Time: 10:00 AM E.T

Speakers: Gracie ALLELY

Session details: 

TESOL International invites you for a webinar on the new TESOL Press book, Building Classroom Culture Through Translanguaging: Theory to Practice. This book is a comprehensive guide for educators who want to create inclusive and effective classrooms that celebrate the diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds of their students. The webinar will introduce the concept of translanguaging, a pedagogy that moves beyond traditional methods by encouraging students to use their full linguistic repertoire and will discuss the new book.

*You can join TESOL Linkedin account to join the live webinar.

Link here:

https://www.linkedin.com/events/7292238235726954496/comments/

Webinar 4: PEARSON: The Develop series “Develop language curiosity”

Speakers: Bartłomiej Janiak

Date: Feb 25, 2025 | Time: 07:00 PM IST

2025 Pearson Assessment Teacher Training Academy offers a free live professional development event series designed for English language educators. It is a perfect opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge of the Pearson assessment portfolio, to join interactive sessions with expert educators and explore innovative strategies for tackling challenging question types and to gain insights into innovative strategies for integrating AI into your teaching practices.

You can earn professional development certificates by completing the training series blocks. Plus, you can earn a Credly by Pearson digital badge when you complete at least 7 sessions.

Session details:

In this session, teachers will learn how to cultivate curiosity about language in both themselves and their students. The session will provide practical strategies for fostering a curious mindset and creating an environment that prioritizes exploration and discovery. Embracing a "language curious" approach can inspire students to develop a lifelong passion for language.

Register here:

https://pearson.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y7g0uRxDTLWTCerDrrknAA#/registration

NEWSLETTER  2-23 January 2025

Webinar 1: Critical Language Pedagogy (CLP) and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF): Exploring the potential of this dialogue to decolonize ELT

Date: January 14, 2025 | Time: 12 PM (ET) (1PM Brazil Time)

Speakers: Dr Sávio Siqueira

Short bio:

Dr Sávio Siqueira is Associate Professor of English/Applied Linguistics at Bahia Federal University (UFBA), Brazil, PhD in Linguistics (UFBA), productivity researcher with Brazil's National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Member of UNESCO's Chair on Public Policies for Multilingualism. Leader of “ELF Brazil/UFBA” research group, he conducted postdoctoral studies at the University of Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA. He has supervised MA/PhD candidates in programs both in Brazil and abroad, and published extensively, especially on ELF and teacher education, critical pedagogy, language education and interculturality, among others. His most recent publication, co-authored with Alessia Cogo and Graham Crookes, is "English for a Critical Mind – Language Pedagogy for Social Justice" (Delta Publishing, 2023 - https://www.deltapublishing.co.uk/book/english-for-a-critical-mind-9783125017436/?page_id=1)

Register here:

https://bit.ly/RegisterICISWebinarJan2025  

Zoom Link will be sent to you closer to the event's date

Webinar 2: ETS: “Aspects of Power and Intersectional Hierarchies in the Classroom”

Date: January 15, 2025 | Time: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Speakers: Stella Saliari

Session Details:

Classrooms are not hermetically sealed spaces that are disconnected from the outside world. To the contrary, they are reflections of existing injustices, power relationships, diversities and differences in privilege which can influence our students’ learning process. Therefore, in this webinar we will explore classrooms as radical spaces of change; as environments that have the potential to scrutinize top-down processes of learning and locations which foster social justice. In doing so, we will also interrogate our very own role as educators acknowledging that we exist in relation with others, that we are embedded in environments that represent hegemonic concepts of societal and cultural ways of knowing and learning and that we do not enter the classroom as disembodied beings. Join us as we embark on this very personal and critical journey to explore the classroom as a transformative space towards social justice. There will also be time for Q&A.

Register here:

https://etsemea.clickmeeting.com/aspects-of-power-and-intersectional-hierarchies-in-the-classroom/register

Webinar 3: British Council: “Developing as teachers”

Date: January 23, 2025

Time:

Session 1: 05:00 - 06:00 PM

Session 2: 06:15 - 07:15 PM 

Speakers: Rachel Öner, Georgia Papamichailidou

Session Details:

This is a mini-event for English language teachers around the world brought to you by the British Council. You can register once to join the event on Thursday 23 January 2025 for two practical sessions focusing on collaborative, fun, and effective ideas for your professional development.

Also attend a panel of three teachers sharing activities and approaches they're using to develop as teachers, and about the action research they do.

Alternatively, you can watch these webinars live on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/TeachingEnglish.BritishCouncil

Session 1: How can CPD be collaborative?

Session 2: Can you gamify professional growth?

Register here:

https://events.zoom.us/ev/Asw3 iA8lsfPg6lj0JBUDv4uWXv535WDUdg3eSTuOds9f7yzCyav~ApwSi524aIPjIIPC_4e8HYI9uAKDnaIsY9GLTJ6myHSC1bSryWVNB6coOA

Bonus: “Inclusive Classrooms & Listening Skills”. Here is an episode of Teacher’s Coffee. Teacher's Coffee brings you cross-industry knowledge that fuels real-world teaching and learning, making each podcast a source of practical insights for educators everywhere. Here is a new postcast by Gerard McLoughlin.

You can listen the podcast whenever you like. Hope you enjoy it!

Spotify link:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7dhqzZRI21d0fUPvdXMALK?si=bcad39f746024bd3

NEWSLETTER  27 DECEMBER-3 JANUARY

Recording 1: National Geographic Learning: “Can You Read the World? Preparing Young Learners for Meaningful Real-World Interaction”

Speaker: Lulu Campbell

Session Details:

In this session, National Geographic Learning author Lulu Campbell will walk us through the concept of multiple literacies, focusing on Textual Literacy, Visual Literacy, Media Literacy, Social Literacy, and Global Literacy. Using examples from Trailblazer, National Geographic Learning’s new Primary program for young learners of English, she will demonstrate how multiple literacy skills can be developed alongside English language skills. By the end of the session, you’ll understand how multiple literacies can help young learners confidently engage with people, ideas, and the world beyond the classroom.

Link here: https://webinars.eltngl.com/6-novembercan-you-read-the-worldpreparing-young-learners-for-meaningful-real-world-interaction/

Recording 2: Trinity College London English Language: “How has technology changed the way we listen?”

Speaker: Luke Harding

Session Details:

Listening is so automatic that a lot of the time we don't even notice we're doing it - until there is some kind of challenge, that is. Luke Harding explains what shapes the ability to perceive and process sounds, describes the ways in which listening can be tested, given that it is difficult to observe, and sheds light on the seemingly trivial question of why it matters if candidates hear a listening text once or twice.

We often take listening for granted—until something makes it challenging. In the fourth episode of our English Language podcast, Luke Harding, Professor of Applied Linguistics, explores what affects our ability to hear and process sounds.

In this episode, Mr. Hardlig explains how listening skills can be tested, even though they’re hard to observe, and tackles an interesting question: does it matter if test-takers hear a listening text once or twice?

Link here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/117JQWt0Dg9uttV20VEnVC?si=5HZphIZxSwmyLpClFAlvTA

Bonus: Here is a bonus website of the University of Texas for Foreign Language Teaching Methods: Professional development modules for foreign language instruction.

You can find Foreign Language Teaching Methods focusing on 12 different aspects of language teaching, each taught by a different expert instructor. The site contains video footage from an actual methods course held at the University of Texas at Austin.

https://coerll.utexas.edu/methods/

NEWSLETTER  20- 27, DECEMBER

Webinar 1: Webinar Recording: The Power of Storytelling in Building Engaged Learning Communities

Speaker: Marlon Styles

Session details:

In this webinar, Learner-Centered Collaborative’s Marlon Styles hosts a conversation with Craig Heath, Superintendent of Mentor Public Schools, and Juliette Funes, Communications Officer for Lynwood Unified School District. Together, they explore the power of storytelling in fostering engaged learning communities. They discuss innovative strategies to amplify student voices, align strategic themes with impactful communications, and build community trust through relatable narratives.

Webinar recording link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=88&v=baJ8murQ15A&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Flearnercentered.org%2F&embeds_referring_origin=https%3A%2F%2Flearnercentered.org&source_ve_path=MzY4NDIsMjg2NjY

Webinar 2: British Council:” Teaching the four skills – mini-event”

Speakers: Eman El Difrawy , Anestin Chi Lum, Rhona Snelling, Ofelie Muradian, Sid Ali Rahba, Soraya Rachel Pereira

Session Details:

In these sessions, speakers focus on how to teach the four skills in English language learning. Eman El Difrawy and Anestin Chi Lum  explore how to make writing tasks more engaging and interactive. Rhona Snelling shares ideas for teaching speaking skills that will help build confidence. You will also get inspiration for engaging listening and reading tasks that you can use in your classroom.  You can find more details about the sessions and the video recording below.

About the sessions:

Session 1: How can we make writing interactive?

Session 2: How can we create confident speakers?

Session 3: Can emojis help develop writing skills?

Session 4: How can we work on the four skills? (panel discussion)

Feel free to watch the sessions that most interest you via the link below.

Event recording link:

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/news-and-events/webinars/webinars-teachers/teaching-four-skills-mini-event

Bonus: British Council: “AI activities and resources for English language teachers”

Here is a resource pack equips English language teachers with a robust toolkit to integrate AI-based activities into both classroom instruction and continuing professional development (CPD) by British Council. You can download the pack via the link below.

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/publications/resource-books/ai-activities-and-resources-english-language-teachers

NEWSLETTER  12-18 , DECEMBER

Webinar 1: MetuFleTalks:Guide me replication: The status of replication in applied linguistics and bright research ideas based on the calls in the Language Teaching journal

Date: December 18, 2024 | Time: 19:00 (GMT+3)

Speaker: Prof. Dr. PROF. DR. Özkan KIRMIZI

Zoom ID: 2910 1923 23

Password: 29101923

Webinar 2: Connecting Diverse Stakeholders: “A Mentorship Program Outside of the Box”

TESOL International presents a Teacher Educator Interest Section (Teis) Webinar.

Date: December 13, 2024 | Time: 11:00AM-12:00PM EST

Speakers: Doaa Rashed, Drew Fagan, & Debra Suarez

Session details:

This is the first webinar in a three-part series that explores the innovative Maryland TESOL Mentorship Program, a pioneering initiative that exemplifies the power of regional-level professional development associations in connecting a diverse array of educational stakeholders throughout the region.

Register here:

https://my.tesol.org/networks/events/109154

BONUS: IAPLL EMOTIONS SIG: Early Career Researchers' Coffee Hour: "Writing Struggles"

Come and join in a coffee hour with early career researchers. They will talk about difficulties in academic writing.

Everyone welcome!

Date & Time: 13 December 2024 13:00 (GMT; London)

Register here:

Please, pre-register in order to join the zoom session: https://tinyurl.com/yt6pBey6

NEWSLETTER  6-12 , DECEMBER

Webinar 1: English Time Language Schools & Overseas Education Professional Development Series:” Encouraging Students To Speak”

Date: 7th December 2024 | Time: 19:00

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Amanda YESILBURSA

Meeting ID: 980 2989 5111 Password: 731739

Webinar 2: Castledown: “English Professional Development Certificate in Digital Literacy for Language Teachers”

Date: 11 December, 2024, 3:00 pm AEST

(11 December, 2024, 5:00 am GMT)

Speaker: Jeong-Bae Son, Professor, University of Souther Queensland

Course Overview:

Digital literacy has been widely discussed over the last two decades while artificial intelligence (Al) literacy has become an increasingly important topic in recent years. Digital literacy is a foundation of digital language teaching and empowers language teachers to use digital tools in language teaching.

This talk explores the following questions: What is digital literacy? What are the elements of digital literacy? What is Al literacy? What is the relationship between digital literacy and Al literacy? How can language teachers develop their digital competencies? It will also discuss challenges with digital literacy and strategies for language teacher development.

Register here:

https://www.castledown.com/college/course/professional-development-certificate-in-digital-literacy-for-language-teachers/?order-complete=order-6752aa59bedbc

Webinar 3: The Application of ChatGPT in Language and Interpreting Classroom

The Language Learning and Teaching Special Interest Group of the British Association of Applied Linguists (LLT SIG) continues to present the autumn 2024 Webinar Series, on AI, new technologies and language learning and teaching with their 7^th panel. Feel free to join them for their free webinar series if you fancy a webinar on AI, new technologies and language learning and teaching.

Speakers: Macarena Pradas Macías and Isabel Hoffmann

Date: 11 December 2024 | Time: 5 pm GMT

Register here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FH7slIVVDrD4LtOGBqJnZ5ZQMh7UKk8ztSFr9rIYUbA

Webinar 4: CERCLL Virtual Exchanges:“Leveraging the Power of a "Professional Conversation Partner" in the Language Classroom”

Speakers: Marta Tecedor

Date: Thursday, December 12, 2024 | Time:10-11:30am (UTC -7)

Session details:

In the last few years, and particularly since the onset of the COVID 19 health crisis, Virtual Exchanges (VE) have grown in popularity among world language educators for their capacity for facilitating real-time, authentic, multimodal communication between learners and speakers of the target language and for their potential to increase learners’ contact hours with the target language outside the classroom.

Pedagogical initiatives that use VEs to promote interpersonal communication have traditionally been carried out in the context of e-tandems—virtual exchanges in which two learners with different native languages help each other learn their respective languages—and telecollaboration projects—virtual communications in formal educational settings between two or more students learning their interlocutor’s first language. Currently, a third model has started gaining popularity in formal educational settings: service-provider virtual exchanges (SPVE): one-on-one or small-group VE sessions between L2 learner(s) and a native speaker who receives economical compensation for their conversational services.

In this presentation, Dr. Tecedor will focus on the defining characteristics of SPVEs and discuss how this more recent model can be incorporated in the world language curriculum.

Register here:

https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MymO6cLXQfeghF--PcFrow#/registration

NEWSLETTER 29, NOVEMBER – 6, DECEMBER

Webinar 1: Snueltclub: “Teacher with an Ethnorelative Mindset”

Date: 4 December 2024 | Time: 19.00 PM  in İstanbul

Speakers: Dr.Seda Cosar Celik

Session Details: Sinop University ELT club is thrilled to announce the webinar of "Teacher with an Ethnorelative Mindset" by Dr.Seda Cosar Celik. The webinar will be held on December, 4 at 19.00 via Zoom.

MEETING ID

9603880 2341

PASSWORD

224262

Webinar 2: CALICO Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group: “Exploring Ai İn Applied Linguistics & Beyond! A Conversation With Carol Chapelle”

Date: 6 December 2024 | Time: 10:00 PM  in İstanbul

Speakers: Carol Chapelle 

Session details:

At this event, Dr. Chapelle will share her perspectives on the book’s framework, its significance for the field of computer-assisted language learning (CALL)/technology-enhanced language learning (TELL), and its relevance to CALICO’s mission and AI SIG members. Following a brief presentation and highlighting key aspects of the book, attendees will have the opportunity to engage in a dynamic Q&A session to explore these topics further.

Speaker info:

Carol A. Chapelle is a Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University, where she teaches in the doctoral program in applied linguistics and technology. Her recent edited book with G. H. Becket & J. Ranalli is among the first edited collections to explore the use of generative AI in applied linguistics: Exploring artificial intelligence in applied linguistics.

*Session requires registration in advance on Zoom.

Register here: https://Inkd.in/gdZBFfUy

Bonus: “The Word of the Year for 2024”. Let’s find out the word of the year announced by Cambridge Dictionary. To learn more follow the link.

https://eltnews.gr/post/cambridge-dictionary-names-manifest-word-of-the-year-for-2024/

NEWSLETTER 15-20, NOVEMBER

Webinar 1: American English Live: “Improving Classroom Assessment for English Language Teachers”

Date: 20.11.2024 |  Time: 8 am or 1 pm EST

Speaker: Joe McVeigh

Join the webinar: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators

Webinar 2: LLT SIG: “How to determine the added value of new technologies for the language learning, teaching and testing process?”

Date: 20.11.2024, Wednesday | Time: 5 pm GMT

Speakers: Jozef Colpaert and Belén Sánchez Alonso

Register here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FH7slIVVDrD4LtOGBqJnZ5ZQMh7UKk8ztSFr9rIYUbA/viewform?edit_requested=true

Webinar 3: METUFLEE TALKS: "Embracing Critical Pedagogy in the Classroom"

Date: 20.11.2024, Wednesday| Time: 19.00 (GMT+3)

Speakers: Dr. Yasemin Tezgiden-Cakcak

Session Details:

METUFLEE are delighted to invite you all to the meeting #22 of their event series. Dear Dr. Yasemin Tezgiden-Cakcak of Middle East Technical University will deliver a speech titled “Embracing Critical Pedagogy in the Classroom.”

The meeting will be held online via Zoom and the session is limited to 100 participants.

 Meeting ID: 2910 1923 23

Passcode: 29101923

Bonus: Feeling tired, unfocused, or stressed? Here is a bonus Youtube video recording called “Stress Management for Teachers” by europass academy. In a few minutes, you will explore practical techniques like the circle of influence to help you focus on what you can control and let go of the rest!  Susan Gagliano, one of our most experienced trainers from Florence,is along with guest experts in various educational fields in this talk. Enjoy it!

NEWSLETTER 8-15, NOVEMBER

Webinar 1: LLT SIG: “Theoretical Analyses and Natural Language Processing for and via Language Learning and Teaching”

Date: 13 November 2024 | Time: 2 pm GMT

Speakers: María Todorova and Nerina Piedra

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FH7slIVVDrD4LtOGBqJnZ5ZQMh7UKk8ztSFr9rIYUbA/viewform?edit_requested=true

Webinar 2: TOEFL iBT Reading Section: “Boosting Prep with AI”

Date: Thursday, November 14, 2024 | Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM IST

Speakers: Marcus Siconolfi & Zeynep Oğul

Session Details:

This webinar will provide information on the TOEFL iBT® Reading section and demonstrate how teachers can leverage AI to enhance students' preparation for success in this section. TOEFL iBT Reading section question types and the academic skills needed for success in this section will be reviewed to determine around what learning objectives the classroom activities should be built to help students improve the relevant skills. There will also be time for Q&A. The webinar will be recorded and shared with all registrants.

By attending this webinar, you will:

• Understand the TOEFL iBT Reading section and different question types
• Review the academic skills needed for success in this section
• Discover ways AI can be leveraged for preparation of reading tasks

Register here:

https://etsemea.clickmeeting.com/toefl-ibt-reading-section-boosting-prep-with-ai/register

BONUS: “What does it mean to be a teacher today? Can AI replace us?” Here is an episode of Teacher’s Coffee. Teacher's Coffee brings you cross-industry knowledge that fuels real-world teaching and learning, making each podcast a source of practical insights for educators everywhere.

You can watch their episode about AI, Burnout, and the Future of Teaching on YouTube or listen to its podcast version whenever you like. Hope you enjoy it!

YouTube: https://youtu.be/yL4KQXyosDQ

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0xY6VWYtcDqydKXg6Znnzk...

NEWSLETTER 31, OCTOBER - 7, NOVEMBER

Here are the upcoming webinars of the week. You can find the details and registration below. Hope you find them useful for your professional development.

Webinar 1: EF: TDC Webinar 1 : "Project-based learning"

Thursday, October 31st at 17:00 CET. EF will hold the first webinar of the EF Teacher Development Certificate program: "Project-based learning".

Feel free to join in this interactive webinar with Dr. David Bish, to discover the benefits of project-based learning.

Date: October 31, 2024 

Time: 17:00 CET

Speaker: Dr. David Bish

Webinar 2: American English Live 21.5: "Creating Peer Assessment Rubrics to Encourage Students' English Language Production"

Date: November 6, 2024 

Time: 8 am or 1 pm EST

Speaker: Mary Louise Baez

Session Details: 

During this session, "Creating Peer Assessment Rubrics to Encourage Students' English Language Production," Mary Louise Baez will demonstrate how to align rubrics with classroom objectives and share strategies for implementing peer assessment rubrics to support student success. The presentation will be available after the session. You can check some pre-webinar resources. Kansan State University (2024).Making and Using Rubrics Teaching for the Future: English Teaching to Take on Climate Change Module 7 for the Online Professional English Network. (OPEN)

Join the webinar: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators 

Webinar 3: Oxford University Press: "Online Practice: Engaging Students Beyond the Classroom"

Date: Thursday, November 7, 2024 

Time: 6:30 p.m

Speaker: Rachel Rozier, Radek Krzyżanowski, Merve Karli, Zuzana Jurašíková

Session Details: 

Imagine a world where homework becomes the highlight of your students' day...

Our Online Practice platform turns this into reality with exciting videos, interactive listening activities, voice recording, and more, transforming language learning into a thrilling adventure. Join our experts as they introduce you to the digital methods that bring language skills to life. With instant feedback and progress tracking, you'll discover how Online Practice can make learning both engaging and effective. Dive into the future of education and watch your students thrive!

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/ym5p4m8f

https://www.mindbrained.org/october-2024-neurodiversity-3/

NEWSLETTER 25-31, OCTOBER

Webinar 1: ELTOC: English Language Teaching Online Conference

Dates:

Day 1, Thursday, October 24, 2024 · 08:40 UTC

Day 2, Friday, October 25, 2024 · 15:40 UTC

Day 3, Saturday, October 26, 2024 · 11:40 UTC

Event Details:

ELTOC presents an online webinar series on 24th - 26th October 2024 for Chapter 9 of ELTOC. Three days of free professional development sessions to power-up your teaching on trending topics where you get to hear from experts, share experiences with professionals around the world, and receive your resource pack.

Topics include:

• How AI can save your time.
• Video and multimodal literacy.
• The power of concept-based inquiry.

That's not all. On day 2, they'll make a very special announcement exclusive to ELTOC attendees.

For more info and schedule of the days:

Register here: https://elt.oup.com/feature/global/eltoc/

Webinar 2: BAAL LLT SIG: “What language educators need to know about Artificial Intelligence (AI)"

The Language Learning and Teaching Special Interest Group of the British Association of Applied Linguists (LLT SIG) is pleased to announce the autumn 2024 Webinar Series, on AI, new technologies, and language learning and teaching.

The webinar series will consist of eight panels. In each panel, a researcher will present their recent research on technologies used in language learning and teaching, followed by a language teacher who will discuss the practical implications of these approaches in the classroom. A live Q&A period will conclude each session.

The first event is 'What language educators need to know about AI'” taking place on 30 October.

Speakers: Zoe Handley and Ana Nino

Date: Wednesday 30 October 2024 | Time: 5 pm GMT

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FH7slIVVDrD4LtOGBqJnZ5ZQMh7UKk8ztSFr9rIYUbA...

Webinar 3: ETS: Empowering Teachers & Tutors with TOEFL Test Ready

Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2024  05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Session Details:

This webinar will equip teachers to prepare students for the TOEFL iBT® test using the new TestReady™ platform. The session will provide an in-depth look at the platform and provide suggestions on how to leverage it to help students build the skills and confidence they need to succeed on the TOEFL iBT test. There will also be time for Q&A. The webinar will be recorded and shared with all registrants.

By attending this webinar, teachers will:

• Become familiar with all the resources TOEFL TestReady has to offer
• Be given strategies to adapt the resources to use with students both in and out of the classroom

 Register here: https://etsemea.clickmeeting.com/empowering-teachers-tutors-with-toefl-testready/register 

NEWSLETTER 17-25, OCTOBER

Here are the upcoming webinars of the week. You can find the details and registration below. Hope you find them useful for your professional development.

Webinar 1: LSPPC Webinars: "Can OpenAI write as rhetorically as humans do? A discourse study of human- and ChatGPT-generated research article abstracts in Applied Linguistics"

Date: Friday, 18 October 2024

Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm HKT (UTC/GMT + 8)

Speakers: Becky S. C. Kwan, Thomas H. T. Chan, Belinda W. S. Ko, Chris Y. H. Kwan

Session Details:

Since its release by OpenAI in 2022, ChatGPT has shaken up the entire world. With claims that it can replace humans in performing various writing tasks, a new line of research has emerged to examine the extent to which ChatGPT can generate human-like research articles. Results of the studies have so far been mixed, with some pointing to high degrees of similarity while some showing notable differences. The inconclusive findings are attributable to the various evaluation methods employed, some of which involve human-judgement that relies on expert intuition while some adopt detection methods that untrained automatic or machine-learned algorithms with parameters focusing on different linguistic features. The various methods have their own strengths and pitfalls, but one common issue that stands out is that their evaluation parameters rarely reflect scholarship in the field of English for Research and Publication Purposes (ERPP) that forms the bedrock of current research writing instruction. Hoping to address this theoretical lacuna in the existing studies and exploring what the field of ERPP can offer, we employed a discourse analytic approach to evaluate ChatGPT-generated article abstracts by tapping into theory of rhetoric in research communication and existing empirical findings about the rhetorical move structures of human-generated abstracts. Our data comprise abstracts of articles published in applied linguistics journals and those generated by ChatGPT. The results reveal noticeable differences between the two corpora. In this webinar, we will elaborate some of the observations and draw implications for future evaluation studies. We will also share thoughts for critical instruction in ERPP in contexts where students are allowed to use ChatGPT.

Register here: https://cityu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpcuGorDsjG9wkaP8OZBFWZS5Wuz12mFs3#/registration

Webinar 2: American English Live: "Building Feedback Literacy to foster Long-term Student Autonomy"

Date & Time: October,23 2024 8:00-9:00 am ET / 1:0-2:00 pm ET

Speaker: Stephanie Rummel

Session Details:

American English Live: Teacher Development Series 21 presents a webinar called "Building Feedback Literacy to foster Long-term Student Autonomy". If interested, here is the link you can register.

Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/H1ifw9HWEe

Webinar 3: CERCLL: “Overcoming Challenges and Barriers in Virtual Exchange”

Arizone State University presents Fall series of free professional learning webinars for language educators. The webinars are free to attend, but participants must register in advance. Participants who attend these events live can request a certificate of attendance for 1.5 hours of continuing education for each webinar they attend. In addition, live attendees will be contacted after each webinar with information about how to apply for a digital badge.

Here is one upcoming webinar presented by Robert O’Dowd (Universidad de León, Spain).

Date and time: Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 08:00 PM in İstanbul

Speaker: Robert O’Dowd

Session details:

Forms of online collaborative learning, such as Virtual Exchange and Blended Mobility, are becoming increasingly popular in foreign language education. Virtual Exchange (VE) refers to the numerous online learning initiatives and methodologies which engage learners in online collaborative learning and interaction with partners from different cultural backgrounds as part of their study programmes. Blended Mobility combines stages of online collaboration with short periods of physical mobility. Although VE has been employed in foreign language education for over 25 years, it has received much greater attention since the recent COVID-19 pandemic and many practitioners are exploring its potential to develop foreign languages learning, intercultural competence and global citizenship in their classrooms (Porto, 2018; Ramirez, 2019; Trapé, 2018). In this presentation I will use key publications from the literature to explore how VE and Blended Mobility can promote foreign language learning as well as global citizenship. I will also outline how VE and Blended Mobility can be integrated effectively into foreign language programmes. Finally, I will reflect on the challenges educators face as we try to use this activity to deal with issues of diversity and inclusion and to establish equitable relationships with partners from other countries.

Register here: https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NcGqqhtcSKG7hvjRyHUMGQ#/registration

NEWSLETTER 7-11, OCTOBER

Here are the upcoming webinars of the week. You can find the details and registration below. Hope you find them useful for your professional development.

Webinar 1: American English Live: " Scaffolding Academic Writing "

Date & Time: October,9 2024 8:00-9:00 am ET / 1:0-2:00 pm ET

Speaker: Hetal Ascher

Session Details:

American English Live: Teacher Development Series 21 presents a webinar called “Scaffolding Academic Writing”. If interested, here is the link you can register.

Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/H1ifw9HWEe

Webinar 2: TESOL: " Literacies Theory and Practice as Expanded Possibilities for our Language Classrooms"

Date & Time: Friday, 11 October 2024, 12:00 p.m. ET

Speaker: Dr. Raúl Alberto Mora

Session Details:

Over the last decade, I’ve advocated for the importance of making theory accessible to teachers (meaning, letting them read it in the first place) as a source for inspiration as they look for creative and engaging ways to work with students. Alternative literacy paradigms (e.g., critical literacy, multimodality, multiliteracies, etc.) envision these possibilities for conceptual and practical play, making our classrooms true sites for languaging and learning.

This webinar will share the work that my team of teacher-researchers and I have done in Colombia using alternative literacies as our way of “reinventing education”. The webinar will first go into some of the conceptual underpinnings behind the idea of “literacies in second languages” to then look at specific case studies/success stories from our teacher-researchers and my own work as a teacher educator. The goal for this webinar session is to invite teachers to plot their own course about how to use alternative literacies to devise more engaging language learning scenarios for their students and themselves.

Presenter

Dr. Raúl Alberto Mora is an associate professor in the Doctorate in Education at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Medellín, Colombia (teaching remotely from Trondheim, Norway), where he also chairs the award-winning Literacies in Second Languages Project research lab. Dr. Mora has also served as a visiting professor and scholar at universities in Colombia, Poland, Mexico, and Czechia and has given guest lectures and keynotes (in person and virtually) at universities and events in Colombia, Brazil, Spain, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Türkiye, Canada, and the United States. He currently serves at the Literacy Research Association Board of Directors and co-founded the Transnational Critical Literacies Network (TCLN). He coedited The Handbook of Critical Literacies (2021) and Translanguaging and Multimodality as Flow, Agency, And A New Sense of Advocacy in And from The Global South (2024). His research focuses on the nexus between literacies and city spaces, the second-language literacy practices in gaming spaces, the use of alternative literacy paradigms in language education, and the need for socio-critical frameworks to rethink bi/multi/plurilingualism and the way we describe English as a language worldwide, topics that he has discussed in publications, conference presentations, and his teaching.

Register here: https://members.tesol.org/events/event-details/?id=b0433b4e-6970-ef11-a4e6-0022484dbfe9&reload=timezone 

NEWSLETTER 30, SEPTEMBER- 4,OCTOBER

Dear colleagues, here is an event by the British Council to celebrate the World Teachers' Day. 

British Council is organizing an online event called the World Teachers' Day conference between 3-5 October 2024. The event involves 18 webinars about a range of topics and participation is free of charge. If you are interested, please check out the link below for further information and registration.

Register: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/world-teachers-day-2024