Interviews and Conferences

Interviews

Business Start-Up Skills for Migrant Communities Course with Arcana Coaching and English in the Community.

Learning the language of new business – Local newspaper reporting on a Business English Course developed for local migrants and immigrants living in Eastbourne (1 November 2011).  Further information regarding the Business Course can be viewed here.

Conferences Attended

• ETp Live Conference 2014 – An annual ELT event organised by English Teaching professional in Brighton for 2014 (July 2014)
• English UK Annual Teachers’ Conference 2013 – The annual event which focused on the teaching of English as a foreign language (9 November 2013)
• BELTE 2012 – Conference Summary – A summary of the BELTE 2012 alongside a review of talks attended (20 October 2012)
• British Council Seminars – “Found Objects” Luke Meddings (18 September 2012)
• The 2012 National Conference for English Language Teachers – Drilling equals repetition equals practice? Saying the same things creatively (1 September 2012)
• BELTE 2011 – Attended various talks by many experienced teachers and trainers in Brighton (15 October 2011)
• 2011 IATEFL Conference – Reflection of a Steward at the conference (15 to 19 April 2011)
• 29th Annual International TESOL France Colloquium – A review of selected talks attended as well as the event (26 to 28 November 2010)
• BELTE 2010 – A review of talks attended and the event (22 October 2010)

Teacher Training

• Games in the Classroom – A teacher training session which focused on games that teachers could incorporate in the classroom (25 July 2014)
• Online Research in ELT – A talk which focused on the use of Google Drive with the application of action research in ELT (9 November 2013)
• Project Work in the Young Learner Classroom – A local teacher training event in the South East of the UK, for Sussex DoS Association, which looked at developing the use of project work for young and adolescent learners (7 August 2013)
• Dealing with Demotivated Learners – This training session, at LTC Eastbourne, focused on developing motivation and inspiring adolescent learners in the classroom (12 July 2013)
• Drilling in the Classroom – This teacher training workshop at LTC Eastbourne look at creative and inspiring ideas of drilling and pronunciation techniques to incorporate in classes (28 June 2013)
• Twitter and Blogging in ELT – A teacher training workshop at LTC Eastbourne which introduced attendees to the use of Web 2.0 technology, especially the use of Twitter and Blogger/WordPress in language teaching and learning (14 June 2013)
• Error Correction in the Classroom – A teacher training workshop which focused on error correction techniques and ideas at LTC Eastbourne (10 May 2013)
• University of Sussex – Incorporating Dogme ELT in the Classroom (12 December 2012)
• English UK Teachers’ Conference 2012 – Balancing Dogme ELT in the Classroom (10 November 2012)
• Romanian American University 2012 – Balance in the Classroom (16 May 2012)
• IATEFL Glasgow 2012 – Incorporating Dogme ELT in the Classroom (23 March 2012)
• Teaching Unplugged Workshop – A teacher training workshop introducing the concept of Dogme for English in the Community in Eastbourne (5 December 2011)
• Teaching Unplugged Workshop – A teacher training workshop introducing the concept of Dogme for English in the Community in St Leonards (28 November 2011)
• Incorporating Dogme ELT in the Classroom – A teacher training workshop on Dogme ELT and best practice in the classroom at LTC Eastbourne (30 September 2011)
• Incorporating Dogme ELT in the Classroom – A teacher training event organised with Castle School of English to inform teachers how to incorporate Dogme ELT within the classroom (14 September 2011)
• YouTube in the Classroom – A teacher training event at LTC Eastbourne to inform teachers how to incorporate YouTube in the classroom (6 August 2010)

Please keep an eye out for future updates in due course.