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British Council Poland - teacher training workshop in Kraków

 

British Council Poland
in cooperation with IATEFL POLAND
invite to a teacher training workshop in Kraków
conducted by
Rob Lewis and Luke Meddings


DATE:    Saturday 8th October 2011
VENUE:    IATEFL Poland, 31-126 Kraków, Michałowskiego 4, Room: 6

Plan of the workshop:

11:30-12:00     Registration

12.00 – 12:45  Rob Lewis “Who are you in the classroom?”

Every teacher has an identity in the classroom which is built not just from their character, but from the activities, techniques and approaches they use frequently. This ‘toolkit’ can vary greatly from teacher to teacher, and you can learn a lot by sharing your teacher toolkit with others. In this workshop, we’ll define and then look at an example toolkit, with lots of practical ideas, and participants will also be encouraged to share theirs.

12:45-13:00      Tea/Coffee Break

13:00 – 14:00  Luke Meddings “Mighty oaks from little acorns grow”

Coursebooks can fail to motivate – but is there an alternative to using published materials in class? This interactive seminar uses hands-on activities to explore dogme ELT, a materials-light approach that focuses on the lives and interests of the people in the room. We’ll use short texts and simple interactional frameworks to show how much language can be generated from minimal stimulus – and we’ll explore the idea of ‘uncovering the syllabus’ as an alternative to ‘sticking to the coursebook’. Luke Meddings is the co-author of Teaching Unplugged and one of the founders of dogme ELT.


Registration fee:    non IATEFL POLAND members – PLN 15.00
                                IATEFL POLAND members – free of charge


Registration by mail:
Kraków Region Rep Maria Cyrankowska ()
Deadline of the registration: 6th October 2011

N.B. Number of places is limited, the participants will be selected on the first come first served basis.


All participants will be awarded a certificate of attendance.

Speakers’ profiles

Rob Lewis has worked as an English language teacher, trainer and writer for over 15 years, mainly based in Europe. He currently lives in Warsaw, where he manages the British Council's TeachingEnglish website. His main interests are teacher development and learning technologies.


Luke Meddings has been working as a teacher, writer and teacher trainer in ELT for over 20 years. After training and teaching in London he worked as Deputy Editor on the EL Gazette, before leaving to manage an experimental language school. In 2000 he was a co-founder with Scott Thornbury of the dogme ELT movement, and wrote a monthly ELT column for the Guardian online. His first book, Teaching Unplugged, co-written with Scott Thornbury, was published by Delta in 2009 and won a British Council ELTon award for Innovation in 2010. He now writes and trains extensively on unplugged approaches.