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Pamela Tierney
British Council Lisboa
Learning language in blocks
Focusing learners on blocks of language helps them use more natural and more complex language as well as help improve fluency. A practical approach, with ideas on how to encourage learners to notice these useful blocks in texts and exercises and then use them ex: writing, dialogues, role play etc.
Workshop – Bas/Sec/TA
Learning/Teaching Strategies - Vocabulary Room: Castelo V (60 seats)
Maria Norton
British Council Porto
Come fight Friday apathy with me!
Join this workshop if you’ve ever had an end-of-the-week class that sends you up the walls! I’m offering practical ideas on how to keep adolescents on task through a range of activity types, with some authentic materials to boot.
There’ll be the opportunity to share your favourite strategies too.
Workshop - Bas/Sec
Language Teaching - Learning/Teaching Strategies
Room: Alfama (220 seats)
Michele Majewski
British Council Lisboa
Standardising oral assessment with CEFR descriptors
This session is aimed at understanding and applying CEFR oral assessment criteria. We will look at practical strategies for working with the assessment criteria you have. In addition, we will assess both in-class speaking activities and exam-based oral tasks to “set the standard”.
Workshop- Bas/Sec
Assessment/Testing
Room: Castelo I (130 seats)
Joe Pereira
British Council Porto
Language learning quests –Gaming in Teen Second Life
Today’s learners have different approaches to learning. Video games and virtual worlds can provide these learners with immersive multi-modal content, which is engaging and motivating. The British Council’s LearnEnglish Second Life for Teens island allows learners aged 13-17 to practise English through interactive digital game-based learning quests and social networking.
Talk - Sec
ICT/CALL
Room: Castelo VIII (130 seats)
Simon Cantle
British Council Lisboa
How to promote positive classroom behaviour
In this session, we will consider factors that influence student behaviour in the classroom and look at different ways of promoting and encouraging positive behaviour from both teachers and learners.
Talk – All
Learning/Teaching Strategies/ Young Learners
Room: Castelo IX (220 seats)
Sheila Ward
British Council, Lisboa
Doing projects with young learners
Teachers often avoid doing project work with young learners because they think there is not enough time or it will be too complicated to organise. In this session I will explain how my classes prepared and produced posters, oral presentations, class magazines etc. all within the syllabus we were following.
Talk – K/Prim/ Bas
Project Work - Young Learners
Room: Castelo X (60 seats)
Catherine Sear
British Council, Porto
Observing and being observed – a personal learning experience
A workshop of fun activities and discussion for teachers, based on current practice and personal experience, to gain a positive insight into British Council’s observation procedure and identify its benefits not only for the observee’s professional development but also for the observer and the teaching environment.
Workshop – All
Teacher Development
Room: Castelo VIII (130 seats)
Rodger Clarke
British Council, Coimbra
I think he’s a ittle bit dyslexic...
An introduction to dealing with specific needs (special needs to you and me!).
Talk / Workshop – All
Learning/Teaching Strategies
Room: Castelo V (60 seats)
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