British Council Seminars 2011-12 - Nationwide

Dear colleague, As a new academic year is upon us, so begins a new season of British Council seminars for teachers of English in the UK. A forward glance at the seminar series: This year the series will include a range of topics from literacy, essay writing and grammar, to motivating students, mobile learning and using cinema in the classroom. We are also delighted to be holding our first ‘live lesson’ - further details to follow. For the second year running we are also taking the seminars on the road to venues around the UK. Events will be held in Bournemouth, Leicester, Liverpool, Exeter and Belfast for the first time, as well as returning to Glasgow, Manchester and Cardiff. The seminars are free of charge and open to all EFL and ESOL teachers, from newly qualified to the experienced. Please see an overview below: Tuesday 18 October | London A: CPD framework for English teachers B: Teaching: no more haunted hearts - Liam Brown Tuesday 1 November | Glasgow A: English for Academic Purposes: how is it different from other types of ELT? - Olywn Alexander and Sue Argent B: How technology can revolutionise the way we give feedback - Russell Stannard Tuesday 15 November | London Live and unplugged (a live dogme lesson and discussion) Luke Meddings Tuesday 6 December | Leicester A: ESOL learners with basic literacy needs – where do I start? - Judy Kirsh B: Language and literacy as social practice - Pauline Moon Tuesday 13 December | London A: Reel Life: Using Cinema to Engage Young People with Citizenship - James Clarke B: ‘Videotelling’ - Jamie Keddie Tuesday 17 January | London Motivating the unmotivated – ten ways to get your students to DO something... Ken Wilson Wednesday 1 February | Belfast Language training integrated in the vocational and work context Philida Schellekens Tuesday 9 February | London Dickens – a celebration Jeremy Harmer and Steve Bingham Tuesday 21 February | London Some things that matter in grammar teaching, and some that don’t Michael Swan Wednesday 14 March | London Learning from learners – practical approaches to EAP writing development Chris Tribble and Ursula Wingate Tuesday 3 April | Exeter A: Live and unplugged (a live dogme lesson and discussion) - Luke Meddings B: ‘Videotelling’ - Jamie Keddie Tuesday 17 April | London Project-based approaches with English language teaching Ricky David (Intel) Tuesday 1 May | Liverpool A: Identifying and working with dyslexic students in the language classroom - Sally Farley B: The essay and beyond: writing for different purposes in British universities - Sheena Gardner and Hilary Nesi Tuesday 15 May | London A: Macmillan event (TBC) B: A beginners guide to mobile learning in ELT - Amy Lightfoot Tuesday 29 May | Manchester A: Putting EAP into practice - Sam McCarter and Edward de Chazal (OUP) B: ELT, EFL, ELF & EAP - Simon Andrewes Tuesday 12 June | London ESOL Nexus project – reflections + workshop Philida Schellekens and Dot Powell Tuesday 26 June | Cardiff A: Beyond computer assisted language learning - Huw Jarvis B: A Short History of ELT - Richard Smith A full schedule is available at http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/seminars. British Council Seminars Team e bcseminars1@britishcouncil.org w http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/seminars