Happy Adult Learners’ Week everyone!

 

Just a reminder to book your place on the CILT Summer Conference for teachers and managers of languages in adult and further education. The conference is taking place at the Institut Français in London on Wednesday 8 July: www.cilt.org.uk/cpd/aesummerconference.htm

 

The conference includes a range of plenary discussions and practical workshops, giving teachers and managers of language programmes the opportunity to come together to consider the way forward for adult language learning.

 

Key themes include:

The challenges and opportunities for adult language learning

Future perspectives from around the country

Ideas and resources for classroom practice

New developments in accreditation

Enlivening teaching

Developing listening skills using podcasts

Using on-line materials from the BBC Teaching grammar – pleasure or pain?

Subject learning coaches – LSIS

The new Qualification and Credit Framework

 

Speakers include:

Kathryn Board, CEO, CILT, the National Centre for Languages

Peter Lavender Deputy CEO, NIACE

Jill Szutenberg Ofsted, HMI Ofsted

Christina Conroy OBE, Principal & CEO Richmond Adult Community College

Philippe Bottin, Director of Language Centre, Institut français     

Marco Macchitella, City Lit                                                        

Nati Knight, Brasshouse Centre, Birmingham                             

Elspeth Wardrop, Bolton Community College & North West Network

 

 

The conference costs £60 including lunch. To find out more and to register for your place, visit: www.cilt.org.uk/cpd/aesummerconference.htm

 

 

Catherine Mansfield 
Press Officer
CILT, the National Centre for Languages
3rd Floor, 111 Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7HR

Tel: 020 7633 3315
Fax: 020 7379 5082
www.cilt.org.uk

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Enquiry line: 08456 12 4041
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