Dear all

 

***Apologies for any cross-posting ****

 

You might be interested to learn that we’ve now announced our list of workshops for our National Conference this summer:

WHEN: Friday 8 to Saturday 9 July 2016
WHERE: University of Nottingham  - University Park Campus
DELEGATE PASSES: Start from £39 
 

Find out more on our website: http://natecla.org.uk/content/632/Choose-workshops-National-Conference-2016

Session A: Friday 8 July, 14:00 - 15:30

• Mindfulness and the ESOL student (and teacher), Rachael Roberts
• Exploring the Use of Narrative Storytelling and Personal Anecdotes in Language and Literacy skills development, Sarah Telfer
• Enhancing learning through technology, Diana Tremayne
• "You must practice your English!" Creating conditions for students to practice their language outside of class, Nafisah Graham-Brown and Yvonne Bizayi
• Offender Learning, The Bell Foundation

Session B: Saturday, 10:45 - 12:15

• Performing memorization in class, Hugh Dellar
• Bridging the Gap Between ESOL and Functional Skills,    Katy Bagust-Jones and Tammela Platt
• Fertile conversations: making the most of classroom talk. Richard Gallen
• Combining ESOL and Vocational Learning, Ruth Perry
• Designing materials for niche ESOL contexts, Ros Wright
• Are two heads better than one? (What am I learning from team-teaching?), Anastasia Novoselova
• Cambridge English Workshop - TBC    
• Working with authentic listening materials, Ian Badger

 

Session C: Saturday, 13:15 - 14:45

• Teaching spelling in pre/entry level classes, Christine Tudor Jones 
• Images and critical thinking, Jamie Keddie
• Beyond the classroom: Englishing in a super-diverse community, Katherine Swinney
• Esol 'Appy, Viorica Lucuta and Jhon Benavides Navarro
• Dogme approach for ESOL adults, Laura Iacsa and Vidjea Gaikwad
• Draft ESOL Strategy - have your say, Jenny Roden, Alex Stevenson
• Bringing the Outside In, Sam Shepherd

Session D: Saturday, 16:15 - 17:45

• Using participatory photography in ESOL & Literacy classes, Pauline Moon
• ESOL Voices Online: Engaging in online CPD, Cathy Clarkson
• Making projects work for teenage ESOL learners, Phil Bird
• Making them British-ESOL teachers' perspective, Sundus Ameer
• Designing digital resources and online tasks - where do I start?, Kathryn Aldridge-Morris
• Memory strategies for language learners, Anne Margaret Smith
• First Language Interference: who, what, when and how can we help overcome it?, Jenny Stacey
• Teaching the whole person, Jack Scholes

Book online for the conference via our website: http://natecla.org.uk/content/621/National-Conference-2016

We hope to see many of your there!

 

All the best

Laura

 

Laura Plotnek-Jones

National Coordinator

 

 

 

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