25.08.2020-26.08.2020
Back to school 2020
25 августа
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26 августа
Уважаемые коллеги,
25 и 26 августа 2020 года ждем вас на ежегодной онлайн-конференции Back to school, которую мы проводим в дистанционном режиме уже восемь лет. Сложно предсказать, как будут развиваться дальнейшие события, поэтому мы хотим помочь вам начать новый учебный год во всеоружии и быть готовыми к любому сценарию. Мы планируем выступления по трем направлениям: обучение офлайн, обучение в режиме онлайн и смешанное обучение.
25 августа речь пойдет об основных проблемах, связанных с дистанционным обучением. Это проведение тестирования, пробелы в знаниях, отсутствие у ряда учащихся навыков самостоятельной работы и эмоциональное состояние учеников во время вынужденной самоизоляции.
26 августа мы затронем очень важную и актуальную тему вне зависимости от формы обучения: работа в группах с учениками разного уровня языковой подготовки, а также поговорим о портрете современного учителя английского языка.
26 августа мы затронем очень важную и актуальную тему вне зависимости от формы обучения: работа в группах с учениками разного уровня языковой подготовки, а также поговорим о портрете современного учителя английского языка.
Программа 25 августа 2020 года (вторник)
В программе указано московское время.
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Ready for any Scenario with Macmillan Education |
Natalia Galanina, Macmillan Education teacher trainer
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Great Expectations: Motivating your Students with Clear Goals |
Is it possible to motivate your students who are not motivated themselves? What tools do you have to encourage effective work and concentration from your student? Whether working online or offline, we have to guide students through the often difficult process of learning. In this session, we will cover ways to consistently motivate students by setting goals – starting from Day 1 and continuing throughout the year!
Thomas Wiseman, Macmillan ELT consultant, teacher trainer. B.A., University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, TESL Certificate from the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute, academic director of the English Language school "English Connection". Tom Wiseman is the co-founder and Director of Studies at English Connection Language Center in Saint-Petersburg. In addition to his work in the classroom, Tom works with teachers to develop and experiment with innovative methods to efficiently automate spoken and written English.
Thomas Wiseman, Macmillan ELT consultant, teacher trainer. B.A., University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, TESL Certificate from the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute, academic director of the English Language school "English Connection". Tom Wiseman is the co-founder and Director of Studies at English Connection Language Center in Saint-Petersburg. In addition to his work in the classroom, Tom works with teachers to develop and experiment with innovative methods to efficiently automate spoken and written English.
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The Teacher’s Toolbox: a tidy toolbox makes for simpler work |
To a mechanic, a plumber, an electrician, it makes sense! A tidy toolbox means finding tools faster, working more efficiently, being always ready.
To us, teachers, professors and educators, the toolbox is abstract. The principle is the same though. A tidy teacher’s toolbox makes for a more serene teacher, a clearer learning process, better results, and loyal students.
In this talk, we are going to build our teacher’s toolbox, analyse our teaching tools, organize them and label them. Our goal is to have a smooth new academic year that makes our students, colleagues and ourselves happy and proud.
To us, teachers, professors and educators, the toolbox is abstract. The principle is the same though. A tidy teacher’s toolbox makes for a more serene teacher, a clearer learning process, better results, and loyal students.
In this talk, we are going to build our teacher’s toolbox, analyse our teaching tools, organize them and label them. Our goal is to have a smooth new academic year that makes our students, colleagues and ourselves happy and proud.
Antoine Marcq, Macmillan ELT consultant, teacher trainer, co-Founder of the English connection school and Resource Education.
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Let’s watch some … grammar! |
Every teacher knows how much their students love watching films and videos, especially nowadays when they’re forced to spend more and more time indoors. We also know that video content of high educational value is priceless in the online context in which students’ attention is harder to maintain and interaction patterns during lessons are much different from what we know from face-to-face lessons. The question is how to be sure that our students benefit from watching videos rather than only have a fun time in English lessons.
In this session, I will show some techniques of developing language skills in both physical and online classrooms and I will discuss the methods of supporting linguistic content with videos that come with the Academy Stars course. I will present tasks that combine using a textbook and animations to facilitate students’ understanding of grammatical structures as well as provide them with natural, real-life examples of dialogues and conversation patterns that help them use the language with much more ease.
In this session, I will show some techniques of developing language skills in both physical and online classrooms and I will discuss the methods of supporting linguistic content with videos that come with the Academy Stars course. I will present tasks that combine using a textbook and animations to facilitate students’ understanding of grammatical structures as well as provide them with natural, real-life examples of dialogues and conversation patterns that help them use the language with much more ease.
Małgorzata Mróz has been developing her skills not only as a teacher but also a teacher trainer by taking part in Erasmus Plus programmes for teachers at NILE centre in the UK. She has worked with all age groups, from primary to adult, teaching both general English and exam courses. Currently, she is an academic coordinator at Ach i Och school in Warsaw, where she supports beginner and experienced teachers with classroom management, course preparation and professional development.
As a trainer, she has given multiple talks in conferences and webinars in Poland, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, as well as taken part as a speaker in events such as PASE or PASE YL as a member of Macmillan teacher training team and LANG Teacher Training Centre. She became a certified Cambridge YL examiner in 2015 and I have taken part in many exam sessions at LANG TTC, where sh has also conducted Cambridge TKT YL and TKT CLIL courses.
As a trainer, she has given multiple talks in conferences and webinars in Poland, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, as well as taken part as a speaker in events such as PASE or PASE YL as a member of Macmillan teacher training team and LANG Teacher Training Centre. She became a certified Cambridge YL examiner in 2015 and I have taken part in many exam sessions at LANG TTC, where sh has also conducted Cambridge TKT YL and TKT CLIL courses.
| 12:45 – 13:00 |
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Q&A session |
Уважаемые коллеги,
Сразу после этой сессии в 13:00 (МСК) мы приглашаем вас принять участие в вебинаре "Helping students progress: bridging the gap after" (Advancing Learning Webinar Series). Выступающая: Kateryna Protsenko.
В программе указано московское время.
| 11:00 – 11:15 |
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Ready for any Scenario with Macmillan Education |
Natalia Galanina, Macmillan Education teacher trainer
| 11:15 – 11:45 |
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The English Teachers: Tips for the New Academic Year |
Much has been written and said about English teaching but very little about the teachers themselves. Until now. Based on a series of interviews with English teachers from around the world, Rory Fergus Duncan-Goodwille has provided an insight into the lives and work of The English Teachers.
In this session we will look at: teacher backgrounds, workplaces, the role of stress in teaching, teaching itself, teacher views about students, and how they feel about professional development. Don't start the new academic year without watching this webinar.
Rory Fergus Duncan-Goodwillie, Senior ADoS for Young Learners BKC-IH Moscow and ADoS for BKC-IH Krylatskoe, Kuntsevo and Strogino; Senior Teacher at BKC-IH Camp. A holder of CELTA, IH CAM and Delta Module One qualifications, Rory has been working at BKC-IH for 4 years. He started as an English teacher and continued on to become a senior academic manager. Rory has lived and worked intensively and with great passion in European and African countries with a focus on Young Learners between 10-17 years of age.
In this session we will look at: teacher backgrounds, workplaces, the role of stress in teaching, teaching itself, teacher views about students, and how they feel about professional development. Don't start the new academic year without watching this webinar.
Rory Fergus Duncan-Goodwillie, Senior ADoS for Young Learners BKC-IH Moscow and ADoS for BKC-IH Krylatskoe, Kuntsevo and Strogino; Senior Teacher at BKC-IH Camp. A holder of CELTA, IH CAM and Delta Module One qualifications, Rory has been working at BKC-IH for 4 years. He started as an English teacher and continued on to become a senior academic manager. Rory has lived and worked intensively and with great passion in European and African countries with a focus on Young Learners between 10-17 years of age.
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Mixed-ability classes: the nightmare of online and offline teaching? |
There is no class where all the students have equal abilities. Even if technically their level is the same, their personal characteristics, strengths and weaknesses will be different. 2020 has demonstrated this: mixed abilities are painfully obvious in online classes. This sounds like a valid reason to hate online teaching. Most teachers have asked themselves these questions:
How do I plan online lessons that would be beneficial for all the students?How to differentiate tasks effectively in both online and offline lessons?
How to cater to all the students' needs and not to forget about my own needs as a teacher?
In this session, you will learn some classroom tested ideas how deal with mixed ability classes in both online and offline learning.
Tatiana Odintsova (CPE, CELTA, CELTA YL, BULATS, Delta Modules 1, 2), ADoS at Language Link South. She has been teaching English to students of all ages and levels at both private and state educational institutions for 11 years. Tatiana is also a member of the Russian State Exam examiners' board (EGE expert). She is a frequent speaker at various conferences: DonELTA school, Trendy English, Skyteach, Macmillan Online Conference and NATE. Currently, she's working on her DELTA Module 3 (specializing on teaching teenagers).
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What's been the good of 2020? |
There’s no denying that 2020 has been an extraordinary year for us all and teachers have faced so many challenges. It’s been hard! But in this session I want to look at what silver linings we can find in the experiences we have been through. What have we learnt about teaching, learning, our students and ourselves that we can harness to make our teaching even better when we go back to school, whether it is online, face-to-face or a mixture of the two. Do we really want to just return to exactly what we were doing pre-Pandemic or is this a great chance to make changes that will benefit our learners, ourselves and maybe the world?
Johanna Stirling, NILE Online Academic Manager. Johanna is a NILE Associate Trainer who teaches, trains teachers, writes materials and gives presentations about English language teaching. Her professional special interests are teaching spelling, materials development, ICT and working with teachers.
| 12:45 – 13:00 |
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Q&A session |
Уважаемые коллеги,
Сразу после этой сессии в 13:00 (МСК) мы приглашаем вас принять участие в вебинаре "Where are they now? – Assessing students’ needs and lacks" (Advancing Learning Webinar Series). Выступающая: Chia Suan Chong.
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