Advanced Use of English Practice and Feedback - factual reports

Report writing has been identified as the most important skill for engineers, and a highly important skill in many other fields. Reports are also linked to writing summaries, a regular exercise in Language evaluations, including EFL, E2L and E1L. 

This one-hour single-topic session reviews key differences between reports and reviews, commentaries and the like, beginning with what may be a new activity for many, providing excellent practice for learners and an excellent model which can be duplicated for teachers.

Advanced Use of English Practice and Feedback - summary I

Summarising has been identified as the second most effective study skill and is a regular exercise in Language assessments, including EFL, E2L and E1L. This one-hour single-topic session begins with what may be a new summarising activity for many, providing excellent practice for learners and an excellent model which can be duplicated for teachers.

Implementing and Using Cambridge ESL Writing descriptors

This session reviews the descriptors used for assessing Cambridge's IGCSE English as a Second Language (0511) Writing : what they are, where to find them and how to use them. They are also an essential guide as to how and what will be assessed in the written components of the final examination. Use these international standards to set your own programme expectations, and to prepare your students for success.

Implementing and Using Cambridge ESL Speaking descriptors

This session reviews the descriptors used for assessing Cambridge's IGCSE English as a Second Language (0511) Speaking coursework : what they are, where to find them and how to use them. Use these international standards to set your own programme expectations, and to prepare your students for success.

Short Story "The Secret Life of Walter MItty" by James Thurber

This is one of those "classics" everyone should have read, and it should be included in any Middle and/or High School English Language and/or Literature programme.

June 2021

 

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Active Learning in the Early Years

 

Children learn by doing, through competency-based or skills-based learning, through play (not really), through exploring, creating, imagining etc. What do these claims mean and how do they look in the Early Years (PK - K) classroom? 

Leadership : effective recruitment practices

 

Middle leaders such as Heads of Department are often involved in or responsible for teacher search and selection, and/or have an opportunity to shape the school's recruitment processes. This seminar looks at some important principles, practices which work, where hiring can and does go wrong and how to avoid "negligent hiring".

Advanced Use of English Practice and Feedback - Vocabulary : went, went, went

Fifteen wents and how to avoid them, and wents which cause problems. This advanced-vocabulary one-hour single-topic session focusses on accuracy, appropriacy and on developing the speaker's range, while considering 

Plug-and-Play Reading Comprehension / Literature lesson : Essay "The Stream"

 

This ready-to-use lesson is suitable for both upper-intermediate / advanced English Language classes, and as one or two lessons in a literature mini-unit.