ELT Conference 2022: session recordings

The ELT Conference 2021 took place on Friday 22, Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 April.

Below are the links to the recordings that we are able to share.

Friday 22 April

Conference welcome and Creating a safe space for everyone to thrive: What does "bring your authentic self to work" mean through an EDI lens? with Louise Goux-Wirth

Louise talks about creating a culture where everyone can be their authentic selves and share best practice recommendations to help us turn ideals into reality.

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Managing your team's professional development and wellbeing in turbulent times with Fiona Dunlop

During the recent pandemic we have seen a real need for immediate and effective professional development to help keep schools afloat in turbulent times. Fiona Dunlop will look at how her centre has maintained good team morale whilst ensuring that their teams are developing to their full potential.

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What we do, who we do it for, and why we do it with Matthew Burton

Matthew Burton reflects on the unique role of the educator in 2022, reminding us why we get up in the morning to do what we do.

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Wednesday 27 April

Material development and use in the classroom with Chris Farrell

This session looks at the selection and adaptation of material for the classroom and how to integrate material into intended learning outcomes of the lesson. 

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Making remote learning feel less remote with Abby Croucher

Lewis School of English was involved in both the PRELIM 1 and PRELIM 2 projects. This session shares the challenges and successes of designing a bespoke online course for teachers, with the aim of enabling those who are geographically remote to become part of a collaborative and supportive learning environment. 

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What's new at Trinity? with Alison Castle-Kane

Learn about new developments at Trinity which including the new 30-hour Schemes of Work for the GESE Exam, new TESOL qualifications and courses (The Certificate for Practising Teachers, Teach English Online, and the Certificate for Online Teaching) and the Language Access Fund.

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The spice of life! with Zarina Subhan

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) can often be an afterthought in many published language teaching materials. So, what can we do to spice it up a bit? This workshop is designed to give ELT teachers a few suggestions as to how to do just that. Perhaps you don't feel comfortable tackling the topic of inclusion? Is it asking for trouble? Is there an easy way to deal with such a heavy topic? What are the right terms?

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Thursday 28 April

English and environmental awareness - practical ideas and activities for teaching English outdoors with Johanna Stirling

Taking students out of the classroom can help to create environmental awareness while at the same time practising and developing the students' English. Learn more about how and why to take your English language students outside the classroom - whether in an urban or a rural setting.

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Teaching tips for language nerds! with Wilim Abrook

We English teachers trend bookish, but many of us are downright obsessive. If you're lucky enough to find a C2 student who's as nerdy about languages as you are, you'll be thick as thieves in no time, but even a beginner can benefit from some basic etymology. 

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Reading in class: A move to mediation with Simon Dunton

As well as using engaging, authentic texts to help develop our leaners’ traditional reading subskills, it is important to allocate class time for learners to interact with, reflect on and mediate text content and message, just as they do in the real world. This session explores a variety of learner-centred activities for face-to-face and online classrooms and discusses how these are designed to maximise opportunities for communication, self-reflection and mediation.

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Collaboration for teacher learning and innovation with Silvana Richardsdon

Many different research studies on how teachers learn identify collaboration between colleagues as one of the key ingredients of teacher learning. This session introduces what research has to say about effective teacher collaboration and explores concrete and practical approaches to collaboration that lead to deep, transferable and impactful teacher learning, which can be implemented by groups of teachers in face-to-face, online and hybrid settings, with or without a manager, mentor or coach.

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