Macmillan Teachers' Day - Macmillan ELT

Telly learning (ESO & Bachillerato)

STEVEN MUIR

Website: www.macmillanelt.es/teacherdevelopment/ events/ Tel: 981 20 89 87 Email: [email protected]

Dear Teachers, Once again Macmillan ELT are delighted to invite you to the training highlight of the year – the Macmillan Teachers’ Day which will take place at Hotel Coia, Vigo on Saturday 20th April, 2013.

Hotel Coia c/ Sanxenxo, 1

PRIZE DRAW

Play to learn (8 to12-year-olds)

ED COUSINS

To be held at 36209 - Vigo

Macmillan Teachers’ Day Vigo

th Saturday 20 April 2013

At the Macmillan Teachers’ Day our principal aim is to offer you practical training workshops that are designed to reflect current teaching contexts, enabling you to keep up-to-date with the latest innovations. You will take away with you sound activities and ideas that you can use directly in your classrooms. As the Macmillan Teachers’ Day is extremely popular, we encourage you to reserve your place as soon as possible. To make registration easier, we have an online registration process. You can reserve your place by visiting Events on the Macmillan website: www.macmillanelt.es/ teacher-development/events/ and submitting the online registration form. Once you have registered you will receive an email confirmation. Alternatively, you can phone or send an email to the local office, stating your full name, school and the sessions you would like to attend. Tel: 981 20 89 87 Email: [email protected] We hope to see you there!

13.30

12.10-13.30

11.35-12.10

Best wishes, 11.25-11.35

10.00-11.25

To reserve places

INMA PIQUER Integrating language with arts & crafts (3 to 7-year-olds)

BRUNCH & BOOK EXHIBITION

A brief presentation of new materials

KATE PICKERING

Creativity and communication through story and drama (6 to 7-year-olds)

CAROL READ

cycle Primary Infants &

1st

ROOM 1

Frameworks for speaking (Bachillerato)

MARGIE MARC

&

Word Walls: more than just writing on the wall (8 to12-year-olds)

ESO & Bachillerato cycle Primary

ROOM 3

3rd

ROOM 2

2nd

REGISTRATION 09.30 -10.00

Macmillan Teachers’ Day Vigo

Jose Luis Bugallal Marchesi, 20, 1º Dcha 15008 A Coruña Tel. 981 20 89 87 • Fax 981 21 12 30 [email protected]

Gabriel Botana Regional Manager

Louise Connolly Head of Teacher Training

Speakers

Speakers

Ed Cousins

Kate Pickering

Ed is Co-founder and Director of Interacting. As a leading international specialist in language teaching theatre, he has run courses and events for teachers all over the world for the last 22 years. His personal passion for sport and literature are combined in his profession of theatre and games.

Kate has worked at International House Madrid since 1987. As Director of the Adults’ department she oversees in-service and external teacher training. She regularly gives training sessions as well as being a Cambridge CELTA & DELTA tutor. She is the author of workbooks for Expressions, student’s and teacher’s books for Global (Beginner & Elementary) and of Macmillan’s course for Bachillerato students opting for Ampliación de Inglés, Communicate.

Margie Marc Passionate about education and language learning in particular, Margie has been involved in ELT for many years in the capacity of teacher and teacher trainer. She has worked in France, Italy, the UK and Spain and with all levels in both the state and private sectors. Margie holds an MA in Teaching English to Young Learners and is interested in materials and teacher development. She has been a teacher trainer with Macmillan English Language Teaching for the past twelve years.

Steve Muir Steve has worked in ELT as a teacher, teacher trainer and materials writer for over 20 years. He has taught English to young learners and adults in Egypt, Hong Kong and Spain. He lives in Madrid and works at the British Council in Alcalá de Henares.

Inma Piquer Inma works as tècnica docent at the Departament d’Ensenyament (Catalonia) and as a professor of Infant Education at the University of Barcelona. She has a wide experience of teaching English in the Escola Sant Cristòrfor (Begues) as well as teacher training on the programme Impuls per a l’Ensenyament de l’anglès a l’Educació Infantil i Primària offered by the Departament d’Ensenyament. Inma holds a PhD. with the entitled thesis ‘English language teaching to very young learners’. Since 2002 she has been offering pedagogical talks and courses all over the country as well as publishing some articles in ELT magazines.

Carol Read Carol is an educational consultant, teacher trainer and writer with many years’ experience of working with children. Carol’s publications include award-winning titles such as the first edition of Bugs World and 500 Activities for the Primary Classroom. Carol’s latest publication, Tiger, is a new Primary coursebook series with integrated digital resources for teachers and pupils. Carol is currently President of IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language).

Sessions

Sessions

ROOM 1 - Infants & 1st cycle Primary

Creativity and communication through story and drama

Carol Read

(6 to 7-year-olds)

This session shows how a well-managed, wholechild approach to storytelling and drama develops pupils’ potential for creativity and helps them to become confident communicators in English. We will use an integrated combination of multisensory techniques and digital resources to explore ways to engage children in relevant issues and to link learning English to authentic culture and real content. We will also explore the role of storytelling and drama in developing positive values in today’s world.

Inma Piquer

Integrating language with arts & crafts

that is important. In this session a range of engaging activities to encourage pupils to interact with words walls will be demonstrated. We will use different types of word walls to fit with a range of different teaching contexts.

Ed Cousins Play to learn (8 to 12 year olds)

I am a firm believer that a language cannot be taught. As teachers, we can only create an environment in which it can be learned, and build pupil-teacher relationships which stimulate learning. This session looks at practical hints, tips, games and techniques on how to make learning English a pleasurable experience for your pupils. Many of these ideas will also lighten your workload and help you come up with your own techniques.

ROOM 3 - ESO & Bachillerato

(3 to 7-year-olds)

Using Arts & Crafts in the English classroom can provide a very powerful tool for learning and getting children to speak. In this hands-on talk, examples of art and crafts activities, which allow us to explore these benefits, will be demonstrated. We will also consider some useful strategies to make the most of children’s artistic creations. Some practical activities, which can easily be adapted and used in any Infant and Primary classroom, will be presented.

Kate Pickering

Frameworks for speaking at Bachillerato: the control continuum (Bachillerato)

ROOM 2 - 2nd & 3rd cycle Primary

Many Bachillerato students still fail to speak with confidence, something which is all the more important given the Ampliación de Inglés option. The session will look at a series of activity frameworks for supporting spoken output and increasing student confidence when speaking.

Word walls: more than just writing on the wall

Steven Muir Telly learning

Margie Marc

(8 to 12-year-olds)

A word wall is not just an excellent resource for developing literacy, it can also offer potential to enhance vocabulary learning and develop learner autonomy. However, the mere presence of a word wall in the classroom is not enough for learning to take place: it is what teachers and pupils do with it

(ESO & Bachillerato)

In this practical workshop we will look at range of classroom activities inspired by clips from film, TV and YouTube. These activities focus on a variety of language areas and skills, and can be adapted to use with many other clips. Most importantly, students seem to enjoy them!