English Teachers' Day 2017 - morning session

Kontext / Contexte

08:30 Registration
09:00 Welcome
09:05 Keynote speaker: Amos Paran (OUP)
10:00 Coffee break
10:30 Presentation by IFEN
11:00 AM workshops
Groupe A) Tess Charnaud: Engaging with student learning
Groupe B) Sybille Blitgen: The Systemic Teacher
Groupe C) Jane Croxford: Reading between the lines
Groupe D) Amos Paran: Homework in the EFL classroom
12:30 Lunch break
13:30 Speaker: Claude Kremer (Centre national de littérature)
14:00 Keynote speaker: Dave Spencer (Macmillan)
14:45 CNP panel (Kim Heuskin, Pitt Sunnen)
15:30 PM workshops
Groupe A) Anne-Marie & Marie-Anne Dentzer: The sound of music
Groupe B) Chris Pesch: "How woke are snowflakes?"
Groupe C) Leendert-Jan Blom: Let's Get Digital
Groupe D) Paul Davies: Words Fail Me
17:00 Plenary & prize draw

Zielsetzung / Objectifs

The main aim of English Teachers' Day is to share and exchange ideas, methods, and resources with fellow English teachers in Luxembourg and beyond.

Inhalt / Contenu

La formation comprendra plusieurs discours ainsi que des ateliers qui permettent aux participants d'échanger des idées et des méthodes. Pour plus de détails, veuillez consulter le site internet du English Teachers' Day sur https://sites.google.com/site/englishteachersday/2017.

Morning session

Groupe A: Engaging with student learning
Content: Student learning and how to assess understanding.
Aims & objectives: To have teachers feel more confident in engaging students with learning, to provide resources and activities as exemplars.

Groupe B: The Systemic Teacher
Content: How to handle disruptive students and classroom situations.
Aims & objectives: Attendees should be able to create a toolbox with necessary tools for future classroom management situations.

Groupe C: Reading between the lines - How to approach reading in class
Content: Reading helps us develop our knowledge of language, culture and life. It can inspire, excite and open up new windows on the world. However, it can also be frustrating, boring and demotivating. So how can we get the best from this rich resource in class? How can we motivate students to engage with a text? In this workshop, we will address the following questions:
- what makes a good reading text?
- what makes reading difficult for students? How can we motivate students and prepare them?
- how should we exploit reading in class? Which reading skills should we be teaching students and how?
- how can we encourage students to "make the text their own"?
Jayne Croxford is co-author of the secondary course "Insight" and would also be happy to answer any questions about "Insight" during the workshop or during the Teachers' Day.

Groupe D: Homework in the EFL classroom
Content: In this workshop we will explore the participants' attitudes to homework and the ways they use homework to reach their teaching objectives. We will discuss different types of homework and explore both the participants' own practice and principles that arise from the research into homework.

Arbeitsformen / Approche méthodologique

Groupe A: Engaging with student learning
Lecture-type presentation, Actively involving participants, Pair work, Group work.

Groupe B: The Systemic Teacher
Lecture-type presentation, Actively involving participants.

Groupe C: Reading between the lines - How to approach reading in class
Lecture-type presentation

Groupe D: Homework in the EFL classroom
Lecture-type presentation, Actively involving participants.

Referent, Referentin / Formateur, formatrice

Tess Charnaud, enseignante (Groupe A)
Sybille Blitgen, professeure (Groupe B)
Jane Croxford, conférencière (Groupe C)
Amos Paran, conférencier (Groupe D)