English Teachers' Day 2019 – morning session

Kontext / Contexte

08:30 Registration
09:00 Welcome
09:15 Keynote speech: Pete Sharma
10:45 Morning workshops
Groupe A – Atelier 1 – Practical ideas for blending in the language classroom: Pete Sharma
Groupe B – Atelier 2 – The Art of the Question: Mike Turner
Groupe C – Atelier 3 – Essay Writing as a Teachable Skill: Daniel Redinger
Groupe D – Atelier 4 – Teaching and Motivating Mixed Ability Classes: Michelle van Toorn
12:15 Lunch break
13:15 Keynote speeches: Agnès Prüm & Anne-Marie Millim / Claude Fretz
14:15 Afternoon workshops
Groupe A – Atelier 5 – Sucking Eggs or How performing physicalises text: William Sutton
Groupe B – Atelier 6 – Réalisation d’une scène de théâtre basée sur un court texte littéraire en langue anglaise. Différentes possibles "dramatisations" d'un texte littéraire / théâtral commun au groupe-classe: Yann Ketter
Groupe C – Atelier 7 – Well-being at school: Jenny Schank & Mike Goergen
Groupe D – Atelier 8 – Beyond Presentist Reading; or: What’s Wrong with Kendall Jenner’s Hair? A (Literary) History of Cultural Appropriation: Agnès Prüm & Anne-Marie Millim
15:45 Jean-Baptiste Kremer Award
16:00 Surprise Performance
16:30 10th Anniversary Reception

Zielsetzung / Objectifs

Knowledge
The participants will learn ideas, material(s) in view of an evolving teaching and learning environment.

Know-how
The participants will be able to:
- engage themselves in their realities and discuss and clarify these realities
- adapt teaching methods to new emergent social and educational contexts.

Posture
The participants:
- will establish a strong, effective professional learning community (PLC)
- will prepare the future of English teaching and learning in Luxembourg.

Inhalt / Contenu

Groupe A – Atelier 1 – Practical ideas for blending in the language classroom: Pete Sharma
- Description of how teachers can blend face-to-face classroom teaching with online practice in the following areas: grammar and vocabulary / the receptive skills of listening and reading / the productive skills of speaking and writing / pronunciation
- exploration of how using online materials can help both teachers and students deal with mixed skills' levels / absenteeism / learner preferences and encourage learner independence.

Groupe B – Atelier 2 – The Art of the Question: Mike Turner
Teachers ask hundreds of questions every day, but this is often done in an intuitive way. Through a variety of discussion, peer-sharing and practical activities, this workshop explores the skillful use of questions to guide our students' learning. We will consider:
- why and how we use questions in the classroom
- the types of questions that are appropriate to different tasks
- how to formulate questions in a skilled way
- how we can foster learning by using questions
- strategies to support learner responses
- some fun activities we can use with learners to help them practice and develop their own use of question and response.

Groupe C – Atelier 3 – Essay Writing as a Teachable Skill: Daniel Redinger
How to make learners autonomous and reflective writers, using an objective-led and self-assessment centered approach. Participants know and understand:
- the key skills required for extended essay writing
- the required conditions for students to understand the success criteria
- the intrinsic connection between effective feedback and clear learning objectives
- the value of modelling pre-writing activities.

Groupe D – Atelier 4 – Teaching and Motivating Mixed Ability Classes_ Michelle van Toorn
Amongst teachers globally, there is a growing need for material on teaching mixed ability classes and stimulating active class participation. Using examples from the Cambridge University Press secondary course THiNK, a course geared towards aiding teachers in these areas, we will explore new possibilities and materials that can help overcome these obstacles. Examples are taken from the range of free downloadable worksheets on different levels for vocabulary, grammar, and literature. In addition, we will look how you can incorporate this extra material in your classes in a practical manner. Teachers will leave this workshop with new free tools they can use the very next day in class. They will have new handholds for dealing with different levels in one class, and will have learned more about how to encourage active student participation.

Arbeitsformen / Approche méthodologique

Groupe A – Atelier 1 – Practical ideas for blending in the language classroom: Pete Sharma
- PPT
- teachers in small groups on different tables
- hands-on: teachers use their iPads to access online materials from OUP.

Groupe B – Atelier 2 – The Art of the Question: Mike Turner
By the end of the workshop, the participants will have:
- reflected on their professional practice in relation question-use
- shared ideas and strategies with fellow-professionals on the skillful formulation and use of questions in different learning contexts
- participated in a variety of practical activities that could be used with their own students.

Groupe C – Atelier 3 – Essay Writing as a Teachable Skill: Daniel Redinger
Interactive workshop.

Groupe D – Atelier 4 – Teaching and Motivating Mixed Ability Classes: Michelle van Toorn
- Workshop format
- combination of presentation and assignments.

Referent, Referentin / Formateur, formatrice

Groupe A – Atelier 1 – Practical ideas for blending in the language classroom: Pete Sharma
Groupe B – Atelier 2 – The Art of the Question: Mike Turner
Groupe C – Atelier 3 – Essay Writing as a Teachable Skill: Daniel Redinger
Groupe D – Atelier 4 – Teaching and Motivating Mixed Ability Classes: Michelle van Toorn

Remarques / Anmerkung

Pour de plus amples informations: www.etd.lu.