20th Teachers’ Day 2023Score! Teachers’ Day turns twenty—The best is yet to come

Kontext / Contexte

We kindly invite you to join us in celebrating twenty years of Teachers’ Day. Let us reminisce about the highlights of past Teachers’ Days in the Musiksaal (Bldg. C5 1). We are delighted to announce that the duo ? Finn Gets Famous? will be our musical guest for the evening. Drinks and snacks will be provided.

Zielsetzung / Objectifs

Knowledge
The participants will learn:
-concrete digital examples for teaching English
- how to improve student writing with AI tools
- how to interact with pictures and photographs.

Know-how
The participants will be able to:
- know some techniques of plurilingual examples and strategies for motivating students and enhancing their communication skills, while at the same time increasing their awareness of the interplay of languages
- be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of TikTok in the EFL Classroom
- acquire the necessary skills to react appropriately in certain situations
- establish effective development goals in the advanced English classroom.

Posture
The participants will:
- reflect on their actions in the context of school and teacher development
- are willing to break new ground
-The participants will understand the importance motivating students and enhancing their communication skills.

Inhalt / Contenu

We cordially invite students, trainee teachers and teachers of English, and all other interested parties to participate in our plenary talk and workshops. Tea, coffee and snacks will be provided between sessions. We also look forward to seeing you at our traditional raffle at 4:15 pm.

*20.09.23:
- 19.00: Evening event to celebrate the 20th anniversary (see poster).

* 21.09.23:
- 8.45-10.30 Opening Talk and Key-Note:a.m.
- 10.30-11.15 coffee break
- 11.15-12.45 Workshop Round 1
- 12.45-14.15 Lunch break
- 14.15-16.00 Workshop Round 2
- 16.00 Closing raffle

*WORKSHOPS
-21th Sept 2023
11:15–12:45 pm
Regina Schulz (first round)
Sustainable development goals in the advanced English classroom.

-21th Sept 2023
11:15–12:45 pm
Dr. Daniel Becker (first round)
Make Your Day or Break Your Day? Exploring TikTok in the EFL Classroom.

-21th Sept 2023
11:15–12:45 pm
Günther Sommerschuh (first round)
Making the most of your textbook: Interacting with pictures and photographs.

-21th Sept 2023
11:15–12:45 pm
Thomas Müller
Improving student writing with AI tools.

-21th Sept 2023
11:15–12:45 pm
Prof. Dr. Stefan Diemer, Dr. Marie-Louise Brunner
"All languages. All the time." Plurilingualism in the English language classroom.

-21th Sept 2023
11:15–12:45 pm
Claire Steele, Sarah Smith
Creativity.

-21th Sept 2023
14:15–16:00 pm
Regina Schulz (second round)
Sustainable development goals in the advanced English classroom.

-21th Sept 2023
14:15–16:00 pm
Dr. Daniel Becker (second round)
Make Your Day or Break Your Day? Exploring TikTok in the EFL Classroom.

-21th Sept 2023
14:15–16:00 pm
Günther Sommerschuh (second round)
Making the most of your textbook: Interacting with pictures and photographs.

-21th Sept 2023
14:15–16:00 pm
Chris Bunyan
Practical TESOL ideas for implementing sociocultural theory.

-21th Sept 2023
14:15–16:00 pm
Prof. Dr. Stefan Diemer, Dr. Marie-Louise Brunner
"All languages. All the time." Plurilingualism in the English language classroom.

-21th Sept 2023
14:15–16:00 pm
Claire Steele, Sarah Smith
Reflective Practice.

Arbeitsformen / Approche méthodologique

Interactive workshop.

Referent, Referentin / Formateur, formatrice

Regina Schulz, Dr. Daniel Becker, Günther Sommerschuh, Thomas Müller, Prof. Dr. Stefan Diemer, Dr. Marie-Louise Brunner, Claire Steele, Sarah Smith, Chris Bunyan

Remarques / Anmerkung

Please check our homepage for information about workshops, registration details, and how to join the sessions: Teachers' Day 2023, Dept. of English, Saarland University | Universität des Saarlandes (uni-saarland.de)
Please register by September 11th via the LPM website
https://www.lpm-saarland.de/typo3/index.php?id=5191
Veranstaltungsnummer: A13.123-0134