Providing substance, solace and stimulation to the worthy English teachers of France!
Autumn is an exciting time for TESOL France! The association is proud to bring you a truly international conference with 68 speakers and 20 poster presenters from over 23 countries around the world. This three-day event will take place from November 4 to 6 at Télécom ParisTech, 46 rue Baurrault in the 13th arrondissement. Stephen Brewer, Luke Meddings, and Geoff Tranter will be the Plenary Speakers.
Complete program and Registration
68 conference talks on these themes:
Plus: a talent show, stand up comedy and networking receptions !
Our Objectives
The conference will enable you to:
Our approachThe seminar will be based around three types of activities led by experienced speakers from associations, schools and universities:
In addition to these sessions, there will be a whole host of more informal opportunities for networking and dialogue.
Participants will also have the possibility to display disseminate material from the projects and association activities that they are already involved in. All sessions will provide adequate time for questions and answers.
The REAL network is firmly in favour of protecting European linguistic diversity. As the most widely spoken and learnt languages in Europe, English, French and German have been chosen as the conference’s main working languages. There will of course be many opportunities to use other EU languages given the diversity of those attending.
See the full programme here: http://www.real-association.eu/content/making-it-real-final-conference-sevres-france#tabset-tab-2
English language materials are bursting with good content and ideas for skills exploitation, but to make them work and get the best out of them, you need to engage your students' interest. This isn't always easy, especially if they are at the end of a long, hard week or "aren't in the mood". At times like this, you need to challenge them, make them curious and encourage them to be imaginative. Sometimes you simply have to find out what they're good at or even give them responsibility for what happens in the class. In this talk, I will suggest ten ways that you can uncork their interest and their talents. Maybe you can show them talents they never knew they had - drawing, miming etc - or even specialist knowledge about insects or outer space. It's all there, waiting to be exploited. Remember, in a class of 30 students, there are 32 sources of information - you, the book and the students themselves.
Ken Wilson is an author and trainer. He has written about 30 ELT titles, including a dozen main courses. He also writes supplementary material and in 2008, OUP published Drama and Improvisation, a collection of about sixty of his drama activities for teachers. His first ELT publication was a collection of songs called Mister Monday, which was released when he was 23. Since then, he has written and recorded more than 150 ELT songs, published as albums or as integral parts of course material. He has also written more than a hundred ELT radio and television programs, including fifty radio scripts for the BBC Follow Me series, thirty Look Ahead TV scripts and a series of plays called Drama First. For many years, Ken was artistic director of the English Teaching Theatre, a company which toured the world performing stage-shows for learners of English. The ETT made more than 250 tours to 55 countries, including several visits to France. Ken lives in London with his wife Dede and their two cats, and works in a shed at the end of his garden.List of talks and times (NB: some will be repeated):
Welcome back everyone! We hope you all had a lovely summer. We also hope you've come back rejuvenated and refreshed to get back into teaching.
