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Interview with Marek Kiczkowiak

Interview with Marek Kiczkowiak

Interview description

Marek shares his work in raising awareness of native speakerism with employers, teacher training organisations and customers. Marek looks at the need to discuss global English, address the different training needs and prepare trainees and learners expectations as best we can.

Reducing the demand for native English speaking teachers

Submitted by Anne Radowick on Tue, 2017-04-04 10:31

Marek points to the weak link in the cycle when he mentions marketers and agents.  I think students are open-minded about who they will consider a "real" teacher. It may be the prejudice of their parents that keeps this system going as well.  How are you going to reach the marketers? Do they go to conferences? Are they keeping up with the myriad of changes that come with our profession? If they do not, then it will be quite difficult for them to be on the side of the students and promote learning from a well-qualified teacher of whatever background.  Once the seller makes it clear that a product is no longer on offer, the buyers will have to adjust their wants to what is available.  Who doesn't enjoy a good rotary dial telephone?? But they are no longer for sale so we move on and make do with our smartphones.  And lo and behold, calls go through.  The same will happen in TEFL if agents can get the customer to move on to the next generation of product. 

I am a Non - Native English Teacher

Submitted by Halina Ostankow... on Tue, 2017-04-04 12:15

I am a Non- Native English Online Teacher looking for the line of work for a long time.
The biggest problem is my nonnativeness.
I have been offering English Conversational Online Courses for some time and had a lot of students participating for free.
Alas, when it comes to paid courses, nobody has decided to sign, nonetheless.
I would require the necessary question about how dependable is a teacher, what science does he use, what are the methods and the teaching effectiveness.
  

IATEFL Online Conference in Glasgow

Online coverage of the Annual International IATEFL Conference & Exhibition in Glasgow, 2017

I have just become an IATEFL Online Registered Blogger.

Unfortunately, I cannot join the Conference. Personally, I am willing to 'attend virtually' (or sometimes follow an online coverage) and share the knowledge with other instructors from around the globe.

Following my previous year experience, I am willing to write a few blog posts about the video content (streamed or recorded interviews or video sessions) published on the IATEFL Online site during the 2017 IATEFL Conference.

 http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2017

Watch the 2017 IATEFL Conference live online

51st Annual International IATEFL Conference and Exhibition
SEC, Glasgow, UK
4th-7th April 2017
Pre-Conference Events and Associates' Day, 3rd April 2017

http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/

Nativeness - a feather in your cap for language teaching? webinar by Jam...

I am a non- native English speaker.
Will you join my online English Courses?

Inspiring Curiosity Through Intercultural Learning

Inspiring Curiosity Through Intercultural Learning

This year, AFS-USA will be participating in Global Leadership Week, a conference that brings together administrators, teachers, nonprofit leaders, and students to inspire advocacy in global education. This weeklong conference (April 25-29th) is free to the public with the primary objective of connecting leaders in global education to encourage dialogue and promote resources to foster global competency.

AFS-USA will be hosting a virtual event that will demo an eLearning tool to foster global competency through Intercultural Learning. By exploring different topics, Culture Trek: Classroom Connections, will challenge students to think critically about pressing world issues and the important role of youth in promoting peace. Participants will be provided curriculum resources, lesson plans, and links to relevant online platforms in order to successfully embed global learning into classroom studies throughout the school year.

The session, Inspiring Curiosity Through Intercultural Learning, will be hosted onThursday, April 28th at 2:00 PM EST. To register for this webinar, click here.

To learn more about the events that will be taking place during GLW, please visit the GLW Event Directory. We encourage you to join an event and participate in the discussion using the hashtag #globaled16. 

We hope you can join us during Global Leadership Week 2016!

Addressing quality assurance and professional development for online teachers

Addressing quality assurance and professional development for online teachers

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A good teacher is a learning teacher

 In order to make meaningful improvements in our work, one must be reflective, learn from others, take risks and measure success in our teaching.

Compare the number of websites, journals, etc. where teachers can find research, new ideas for:

•face to face teachers

Through creating a consistent and transparent teachers’ learning and performance management process, we aim to support quality in the classroom by focusing on:

•Providing tools for e-moderators’ professional development

•Enhancing & maintaining teaching quality online

•Managing and recognising performance

•Enhancing career support for e-moderators

online teachers / E-moderators.       

Through creating a consistent and transparent teachers’ learning and performance management process, we aim to support quality in the classroom by focusing on:  •Providing tools for e-moderators’ professional development  

      •Enhancing & maintaining teaching quality online  •Managing and recognising performance  

      •Enhancing career support for e-moderators

5 Professional practices

•Managing the course

•Understanding how teachers learn

•Assessing learning

•Understanding the teaching  context

•Focussing on  Professional Development

For a copy of the Professional practices for moderators and further information contact Kirsteen.Donaghy@britishcouncil.org

•TeachingEnglish CPD framework, publications and resources http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teacher-development

•CPD framework for teacher educators http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/cpd-framework-teacher-educators

•Borg, S. (2015). Teaching for Success Contemporary perspectives on continuing professional development A report written for the British Council.

•Walter, C. & Briggs, J.G. (2012). What professional development makes the most difference to teachers? A report commissioned by Oxford University Press.

International association for K12 online learning blended learning teacher competency framework http://www.inacol.org/resource/inacol-blended-learning-teacher-competency-framework

ELTJ Signature Event - This house believes that teacher training is a waste of time

ELTJ Signature Event - This house believes that teacher training is a waste of time

Presenter(s): 

Graham Hall

Penny Ur

Session details:

Many people assume that a training course is valuable – even essential – preparation for professional English language teaching. But does training really help ... or is it just a waste of time and money? Should we call a halt to teacher training? Our two speakers will debate the issues. Please come along, have your say, ask questions – and join in the vote.

Speakers: Peter Grundy & Penny Ur
Chair: Graham Hall

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Birmingham IATEFL Live Schedule Wednesday 13th April 2016

Birmingham IATEFL

Wednesday 13th April

0915-1025 OPENING PLENARY BY DAVID CRYSTAL
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Who would of thought it? The English language 1966-2066

Complaints about a supposed decline in standards of English continue to be made, with increasing frequency, in the British press. Although these are nothing new - as the long history of use of would of for would have illustrates - they do draw attention to the way we seem to be going through a period of unusually rapid language change. This paper illustrates the main changes in pronunciation, orthography, grammar, and vocabulary, discusses the chief factors involved - social mobility, globalization, and the Internet - and compares the changes that have taken place in the past fty years with those that are likely to take place in the next fty.

10:30    live studio starts

10:50    interview with Nicky Hockly

11:15    interview with Pete Sharma

11:30    interview with Adam Kightley

11:45    interview with Zeyneb Urkun 

12:00    interview with Silvana Richardson

12:15    interview with Jim Scrivener

12:30    interview with Gavin Dudeney

12:45    interview with George Pickering

13:00-14:00    break

14:00    interview with Hugh Dellar

14:00    interview with David Crystal

14:15    interview with Tessa Woodward

14:45    interview with Hornby scholars: Allwyn D'costa and Erkin Mukhammedor

15:00    interview with Hornby scholars: Mohammed Bashir and Abdallah Yousif

15:15    interview with Gail Ellis

15:30    interview with Hornby scholars Parwiz Hossain and Shoaib Jawad

15:45    interview with Alison Barrett

16:00    interview with Alan Maley

16:15    interview with Tim Phillips

17:20 - 18:25 BRITISH COUNCIL SIGNATURE EVENT
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Shakespeare lives: love, hate, death and desire in English language classroom

Speakers: Lisa Peter (The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust), Dr Christina Lim (lecturer, researcher and teacher educator), Shaheen Khan (actor), Lisa Peter (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust), Tonderai Munyevu (actor). Chaired by John Knagg, British Council.
Join the British Council to celebrate Shakespeare's work on teh 400th anniversary of his death. We will ecplore how Shakespeare has relevance to our society, students and classrooms today and how Shakespearecan speak to people from all around the world about universal human experiences like love, hate, death and desire.
The event will be practical, thought-provoking and fully interactive with the opportunity join in the discussion before, during and after, either in person and online. The audience will help to shape the event and on the day and participants will take away ideas to use in the classroom on how to address issues which feature in much of Shakespeare's work yet remain relevant today.

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IATEFL Birmingham Online

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Live coverage from IATEFL Birmingham Online begins on Tuesday 12 April, from 12.00 pm, UK time. Don't miss a thing! 

IATEFL President, Marjorie Rosenberg, gives you a warm welcome to the IATEFL Birmingham Conference.

Why not join one of the highlights of the English language teaching calendar? 

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Localization: Taking eLearning Above And Beyond!

Localization: Taking eLearning Above And Beyond!:

Want to know if Localization can revolutionize eLearning? Check why Localization is the next big eLearning revolution and take eLearning above and beyond.

Education is coming out of the walled classrooms and crossing all physical barriers to empower hard to reach learners in the form of eLearning. But for the exponents of eLearning, it is important to understand that in order for this model to succeed, we cannot have a “one-size-fits-all” concept. The internet has melted the geographic barrier, but has it melted the language barrier too? English is still the most preferred medium of instruction for eLearning course developers, but in order to improve its efficacy, an eLearning course must be localized to suit the needs of the remote learner. While translating to native languages is one aspect, the power of localization can also be broadened to include the concept of on-demand learning. This article attempts to explore how localization can be the next big revolution in eLearning.

In its traditional definition, localization means to adapt a particular product to suit the linguistic and cultural sensibilities of a particular audience. When it comes to creating eLearning courses, developers are still using English to reach to a global audience. This is evident in the result of a Google search of “Top eLearning courses” (the results point to all English learning courses). But English is only the third spoken language in the world. Localizing a course to Mandarin, Spanish, or Hindi will give any eLearning course a mind-boggling number of audiences. 

http://elearningindustry.com/localization-taking-elearning-beyond 

Culture of Learning

This is my MM7 presentation on WizIQ

Future of Education Halina MMVC15

My Hopes for the Future Education

"Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another." - G.K. Chesterton

My hope is that teachers will make learning personalized rather than standardized for everyone.
My hope allows to improve students’ creativity and teachers increase that natural curiosity with learners. Curiosity is the basis of innovation. Curiosity will power our world to progress.
My hope is that you charge the power of technology in thoughtful and incredible ways. Applied science can connect everyone, everywhere, at whatever time. We should use it to our advantage.
I hope for everyone to be able to discover the things you are passionate about.
I also hope that you have remarkable, encouraging educators and mentors who try groundbreaking and wild teaching techniques to help you grow as a learner.
My hope is you are ready for the challenges as well as the failure.
Making mistakes is a way to learn. It’s not about the disaster; it’s how you respond to the failure.
And finally my hope is that your school is different from most of the current transactional learning models, where the students are consumers of education.
Lastly, I hope for people to be just educational learners fitted in transformational learning approach with opportunity for active, creative and profound personal development. Education can take place anywhere and at anytime. It is not only about reading, writing, and learning mathematical practices.
Knowledge is wide-ranging. It’s breathing. Learning is the future.
“I am not a teacher, but an awakener.”
― Robert Frost
Halina Ostańkowicz – Bazan
July 2015

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