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This gallery is dedicated to winner schools that participated in Christmas Competition 2023!
We would like to, once again, congratulate and thank our participants for their efforts, hard-work and team building.
Teachers – we thank you for being part of this competition – we are proud of you for being educational treasure seekers.
Please see album of your school, down below:
13:00 – 14:00 session
17:00 – 18:00 session
01:30 – 02:30 session
Kateryna Protsenko is Head of Tutoring at Promova, a one-stop solution for all language learning needs. Having been in English language teaching for over 15 years, Kate has worked as a Cambridge CELTA / Delta trainer, materials writer, manager for several language learning organizations, and has co-authored an exam preparation coursebook. She is passionate about learning and teaching, loves a good challenge, and is constantly looking for ways to expand her horizons and pick up new ideas from various industries.
Get Involved! equips teenage students with the sense of excitement and appetite to explore the world ahead of them. It develops their linguistic skills and Super Skills, encouraging them to get involved in driving their future. The course also enables teachers to create an inclusive classroom where everyone reaches their potential and has an opportunity to shine.
Get Involved! equips teenage students with the sense of excitement and appetite to explore the world ahead of them. It develops their linguistic skills and Super Skills, encouraging them to get involved in driving their future. The course also enables teachers to create an inclusive classroom where everyone reaches their potential and has an opportunity to shine.
Source: Macmillan Education
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Language Hub is a 6-level general English course designed to connect people through English. With its well-balanced skills syllabus and range of engaging and modern topics, language comes alive and allows students to experience the joy of learning and communicating with others.
American Language Hub is a 6-level general English course for adult learners designed to connect people through English. It promotes effective communication and helps to build learners’ confidence with regular opportunities for meaningful practice.
Source: Macmillan Education
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English Book Education is pleased to announce Back to School Live Events from Macmillan Education.
This year Macmillan Education is hosting short and practical sessions live on Facebook. Each 20-minute session will look one of the key challenges, such as lost learning or re-building face-to-face connections.
Back to face-to-face classes? This webinar will explore ways to promote cohesion in your classes, between teacher and students and amongst the students themselves, with ideas for strengthening group dynamics.
Wednesday, 31 August, Tbilisi Time: 17:00
About the speaker
Jonathan Hadley has worked in English Language Teaching for over 25 years as an English teacher, teacher trainer and curriculum/materials writer.
In this short talk we’re going to explore some practical tips and techniques for helping learners identify and manage pressure and stress in a learning environment.
Friday, 2nd September, Tbilisi Time: 17:00
About the speaker
Kateryna Protsenko has been working in ELT for almost 9 years. She’s taught and trained teachers in Ukraine, Turkey, Lebanon and Thailand, and is now working as a Director of Academic and Teacher Training Departments at International Language Centre in Kyiv.
We will look at lesson planning tips for delivering hybrid lessons. This is for teachers teaching hybrid every day or using hybrid as an emergency measure.
Monday 5th September, Tbilisi Time: 17:00
About the speaker
Russell Stannard is the winner of 3 educational awards including the Times Higher ‘Outstanding Initiative in Technology’ and the British Council ‘ELTons Innovation Award’. Russell writes regular columns in the English Teaching Professional and has published widely in the area of feedback, collaboration and the use of screen capture.
We’ll look at how teachers and both their younger and older students can set reading and writing goals for themselves for the coming school year by writing a simple letter.
Wednesday, 7th September, Tbilisi Time: 17:00
About the speaker
Emma Heyderman has been involved in ELT since 1989 as a teacher, teacher trainer, and academic director, most recently for International House, San Sebastián. She runs workshops for local teachers and is a regular speaker at national and international events.
English Book Education is pleased to announce that the Advancing Learning Academic Programme Season 4 is finally coming to an end. Macmillan Education is offering the teaching community the chance to experience some of the best training from the season in the Advancing Learning: Fast-forward.
During the 90-minute Fast-forward event, there will be 3 sections (young learners, teenagers and adults), each containing 10 tips on the following areas:
25 May;
Tbilisi Time: 13:00
25 May;
Tbilisi Time: 17:00
English Book Education is pleased to announce that teach with Dave is back with a live event on 26th April and a brand new professional development space for you to learn, gain new skills and collect certificates along the way!
This practical sessions will examine how we can turn exam negatives into positives, helping our students not only to get excellent exam results but also to learn useful life skills and to remain fresh, keen and motivated learners of English.
The Teach with Dave event will be held on the 26th April two times a day at 13:00 Tbilisi time and 17:00 Tbilisi time.
Register for the session time that suits you best.
Tbilisi Time: 13:00
Tbilisi Time: 17:00
We are delighted to invite you to Advancing Learning Global Teachers’ Festival organised by Macmillan Education from 14th to 25th February 2022. With world-leading teacher training, live Q & A sessions, opportunities to meet other teachers and much more, we have plenty to help teachers around the world, no matter your context or location. All you need to do is register and enjoy the festival.
With topics such as teaching online, inclusion, sustainability in the classroom, global skills, learner autonomy and many many more, the Global Teachers’ Festival 2022 promises to be the ELT teacher development event of the year!
Session 1: Collaborative Learning: From Local to Global
By David Spencer
In this session we will look at how we can develop collaboration between individual students to former stronger groups. We will also see one way in which we can even get classes from different parts of the world working together on projects
Session 2a: Global Citizenship Education: what exactly is a global citizen?
By Matt Hayes
This session will look at the knowledge, skills and action Global Citizenship Education (GCE) seeks to instil in students. It will provide practical insights on bringing GCE into the ELT classroom, but also look at the type of citizen GCE aspires to. Are we looking for a generation of Gretas, Elons, or something more diverse and globally inclusive?
Session 2b: Gateway to the World Showcase and Q&A
By Super Huang / John Cruft, Laurie Salomon
Join this session to learn all there is to know about Macmillan Education’s course for Secondary learners, Gateway to the World.
Tbilisi Time: 14:00
Tbilisi Time: 18:00
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Session 1: Real life and the classroom: making language learning meaningful
By Rhona Snelling
What is the role of your students’ life experiences and knowledge in the classroom? In this webinar, Rhona Snelling explores the importance of incorporating your adult learners’ lives in lessons, and how this can be achieved. This interactive webinar will cover techniques and points to remember, and present practical classroom activities and ideas
Session 2a: Drama Scripts as a Tool in Language Practice
By Sirhajwan Idek
This session will explain how drama scripts can serve as a practical exercise for students to improve their language skills and artistic talents. It will specifically delve into script-based activities such as monologue, radio play and pantomime.
Session 2b: Speak Your Mind Showcase and Q&A
By Super Huang / John Cruft, Semih
Join this session to learn all there is to know about Macmillan Education’s course for Adult learners, Speak Your Mind.
Tbilisi Time: 14:00
Tbilisi Time: 18:00
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Session 1: Finding Peace in a Communicative Learning Environment
By Sarah Hillyard
This session looks at how teachers (and learners) can find themselves sliding into chaos in communicative classrooms. But don’t stress: we will take a positive stand and find solutions to those challenges! We will analyze what to do to create order out of chaos and find peace (not war).
Session 2a: Mindfulness to support teacher’s wellbeing and resilience in day-to-day work life.
By Karen Liebenguth
This Breathworks mindfulness workshop will help you deepen your understanding and practice of mindfulness to maintain good mental wellbeing and resilience.
In this workshop you will:
• understand your mind and thoughts
• learn how to better emotionally self-regulate
• three practices for day-to-day work life
Session 2b: Share it! Showcase and Q&A
By Del Spafford/ Rogelio Chacón
Join this session to learn all there is to know about Macmillan Education’s course for Pre-primary learners, Share it!
Tbilisi Time: 14:00
Tbilisi Time: 18:00
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Session 1: Skillful teaching for enhanced student engagement in study skills
By Stella Cottrell
Stella will consider the importance of continuing study skills development throughout the student journey. She will explore inter-related steps teachers can take to make study skills more effective, especially through harnessing peer power to boost motivation, reflection and engagement.
Session 2a: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – the new kid in town?
By Zarina Subhan
Meaningful and successful communication cannot occur without understanding and
acceptance, which means we need to welcome differences in the classroom. This
includes differences in learning.
This session will look at how diversity, equity, and inclusion can help us to meet our students’ needs.
Session 2b: Skillful 2nd ed. Showcase and Q&A
By Semih Irfaner/ Lilian Breton
Join this session to learn all there is to know about Macmillan Education’s course for Adult learners, Skillful 2nd ed.
Tbilisi Time: 14:00
Tbilisi Time: 18:00
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Session 1: A toolkit for building student confidence in exam preparation courses
By Ethan Mansur
This practical talk will explore three effective tools for helping students build confidence in exam preparation courses: 1) differentiation, 2) familiarity with exam conditions (not just exam tasks), and 3) peer and self-assessment, using examples from “Ready for B2 First” and “Ready for C1 Advanced”
Session 2a: Towards Better Informed Assessment Online and Offline;
By Lemmy Trujillo
As we all know, traditional, pre-pandemic ways of learner assessment have come under a lot of pressure when confronted with the realities of on-line teaching. So, let’s put together the lessons learnt. Which strategies, forms, and types of assessment should be focused on, in both on-line and off-line contexts? Come along for ideas and super practical tips on how to enrich your repertoire of assessment techniques, task types and tools.
Session 2b: Ready For Series Showcase and Q&A
By Joel Wotton, Alejandra Ottolina & Mark Arthur
Join this session to learn all there is to know about Macmillan Education’s course for Adult learners, Ready for series.
Tbilisi Time: 14:00
Tbilisi Time: 18:00
English Book Education is pleased to invite you to another professional development event organised by Macmillan Education.
Lesson outcomes are descriptions of the specific knowledge, skills or expertise that the student will get from a lesson. In this webinar, we will explore why lesson outcomes greatly benefit both teachers and students, how to identify and write effective lesson outcomes, and a number of activities – including examples from Macmillan Education’s course Language Hub.
Teachers will go away from the webinar with a clear understanding of what lesson outcomes are, why they are important and a number of tried-and-tested activities to critically and creatively develop lesson outcomes.
27 January; 14:00 Tbilisi Time
27 January; 18:00 Tbilisi Time
About the Speaker
Kieran Donaghy is a freelance award-winning writer, international conference speaker and trainer. He is the author of books for students and teachers of English as a foreign language. His publications include Film in Action (Delta Publishing), Writing Activities for Film (ELT Teacher2Writer) and Video, The Image in ELT (ELT Council) and Language Hub (Macmillan). He trains teachers in Barcelona and online at his specialist teacher development institute, The School for Training. His website Film English has won a British Council ELTons Award, an English Speaking Union Award and the MEDEA Award. He is the founder of The Image Conference and co-founder of the Visual Arts Circle.
Language is crucial to a young child’s development, for communicating, for building relationships and for making sense of the world.
As Loris Malaguzzi said, “There are infinite ways that children can express, explore and connect their thoughts, feelings and imaginings.”
In this webinar, Lucy Crichton will follow this beautiful journey, and look at ways we can help and support children in acquiring a rich and diverse language skill set. By using age appropriate input and careful scaffolding, we can strengthen children’s spoken output bringing them confidence and autonomy.
About the Speaker
Lucy Crichton graduated in Drama, Art and Design and Teaching English as a Foreign Language. She has been a teacher for 28 years and during that time have also been involved in teacher training. She writes for the primary classroom and these projects have taken me to countries in South America, Europe and Asia. Lucy is the founder of The Secret Garden English School in Florianopolis, where she teaches children and teenagers with a focus on living the language through practical projects, music art, drama, gardening and cooking. Brazil is her adopted home.