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Vaughan Jones
has been involved in English language teaching, training and materials writing for over 30 years. He has lived and worked in France, Japan and Spain and given workshops to teachers all over the world. He is co-author, with Sue Kay, of various course books including the Inside Out series for Macmillan and Focus, published by Pearson. He lives near Oxford where he divides his time between materials development, teaching and a hectic family life.
Session 1
Bring your learning into FOCUS – by Vaughan Jones
In our experience, students learn best when a lesson combines motivating material with memorable exposure to language through a series of meaningful tasks. Motivation, Memory and Meaning – ‘the 3 Ms’ – are therefore the foundation stones of FOCUS, our new upper secondary course. This practical session will explore ways in which topics, texts and tasks can reflect these priorities and help teachers to create the optimum classroom conditions for learning to take place.
Phil Warwick
is a qualified teacher trainer who has been involved in language teaching for over 20 years, working in many countries including Brazil, China, Italy and Argentina. He is currently Director of Teaching for a private language school in the Czech Republic, Academic Co-ordinator for Embassy Summer schools in the UK and Academic Manager for English courses at Ilia State University in Tbilisi, Georgia. He is a speaking examiner for international exams and has taught on several CELTA courses and regularly delivers presentations and workshops for Pearson.
Session 2
Let’s get them talking – placing emphasis on production – by Philip Warwick There’s always a feeling that students still see English as a content driven subject with lots of words and grammatical structures to learn and a course book to follow and be tested on, sometimes getting them to see English as a skill, a device to get them communicating and a tool to aid their progress through tertiary education. In this session we’ll look at some practical activities we can use to get the students using English in the classroom and focusing on improving their productive skills.
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