#Englishbookeducation – Blog EBE https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg English Book Education Mon, 17 Oct 2022 12:24:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-English-Book-Education-Symbol-02-32x32.png #Englishbookeducation – Blog EBE https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg 32 32 NGL Conference: English Teachers’ Day for Georgia https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/ngl-conference-english-teachers-day-for-georgia/ Thu, 13 Oct 2022 13:44:17 +0000 http://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/?p=16021

You are now one click away from registering for our special in-person event for Teachers in Georgia

We’re holding a unique event for teachers in Georgia, to help bring some new ideas to your classrooms, whether that be in person or online!

5th November

Tbilisi Time: 10:00

Event Location

English Book Education HQ 

Vepkhistkaosani street 92, 3 m/r,

Didi Dighomi, Tbilisi 

Contact : 599 220 837

The Certificate costs 20 Gel

 

10:00 - 10:20

Introduction - Tim Pearse & Mikheil Gurgenidze

10:20 - 11:10

Visible Thinking Routines in the English Language Classroom - Alex Warren - Senior ELT Academic Consultant, National Geographic Learning

11:10 - 11:25

Break

11:25 - 12:15

No Word Is An Island: the importance of word partnerships - Alex Warren - Senior ELT Academic Consultant, National Geographic Learning

12:15 - 12:30

Questions & Answers - Tim Pearse & Mikheil Gurgenidze

12:30

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Summer Reading Challenge https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/summer-reading-challenge/ Mon, 20 Jun 2022 07:36:08 +0000 http://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/?p=15922

English Book Education, Macmillan Education-თან თანამშრომლობის ფარგლებში, იწყებს ვიდეოკონკურსს: Summer Reading Challenge

22 ივნისიდან 1 თვის განმავლობაში ჩაერთეთ საზაფხულო გამოწვევაში, მოსწავლესთნ ერთად შეარჩიეთ საკითხავი ლიტერატურა და შექმენით წიგნის ახალი დასასრული.

Summer Reading Challenge-ში მონაწილეობა შეუძლიათ ინგლისური ენის პედაგოგებსა და მათ მოსწავლეებს, რომლებსაც მხატვრული ლიტერატურის კითხვა უყვართ და მზად არიან, ცოტა ხნით თვითონ გახდნენ ავტორები.

როგორ ჩავერთოთ გამოწვევაში?

სად შევიძინოთ საკითხავი ლიტერატურა?

როგორ შეფასდება ნამუშევრები?

ამ და სხვა დეტალებზე ინფორმაციისთვის, ეწვიეთ ჩვენს ვებგვერდს:

ვიდეოკონკურსში მონაწილეობისთვის, პედაგოგმა უნდა აირჩიოს ჩვენ მიერ შემოთავაზებული ადაპტირებული ინგლისურენოვანი ლიტერატურა და წააკითხოს თავის მოსწავლეს, მოსწავლესთან ერთად მოიფიქროს წაკითხული ტექსტის ალტერნატიული დასასრული, რომელსაც  ვიდეოს სახით მოგვითხრობს მოსწავლე ინგლისურ ენაზე; 

ვიდეოკონკურსში მონაწილეობის მიღება შეუძლიათ ინგლისური ენის პედაგოგებსა და მათ მოსწავლეებს (ასაკი არ არის შეზღუდული) მთელი საქართველოს მასშტაბით; ვიდეო შეგიძლიათ გადაიღოთ თქვენთვის მოსახერხებელი ნებისმიერი მოწყობილობით.

კონკურსის წესების დეტალურად სანახავად მიჰყევით ბმულს:

კონკურსში მონაწილეობის მისაღებად:

საკონკურსო ვიდეო გამოგვიგზავნეთ მითითებულ მეილზე: englishbookteam@englishbook.ge

საკონკურსო ნამუშევრების გამოგზავნის ბოლო ვადაა 25 ივლისი!

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LIGHTS. CAMERA. ACTION – Ensuring successful Speaking Activities In The Classroom https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/lights-camera-action-ensuring-successful-speaking-activities-in-the-classroom/ Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:04:47 +0000 http://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/?p=15631 National Geographic Learning Webinar. Alex Warren

English Book Education is pleased to announce an exclusive professional development webinar from National Geographic Learning’s Senior ELT Academic Consultant, Alex Warren. The webinar will be held online on the 18th of March.

Getting students to successfully complete speaking tasks in the English language classroom can be a challenge. But are we giving them everything they need to be successful? Do they even know what success looks like?

18th March 2022 at 5pm Tbilisi time

What will you take away from the event?

As well as new practical ideas for your classroom you will also receive a unique certificate of attendance and session recordings after the event.

Alex is a DELTA trained teacher trainer with over 18 years experience of working in ELT as a teacher, teacher trainer & academic director. He has presented in over 35 countries.

Using examples from National Geographic Learning series, including Life and Pathways, in this session we will look at ways in which we can help learners complete speaking tasks as successfully as possible.

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Mark Twain Competition https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/mark-twain-competition/ Wed, 24 Nov 2021 12:06:36 +0000 http://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/?p=14716

English Book Education, Macmillan Education – თან ერთად გთავაზობთ ექსკლუზიურ გათამაშებას ინგლისური ენის მასწავლებლებისა და მოსწავლეებისთვის.

30 ნოემბერს მარკ ტვენის დაბადების დღეა

მიუძღვენით გაკვეთილი ყველასთვის საყვარელ პერსონაჟებს ტომს სოიერსა და ჰეკლბერი ფინს და მიიღეთ პრიზები თქვენთვის და თქვენი მოსწავლეებისთვის:

  • მასწავლებლებლები დასაჩუქრდებიან  Macmillan Education-ის აქტივობების ნაკრებითა და სერტიფიკატით;
  • კლასის ყველა მოსწავლეს გადაეცემა Macmillan Education-ის სერტიფიკატი;

როგორ ჩავერთოთ გათამაშებაში:

  • წარმოიდგინეთ, რომ ტომ სოიერი და ჰეკლბერი ფინი 21-ე საუკუნეში ცხოვრობენ;
  • გაკვეთილზე შექმენით პოსტერი, რომელზეც ასახული იქნება ამ ორი პერსონაჟის Facebook გვერდები და პრეზენტაციის სახით წარუდგინეთ თქვენს კლასს; (იხილეთ მაგალითი)
  • ატვირთეთ გაკვეთილის ამსახველი ფოტო თქვენს პირად Facebook გვერდზე, მონიშნეთ English Book Education და გამოგვივზავნეთ ფოტო პირად შეტყობინებაში.

გათამაშება დასრულდება 1- ელ დეკემბერს, 18:00 საათზე;

იხილეთ Facebook პოსტერის მაგალითი:

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Pearson Autumn Festival https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/pearson-autumn-festival/ Wed, 13 Oct 2021 05:57:21 +0000 http://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/?p=14442 Technologies and Solutions – Challenges of Hybrid Teaching and Learning

English Book Education has a great pleasure to invite you to Pearson Autumn Festival another professional development event revolving around new generation of learners and challenges we face educating them.

Join us on October 20, 2021

Tbilisi Time: 12:45 – 13:45

Dr. Agnieszka Cyluk

“Meet the modern learner – how to teach and reach the new generation of learners”

Modern learners expect learning that is personalised, relevant, and interactive. In this session, we will look at the characteristics of the new generation of students and explore different ways of using technology to teach and reach the modern learners. We will discuss how to adapt your pedagogy to meet the needs of your digital students, help them learn how they learn best and give them voice and choice in their learning process.

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Tbilisi Time: 14:00 – 15:00

Magdalena Kania

“Lessons that really work – how to make your students flourish”

Learning a language is not linear. Learners go through different phases when their learning goes smoothly and moments when they get stuck. What I have noticed throughout my teaching career, learners can get discouraged by the downs. However, with proper tools and well-designed lessons we can help them to overcome the challenges and give them a lot of support in developing as learners.

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Tbilisi Time: 15:15 – 16:15

Bartek Janiak

“Assessment as part of a learning journey”

Learning is a journey, but not an easy one. There are tests, mentors, friends, and foes along the way. All important, all to serve a purpose. All aimed at helping students to progress. Assessment plays a key role in this process, and when introduced appropriately, helps rather than hinders progress. Join us to discover the possibilities of the Pearson assessment portfolio and find the best fit for your teaching reality.

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Each participant will receive the certificate of attendance and a digital conference pack.

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NGL Webinar: Heads or Tails? Making the blended classroom work for you https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/online-webinar-heads-or-tails/ Fri, 08 Oct 2021 11:53:39 +0000 http://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/?p=14431

Join National Geographic Learning event exclusively for Georgia!

With the move to online teaching over the past 18 months, the flipped classroom model as a way of facilitating a blended approach has grown in popularity. Indeed, it could be argued that it is a necessity to ensure successful learning in an online environment. In this session we’ll start by defining what exactly we mean by a blended classroom and the benefits that using a flipped approach can have. We’ll then look at how this can work on a practical basis with examples taken from National Geographic Learning’s Life 2nd Ed. and Perspectives series.

See the details of  Heads or Tails? event exclusively for teachers in Georgia below:

When: 5th November

Tbilisi Time: 17:00

Speaker

Alex Warren

National Geographic Learning


Find out more about National Geographic Learning titles

Perspectives is a four-skills series that teaches learners to think critically and to develop the language skills they need to find their own voice in English. The carefully-guided language lessons, real-world stories, and TED Talks motivate learners to think creatively and communicate effectively. In Perspectives, learners develop an open mind, a critical eye and a clear voice. Every unit explores one idea from different perspectives, encouraging learners to evaluate new information, develop their own opinions and ideas, and express those ideas confidently in English.

Bring the world to your classroom with Life, Second Edition, a six-level integrated-skills series with grammar and vocabulary for young adult and adult English language learners. Through stunning National Geographic content, video, and engaging topics, Life inspires a generation of informed decision-makers. With Life, learners develop their ability to think critically and communicate effectively in the global community.

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Advancing Learning Roundtable Discussion: Education for Sustainable Development and Citizenship https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/advancing-learning-roundtable-discussion-education-for-sustainable-development-and-citizenship/ Fri, 08 Oct 2021 06:19:27 +0000 http://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/?p=14415

English Book Education is pleased to announce that Macmillan Education is starting the 4th season of the Advancing Learning Academic Programme and orginising Advancing Learning Roundtable Discussion: Education for Sustainable Development and Citizenship on the 28th of October

Educators play an important role in shaping young minds to create a fairer and more sustainable vision for our future. In this special roundtable discussion, the speakers will be addressing issues such as diversity, sustainability and global citizenship in an ELT context, while exploring ways in which teachers can implement these important areas into their teaching.

Register now to join in the discussion:

About the Speakers

Zarina Subhan originally qualified as a scientist, she has been working in the field of ELT for over 30 years. She has taught at all levels, in both private and government institutions and worked worldwide as a teacher and teacher educator. Having worked in the science, educational and development sectors, her interests are the neurology of learning; CLIL; continuing professional development for teachers; inclusive and sustainable education.

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Harry Waters has been involved in English teaching for over 14 years. His passion for teaching and obsession with the planet led him to create Renewable English an online English course, providing free classes and materials aimed at raising climate change awareness across the globe. Harry is also a passionate teacher trainer. He describes himself as an imperfect environmentalist with a love of flags and funky second-hand shirts.

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Matthew Hayes, BA (Oxon), MA (SOAS), is a doctoral researcher at the Institute of Education in London. His current research concerns Global Citizenship Education in English language textbooks and he has previously written on Robert Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Matthew is also Managing Director of Lean Library, the library services provider owned by SAGE Publishing. 

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Mariela Gil holds a Master’s degree in TESOL and a dual Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics and Psychology from the University of Southern California. She taught ESL in the U.S. and EFL in Thailand and Mexico before joining Macmillan Education. During her career in publishing, Mariela has held the positions of Academic Consultant, Field Editor, Commissioning Editor, and currently, Publisher for the American English Pre-Primary and Primary segment and Global Methodologies.

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Jessica Gedamu drives Springer Nature’s global diversity, equity and inclusion strategy as Director Global DEI. Before joining Springer Nature in 2018, Jessica worked as a DEI consultant, trainer/facilitator and project leader and supported companies in various industries in change processes towards more diversity in leadership. Jessica earned a BSc and M.A. in International Business Administration in Rotterdam and Berlin, as well as an M.A. in Gender and Diversity Competence from Freie Universität Berlin.

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Gateway 2nd Edition https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/gateway-2nd-edition/ Thu, 30 Sep 2021 11:24:25 +0000 http://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/?p=14400 Learning for life

Gateway 2nd edition is a 7-level course that leads teenage students to success in exams while equipping them with strong English language skills and knowledge they will need for further study and the world of work.

Praised for its clear and logical structure, Gateway 2nd Edition develops grammar, vocabulary and the four skills in a balanced way so that students can instantly use language in real-life communication. It offers a comprehensive and easy to implement approach to life skills training, enabling teenagers to thrive in the 21st century world. In addition, a thorough exam preparation programme improves students’ chances for better scores in school-leaving or international exams.

Key features

  • Practising teacher and best-selling author David Spencer, who works with teenagers every day, draws on his first-hand experience to provide practical solutions for motivating students and making teaching effective.
  • Life skills videos and tasks, covering topics such as Personal and Physical well-being, Citizenship or Social skills help to prepare teenagers for life outside the classroom.
  • The innovative Flipped Classroom videos, which students can watch before class, feature grammar presentations by the author, allowing teachers to find more time in the lessons to focus on real-life communication and add variety to their teaching.
  • Exam-style activities accompanied by the Exam Success tips provide numerous practice opportunities and ensure an in-depth understanding of the requirements.
  • The Gateway to Exams sections allow students to revise the exam techniques they have learnt and practise typical exam tasks, thus making them confident to take their exam successfully.

Student’s Book Premium Pack

The Student’s Book Premium Pack contains the print Student’s Book with a strong exams focus and exams task familiarisation throughout the Student’s Book. Access code to the Online Workbook and the Student’s Resource Centre which includes the Class audio, Workbook audio, Life skills and Flipped classroom videos and a downloadable Macmillan Reader.

Workbook

The Workbook mirrors the Student’s Book in its organisation, providing a wealth of extra grammar and vocabulary exercises and opportunities to practise reading, listening, speaking and writing. It also offers higher-level material in the form of Grammar challenge and Vocabulary extension exercises, particularly useful for mixed ability classes.

Digital Student’s Book and Online Workbook

Gateway 2nd edition leads teenagers to success in exams and prepares them for further study. This fully digital solution gives access to the Digital Student’s Book and Student’s Resource Centre with Life skills and Flipped classroom videos, Culture worksheets and a Macmillan Reader. The Online Workbook includes interactive activities and audio.

Teacher’s Book Premium Pack

The Teacher’s Book includes  a flexible Teacher’s eBook to allow for on screen lesson preparation,
access to the Teacher’s Resource Centre, Presentation Kit, Test Generator and digital student components. The Teacher’s Book includes teaching notes, teacher development sections with ideas for developing learning strategies and exam preparation.

Fully flexible course

If you teach remotely or would like to add an online learning element to your face to face classes, we have reconfigured and enhanced this course with digital components, making it ready for any scenario. The listing below shows you all of the components available for this course.

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Buy this book at English Book Education Bookshop:

Address:

Tbilisi 14 Chavchvavadze Avenue; 92 Vepkhistkaosani Street, 3 m/r Didi Dighomi, Tbilisi, Georgia

Batumi: Brothers Zubalashvili and Baratashvili Street

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Focus 2nd edition https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/focus-2nd-edition/ Wed, 29 Sep 2021 06:29:25 +0000 http://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/?p=14387

Focus Second Edition is an even richer version of the best-selling English language learning series for upper secondary students. The new course retains the best of the first edition – a unique vocabulary building program and the 3Ms methodology. It enhances this with BBC video content and more thorough Use of English preparation, to offer everything teachers and students need to achieve success, in and out of the classroom.

With Focus Second Edition students will be motivated and engaged by the authentic content; they will be strong in all language and life skills, and prepared well for achieving great exam results.

Responding to students’ and teachers’ needs

Focus Second Edition retains what students and teachers highly valued in the first edition, and enhances it with authentic video content, including BBC videos and Focus vlogs.

This valuable, up-to-date content, along with plenty of new ideas and improvements, make the new edition a perfect fit for today’s teenagers and their busy teachers.

What’s new

  • New authentic BBC videos: 41 new, natural-language videos accompanied by video worksheets
  • New Focus Grammar Vlog videos: 32 new grammar vlogs with corresponding worksheets
  • New vocabulary and reading lessons: up-to-date content with themes and topics students will be interested in
  • More Use of English: extended opportunities for Use of English practice across all components
  • More writing practice: extended writing section for more contextualized and thorough practice
  • More speaking and personalization activities: clearly signposted personalized speaking activities for more targeted practice
  • More listening practice: more audio recordings provide increased opportunities to practice listening comprehension and receptive skills
The 3Ms methodology

Focus Second Edition is built upon motivation, memory and meaning: three principles that are specifically relevant to teenage learners. This reliable, tried and tested approach has been revised to deliver what today’s students need.

The new edition has been fully upgraded with many new features to make the content memorable, the themes meaningful and the learning process motivating.

Solid exam preparation

Focus Second Edition is a tried-and-tested series that gives your students the practice they need to succeed in their national and popular international English exams.

It provides students with regular opportunities to try exam-style tasks, tips and strategies available across all course components. Teachers can benefit from a thorough Assessment Package that includes a wide range of tests which can be used at different points in the course.

Students can use a Student’s Book with extra digital activities and resources, accompanied by a paper workbook. They can also choose a Student’s Book with Online Practice, extra digital activities and resources, where the workbook is available in the online format, providing interactive activities, instant feedback and automatic grading.

Teachers use the print version of the Teacher’s Book and also get access to course digital resources including presentation tool, teacher’s resources, assessment package or “How to Teach with Focus Second Edition” videos.

  • Student’s Book audio and video
  • Workbook audio
  • accessed via a code in the Student’s Book
  • Assessment Package (including tests for dyslexic students)
  • photocopiable resources
  • Student’s Book and Workbook audio
  • course video
  • exam mapping booklets for PTE and Cambridge exams

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Buy this book at English Book Education Bookshop;

Address:

Tbilisi 14 Chavchvavadze Avenue; 92 Vepkhistkaosani Street, 3 m/r Didi Dighomi, Tbilisi, Georgia

Batumi: Brothers Zubalashvili and Baratashvili Street

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Language Hub https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/language-hub/ Tue, 28 Sep 2021 06:36:35 +0000 http://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/?p=14375 Take the complexity out of teaching English

Language Hub is a 6-level general English course for adult learners which takes the complexity out of teaching English. At its core is a well-balanced skills syllabus with clear learning outcomes using a range of interesting topics, and a functional language strand presented through an entertaining video series.

All lessons in Language Hub are designed to build learners’ confidence in a variety of situations and producing them has never been easier. The Teacher’s Book makes lesson preparation intuitive using annotated ‘teach-off-the-page’ lessons supported by tips and ideas taken from the award-winning Macmillan Books for Teachers.

Key features

  • Language Hub is easy to use in a variety of teaching situations due to its firm pedagogic foundation, and syllabus aligned to the revised CEFR.
  • Comprehensive video content includes engaging ‘sitcom’ series providing realistic models for learners’ own language production, and additional authentic video content from The Guardian offering further input for practice.
  • The Writing lessons in the Student’s Book help learners improve their communicative writing skills and cover a range of genres aligned to the topic in each unit of the course.
  • The Student’s App offers learners quick and flexible practice when and where they need it, and also provides exposure to target language for class preparation and consolidation.
  • The Teacher’s App has a simple-to-use Classroom Presentation Kit that helps to deliver truly engaging lessons.

Student’s Book with Student’s App

The Student’s Book has a robust skills, grammar and vocabulary syllabus with clear learning outcomes aligned to the revised CEFR. The Student’s App allows learners to practice on-the-go with over 300 activities designed to offer quick and flexible practice. It also includes access to the Digital Student’s Book for face-to-face or online classes.

Workbook with Key + access to Audio

The Workbook provides additional support for the Student’s Book with activities covering the course language, vocabulary and skills. This comes with the Answer Key and access to the Student Resource Centre for the audio files. It also includes access to the Digital Workbook.

Digital Student’s Book with Student’s App and Digital Workbook

Language Hub has a well-balanced skills syllabus and includes a functional language strand with an entertaining video series. This fully digital version enables teachers to take teaching online instantly and confidently. It includes the Digital Student’s Book, Digital Workbook and access to activities through the Student’s App.

Teacher’s Book with App

The Teacher’s Book includes a flexible Teacher’s eBook to allow for on screen lesson preparation. The Teacher’s App provides everything in one place including; the Classroom Presentation Kit, audio and video resources, photocopiables, Test Generator, and access to the content of the Student’s App.

Student’s App

The Student’s App offers learners quick and flexible practice opportunities when and where they need it, and also provides exposure to target language for class preparation and consolidation. There are over 300 extra activities at each level.

Teacher’s App

The Teacher’s App helps to deliver content in a simple-to-use lesson pathway designed for easy presentation and truly engaging lessons.

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Buy this book at English Book Education Bookshop:

Address:

Tbilisi 14 Chavchvavadze Avenue; 92 Vepkhistkaosani Street, 3 m/r Didi Dighomi, Tbilisi, Georgia

Batumi: Brothers Zubalashvili and Baratashvili Street

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