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.

We are delighted to announce that English Book Education is organising an online preparation course for TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test).

The course is designed to prepare teachers for TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test). The course is for teachers, who wish to refresh and extend their teaching knowledge. It is a 2-month course and includes 18 lessons focused on preparing participants for all the three modules. The course aims to introduce participants to the test structure, the main current theories and approaches, concepts and terms about teaching and learning that are central to TKT. After completing each module, they will write a practice test which gives them opportunities to do sample test tasks and become familiar with the format of the test.

Quick Facts

Who is TKT Preparation Course for?

TKT is suitable for teachers of English in primary, secondary or adult teaching contexts and is intended for an international audience of non-first language or first language teachers of English. This preparation course and TKT itself can be taken by:

• Pre-service teachers;
• New and experienced teachers;
• Teachers who teach primary, secondary or adult learners;
• Teachers who wish to refresh and extend their teaching knowledge;
• Teachers who need a globally recognised certificate.

Why Attend the Course?

• To become familiar with the format and style of the TKT exam;
• To get introduced to the main current ELT theories and approaches;
• To get introduced to the concept and terms about teaching and learning;
• To build your confidence in teaching;
• To step forward in your professional development as teachers;
• To move onto higher-level teaching qualifications;
• To get an internationally recognised qualification.

Selected trainer: Nata Gugushvili

This training course will be conducted by Nata Gugushvili, an experienced EFL teacher and trainer.

Nata is an English Language teacher and ELT trainer with more than 20 years of experience. She started working for English Book Education in 2015 as an English language teacher for Ilia State University project. Nowadays, Nata cooperates with English Book Education in terms of delivering various training sessions.

How to apply

Step 1: Fill out the registration form:

Step 2: A representative of English Book Education will contact you to confirm the registration

Look through the Brochure: