{"id":6383,"date":"2018-03-19T14:42:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T10:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/?p=6383"},"modified":"2018-03-19T14:53:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T10:53:10","slug":"pearson-elt-training-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/pearson-elt-training-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearson ELT Training"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”6386″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Vaughan Jones<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Session 1<\/strong>
\nBring your learning into FOCUS \u2013 by Vaughan Jones
\nIn 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 \u2013 \u2018the 3 Ms\u2019 \u2013 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.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”6387″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Phil Warwick<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Session 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s get them talking \u2013 placing emphasis on production \u2013 by Philip Warwick There\u2019s 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\u2019ll look at some practical activities we can use to get the students using English in the classroom and focusing on improving their productive skills.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]