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Invitation to two exciting IATEFL webinars

We would like to invite you to two fantastic free IATEFL webinars taking place in the next couple of weeks.

On Thursday 29th April at 11:00 UK time, Silvana Richardson will be presenting the next session in our Career Guides programme, 'How to move from being a teacher to becoming a teacher trainer.'

Then on Saturday 8th May at 15:00 UK time, Dolon Gupta will be presenting a session on ‘Listening skills in the 21st century‘ as part of our IATEFL monthly webinar programme.

For more information about these professional development opportunities and details on how you can register, please keep reading!

"How to move from being a teacher to becoming a teacher trainer" presented by Silvana Richardson

Part of the IATEFL Career Guides Programme

Date: Thursday 29th April

Time: 11:00 UK time (check the time in your location)

Silvana will be discussing the major disruption caused by the COVID pandemic to our personal and professional lives which has led many teachers to question whether they want to go back to doing the same thing in the same way. Perhaps you are considering what to do next and wondering whether a career in teacher training might be for you.

In this webinar, we’ll explore what this change – moving from teacher to teacher of teachers - might mean for you. We will consider the reasons why teachers might want to become teachers of teachers, what you already bring to the role as a language teacher, how you can become a teacher trainer in your context, what you can do to find out if you are ready for the role, and how to develop the expertise to prepare for it.
Presenter: Silvana Richardson

Silvana Richardson is Head of Education at Bell Educational Services, Academic Director at Bell Teacher Academy and Strategic Education Advisor at the Bell Foundation. She has been involved in English Language Teaching and Language Teacher Education for over three decades, working in different sectors and contexts as EFL, ESOL, ESP and MFL teacher, teacher educator, trainer and mentor of teacher educators and school leaders in the state and public sectors in primary, secondary, further and higher education institutions the UK and abroad, academic manager, quality assurance inspector, conference speaker and author. Her current interests include impactful design of teacher education programmes and sustainable staff learning and development.
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"Listening skills in the 21st century" presented by Dolon Gupta

Date: Saturday 8th May

Time: 15:00 UK time (check the time in your location)

This webinar will start by looking at how listening is currently handled in classrooms, then move to the larger context of listening before focusing on how we can incorporate this important skill into classroom activities.

This webinar will examine some of the following questions:

  • What is the value of listening skills in the communication chain? How much time is dedicated to developing receptive skills in a language class as compared to productive skills? What factors do Listening Assessments test? 
  • There are Toast Master Clubs and Reading Clubs but we don’t really hear of Listening Clubs. Are there any brownie points to be earned by listening? How is social media impacting listening? According to World Economic Forum 2016 predictions, Active Listening was no longer supposed to be one of the Top Ten Skills for 2020. It had featured in earlier lists. What does its removal signify? 
  • How is Listening going to manifest in the 21st century? How should it be positioned and what kind of activities can be used in classrooms to develop it? 
Presenter: Dolon Gupta

Dolon Gupta has a broad experience with academic institutes and corporate houses. After having worked at curriculum design, content building, faculty development and teaching at language institutes and universities, she moved to a corporate role at Tata Consultancy Services where Dolon was appointed the Global Head of the function "Culture and Language Initiatives.” The primary task was providing training solutions to enhance collaboration and productivity of its 400,000+ workforce comprising 100+ nationalities and languages. She has direct experience in working on integration projects of a multilingual and multi-cultural workforce across counties in Latin America, North America, Europe, Middle East and Asia. 

At present, Dolon is an independent business consultant specializing in articulation in English, intercultural communication, acquisition of natural languages and soft skills. 
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Important information

As an IATEFL member, please register using the email address connected to your IATEFL membership.

This session will take place using the Zoom platform and joining instructions will be sent to you via email once you have registered.

These live webinars are open for all IATEFL members and are free of charge. Recordings will be provided to IATEFL members and can be accessed by logging in to the IATEFL member dashboard and clicking on 'resources'. A certificate of attendance will only be available for the session with Dolon Gupta.

To stay up to date with all the webinars IATEFL runs, please keep checking our website. New events are always being added and we currently have a fantastic selection lined up for the next few months.

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