Macmillan Teachers` Day

TOM SPAIN
Real conversation in class
(ESO & Bachillerato)
PRIZE DRAW
EMMA MOHAMED
Keeping it real
(10 to 12-year-olds)
To be held at
Palexco - El Palacio de Exposiciones
y Congresos
Muelle de Transatlánticos s/n
15003 - A Coruña
Once again Macmillan ELT are delighted to invite you to the
training highlight of the year – the Macmillan Teachers’ Day
which will take place at Palexco – El Palacio de Exposiciones
y Congresos, A Coruña on Saturday 27th April, 2013.
Macmillan
Teachers’ Day
A Coruña
th
Saturday 27 April 2013
At the Macmillan Teachers’ Day our principal aim is to offer
you practical training workshops that are designed to reflect
current teaching contexts, enabling you to keep up-to-date
with the latest innovations. You will take away with you
sound activities and ideas that you can use directly in your
classrooms.
As the Macmillan Teachers’ Day is extremely popular, we
encourage you to reserve your place as soon as possible.
To make registration easier, we have an online registration
process. You can reserve your place by visiting Events on
the Macmillan website: www.macmillanelt.es/teacherdevelopment/events/ and submitting the online registration
form. Once you have registered you will receive an email
confirmation.
Alternatively, you can phone or send an email to the local
office, stating your full name, school and the sessions you
would like to attend.
Web: www.macmillanelt.es/teacher-development/events/
Tel: 981 20 89 87
Email: [email protected]
We hope to see you there!
Best wishes,
13.30
12.10-13.30
11.35-12.10
11.25-11.35
10.00-11.25
Dear Teachers,
Website: www.macmillanelt.es
Tel: 981 20 89 87
Email: [email protected]
WILL VARNEY
The three Cs: Content, culture
and language competence
(6 to 7-year-olds)
BRUNCH & BOOK EXHIBITION
PRODUCT PRESENTATION
STEVEN MUIR
Telly learning
(ESO & Bachillerato)
ELLA HUMPHREYS
From story to creative
art and crafts
(8 to 9-year-olds)
REBECCA PLACE
Techniques for
telling tales
(3 to 7-year-olds)
ROOM 3
ESO & Bachillerato
ROOM 2
2nd & 3rd cycle Primary
ROOM 1
Infants & 1st cycle Primary
REGISTRATION
9.30 -10.00
Macmillan Teachers’ Day
A Coruña
To reserve a place
José Luis Bugallal Marchesi, 20 - 1º Dcha
15008 A Coruña
Tel. 981 20 89 87 • Fax 981 21 12 30
[email protected]
Gabriel Botana
Regional Manager
Louise Connolly
Head of Teacher Training
Speakers
Speakers
Sessions
Ella Humphreys
Rebecca Place
Ella Humphreys holds a degree in Art History and
Rebecca has been teaching English for over 20
Architecture and a Post Graduate Certificate of
years in a wide variety of educational contexts.
Education specializing in art and English. Before
She currently works for the British Council Bilbao
moving to Spain, Ella taught at Secondary level in
as Teacher Trainer and Parent Communication
Wales. She now lives in Santiago de Compostela
Coordinator, and on a bilingual project teaching
where she has been teaching art and English to
Synthetic Phonics to infants (2 to 5-year-olds).
children of all ages for the past 10 years. Ella loves
Rebecca
her job and is constantly looking for ways to inspire
storyteller.
is
also
Sessions
ROOM 1 - Infants & 1st cycle Primary
an
experienced
children’s
and foster creativity in and outside the classroom.
Tom Spain
Techniques for telling tales
Rebecca Place (3 to 7-year-olds)
Telling stories is an excellent way to involve and engage
the interest of children, and an unsurpassable tool for
presenting and practising everything from intonation
patterns and lexis to effective language-learning
strategies. Using some Macmillan children’s stories, a
range of useful techniques for getting the most out
of your listeners will be demonstrated, together with
practical ideas for carrying out story related activities.
Emma Mohamed
Tom has been teaching English for over 20 years
Emma is a qualified British Primary school teacher
and has spent the last 15 years at the British Council
The Three Cs: content, culture
and language competence
and TEFL teacher. After teaching in Britain, she
in Madrid designing and teaching courses for
(6-7-year-olds)
came to Spain. She has taught in San Sebastian
learners of all levels. He is fascinated by the themes
and Barcelona, specializing in younger learners.
of motivation and group dynamics and, because of
Since 2004, she has worked in Frederic Mistral
this, likes to use a more personalised methodology in
Primary school in Barcelona, teaching English
the classroom. Tom enjoys finding and/or adapting
to children between the ages of 7 and 14, and
authentic materials for use with students and is a
preparing them for the Cambridge Younger
big fan of technology as a useful tool for helping
Learner exams. She is the author of Macmillan’s
learners.
Preparing children for the big, wide world is an implicit
part of our role as educators. In this session we will
explore ways to achieve this by using content from
other curriculum areas, along with aspects of children’s
culture from English speaking countries, thereby raising
intercultural awareness and developing language
skills side by side.
Will Varney
ROOM 2 - 2nd & 3rd cycle Primary
Quest 5 and 6.
Will Varney
Steve Muir
Will is an experienced EFL teacher at all levels, from
Steve has worked in ELT as a teacher, teacher
Infants to Adults. He has worked in both the state
trainer and materials writer for over 20 years. He
and private sectors and has also been an examiner,
has taught English to young learners and adults in
materials writer and ELT consultant. Will holds a
Egypt, Hong Kong and Spain. He lives in Madrid
postgraduate diploma in Applied Linguistics and
and works at the British Council in Alcalá de
TESOL. He is currently based in Galicia, from where
Henares.
he works as a teacher trainer for Macmillan ELT.
Ella Humphreys
From story
to creative art and crafts
(8 to 9-year-olds)
Cross curricular connections between English literature
and art can provide a perfect vehicle for creative,
exciting classes which pupils can enjoy. Using some
classic children’s storybooks as a springboard, I hope to
demonstrate a range of ideas and hands-on activities
which will help our pupils develop an appreciation of
art and creativity while also learning a language.
Keeping it real
Emma Mohamed
(10 to 12-year-olds)
Motivating pupils in Years 5 and 6 can be challenging.
These pupils are no longer young children, and they’re
not yet teenagers. In this session, we will look at how the
use of authentic material can help motivate these pupils.
We will look at classroom activities that exploit the use
of authentic materials, including ‘real’ stories, songs and
conversations.
ROOM 3 - ESO & Bachillerato
Steven Muir
Telly learning
(ESO & Bachillerato)
In this practical workshop we will look at a range of
classroom activities inspired by clips from film, TV and
YouTube. These activities focus on a variety of language
areas and skills, and can be adapted to use with many
other clips. Most importantly, students seem to enjoy
them!
Tom Spain
Real conversation in the classroom
(ESO & Bachillerato)
These are some ideas designed to get students using their
spoken language skills in a more relaxed and creative
way. We’ll be telling and listening to lots of interesting
stories. Because this kind of ‘real’ conversation can be
unpredictable, we’ll also be looking at how to exploit
their chats for our language-learning purposes.