Manchester Programme

Sunday 12 April
Session 2.4 : 1420-1450
Exchange 7
40 audience
Talk
TD
Enabling teachers to teach emerging middle class students
Henrique Moura (Seven Idiomas)
The aim of this talk is to help teachers understand how the rise of
emerging markets has given millions of young adult students access to
education in the last decade, the characteristics and needs of these
students, and the seven abilities teachers must develop to better help
these students become speakers of English as a foreign language.
e, le, a
Exchange 10
100 audience
Talk
YLTSIG Day
Using writing and drawing to release tension among traumatised
students
Hasan Ramadan (Beit Hanoun UNRWA School, Gaza Strip, Palestine)
This presentation will focus on traumatized students and the problems
they face with learning English language in unhealthy circumstances. It
will also shed light on the importance of writing in easing their
psychological difficulties and connecting this with drawing. It will also talk
about changing painful moments into happy ones through writing.
e, le, p
Exchange 11
150 audience
Talk
AL
Innovations in ELT in Iran
Chris Kennedy (University of Birmingham) & Danny Whitehead (British
Council London)
The ELT profession in Iran is active at all private and public educational
levels. The British Council has commissioned a unique collection of articles
(‘ELT in Iran’) to highlight the variety of local ELT theory and practice and
spotlight innovations of interest to the ELT profession in general. We will
discuss with the audience the themes contributors have identified.
e, p, s, t, a
prodprom
SUNDAY
e = experienced audience
le = less-experienced audience
p = primary teaching
s = secondary teaching
t = tertiary teaching
a = adult teaching
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pub = speaker is representing or sponsored by a publisher but is not focussing on a particular book or product
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