Manchester Programme

Sunday 12 April
Session 2.7 : 1710-1815
Exchange 10
1710-1740
100 audience
Talk
YLTSIG Day
Parental engagement: practical ideas from opening a new teaching
centre
Laura Jane McWilliams (British
Council, Alexandria, Egypt)
This presentation will showcase a variety of techniques used to build
strong relationships with parents of young learners when opening a new
teaching centre. It will include lessons learned from mainstream UK
education as well as ideas from around the globe. It will demonstrate how
these techniques can maximize learning outside the classroom to boost
learner performance.
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SUNDAY
Exchange 10
1745-1815
100 audience
Talk
YLTSIG Day
Exchange 11
1710-1740
150 audience
Talk
TTEd
Out-of
of-school English learning: hidden resource or classroom curse?
Samuel Lefever (University of Iceland)
This talk poses the question whether the out-of-school learning of English
by young learners is seen by teachers as a resource or an unwanted
challenge in the classroom. Research throughout Europe shows that many
students bring considerable knowledge of English with them to the
classroom. Do teachers capitalize on this knowledge or is it ignored and/or
wasted?
CPD in low-resource
contexts
Michael Connolly & Reesha Alvi (British Council, India)
In this talk, we will explore the integration of continuing professional
development (CPD) opportunities and resources in large-scale English
teacher development projects in India. We will discuss approaches to
design, awareness-raising, monitoring and evaluation, as well as
integration of technology in low-resource contexts. As a case study, we will
focus on a secondary school project in Punjab.
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e, s
Exchange 11
1745-1815
150 audience
Talk
TTEd
The need for Regional English Support Centres in developing countries
Shane Martenstyn (British Council, Sri Lanka)
Regional English Support Centres (RESCs) have played an integral role in
the development of English language teaching in Sri Lanka. Due to their
geographic spread, they are able to support English language teaching and
training in all government schools. This talk focuses on narratives and
untold stories which reveal the true impact of these institutions.
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e = experienced audience
le = less-experienced audience
p = primary teaching
s = secondary teaching
t = tertiary teaching
a = adult teaching
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