HERE. - English Teachers Association of Switzerland

Workshop descriptionsB10 Ursula Schär • Successful organic and sustainable language learning at schoolWorkshopWhat is success in language learning? Why should it be healthy and organic? What makes itsustainable? How could we reach these goals? Which approaches and methods are useful?How could we improve our teaching without feeling overwhelmed? This workshop tries to findanswers to these questions, based on the plethora of research into instructed second languageacquisition, and suggests the use of a taxonomy of successful language teaching as a tool forevaluation and improvement. This workshop is mainly aimed at secondary school teachers butis useful for everybody interested in the topic.B11 Thomas Strasser • ELT 2.0: the future of language learning/teaching – what there was,what there is, and what there will beTalkThe phenomenon ‘new learning technologies’ has found its (polarizing?) place in the EFLclassroom. Despite disagreements within the academic discourse concerning the use of newmedia and Web 2.0 or Social Media, several effective digital tools and/or concepts for theEFL classroom have appeared in the course of time. This session will present some scientificconsiderations for a possible change of paradigm in teaching in general as well as focus on thepractical didactic aspects of new learning technologies in the EFL classroom, with a strongemphasis on Personal Learning Environments, web tools, and learner autonomy.Workshops Session C: Sunday 10.30 – 11.30 (all 60 minutes apart from C1 and C10)C1 John Potts • Making the most of technology and the internet in your Cambridgepreparation classesWorkshop (NB 90 min.)This workshop will explore some ways of developing your use of the internet and its resources to helpyou to prepare your students for Cambridge English exams. We will look at a range of websites,online resources, and apps, including some Cambridge exam training apps, and also outline someapproaches to using blogs, podcasts, and wikis. This workshop is aimed at teachers who have someexperience in using the web and who feel reasonably confident with technology but not as power-users.C2 Annette Capel • Cambridge English 2015 specificationsWorkshopAnnette will outline the new specifications for Cambridge English: First/First for Schools andCambridge English: Advanced, which come into effect in early 2015. The workshop will focuson classroom preparation for the new Cambridge English: First/First for Schools Paper 2 Part 1compulsory essay question and the Cambridge English: Advanced Paper 4 Part 3 Speaking task,with its new text-based prompts. Annette will also explore the implications of the assessmentscales for both tasks and suggest how to improve B2 and C1 students’ productive language.C3 Keith Rossborough • Using lexical-grammar in an ELT classroomWorkshopThis is a practical workshop aimed at new and experienced teachers who would like to knowmore about this topic. The session will focus on identifying various ways of using formulaiclanguage in the form of pattern grammar and lexical phrases in the classroom. We will also belooking at some established ideas about lexical-grammatical language, and how it is appliedin the teaching and learning of English grammar. Using the ideas presented, the workshop willexamine the question of whether the teaching of grammar and lexis as two separate systemsis the most practical way forward for L2 learners of English.Thun • page 38 • ETAS 30th Annual Conference and AGM