Our talks, workshops and sessions at the IATEFL 2022 Conference

We are so exicted to see everyone face to face after three years! We would love to welcome you at our academic sessions and will be delighted to chat to you at our stand, number 18.

Tuesday, 17 May 2022

Tuesday, 17 May 2022

8:15 - 8:45 (UK time) 

Mindfulness session presented by by Anne Costello

This hands-on workshop will introduce you to mindfulness. You’ll learn techniques including a simple breathing practice, that you can start using straight away - at home, at work, when the going gets tough - to make life feel better.

Tuesday, 17 May 2022

11:50-12:20 (UK time)

Ethan Mansur - A Toolkit for Exam Preparation

This practical talk will explore three effective tools for helping students build confidence in exam preparation courses: 1) differentiation, 2) familiarity with exam conditions (not just exam tasks), and 3) peer and self-assessment. This session will use examples from the new fourth editions of “Ready for B2 First” and “Ready for C1 Advanced”.

Tuesday, 17 May 2022

12:35-13:05 (UK time) 

Carol Read - Developing interculturality with young children

What does interculturality mean in the context of working with young children? And how can we integrate intercultural education in a meaningful and effective way as part of early English language programmes? This talk explores these issues and presents a model and practical ideas for developing interculturality in age-appropriate ways with early years and lower primary children.

Tuesday, 17 May 2022

17:20-18:05 (UK time)

Dave Spencer - Stronger Together: Collaborative Learning, From Local to Global

Teamwork is an essential life skill in today’s world. In this session I will propose practical activities and approaches, including examples from the new edition of ‘Gateway’, that can really help students to work productively together. In particular we will look at how Project Work can be exploited to develop collaboration between individual students, classes, schools and even continents.

Wednesday, 18 May 2022

Wednesday, 18 May 2022

8:15 - 8:45 (UK time) 

Mindfulness session presented by by Anne Costello

This hands-on workshop will introduce you to Mindfulness. You’ll learn techniques including a simple breathing practice, sitting meditation, Mindful eating and more.

Wednesday, 18 May 2022

12:00-12:45 (UK time)

Jon Hird - Creating meaningful and engaging interactions in on- and offline environments

One of the greatest challenges over the past two years has been student motivation, especially when it comes to online classes. This session looks at how we can adapt our existing classroom materials to take advantage of the online environment to foster engagement and meaningful communication. The session will be illustrated by material from the Macmillan course Language Hub.

Wednesday, 18 May 2022

15:55-16:25 (UK time)

Kate Pickering - Making an impact: developing global skills through ELT

The session, by one of the authors of “Get Involved”, will consider what sustainable development is before looking at the role of language teachers in helping to create global citizens. We will go on to look at practical ideas for integrating these goals in various ways into the language learning classroom.

Thursday, 19 May 2022

Thursday, 19 May 2022

8:15 - 8:45 (UK time) 

Mindfulness session presented by by Anne Costello

This hands-on workshop will introduce you to Mindfulness. You’ll learn techniques including a simple breathing practice, sitting meditation, Mindful eating and more.

Thursday, 19 May 2022

11:40-11:55 (UK time) 

Will Rixon and Harry Waters - Pop-up presentation: Advancing Futures: What can the ELT community do?

With the UN’s Agenda 2030 deadline quickly approaching, this short session will explore what positive impact the ELT community can have on our planet, and the people in it. We will look at how we are in a particularly advantageous position as English language teaching professionals to help tackle many of the aims as defined in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Thursday, 19 May 2022

17:00-17:45 (UK time) 

Harry Waters - How to develop a respect for Sustainability that sticks

The issues of sustainability, climate change and the UN’s SDGs are at the forefront of everyone’s mind. This workshop will provide you with a fistful of fun and practical ideas to help you include sustainable aspects in every class.  It’ll help you shine a positive light on what we can do, and help our students lead a more sustainable life.

Friday, 20 May 2022

Friday, 20 May 2022

8:15 - 8:45 (UK time) 

Mindfulness session presented by by Anne Costello

This hands-on workshop will introduce you to Mindfulness. You’ll learn techniques including a simple breathing practice, sitting meditation, Mindful eating and more.

Friday, 20 May 2022

11:00-11:45 (UK time)

Jonathan Hadley - Exploring Global Citizenship Education from 2 – 12 years old

What might Global Citizenship Education look like at pre-primary and primary levels? We will try to answer this question by investigating how to lay the foundations for supporting our youngest pupils to start on the lifelong journey towards becoming global citizens. Teaching ideas, strategies and GCE materials from Macmillan Education’s Doodle Town 2nd ed and Global Stage will be explored.