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Posted on October 8, 2014 by Nicole — Leave a comment

Macmillan Education Online Conference

The Macmillan Education Online Conference returns for a fourth year running, bringing you 5 days of talks to inspire your teaching and support your professional development.

Featuring 12 talks from ELT experts and authors including Steve Taylore-Knowles, Jill Leighton and Adrian Underhill, and 4 interactive Google Hangouts, our 2014 event promises to be better than ever!

All conference delegates will receive a certificate of attendance, plus a FREE Sherlock Holmes Graded Reader from our brand-new eBooks store after the event.

Watch our trailer on YouTube and join in the conversation at #MEOC2014.

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Nicole — Leave a comment

Teaching Evaluations: Consumer Satisfaction not the Same as Product Value

It would be difficult to imagine an educator who does not have an opinion on the subject of teacher evaluations. If you would like to consider a mathematical critique of teacher evaluations, you should read a recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. This article considers a recent paper written by two University of California Berkeley professors titled “An Evaluation of Course Evaluations”. For an interesting read on the false security that numbers give, read the article.

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Satisfaction Level Tied to Nationality

A recent survey of international students in the USA, the UK and Australia reveals that while students are mostly satisfied, students of certain nationalities tend to be less so. European students were the most satisfied, while students from Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia were the least satisfied.

Analysis also suggests that when there are large numbers of international students from one country on a campus, they tend to integrate into the general population less and, as a consequence, become more dissatisfied.

Read the article “Are International Students Satisfied?” in Inside Higher Ed

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Series of Free Professional Development Webinars from DELTA Publishing

DELTA Publishing (which is distributed in the USA and Canda by English Central) is offering a series of exciting webinars with top authors this fall. Webinars include:

Teaching Unplugged: 50-free with Luke Meddings
Storytelling with our Students: Techniques for Telling Tales from Around the World with David Heathfield
Pronunciation for Listeners with Mark Hancock
Going Mobile with Nicky Hockly and gavin Dudeney
Teaching Pronunciation: Challenges and Opportunities with Jonathan Marks

Go to DELTA’s website for more details, dates and to register.

Good to know: if you can’t make the times, recordings of the webinars will be posted to DELTA’s site a day or two after!

Posted on October 3, 2014October 3, 2014 by Nicole — Leave a comment

44th Annual NYS Conference. Empowering ELLs: Equity, Engagement, Enrichment

Carrie Purcell wil be heading out to Albany for this year’s NYS Conference. The conference is November 14th – 15th at the Albany Hilton. Be sure to stop by to say hello to Carrie and check out all the great new resources we have.

For more information on the conference, go to NYS TESOL’s website.

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TexTESOL in San Marcos

English Central is excited to be exhibiting at this year’s TexTESOL conference in San Marcos, November 13th – 15th. To find out more about the conference, follow this link. Nicole Graham will be representing English Central and she hopes to make as many new friends as possible!

Nicole will also be presenting “Increasing Motivation, Confidence and Communicative Competence with Authentic Video”. The session is tentatively scheduled for Friday (Session 4 at 2:12 in Veramendi room I).

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Ken Lackman and Associates Mini Conference

On November 1st, Ken Lackman will be running a one-day mini conference entitled “Methods and actvities for more effective teaching with less preparation”. The conference will be held at English Central’s Toronto Showroom. For more information and to register, please follow this link.

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ATESL 2014: Reflecting and Revitalizing

This year’s conference will be held at the Fantasyland Hotel in Edmonton. Nicole Graham will be representing English Central and she hopes it is not a fantasy to expect all our friends in Alberta to stop by, say hello and check out all our great resources. For more informaiton. plase click here.

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CATESOL 2014: think, connect, create and share

This year’s CATESOL Conference will be in Santa Clara. Carrie Purcell will be representing English Central at the conference and hopes to at least connect and share with as many conference attendees as possible.

Find out more about the CATESOL Conference here.

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TESL Ontario’s 42nd Annual Conference

October 16-18, 2014

Metro Toronto Convention Centre – South Building

Come and visit us in the Exhibitor’s Hall – find out what is new and we will have some great promotions that would be a shame to miss! Even if you weren’t planning on attending the confeence, admission to the exhibit hall is free. Find out more about the conference here.