CATESOL LA Regional Presents: “Teach Locally, Think Globally” with Plenary Speaker Marianne Celce-Murcia.
8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, 2016
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
3801 W. Temple Ave., Pomona, CA 91768
Please come by our booth and say hi to Carrie… not only is she a great lady to talk books with, but she also has some Mind Series Board Games to hand around. Plus, she will have our 2016 catalog with her – which is hot off the press
This is the first of Macmillan Education’s new ‘teachers at the heart’ webinars focused on the professional and personal development of teachers. Ahead of major conferences including IATEFL 2016, Macmillan Education expert Kirsten Holt will present ideas and techniques to help you make the most out of your professional networking opportunities. There first session will be at 09:00 and then repeated at 14:00 (UK time). Both sessions will last around an hour with the opportunity for questions at the end. Certificates can be downloaded near the end of the webinar.
Richard Nicholas presents Knowing your Customers and Clients on March 23rd as part of the Delta Teacher Webinar series.
In the global business world, clients and customers come in all shapes and sizes and being able to explain in English who they are as well as being able to use the correct language to identify them can make a big difference to the way you work, think and do business. This webinar will look at issues of identity and identification as well the language that goes with it. In it, I will explain how you can give your students the tools and lexical ability to do this following a task-based approach.
Richard Nicholas teachers Business and General English at the University of Bocconi and the British Council in Milan. He has taught in Indonesia, Mexico, Taiwan and Italy and is co-author of Heads Up: Spoken English for business by Delta Publishing.
Delta Publishing continues its series of free teacher development webinars on March 9th with Steve Flinders presenting Leading People Internationally.
In this 30 minute webinar, Steve Flinders will present the York Associates model for Developing People Internationally – ‘the virtuous circle’ – which can be used for the development of any team and which also serves as the organising principle for Leading People, Steve’s title in the International Management English series published jointly by Delta and York Associates which was shortlisted for an ELTON in 2014. The model can be applied by trainers as professionals in their own work environments, in the Business English classroom, and in the management training seminar; and will give ideas for actions and activities for each of these.
Steve Flinders is a freelance trainer, writer, consultant and coach, based in Malta, who helps people develop their communication and leadership skills for working internationally. Steve is author of Delta Publishing’s Leading People from the International Management English series.
On February 26th – 27th, the Chicago Marriot Naperville will play host to the 42nd annual ITBE Convention. We have attended this conference many times in the past but this year we will be attending virtually. If you are attending the convention, make sure you check your conference bag for some great gifts and exciting information from English Central!
Engaging busy people!
Julie Pratten
Providing activities that fully engage business professionals can be a challenge with the fast pace of our hectic lives. How can you make busy executives engage in classroom activities and make simple resources work more effectively? In this webinar, Julie Pratten shares ideas on how to engage business English students in a variety of activities; projects, and presentations, quizzes and challenges. As well as providing practical tips, she also explores how using a few simple strategies and tricks can lead to more sophisticated learning outcomes.
Julie has extensive experience of teaching both business and general English in 20 countries or more. She has experience in implementing specialist English language training for bankers and financial experts. Julie has written several business and finance related books, including Absolute Financial English and Absolute Banking English for Delta Publishing.
February 24th, 16:00 GMT. Free.
Going Mobile: Teaching and learning with mobile devices
Nicky Hockly & Gavin Dudeney
During this webinar we will look at a number of mobile-based activities for general English, and consider how and why using devices might support our students’ language learning. We will examine the choices and challenges involved in using mobile devices with learners. The example activities we share in this webinar are relevant to general English, but we will invite you to consider how mobile devices might best be used in a Business English teaching context.
Nicky Hockly is Director of Pedagogy of the online teacher training and development organization The Consultants-E. She is author of several methodology books on technology in ELT, including Teaching Online and Going Mobile from the Delta Teacher Development Series.
Gavin Dudeney is Director of Technology of the online teacher training and development organization The Consultants-E. He is author of several methodology books, including Going Mobile by Delta Publishing.
February 10th, 16:00 GMT. Free.
We will be exhibiting at upcoming conference in Denver. If you are attending, please be sure to drop by our booth to say hi to Carrie and check out all of our fabulous and innovative learning materials!
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We will be attending the Texas State TESOL Conference in San Antonio. If you are attending, our catalog is already in your bag, but make sure you come by our booth to say hi to David, pick up a coupon and enter our book draw!
This October 22nd to 24th, this year in San Antonio. We hope you will come by our booth to say hi, check out our new offerings and pick up a cataog!
