Onsite Conferences

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Explore how learners can develop speaking skills that transcend borders and foster authentic intercultural communication. Drawing on Global English perspectives and experiences across multiple countries, learn participatory, reflective, and socio-emotional strategies that empower learners to connect confidently in diverse contexts.

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Participants will learn ways in which reflection and communities of practice can serve as catalysts for professional development. Explore how specific frameworks can be used to redirect teaching to your learners and formulate practical ways in which this process leads to inspiration and innovation.

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Students live in a world of instant translation, AI writing tools, and multimodal communication. As the challenge isn't keeping technology out of the classroom but learning to hear the student's real voice through it, this workshop will give you concrete strategies for designing tasks where authentic communication is the only path forward.

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Explore how purpose-driven tasks can increase motivation and meaningful language use among teenagers and young adults. Drawing on interest-aligned and real-world projects, examine ways to help learners connect English to their identities, interests, and future goals.

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Explore the role of phonological awareness in early literacy development for kindergarten through third-grade students. Understand the developmental progression of phonological awareness and gain instructional routines to develop this skill in your classroom, as well as to integrate it into daily literacy instruction.

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Error correction plays a key role in language learning, yet it is often applied in ways that limit student engagement and progress. Rethink your feedback practices by exploring effective, learner-centered correction strategies and learn how to balance accuracy and fluency while adapting feedback to different contexts.

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Mixed-proficiency classrooms demand constant differentiation, often increasing teacher workload and contributing to burnout. Explore how AI can support practical, time-efficient differentiation without compromising instructional quality.

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Learn how Poe-based chatbots can support EFL writing as peer-like companions. Explore a practical framework for guiding students through brainstorming, drafting, and revising, along with effective prompting strategies and a customizable chatbot template, while addressing responsible use of AI and ways to foster critical thinking.

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Speaking English alone is no longer enough! It is important to develop transferable learning and life skills that support academic and professional success. Explore how English Language Teaching can be strategically redesigned to enhance learners’ employability in an increasingly global and skills-driven workforce.

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Explore how music can be strategically integrated into the ELT classroom to enhance engagement, language acquisition, and classroom management. You will experience practical activities using songs for warm-ups, assessment, grammar instruction, and oral skills development, alongside AI-powered tools for resource creation. 

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In today’s rapidly changing world—marked by digital disruption, shifting student needs, and teacher burnout—English Language Teaching must evolve to remain meaningful and sustainable. Learn about three practical shifts that re-center ELT on human connection, purpose, and resilience to support both learner motivation and teacher wellbeing.

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Transitioning from classroom teacher to academic coordinator requires more than experience; it demands a shift in mindset, leadership skills, as well as a broader understanding of educational impact. Participate in this practical and reflective workshop, designed for English language teachers who aspire to take on leadership roles or strengthen their current coordination practices.

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Discover how mandalas can be a simple, creative tool to promote meaningful communication and learner engagement. Grounded in Communicative Language Teaching and Task-Based Language Teaching, you will learn how low-preparation tasks can foster speaking, reflection, and confidence across diverse teaching contexts.

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Emotions play a key role in students’ motivation and language learning, yet they are often overlooked in the ELT classroom. Discover practical strategies to integrate emotional awareness into daily teaching practices and learn how to help your students identify, express, and manage emotions in English through interactive activities such as games and role plays.

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Explore how principles from linguistics can support more effective and realistic approaches to teaching English pronunciation in EFL contexts. Engage in an interactive analysis of pronunciation variation, take part in short micro-teaching demonstrations of pronunciation activities, and reflect on the effectiveness of different approaches to pronunciation teaching.

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Learn about the decision-making process teachers use when designing or selecting classroom learning activities. While many activities are chosen based on engagement, entertainment, or familiarity, this session introduces a more intentional, goal-oriented approach to ensure that classroom tasks effectively support language learning.

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Explore alternatives to ChatGPT and see materials created for English courses using AI. Learn to write more effective prompts that will help you get what you need for your classes as efficiently as possible.

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Learn how artificial intelligence works in simple, practical terms. Explore key concepts such as machine learning, data, and bias, without technical language, and clear up common misconceptions about AI and its real capabilities and limitations.

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What if the most transformative technology in the world isn't a platform, an app, or an AI model, but a teacher? Explore the radical idea that teaching is not a profession but a superpower that every educator holds. See yourself not as a grammar instructor, but as an architect of possibility.

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The Box investigates why educators keep themselves inside a box, fearful of innovation, afraid to transform. Clear your myths about bilingualism and address the CEFR and CLIL questions on why educational change is so slow.