Meeting of the largest association of English teachers in Spain

English teachers from language schools all over Spain will participate on 22 May in the fifth edition of TESOL-Spain, the largest association of English teachers in Spain. Renowned experts in the use of images for language learning purposes will be attending the meeting, including UAB-Idiomes professor Kieran Donaghy, who will be giving a conference.

21/05/2015

From 10 to 11 am, UAB-Idiomes professor Kieran Donaghy will be giving a conference entitled "Moving Stories: Narrative and the moving image in ELT ", in which he will offer a practical session on motivating, effective classroom activities inspired by short films, and videos which encourage students to create their own narratives. Participants will get a number of highly practical ideas to take away and use with their own students.

Kieran Donaghy is a teacher, trainer and award-winning writer based in Barcelona with a special interest in the use of film in education. He works at UAB Idiomes Barcelona. His website on the use of film in language teaching Film English http://film-english.com/ won a British Council ELTons Award for Innovation in Teacher Resources, the most prestigious European media in education prize the MEDEA Award for User-Generated Media in 2013 and an English-Speaking Union award in 2014. He is the author of the methodology book Film in Action in the Delta Teacher Development Series.

At 12 noon, Paul Braddock from the British Council will speak on "Motivating activities with images to develop higher level thinking skills". Most of us are aware that using still or moving images in our language teaching can open up a world of communicative possibilities. From analysing and exploring language, expanding into the creation of audio, film and text, this workshop will look at a number of creative, enjoyable and engaging activities which can be used in language classroom with images - ranging from 5-minute fillers to full class activities. Paul Braddock currently manages the British Council's TeachingEnglish website and has been involved in English language teaching and teacher training for over twelve years. He has worked in several countries, including Japan, Hungary, Portugal and the UK.

At 1:30 pm, Ben Goldstein from The New School’s MATESOL programme (New York), will speak on the problem of personalisation. As a teacher, trainer and materials writer he will explain how the personalisation of teaching is changing the way in which a language is taught. In the old days, personalisation meant simply making some space for the lives of a teacher's learners. The term is now used, however, in other contexts and has taken on a different significance. This talk will attempt to reassess the role of personalisation in the teaching profession.

Ben Goldstein has taught English for over twenty years and currently works on The New School’s MATESOL program (New York). He is lead author of the adult coursebook series New Framework and The Big Picture (Richmond). He has also published Working with Images, language Learning with Digital Video co-authored with Paul Driver, and English Unlimited Advanced (Cambridge).