Teaching large, diverse classes can be a daunting task for educators, particularly when managing varying skill levels. This inspiring and interactive presentation will explore a range of strategies that make large classes more engaging, inclusive, and effective for all students. Participants will discover how to design lessons that adapt to different student needs, promote collaboration, and...
We are living in the world marked by dramatic and dynamic technological and socio-economic changes that have taken place over the few last on the global scale. As one version of a well known quote goes, ‘The best way to predict the future is to create it’. Although the future is very uncertain, we, English language educators, need to think of an imagined landscape that envisages the future of...
Many language course books include lessons or information on culture. Sometimes this meant learning about the way of life in the U.S. or the U.K. with little reflection on where the learner fits within that culture. Now, as the world becomes more globally interconnected, many are starting to expand this approach. Because English is often used as a lingua franca in the interactions of people...
New technologies are changing how we navigate our linguistic world and challenging how we think about language proficiency. Mobile apps offer access to instant and increasingly accurate translation help. Generative AI can produce original texts to our strictest specifications across a variety of languages. In our purses and pockets, we carry smartphones that allow us to share a joke even when...
