Interview with Martin Peacock : Digital and mobile content for teachers and learners

Interview with Martin Peacock

Interview description

Martin talks about digital and mobile content for teachers and learners available from the British Council and how their product development process has changed over the years. This year new products include apps and resources with Timmy Time for very young learners.

- See more at: http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2015/interview/interview-martin-peacock#sthash.J3r6JCUw.dpuf

Interview with Luke Meddings : Make pronunciation practice more fun

Interview with Luke Meddings

Interview description

Luke talked about his efforts to make pronunciation practice more fun and relaxing for students. He demonstrates and interesting practice activity involving chewing gum.

- See more at: http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2015/interview/interview-luke-meddings#sthash.QcwRyuIR.dpuf

Interview with Alison Barrett : Projects to support teacher development and teacher training capacity across South Asia.

Interview with Alison Barrett

Interview description

Alison talks about her role with the British Council and a number of projects to support teacher development and teacher training capacity across South Asia. She also talks about the importance of digital literacies and digital inclusion for girls and the work being done to help support this.

- See more at: http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2015/interview/interview-alison-barrett#sthash.kmUxc8As.dpuf

High-Achieving Secondary Students: An insight into Motivation and Challenge by Edmund Dudley

Edmund Dudley,as teacher and teacher trainer based in Pécs, Hungary share how to keep teens motivated and inspired. Find out more about his inspiring presentation and download the presentation file and handout on : http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2013/sessions/2013-04-11/high-achieving-secondary-students-insight-motivation-and-challenge.

He also give his blog link: http://legyened.edublogs.org/

Plenary Session by David Crystal: The World in Which We Live in: Beatles, Blends and Blogs

You can download David Crystal Presentation (ppt) and Handout (pdf) in this link http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2013/sessions/2013-04-09/plenary-session-david-crystal And you can watch another sessions here : http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2013/sessions/index

Semarak Menyambut Konferensi Internasional IATEFL Liverpool 2013

Di awal bulan April ini para pengajar bahasa Inggris di seluruh dunia tengah ramai membicarakan acara akbar "IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language) 47th Annual Conference and Exhibition", konferensi Internasional untuk para pengajar bahasa Inggris yg akan berlangsung dari tanggal 8-12 April 2013 di Liverpool,Inggris. Antusiasme para pengajar bahasa Inggris dari berbagai negara terlihat dari aktifnya para English tweacher (English teacher yg aktif di twitter) di timelime mereka membahas #IATEFL seminggu terakhir ini.  IATEFL 2013  kali ini memang istimewa karena berlangsung di Liverpool,kota asal The Beatles. 

Bagi para pengajar bahasa Inggris di Indonesia yg tidak bisa hadir di Liverpool tetap bisa merasakan euforia acara ini dengan berpartisipasi di IATEFL Liverpool Online. IATEFL Liverpool Online merupakan hasil kerjasama IATEFL dengan British Council yg membantu mempermudah para pengajar bahasa Inggris dari seluruh dunia mengakses informasi dari konferensi yg berlangsung. Di website IATEFL Liverpool Online kita dapat melihat jadwal acara, daftar pembicara dan topik yg akan mereka bahas. Jika kita tidak bisa menyaksikan live streaming maka kita bisa menyaksikan rekamannya.

Kalau melihat topik-topik yg disajikan di konferensi IATEFL kali ini memang sangat beragam dan menarik untuk diikuti. Salah satu yang menarik perhatian saya adalah mengenai  "The world in which we live in: Beatles, Blends and Blogs" dari David Crystal yang akan berlangsung hari Selasa 9 April 2013 pukul 15.00 WIB. Nah, bagi yg tidak ingin ketinggalan informasi penting dari IATEFL harus simak baik-baik jadwal acaranya. Jangan sampai kehilangan pengalaman berharga dari konferensi IATEFL 2013 kali ini. So, see you online!