Recording (26min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p5iwe5xc2s4/ This talk looks at the challenges of presenting ESL exam practice content, often designed for paper based tests, to learners using a wide variety of devices and screen resolutions. Should the content be presented as apps, and if
Philip Gienandt: LinguaTV Benefits of Videos in Online Language Training
Recording (26min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p47efetrtu4/ Online videos can be an ideal supplement to both traditional classroom teaching and online tutoring in order to create a blended learning environment with many benefits to teachers and learners.Useful videos can feature authentic dialogues, presentations and speeches
Mostofa Mohiuddin: British Council’s Learn English Web Site for autonomous learners.
Recording (31min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p6cbju6alix/ Learn English online with the help of this free website from the British Council with games, stories, listening activities and grammar exercises learners will enable themselves to learn independently. In this session Mostofa will show how a learner
Leo Selivan: Online Lexical Tools
Recording (33min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p49vr64a5d4/ This workshop will explore a number of linguistic tools available on the web to help teachers prepare for effective vocabulary teaching. Some of these tools can also be used by learners to build their vocabulary and go beyond
Arkady Zilberman: Skill-based training of EFL
Recording (24min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p3548wdlb2w/ Conventional grammar-translation methods are obsolete and are responsible for the current low success rate of learning EFL. CEO of Livemocha Michael Schutzler expressed it clearly: “Language is a performing art. It must be taught like Guitar, Piano, Dance,
Aydan Acar Yavuz: How to Motivate Online Learners
Recording (30min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p7gqapqwd9l/ It is true that you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink but maybe there are things, we -as teachers- can do to make the online learning experience more engaging and the learners
KEYNOTE Thomass Strasser: Mind the App
Recording (1h6min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p47r6szp43a/ In this webinar it will be tried to explicitly emphasize the advantages of simple, but highly effective Internet applications (e.g. free eLearning-tools) for the EFL classroom. This practically-oriented webinar is dedicated to the impressive potential of educational Web
KEYNOTE Angelika Guettl-Strahlhofer: DaFWEBKON
Recording (25min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p9u5ol0r3t8/ DaFWEBKON is an annual web conference for teachers of German, an offshoot of the Virtual Round Table Web Conference. It focuses on teaching and learning of German with technology, web-based applications and aims to network teachers around the
KEYNOTE Sirin Soyoz: Story Sharing Web Conference
Recording (25min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p9u5ol0r3t8/ The British Council English Language Team (ELT) in Turkey, ran their first ever web conference on 9 and 10 February 2013, called, “Story Sharing Web Conference”. 642 teachers from all over the world participated in the programme of
Sylvia Guinan: Creative thinking with technology
Recording (32min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p5xscp4twpt/ A presentation on how we as teachers can use technology to help our students learning creatively and build confidence. It would also show how we can develop professionally by experimenting, brain-storming and generating ideas. By modelling creativity ourselves,