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Macmillan Education Festival Construyendo Futuro March 25th – 27th 2025

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This week Macmillan are holding on online festival of teacher development sessions aimed at making the language classroom more inclusive. The festival runs from the 25th-27th March and I’ll be giving a session entitled “Cracking the Teen Code” on Thursday 27th from 11:35-12:05 CET.

Find out more about the festival and check out the full programme here: https://www.macmillaneducation.es/iberia/festival/

Here are the details for my session:

Cracking the Teen Code

Strategies for Engaging and Empowering Young Learners

Teaching teenagers can be challenging, but it can also be one of the most rewarding aspects of ELT. This session explores practical strategies to keep teenage learners engaged while fostering an inclusive and supportive classroom. You’ll discover ways to adapt materials, personalize activities, and make lessons more relevant to their lives. Walk away with ready-to-use games, project ideas, and adaptable techniques to connect with and motivate your students.

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Webinar – Atomic Classroom Habits: Wednesday 8th May 2024

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I’m doing a slightly shorter version of my Atomic Classroom Habits webinar on Wednesday 8th May 2024 in collaboration with Learn Your English.

The session will take place at 12:00 EST, that’s 18:00 in Spain. It will last around 35-40 minutes with time after for a Q&A.

Here’s the blurb:

In James Clear’s 2018 book “Atomic Habits” the writer discusses the power of making small 1% improvements to our daily habits and how these incremental changes can have long-lasting compounding effects.

This talk will look at ways we can apply this principle and theories of habit formation in general to a classroom setting.

Attendees will leave this talk with practical ideas and tweaks they can make in their own classes, as well as a longer-term framework for putting their students on a path to more effective and rewarding language acquisition.

Register for the session by following this link. Hope to see you there!

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Macmillan Academy Day – Barcelona 27th April 2024

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Next Saturday 27th April 2024 I will be speaking at the Macmillan Academy Day in Barcelona. The sessions run from 10:00-13:30 and there will be two sessions in total.

The first session, entitled “Challenging Students at C2” will be presented by the excellent teacher trainer and author Ethan Mansur. He will be presenting his new book “Ready for C2 Proficiency” and giving loads of great tips on how to help students bridge the gap from C1 to C2.

Then, the title of my session is “Teen Tactics: Engaging and Encouraging Adolescent Learners.” We will explore practical techniques, strategies and activities to tackle teens classes and make them more engaging and thus more effective.

Register now at this link or by scanning this QR code:

Download the programme below:

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Atomic Classroom Habits at Jornades Multilingües EIM-UB

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Happy New Year everyone! I have exciting news for any Barcelona-based teachers. I will be giving my “Atomic Classroom Habits” talk, based on James Clear’s book “Atomic Habits”, at the Jornades Multilingües EIM-UB at the University of Barcelona on Saturday 20th January.

Follow this link to take a look at the programme. It’s a whole day (9-15h) of professional development workshops and talks delivered in a range of languages, all for only €15! So if you’re in the area, check it out!

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Atomic Classroom Habits: Conference Slides

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Image credit: Oxford House Barcelona

I had the pleasure of speaking at the Innovate ELT conference at Oxford House Barcelona this past weekend. It was great to connect with so many other ELT professionals and see so many inspiring talks.

My talk was entitled “Atomic Classroom Habits” and its aim was to try to adapt the framework for habit formation outlined in James Clear’s Atomic Habits to language learning.

Below you will find a PDF of my slides from the talk. Over the next few days I will be posting more of the materials I mentioned during the session.

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As I mentioned during the talk, I feel like I’m only just beginning to explore the potential for applying habit formation techniques to the world of ELT and I’m keen to receive feedback or collaborate with likeminded people. So feel free to get in touch either through the comments or via Linkedin.

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Innovate ELT 2023 – May 20th & 21st

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Image Credit: https://www.facebook.com/innovateELTconference/

Come to Innovate ELT at Oxford House in Barcelona! It’s always one of the best ELT conferences because of the combination of inspiring talks, a beautiful setting and a commitment to fostering a welcoming and supportive atmosphere for networking.

I’ll be giving a talk on Saturday May 20th from 18:30-19:15 entitled “Atomic Classroom Habits”. The aim of the talk is to examine how we can apply theories of habit formation from James Clear’s bestselling book “Atomic Habits” to the ESL classroom.

There are loads of other great talks by a range of inspiring speakers such as Scott Thornbury, Teresa Bestwick, Geoff Jordan and many more!

Follow this link to find out more information about the conference and this one to buy your tickets!

You can also follow Oxford House and the Innovate ELT conference on all the socials. Have a click around to check out lots of videos about the theme of the conference and the various speakers:

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Hopefully see you in the beautiful Oxford House garden!

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Exams Catalunya Online Conference 2022

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https://exams-owl.com/elt-conference-2022/#webinars

There’s just one week to go before the Exams Catalunya Conference takes place. Check the link above for information on all the webinars that make up the programme. The theme of this year’s conference is “Navigating the ‘new normality’ of the ELT classroom” and there’s a range of great webinars and online plenaries.

I will be giving a session on Pragmatics and natural English on Friday 18th February at 10:00 Spanish time. Check out the link for details and I hope to see you there!

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APAC Summer Training Courses: Update

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There are still places left on APACs summer training courses. The four courses will run from July 5th-15th 100% online. They will consist of a mixture of synchronous and asynchronous learning. I’ll be running a course on teaching methodologies and lesson frameworks. You’ll learn about a range of approaches and techniques and put them into practice while working on a portfolio of lesson plans and materials that you can use straightaway.

Follow the link below for more information about my course and the three other fantastic courses on offer. A great opportunity for professional development!

https://www.apac365.org/campaign-3

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APAC Online Teacher Development Courses July 2021

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APAC (Associació de Professorat d’Anglès de Catalunya) are running four 100% online teacher development courses this July. They will cover a range of topics and one of them will be presented by me! I will be running a 30-hour course from 5th-9th July entitled “Exploring Methodologies and Lesson Frameworks”, here’s my blurb:

“This course will compare and contrast a range of different methodologies and approaches including task-based learning, the lexical approach and many more practical and applicable tools and techniques. Trainees will develop their understanding of several lesson frameworks that can be adapted for use in their own teaching contexts. They will put their knowledge into practice by developing their own lesson plans and materials throughout the course.”

If that topic doesn’t float your boat, there are 3 more courses on offer:

A Hands-On Introduction to Project-Based Learning, with Cèlia Esquerra

In this hands on course you will learn about the fundamentals of project based learning: origin, elements and characteristics. At the same time, you will learn how to design, implement and assess a project while creating your own project.

Aimed at: Secondary School and Language School teachers

Dates: 12-16 July 2021

Tackling Troubles in the ELT Classroom, with Colin Young

The course empowers English teachers to become language facilitators by providing real solutions to working in a diverse classroom.  

Hands-on practice of differentiated learning, pronunciation improvement tools, and questioning techniques will allow language facilitators to create a supportive learning environment where students and teachers develop the confidence to communicate clearly.

Additionally, teachers will make progress in their own personal language skills by gaining awareness, practice and a solid understanding of their ‘language gaps’.

Aimed at: Primary and Secondary School, and Language School teachers

Dates: 12-16 July 2021

Emotional Intelligence: Mindfulness for teachers and students, with Emma Reynolds

This course will bring together the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course for adults with practices for students that teachers can use in the classroom. We will learn experientially about how to become more focused with our attention, work with difficult thoughts and emotions through meditations, mindful movement and more.

Aimed at: Primary and Secondary School, and Language School teachers

Dates: 5-9 July 2021

Visit the APAC website by clicking the link below for more information or to enrol on the courses, there are special discounts for APAC members. Maybe see you on Zoom in July!

https://www.apac365.org/campaign-3