IATEFL webinar "International English and its Implications for Teaching and Learning" | Elizabeth Bekes and Marcela Carrasco
Published
on Jan 30, 2018
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Event Date
03/02/2018
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Event Time
15:00-16:00
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'International English and its Implications for Teaching and Learning'
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| Elizabeth Bekes |
Marcela Carrasco |
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| Date and Time: |
3 February 2018, 3pm GMT
(click on link to find the time for your location or go to http://www.thetimenow.com)
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| Abstract: |
English is the world’s second language: for many teachers it is their native tongue, for a lot more it is an additional language. The global nature of English requires new approaches. Instead of the elusive “native speaker”, the norm is increasingly the “fully proficient speaker” using an intelligible version of English spoken by interlocutors for whom English is the chosen means of communication. In the webinar, we will look at what the spread of International English implies for teachers in several key areas, e.g. pronunciation, language proficiency and classroom methodology. The challenges may be different for native and non-native English teachers, but there is a paradigm shift that is worth reflecting on in order to align our teaching and learning with the new priorities. |
| Bio: |
Elizabeth Bekes is a Hungarian English teacher and teacher trainer currently based in Ecuador. She worked for the BBC’s Hungarian Section, spent three years in Ethiopia setting up English Language Improvement Centres, taught English in the Amazonian jungle and worked with refugee children in Greece. She writes regularly for EFL Magazine.
Marcela Carrasco is an Ecuadorian English teacher, who grew up in diverse places and cultures like Ecuador, Iran and the United States. She ran a highly successful language school, and is currently setting up a language unit at the Catholic University of Cuenca. Among her professional interests are identity, International English and multiculturalism.
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| To join the webinar: |
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