Teacher Training event with Leslie Anne Hendra

We are delighted to welcome Leslie Anne Hendra for an exclusive Teacher Training event on Intercultural awareness and Presenting Real Language at Higher Levels.

FREE coursebook from the upper three levels for all attending!

Programme:

13.30 Registration and Book Display
14.00 The ‘FIFTH SKILL’ – intercultural awareness 
15:30 Coffee Break and Book Display
16.00 Making Sense of Lexis: presenting real language at higher levels 
17.00 Aperitif

THE ‘FIFTH SKILL’ – intercultural awareness 
In this time of international migration, tourism, communication, business and education, it’s useful for learners to be aware of intercultural differences, to reflect on their own culture and to exchange viewpoints with each other. The course materials we choose – or design ourselves – can help them communicate more effectively in English and minimise misunderstandings in cross-cultural situations. In this workshop, we’ll examine why certain content may be sensitive in various cultures, consider a framework for selecting or designing materials, and look at ways of teaching and encouraging intercultural awareness in the English language classroom. Due to its popularity at the ETAS AGM this January, we have decided to offer this session again to people who have not yet had the opportunity to see it.

Making Sense of Lexis: presenting real language at higher levels
Learners of English in this fast-paced, competitive world need language that has a high surrender value – that is, expressions they can pick up and immediately begin to use in a variety of communicative contexts. Language which meets this requirement includes collocations, fixed expressions, semi-fixed expressions and lexical patterns – all of them essential for helping learners progress beyond an intermediate (B1) level. These chunks of language can seem awkward to handle compared with single words and many grammatical structures. We’ll therefore look at practical ideas for how to select, present and meaningfully practise this kind of language.

Presenter: Leslie Anne Hendra 
Leslie is a teacher and teacher trainer who taught English in Tokyo, Japan for fifteen years and in the UK at International House London for four years. She is co-author of the Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate and Upper Intermediate levels of English Unlimited, the new six-level English course for adults from Cambridge University Press. Leslie is particularly interested in intercultural awareness, speaking strategies and task-based learning. She has a BA and an MA in Classics, and lives in London and Scotland.

Fee information: This is a free event.

Registration information:
Please send an email to eltswitzerland@cambridge.org before May 9th to reserve your place. Send us your name, contact details and state which of the four events you would like to attend.

Coordinator Name: Ms Amparo Peris

Coordinator Email: eltswitzerland@cambridge.org