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Join Pearson Educational Forum!
We have the great pleasure to invite you to join an international network of educators during one of the biggest European professional development conferences, which will take place online, between
19th and 21st of April, 2023.
This spring, our ELT experts will take you on a journey that will help learners’ and educators’ confidence and growth flourish. It will start with the analysis of modern learners' needs, and then evolve through the impact of neurolinguistics on inner motivation and the advantages of exploiting AI and new technologies in language learning.
Each participant of the conference will receive a follow-up thank you email including a downloadable certificate and a complimentary access code to the game-changing educational platform Pearson English Connect.
Let's discuss and learn together how to help the next generation of learners flourish!
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Check out what you can expect
Join the biggest online professional development event in Europe, and be at the centre of this spring's conversations about how to support learners to help grow their confidence and flourish.
19th April, 10.00-12.30 CEST*
A Confident Young Learner
Meet Gen Alpha Students
10.00 - 11.15 CEST*
Alpha Kids: Who are they and how can we prepare them for the future?
Speaker: Nina Lauder
Generation Alpha are children born from the year 2010 on. By the end of the 2020s the oldest children from this generation will be growing into adulthood. As teachers, it’s important to understand the characteristics of these modern young learners in order to help guide them on their learning journey.
In this session we will look at how Alpha kids compare to other generations, and we will discuss competencies and skills that can be worked on to encourage motivation and engagement in class while simultaneously preparing our learners for the future.
11.30 - 12.30 CEST*
Helping Alpha Kids Rise and Shine
Speaker: Nina Lauder
As teachers, it’s important to take the time to understand what makes Alpha kids tick to engage and motivate them as much as possible in their learning process. In this session we will look at practical ideas which can help meet the needs of this generation and we will discuss how to develop social skills and collaborative learning in class.
We will also investigate how we can develop skills in our ELT lessons to prepare our learners for the upcoming challenges they may face in the future. The better we understand Generation Alpha, the easier it will be to help them rise and shine in their lives.
21th April, 10.00-14.30 CEST*
A Confident Adult Learner
How can technology support adults in developing their language confidence?
10.00 - 11.15 CEST*
What lies ahead? Language learning and teaching in 2030 and beyond
Speaker: Mike Mayor
From Grammar-Translation to Audio-Visual to Communicative – language learning, teaching and assessment has always been an evolving discipline. But it is probably not an over-statement to say that the events of recent years have accelerated change in a way that no one could have imagined. The pandemic has forced us to re-think how we teach and learn – and what we teach and learn. Necessity forced many to embrace new digital technologies and all the signs suggest that many of the changes that we had to make are now here to stay.
So, what will language teaching and learning look like in 2030 and beyond? How will new technologies such as AR, VR and ChatGPT impact teachers and learners? What role will AI play? This session will address these questions and outline what is Pearson doing to support teachers and learners today and in the future.
11.30 - 12.30 CEST*
Helping learners to Speak Out with confidence
Speaker: Lindsay Warwick
Speaking confidently and fluently is the aim of many learners of English. In this session, we'll consider the principles behind effective speaking lessons and look at ways in which the new edition of Speakout embraces those principles, scaffolds speaking lessons, builds learner confidence, provides plenty of practice and develops fluency in speaking lessons.
We'll also look at opportunities that Speakout provides for speaking practice outside the classroom with its innovative tools, and consider how we can integrate use of these in our courses. We'll try out activities along the way.
12.45 - 13.45 CEST*
And how about your rate of return on investment?
Speaker: Anna Kolbuszewska
Ask any Talent Manager (formerly known as HR managers) and they will tell you that when it comes to language training, what they expect is ready-made solutions with built-in accountability for results. Language training is an investment, so it is only logical that return on this investment (ROI) is going to make its way into the discussion and will affect the choice of language services provider.
When your students are working on improving their English language skills in order to enhance their future employability, they are also looking for a decent return on their investment of time and money spent on training.
In this session we will examine how the needs of our corporate clients, as well as those from the open market, can be successfully met and how their ROI rate can be secured using ready-to-use training and assessment tools.
14.00 - 14.30 CEST*
Discover Pearson English Connect
Speaker: Agnieszka Hybel
Discover Pearson English Connect and its functionalities in this walk-through practical session based on Speakout 3rd edition. Immerse yourself in the most innovative and ground-breaking digital learning and teaching experience.
20th April, 10.00-13.15 CEST*
A Confident Teen Learner
Why should we bring visible thinking into play in teaching teens?
10.00 - 11.15 CEST*
Age of Opportunity – from a jaded teenager to a master thinker
Speaker: Magdalena Kania
Thinking is one of the most powerful forces for learning, growing and igniting change. Nowadays, in a time of exponential change, thinking seems to be ‘a survival skill’ more than ever.
In this session I will discuss Visible Thinking - a flexible and systematic research-based conceptual framework, which enriches classroom learning in the content areas and fosters students’ intellectual development.
I will share some insights, practical applications of thinking routines in teaching, and tried-and-tested ways to make learning unfold while your students become more thoughtful, inquisitive and confident.
11.30 - 12.30 CEST*
Helping your teenage students to organise and present their ideas confidently using Visible Thinking activities
Speaker: Liz Beer
As teens teachers, we are always striving to find teaching methods that fully engage our students and that are fun and memorable. One of the techniques we can use in class is employing ‘visible thinking’ activities.
This involves using certain strategies which deepen content learning and develop students' thinking skills by describing, analysing and wondering. All these skills are needed in our students’ future lives to make them feel confident. Please join this session to find out more about visible thinking and how we can use it in class.
12.45 - 13.15 CEST*
Discover Pearson English Connect
Speaker: Agnieszka Hybel
Discover Pearson English Connect and its functionalities in this walk-through practical session based on Wider World 2nd edition. Immerse yourself in the most innovative and ground-breaking digital learning and teaching experience.
Conference materials
Each participant will receive a certificate of attendance and a complimentary access code for Pearson English Connect - the most innovative and ground-breaking digital learning and teaching experience
Meet the Speakers
is a teacher trainer and an ELT and CLIL expert who has been working in the field of education for decades. She works as a university professor, teacher, consultant and materials writer, and has handled tasks in over thirty countries. She has authored and co-author a wide range of educational material including top-selling books for ELT, CLIL and Flipped Learning. For more information, visit her website: http://www.ninalauder.com
a teacher, teacher mentor, teacher trainer and her private language school's Director of Studies.
She runs workshops worldwide and is a regular speaker at the international conferences.
One of the key trainers in the conference series by PEARSON. A graduate of The Expert of Brain Training studies at SWPS Poland.
Innovative projects and trainings that combine the latest methodological knowledge with practical classroom application became her trademark. Her ideas are widely popular because of their simplicity and efficiency.
has been teaching for many years in various places such as Vietnam, Hong Kong and Spain. She's a Teacher Trainer, Cambridge Examiner and a Blog Post Writer. She’s also very proud to be a teacher on the award-winning Pearson & BBC Live Classes Project.
She enjoys creating her own materials and lessons and has a particular interest in pronunciation, literacy and speaking skills in class. When not in the classroom, Elizabeth can be found in the theatre, either on stage performing or in the audience, and hiking in the mountains with her dog.
Throughout her carreer Ania Kolbuszewska has worked internationally as a trainer, manager and educational consultant, providing business and academic consultancy in mainstream and private education at primary, secondary, tertiary and further education level. Ania is also a mediator with a keen interest in conflict management theory and practice.
A former Eaquals Board member and Director of Eaquals Accreditation and Consultancy Services, she now continues to work as an auditor for this international quality assurance organisation. She is the author of the "Eaquals Self-help Guide to Teacher Development" and co-author of Eaquals Academic Management Competency Framework.
Together with her husband Andrzej Stęsik she has written Use of English materials for Pearson.
Ania is a member of Leadership and Management SIG and Business English SIG of IATEFL.
is a teacher, trainer and materials writer. She has been teaching general English and exam preparation courses for over twenty years and has trained new and in-service teachers all over the world. She is co-author of Pearson’s new exam course Formula, Pearson’s new general English series Roadmap, and other Pearson series including Gold Experience, Gold Preliminary and Expert IELTS.
is Senior Director, English Learning Research and Design at Pearson. On leaving university, Mike worked as a teacher of English in France before entering the world of publishing as a lexicographer. Mike joined Pearson in 2003 and headed up the Longman dictionaries list until his move into Learning Research and Design in 2013.
In this role, Mike leads a team of learning designers that developed the Global Scale of English. Mike has a BA (Hons) in French Language and Literature and a Masters in English and Applied Linguistics from Cambridge University.