The American English team is pleased to offer American English Live: Teacher Development Series 18. The six online seminars of the series cover a variety of topics intended for teachers of English or future teachers of English around the world. At the end of each event, participants will have the opportunity to earn a digital badge that verifies their participation. Viewing group hosts, Public Affairs Offices, and Regional English Language Offices also have the option to issue e-certificates for those who attend four out of six sessions.

The series will take place from September 6 – November 15, 2023. These 60-minute sessions will be held every other Wednesday at 7 p.m. or Thursday 12 a.m. Thailand Local Time. Participants can join the sessions by viewing the live posts here: www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators, according to the timetable given below:

Though not mandatory, registration is encouraged. Registered participants will receive email reminders with links to pre-session readings and online discussions.

Here is the link for registration: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/23WS18

Schedule:

Online Professional English Network (OPEN) offers 8-week, online university-level courses in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) developed by U.S. educational institutions.

Candidates must:

• Be an English language professional
• Have strong English language reading and writing skills (minimum 525 TOEFL, 70 iBT, or CEFR B2). You do not need to submit the test scores
• Be a citizen of the country in which you are living
• Be living in your country for the entire duration of the AE E-Teacher term
• Have regular and reliable access to high-speed internet connection
• Be able to spend 10 to 12 hours online each week for the duration of the 8-week course
• Be willing to be enrolled in a second or third course, if your primary choice is unavailable

The selected candidates will be contacted for phone interview.

These MOOCs will help pre-intermediate to intermediate level learners improve their English skills in five major career fields. Each MOOC is five weeks in length, and each has a different facilitated course start date. After the start date of the first facilitated course, the MOOC is open for enrollment.

The Regional English Language Office Bangkok is hosting a monthly webinar series by English Language Specialists and educational consultants.  You can find videos of these sessions posted on both RELO Bangkok Facebook and RELO Bangkok YouTube playlist.

• RELO Bangkok Facebook playlist: https://www.facebook.com/watch/relobangkok/259048908380362/

• RELO Bangkok YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8JYQC0cpDPWWkmuwmoNJf6Z1NXFuMsUJ