
American English Live Teacher Development Series 18
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:
Themes | Presentation Titles | Session Dates |
Social-Emotional Learning |
Improve Student Communication by Developing Social Emotional Skills
Laura Leslie |
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
7:00-8:00 pm., Thailand Local Time Thursday, September 7, 2023 12:00-1:00 am., Thailand Local Time |
Exploring Hope Theory and Social Emotional Learning Concepts through CLIL
Donita Grissom |
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
7:00-8:00 pm., Thailand Local Time Thursday, September 21, 2023 12:00-1:00 am., Thailand Local Time |
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Critical Thinking
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Critical Thinking in the EFL Classroom: Engaging and Empowering Students
Serena Chu-Mraz |
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
7:00-8:00 pm., Thailand Local Time Thursday, October 5, 2023 12:00-1:00 am., Thailand Local Time |
Thinking Critically about Illustrations
Hema Ramanathan |
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
7:00-8:00 pm., Thailand Local Time Thursday, October 19, 2023 12:00-1:00 am., Thailand Local Time |
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I wonder… Activities that Teach Young Learners to Think Critically
Adrienne Johnson |
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
7:00-8:00 pm., Thailand Local Time Thursday, November 2, 2023 12:00-1:00 am., Thailand Local Time |
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Metacognition: Empowering Students to Monitor and Evaluate their Learning
Dorea Jackson |
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
8:00-9:00 pm., Thailand Local Time Thursday, November 16, 2023 1:00-2:00 am., Thailand Local Time |
Online Professional English Network (OPEN)
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.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
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.
RELO Bangkok Webinar Series
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= PL8JYQC0cpDPWWkmuwmoNJf6Z1NXFu MsUJ