RELO Online Programs

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

 

 

Critical Thinking

 

 

 

 

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

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

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) 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.