American English Live: Teacher Development Series 8
The American English team is pleased to offer American English Live: Teacher Development Series 8. 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 May 6 – July 15, 2020. These 60-minute sessions will be held every other Wednesday. Participants can join the sessions by viewing the live posts through Facebook Live and Zoom according to the time table given below:
- Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators/
- Zoom: https://eca-state.zoom.us/j/975451162
American English Live Series 8
| Theme | Presentation Titles | Session Dates |
| Teaching Reading in the EFL Classroom | Promoting Reading Fluency with the ACTIVE Framework
Presenter: Neil J Anderson |
Wednesday, May 06, 2020
7:00-8:00 pm Thailand Local Time Thursday, May 07, 2020 12:00-1:00 am Thailand Local Time |
| Teaching Reading in the EFL Classroom | Pre-reading Activities to Activate Readers
Presenter: Ami Christensen |
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
7:00-8:00 pm Thailand Local Time Thursday, May 21, 2020 12:00-1:00 am Thailand Local Time |
| Communicative Language Teaching: Fun and Varied Approaches for Common Grammar Topics | Bringing Grammar to Life with Experiential Learning
Presenter: Amanda Hilliard |
Wednesday, June 03, 2020
7:00-8:00 pm Thailand Local Time Thursday, June 04, 2020 12:00-1:00 am Thailand Local Time |
| Communicative Language Teaching: Fun and Varied Approaches for Common Grammar Topics | No Prep Communicative Grammar Practice
Presenter: Stephanie Owens Upadhyay |
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
7:00-8:00 pm Thailand Local Time Thursday, June 18, 2020 12:00-1:00 am Thailand Local Time 1:00-2:00 pm ET |
| Pair Work and Group Work to Encourage Student-to-Student Interaction | Adaptable Speaking Activities for Pairs and Groups
Presenter: Lynn W. Zimmerman |
Wednesday, July 01, 2020
7:00-8:00 pm Thailand Local Time Thursday, July 02, 2020 12:00-1:00 am Thailand Local Time |
| Pair Work and Group Work to Encourage Student-to-Student Interaction | Classmates as Language Learning Allies: Activities to Encourage Student-to-Student Interaction
Presenter: John Kotnarowski |
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
7:00-8:00 pm Thailand Local Time Thursday, July 16, 2020 12:00-1:00 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=PL8JYQC0cpDPWWkmuwmoNJf6Z1NXFuMsUJ
