TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)

Andrea Littlewood has been teaching since 1985 and is Head of the Young Learners Department at Hyland Language Centre, Madrid. She is interested in teacher development and has given talks to teachers in the state and private sector. Andrea has co-­‐authored the first cycle of the primary course Twister and is a Cambridge ESOL speaking examiner

Children are keen to share information that’s important to them. In this session we will be looking at simple ideas that can be used alongside our course books to encourage our groups to speak about their world. We will be exploiting the children’s interest with follow up ideas that lead to a variety of written texts to motivate class mates and teachers alike.

Helena Kennedy is the Assistant Director of Studies for adults and younger learners at Hyland Language Centre, Madrid. She has been teaching adults, younger learners and exam classes for the past 8 years. She has previously taught in Austria and the UK, before coming to Spain in 2006.

Anyone these days knows what YouTube™ is, but what place does it serve in the classroom? This session will look at e verything from adverts to clips from TV shows and how these short videos serve as a basis for practising all the skills, as well as grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation for different levels and types of classes.

Scott Migliacci

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