NATECLA Day Conference - Active Learning

Friday 17 March 2006 10-4 Skills for Life Lewisham Professional Development Centre Lewisham College Lewisham, London SE4 1UT The conference focuses on 'Active Learning' Dr Catherine Walter will give the opening address. Catherine is the course leaderof MA in TESOL at the Institute of Education, University of London and she has a special interest in the teaching of grammar. A synopsis of her talk is attached Choice of workshops to follow 1.'Engaging young learners' led by Ann Bradwell Youth Literacies worker, Edinburgh Participants will learn about key methods for engaging 'hard to reach' young people. 2. Ideas for adapting and integrating language and citizenship skills at Entry levels 1 - 3 led by Charlotte Haenlein The workshop will explore practical ways of building up a bank of resources to activate citizenship/ESOL learning relevant to your own local area 3. Where next for ESOL ILPs led by Karen Dudley Tower Hamlets Get a brief update on the research and preview the emerging findings and recommendations 4. Enhancing ESOL Teaching through the use of voice and mime, led by Mark Young lewisham College By focusing on vocal technique, the session will help the delegates to both utilise their own vocal potential and help their learners to develop greater expression. Interactive session 5. Learning styles led by Lisa Karlsen Lewisham College 6. The Development of a London Strategy for ESOL led by Pip Kings SFL Head of ESOL London Region 7 Embedding for Beginners - led by Karen Dudley and Sarah Daisley from Tower Hamlets College