Free Online Seminars for Teachers offered by IH Cairo

International House Cairo is happy to offer three Online seminars for teachers. These seminars are free and will be delivered using the platform zoom. 

Please see more information and register below:

How to access meaningful CPD for busy teachers

Date: Oct 10th, 2021
Time: 11 am
Speaker: Fiona Dunlop

Speaker Bio

Fiona Dunlop is the Principal at Wimbledon School of English, London, one of the oldest independent language schools in the UK. Fiona has over 30 years worldwide experience in the field of English language training, including such areas as Teacher Training, Business and Soft Skills Training and Academic and School Management. She holds an MA in Psychology and an English UK/Trinity Diploma in ELT Management.

Brief

This session aims to raise awareness of what CPD is, what is available and relevant to English language trainers and how to integrate CPD opportunities seamlessly into their busy lives. An underlying premise is that in order to develop effectively we must reflect in a meaningful way and recognise our ongoing achievements in order to move forward.

In this workshop I aim to look at the various ways we can access professional development, how to select what is useful and relevant for us and our clients and how to gather evidence through reflective practices to monitor and measure the impact on our clients.
I will provide practical, easy to implement ideas and activities which can be integrated into the everyday working life of a busy English trainer, including a number of useful hints and reflective tools. We will consider the benefits of self-observation models including evidence-based reflection.
The session will also give the audience the opportunity to reflect and set professional SMART goals relevant to their environment and their students.

Registration link: Meeting Registration - Zoom

 
How to crack the codes of CEFR

Date: Oct 17th, 2021
Time: 11 am Egypt time
Speaker: Mayar Ahmed

Speaker Bio

Mayar has been an English Language instructor since 2014. She has taught General English and ESP courses to adult learners. She has been a CELTA holder since 2017. As a Senior Academic Coordinator at PUA, she is mainly responsible for the curriculum and material design of the face to face and online content at the ELC. Furthermore, she has experience in testing and assessment, and teacher training. She is also an IELTS Speaking examiner with Cambridge and a PhD candidate in a Linguistics and Translation PhD program at Alexandria University.

Brief

The very first ‘threshold level’ concept was incepted in the 70s For English first then for French. Over 30 years later in 2001, the CEFR came to light as a proficiency guide to European languages (COE, n.d). Since then, textbook authors and language professionals have been relying heavily on CEFR scales and descriptors as the backdrop for various purposes such as testing, curriculum design, etc…This session will serve as an introduction to CEFR as an indispensable ELT tool, how to comprehend it, and other tools applying the CEFR to help with testing and curriculum design in various teaching contexts.

Registration link: Meeting Registration - Zoom

 
How to manage time in class

Date: Oct 24th, 2021
Time: 11 am Egypt time
Speaker: Andriy Ruzhynskiy

Speaker Bio

● PhD in Teaching
● MA High Honours, Philology
● CELTA, CAM, IHCTL, SIT TESOL Teacher Trainer
Andriy has been teaching English and Russian to students from all over the world since 1984. His teacher training career started in 2002, when he became an SIT TESOL trainer, and then in 2007 he got licensed to run CELTA and IHCTL courses as well. He is also a CAM course Tutor, and a Local DELTA Tutor for IH London. He has run numerous teacher training courses in about 15 countries, from Canada to New Zealand. He is convinced that being a teacher trainer is a real blessing as it gives him fantastic chances to meet super professional people all over the world. He regularly takes part in conferences and workshops on teaching techniques and approaches in his country and internationally. He is also a singer in a Ukrainian folk group ‘Muravskyi Shliakh’.

Brief

During the session, I will talk about one of the most frequent issues that teachers have in class: how to cope with time management? The main idea of this presentation is: timing in class is hardly ever about time. Do you know why? Come and join us at this webinar :)

Registration link: Meeting Registration - Zoom

Stay tuned for more webinars in November!