2010 English Language Teaching Conference for teachers of English to Adults, Children & Business students
Barcelona, February 5 and 6, 2010
Provisional programme
Friday 5th
Friday’s sessions will be held at the Hotel NH Podium, Bailén 4-6, 08010 Barcelona
Multiple Voices from the classroom: becoming a better teacher
Plenary session
Luke Prodromou
5.00—6.00pm
I report on research into ‘expertise’ in language teaching, drawing on the following sources; empirical research; teachers’ voices from various European countries, and on some of my own surveys into ‘the good teacher’. From this data, I identify tendencies and patterns in effective classroom practice. I end with two personal ‘case studies’ of teachers’ voices that have shaped my own teaching.
Biodata • Luke is a freelance teacher, trainer and materials writer. He has taught mostly for the British Council. He has published a number of textbooks and handbooks for teachers. He co-authored Dealing with Difficulties with Lindsay Clandfield (Winner of the Ben Warren Prize) andEnglish as a Lingua franca: a corpus-based study (2nd ed. Continuum, 2010). He has run training courses for NILE (Norwich) Pilgrims (Canterbury) and ESADE (Barcelona). He has an MA in Shakespeare Studies (University of Birmingham), a Postgaduate Diploma in ESL (Leeds University) and a Ph.D from the University of Nottingham. He lives and works in Greece.
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