Exploiting Authentic Texts in the English Language Classroom
with Anna Kashcheeva
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Zoom Meeting
Speaker:
Anna Kashcheeva
(EFL teacher, CELTA and DELTA trainer, DELTA, MA in TESOL, IHTTC,
MSc in Educational Management from the University of Portsmouth)
Anna Kashcheeva is a freelance CELTA and Delta trainer. She previously worked as a teacher and an Assistant Director of Studies at BKC IH Moscow. She is also involved in delivering a wide range of online and offline training courses including TKT, CELTA & DELTA preparation, IH CAM, IHCTYL, IHC121 as well as designing more tailored courses for different educational establishments.
Being a MSc student in Educational Leadership and Management at School of Education and Sociology of the University of Portsmouth, Anna conducted social science research on identifying freelance teachers’ needs and evaluating the sustainability of a teacher-mentor learning community, which helped her come up with some ideas for developing this community.
We will be taking a closer look at how to choose and exploit authentic materials with respect to our learning objectives and students’ proficiency level.
During the second hour, we will be working with our self-generated activities based on 'Becoming Fluent: How Cognitive Science Can Help Adults Learn a Foreign Language', by Richard Roberts and Roger Kreuz.
