--- title: The Future of English Language Teaching Conference (FOELT) 2021 description: Presented by Trinity College London and Regent's University, The Future of English Language Teaching Conference (FOELT) offers a first-rate professional development opportunity, with a contemporary twist. It is a free online event, and open to ELT professionals around the world. image: https://resources.trinitycollege.com/hubfs/Language%20(central)/Events/FOELT/FOELT%202021/FINAL_FOELT_Social.png --- [![TCL Purple RGB](https://resources.trinitycollege.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Spain/2024%20Logos/TCL%20Purple%20RGB.png?width=194&height=55&name=TCL%20Purple%20RGB.png) ](https://www.trinitycollege.com) [![Trinity College London - purple logo](https://resources.trinitycollege.com/hubfs/Drama%202020%20Resource/Trinity%20College%20London%20-%20purple%20logo.svg) ](https://www.trinitycollege.com) # The Future of English Language Teaching Conference [![Main-G](https://resources.trinitycollege.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Language%20(central)/Events/FOELT/FOELT%202021/Main-G.png?width=142&name=Main-G.png)](https://learn.trinitycollege.co.uk/foelt?hsLang=en-gb)  [![About-G](https://resources.trinitycollege.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Language%20(central)/Events/FOELT/FOELT%202021/About-G.png?width=142&name=About-G.png) ](https://learn.trinitycollege.co.uk/foelt/about?hsLang=en-gb) [![Events-P](https://resources.trinitycollege.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Language%20(central)/Events/FOELT/FOELT%202021/Events-P.png?width=142&name=Events-P.png)](https://learn.trinitycollege.co.uk/foelt/events?hsLang=en-gb) ## EVENT ## The 6th Future of English Language Teaching Conference (FOELT) 2021 ###### ONLINE | Saturday, 26 June 2021 09:30 - 16:45 (UK time)       ## 2 Plenaries Presented by Silvana Richardson and Scott Thornbury. ## 20 Breakout Sessions Covering English for Specific Purposes, Young Learners, Technology and Innovation and Teacher Education. ## Truly International The free online conference is open to English language professionals around the world at all stages in their career. ## 2021 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME* | 9:45 - 10:00 | Registration   | | --- | --- | | 10:00 - 10:10 | Introduction - Welcome and orientation   | | 10:15 - 11:00 | Breakout sessions 1:   ESP: Translation and the ESP classroom, Panagiota Frytzala   YL: "A tale never loses in the telling": Challenging hegemonic worldviews and decolonizing the EFL classroom, Erika de Freitas Coachman and Izabelle da Silva Fernandes   IT: Enriching language development at all levels with inclusive, global resources, Adam Scott   TE: Revisiting teacher language proficiency and the native speaker, Khanh Duc Kuttig   TE: Lessons learned. Teaching & learning in the online/hybrid classroom, Aga Gurbin -   | | 11:00 - 11:15 | Refreshment break   | | 11:00 - 11:15 | Pop up session What's new at Trinity?, Alison Castle Kane   | | 11:15 - 12:00 | Breakout sessions 2:   ESP: ELT and climate change, where next? Christopher Graham   YL: Moving towards a culturally responsive learning experience for the whole child through social-emotional learning in ESL classrooms, Sonali Priyadarsini Sahoo   IT: Avoiding an overload: (Re)discovering the Cognitive Load Theory in ELT, Diana Bauducco   TE: How can socially constructed knowledge held in communities of practice be reliably assessed? Lessons from TESOL assessment development, Richard Harris   TE: Adapting and extending your coursebooks to avoid boredom, Carmen García-López and Raquel González-Gómez   | | 12:00 - 12:45 | Refreshment break   | | 12:45 - 13:30 | Plenary 1:   Lessons from Disruption[,](https://resources.trinitycollege.com/foelt/events/2021/silvana-richardson?hsLang=en-gb) Silvana Richardson   | | 13:30 - 13:45 | Refreshment break   | | 13:45 - 14:30 | Breakout sessions 3:   ESP: Making memes matter: Internet memes as an effective tool for skill development and learner engagement in ESP, Mark Nicholas Glasford   YL: The power of storytelling: How to engage students emotionally, imaginatively, intellectually and playfully, Manuela Kelly Calzini   IT: The Online English Café: Expanding opportunities for refugee learners through free online resources, Jane Mandalios and Susan Stetson-Tiligadas   TE: Teacher competencies for the modern classroom, Chris Farrell   ESP: Communication skills - A road to employability for young people, Catherine Sercombe | |   |   | | 14:30 - 14:45 | Refreshment break   | | 14:30 - 14:45 | Pop up session Learn, teach and inspire with the English language centre at Regent's University London, Emilia Kruszewska | | 14:45 - 15:30 | Breakout sessions 4:   ESP: Integration of L1 tests to promote L2 vocabulary retention, Thatha Molli   YL: Understanding multi-competence and translanguaging, Ande Pradeep   IT: Implementing digital cultural heritage in teaching, Ivana Štiglec   TE: The story of impact: Lessons learnt and feedback on training teachers to teach online, Ben Beaumont   TE: The gap between perception and achievement, Peter Lahiff   | | 15:30 - 15:45 | Refreshment break   | | 15:45 - 16:30 | Plenary 2:   Swings and Roundabouts: Where we've been and where we're going, Scott Thornbury   | | 16:30 - 16:45 | Closing comments and farewell |   ## VIDEOS FROM FOELT 2021 [![View all](https://resources.trinitycollege.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Language%20(central)/Events/FOELT/FOELT%202021/View%20all.png?width=95&name=View%20all.png)](https://resources.trinitycollege.com/teachers/english_language/webinars/tag/foelt-2021?hsLang=en-gb)   ## SUBSCRIBE ## Get news and updates in your inbox Use the button below to register for emails regarding FOELT:   [![Sign up emails](https://resources.trinitycollege.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Language%20(central)/Events/FOELT/FOELT%202021/Sign%20up%20emails.png?width=167&name=Sign%20up%20emails.png)](https://learn.trinitycollege.co.uk/foelt/interest?hsLang=en-gb) [![Trinity College London - purple logo](https://resources.trinitycollege.com/hubfs/Drama%202020%20Resource/Trinity%20College%20London%20-%20purple%20logo.svg "Trinity College London - purple logo")](http://trinitycollege.com) Trinity College London is a leading international exam board and independent education charity that has been providing assessments around the world since 1877. #### Quick Links [Trinitycollege.com](https://www.trinitycollege.com/) Copyright © 2022 Trinity College London **