The Future of English Language Teaching Conference

    Plenary 2

Creating an ‘Emergent Language Culture’ in a Teaching Team

Richard Chinn & Danny Norrington-Davies

In this plenary, Richard and Danny will explore how they have helped teachers and teachers-in-training work together to form groups that develop an emergent language culture and through this, their emergent language practices. This can be done by exploring classroom experiences and beliefs to make reflection more grounded and evidenced-based, and to work together to decide on a shared outcome. Richard and Danny will then discuss how this collaboration can develop further connections and projects within schools and online communities, which in turn can lead to new and exciting opportunities for teachers in understanding themselves and what happens in their classes.

About the presenters

Richard Chinn

Richard Chinn works on MA and BA programmes at King’s College London, and pre and in service teacher training courses at International House London. His professional interests are in classroom interaction, language teaching methodology, and teacher development. He is co-author of the book Working with Emergent Language published by Pavilion ELT.

Danny Norrington-Davies

Danny Norrington-Davies is a teacher and teacher-trainer working at International House London. His interests in ELT are emergent language, grammar, materials design, and creativity. He enjoys speaking at conferences, and his first book, Teaching grammar: from rules to reasons was published by Pavilion ELT in 2016. He is the co-author of the book Working with Emergent Language, also published by Pavilion ELT.