English Language Webinars

Trinity organises events and various webinar series throughout the year. Most Trinity-organised events are free, but may require advance registration.

Fun Phonology for Young Minds

This webinar was designed to support teachers working with young learners. The presenter explored techniques, strategies, and resources for developing phonological awareness in children, and provide practical examples of classroom activities including games, chants, rhymes, and songs.

 

Summary

Phonology is one of the more neglected areas of language teaching although it is fundamental to spoken communication. Childhood is a key period for assimilating a whole host of phonological features since young learners are especially receptive to unfamiliar sounds. The ability to form sounds is also linked to skills such as listening – if you can say it, you can hear it. This webinar explored techniques, strategies, and resources for developing phonological awareness in children. These will include games, communicative activities, chants, rhymes, and songs.

 

About the presenter

Lola Garay is a teacher, a teacher trainer and a specialist in SLA, SLDs and CLIL. She has been in education for over 20 years. She has managed academic programs, published classroom material and created and delivered teaching development programs, conferences and workshops for educators in mainstream education and language teaching in Spain, Portugal, and the UK. She works in public education, and is also involved in research and educational consultancy for various public and private schools across the country.

 

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About the Transformative Teachers Webinar Series

The Transformative Teachers webinar series is aimed at English language teaching professionals who would like to participate in regular development opportunities.

See all Transformative Teacher Webinars, and find out more about the series at:

learn.trinitycollege.co.uk/TTW

 

 

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Upcoming

GESE: Choosing the Appropriate Grade
Tue 6 June, 3:00PM (UK time)
Trinity's Graded Examinations in Spoken English (GESE) are one-to-one, face-to-face assessments of English language speaking and listening skills with a Trinity examiner, who encourages the candidate to evidence their skills through prompts and authentic interactive dialogue. The GESE exam is a popular choice in peak periods, as well as for part-time learners, and for optional conversation classes year-round.
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GESE: Preparing for the Topic Phase
Wed 7 June, 3:00PM (UK time)
Trinity's Graded Examinations in Spoken English (GESE) are one-to-one, face-to-face assessments of English language speaking and listening skills with a Trinity examiner, who encourages the candidate to evidence their skills through prompts and authentic interactive dialogue. The GESE exam is a popular choice in peak periods, as well as for part-time learners, and for optional conversation classes year-round.
GESE: Practising for the Interactive Phase
Thu 8 June, 3:00PM (UK time)
Trinity's Graded Examinations in Spoken English (GESE) are one-to-one, face-to-face assessments of English language speaking and listening skills with a Trinity examiner, who encourages the candidate to evidence their skills through prompts and authentic interactive dialogue. The GESE exam is a popular choice in peak periods, as well as for part-time learners, and for optional conversation classes year-round.
The 8th Future of English Language Teaching Conference (Online)
Sat 10 June, 8:45AM (UK time)
The 8th annual, free online Future of English Language Teaching Conference includes key plenaries by Claudia Ferradas and Chris Roland alongside various breakout sessions.
Building sustainability into ELT – are we doing enough?
Wed 21 June, 4:00PM (UK time)
The negative environmental impact of the global ELT community and the opportunities we have in climate change education have been moving up our agenda in recent years. But are the many initiatives that we are putting into place enough to make any real difference? This webinar will look at some of the issues.
Building Linguistic Bridges in the ELT classroom: Cross linguistic mediation activities to support inclusion and social development
Wed 19 July, 4:00PM (UK time)
This webinar will look at specific strategies to support young learners of English who come from poor and vulnerable backgrounds. Teaching strategies and example activities will be drawn from the speakers own experience of working in a deprived area in Buenos Aires.

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