About the event
This one-day webinar event will feature four webinars with ELT experts from around the world. Register once to attend up to four webinars on June 20 from 11:00 to 15:45 (UK time). All four webinars focus on how teachers can be inclusive in the ELT classroom. The webinars are for teachers of primary, secondary and young adult English language learners.
About the webinars
Session 1: Being updated to face any challenge.
Date:
20 June
Time:
11:00am (UK). See what time this is in your location
Duration:
1 hour
Speaker:
Sajani Somatunge
Session information:
This workshop will look at situations where some learners are not included in the teaching-learning process, why this happens, and strategies to help a teacher can cater to those needs. This workshop will give teachers practical ideas to help in deciding and planning how to make the classroom (FtoF / remote/ hybrid) more inclusive.
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Session 2: Empowering asylum seekers and refugees through English language teaching
Date:
20 June
Time:
12:15pm (UK). See what time this is in your location
Duration:
1 hour
Speaker:
Beatrix Smith & Reena Lal
Session information:
This webinar will showcase the work done on the Transitions programme in Hong Kong, for refugees and asylum seekers. The session will present both research and practical classroom-based guidance for anyone interested in teaching and supporting the refugee and asylum-seeking community.
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Session 3: LGBTQIA+ in ELT - resisting invisibility
Date:
20 June
Time:
13:30pm (UK). See what time this is in your location
Duration:
1 hour
Speaker:
Peter Fullagar
Session information:
This session will look at who is not represented in ELT materials, and then focus on why there should be more LGBTQIA+ representation in ELT materials. The webinar will show teachers how to create and adapt materials which are inclusive of LGBTQIA+ people, and where to find resources and information.
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Session 4: Diversifying pronunciation tasks- quick and easy inclusive extensions
Date:
20 June
Time:
14:45pm (UK). See what time this is in your location
Duration:
1 hour
Speaker:
Helen Slee
Session information:
This workshop will first show some common gaps in diversity and inclusion in receptive/productive pronunciation activities in mainstream coursebooks, and how a needs analysis can gain an understanding of your learner’s needs. The second part of the webinar will show you how to expand and diversify pronunciation coursebook activities or create your own from scratch.
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About the speakers
Sajani Somatunge is a teacher and trainer working for the Ministry of Education in Sri Lanka and an e-moderator working in online teacher education for the British Council. She was the assistant coordinator of the Improving Teacher Education in Sri Lanka (iTESL) programme, and is interested in how inclusion affects learning opportunities.
Beatrix Smith and Reena Lal work together in the British Council Hong Kong.
Reena has taught at the British Council Hong Kong since 2015. She has taught and coordinated Young Learner classes for asylum seekers and refugees on the Transitions programme in Hong Kong for several years. She has been teaching young learners and adults the past eighteen years in diverse contexts: Cameroon, Congo, Belgium, Malaysia, Japan, and China.
Bea has been teaching Adults and Young Learners with the British Council for over eight years. She is the current Adult Transitions programme coordinator and has taught Adult classes for asylum seekers and refugees in Hong Kong for several years. She has a Psychology undergraduate degree and is currently doing a Master of Counselling at HKU.
Peter Fullagar has taught ELT for over seventeen years, and now works as a materials writer and editor for ELT publishers. He is committed to making the ELT industry more diverse and inclusive, and has a particular interest in LGBTQIA+, neurodiversity, age and disability. He has undertaken consultancy work on DEI (diversity, equality and inclusion) and is Programme and Partnership Director for Pride in Education Conference 2023.
Helen Slee is a nonbinary British-Canadian English language teacher. They’ve been teaching English for over ten years, to students aged three up to adults, ranging from beginner level A1 to proficiency C2. They’ve taught in five different countries, including five years in Spain, and online. They have spoken at TDSIG & GISIG’s Race & Queerness in ELT Web Conference in 2020, in virtual talks 2021-present, and spoke at IATEFL 2023 in the Inclusive Practices and SEN showcase.
Important information about our events - please read
- How to watch the webinar
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Our webinars are free.
They take place in Zoom Events. You do not need any special equipment to watch the webinars apart from a computer with the audio on. Registration is for the full event - you do not need to attend every session.
If you are joining on a mobile device you may need to have the Zoom application downloaded on your deviceRegistration
You should register for the event at the link provided above. In order to receive updates and a link to join the webinar, you will need to provide a valid email address. Your information will not be used for marketing purposes unless you explicitly give us permission to do so during the registration process. For more information about the British Council's privacy policy, please follow this link: https://www.britishcouncil.org/about-us/how-we-work/policies/information-security-privacy
Once you have registered for the event, you will receive an email with:
- a link to join
- a passcode that you will need to enter to join the webinar
- any other relevant information
Please do not delete this email.
If you have any specific accessibility requests, please contact us by email at teachingenglish@britishcouncil.org. You should say which webinar you are attending and ask us to contact you regarding your needs.
Instructions for joining a session in the event
- Click on the link that was emailed to you when you registered for the event.
- Enter the email address that you used to register for the event.
- If requested, introduce the passcode that was emailed to you when you registered for the event.
- You will join the 'lobby'. From the lobby you can chat to other participants.
- From the lobby you will see the session that is either currently live or soon to be live. When a session is live, you can click 'join' to watch the live session.
- Webinar recordings
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All TeachingEnglish webinars are recorded and available to watch on demand between 24 and 48 hours after the live webinar has ended. To view the recording of this webinar, please visit the same page on TeachingEnglish, or go to https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/news-events/webinars where you will find a list of all webinars and available recordings. Recordings will be available to watch for a minimum of six months and up to one year after the live event has ended.
- Certificates
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Certificates of attendance are available for all attendees. The link to obtain your certificate is provided in the following places:
- At the end of the webinar in the chat box
- In the 'Thank you for attending email' that you will receive after the webinar.
- At the end of the feedback survey once you have answered the questions.
- You should download the certificate to your computer. Once the certificate is saved to your computer, open it and type your name on the certificate. We recommend using Google Chrome or Internet Explorer to do this.
- Webinar handouts
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After the event we will publish a PDF webinar handout with lesson activities/classroom tips/links relevant further reading. For copyright reasons, we don't always share copies of the presenter's presentations. To view and download these PDFs, please visit the same page on TeachingEnglish, or go to https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/news-events/webinars where you will find the materials.
- Code of conduct - participants
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Please be respectful at all times to other participants and the presenter. Our webinars are freely available to attend by participants in all countries. Please be aware that comments you make in the general chat may have a negative impact on other participants and their enjoyment of the webinar.
Do not use insulting or offensive language or comments about the presenter or their presentation or criticise their style of presentation.
Do not use insulting or offensive language or comments towards other participants.
Do not make comments that include cultural references that may be offensive or upsetting to other participants or the presenter.
Any offensive or insulting comments will be deleted and the participant making the comment will be removed from the webinar.
Do not share any personal information in the general chat that may result in other participants contacting you. This includes addresses, phone numbers and email addresses.
Do not share links to your website or any websites that you are promoting for the purposes of making money.
Comments that include links to paid-for websites for the sole purpose of promotion will be deleted and you may be removed from the webinar.
Please use the Q&A to ask the presenter questions that are related to the theme or topic of the webinar only. If participant responses to questions are permitted, you should only make comments that are relevant to the question being asked.