The Seminar provides 42 hours of tuition, comprising 20 workshops, 5 lectures and 3 seminars.
You'll choose two morning workshops per week.
Workshops week 1:
- Creating and Writing Classroom Materials - John Hughes
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Exploring Grammar: Words, Clauses, Sentences and Beyond - Jon Hird
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From Phonemes to Fluency: An Approach to Pronunciation Mastery - Adrian Underhill
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Linguistic Mediation in the Secondary School Classroom: Skills, Strategies and Activities (B1+) - Hanna Kryszewska
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Teaching and Learning Online - Shaun Wilden
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The Inclusive Teacher’s Toolkit: Tips and Techniques for Teaching Mixed-Ability Classes - Edmund Dudley
Workshops week 2:
- Developing Critical and Creative Thinkers for a Global Future - John Hughes
- Motivating the Unmotivated - Edmund Dudley
- Teaching a Changing Language: Aspects of Contemporary English - Jon Hird
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Teaching in a Digital World: Promoting Digital Literacies - Shaun Wilden
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The Psychology of Well-being in the Classroom - Adrian Underhill
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Towards Mastery: Ideas for Inspiring Advanced Learners (C1+) of English - Hanna Kryszewska
ELT guest lectures
After lunch we invite you to join us for a stimulating and informative plenary lecture or seminar:
- Dyslexia and Learning English: Literacy and Wider Issues - Jon Hird
- The Story of your Professional Development: Sowing the Seeds of an International Learning Community - Adrian Underhill
- Artificial Intelligence and Language Learning - Shaun Wilden
- Personalization in an Impersonal World - John Hughes
- I’ve started so I’ll finish: good reasons to stick with bad books, and other lessons in resilience - Edmund Dudley
- Visual Literacy in the ELT Class - Hanna Kryszewska
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Taking the ELTSS Experience Back Home - Adrian Underhill
Schedule
Monday - Friday
09.15 - 10.45 Workshop
10.45 - 11.15 Tea/coffee break
11.15 - 12.45 Workshop
12.45 - 13.45 Lunch
13.45 - 15:15 Lecture
The programme provides 42 hours of tuition, comprising:
- 12 hours of lectures (8 sessions lasting approximately 1.5 hours each)
- 30 hours of workshop meetings (7.5 hours per course)
Please note that as the workshop sessions incorporate a large amount of interaction and participation with colleagues, all teachers are invited to contribute proactively to group discussions.
After class you can relax in over 24 acres of tranquil gardens and wooded grounds, sit by the college’s own lake far from the bustle of the busy city streets beyond Worcester’s high walls or explore one of Britain’s most beautiful cities.
Social programme
We have carefully tailored your social programme to allow you plenty of free time to explore and enjoy Oxford. You will also benefit from the services of two programme assistants who will be available to offer information on available social activities in Oxford. We have arranged a number of optional activities (all at no extra cost) during your course which, under normal circumstances, may include the following:
- Guided walking tour of Oxford
- Cultural exchange evening
- Oxford scavenger hunt
- Open-air play
- River and Canal walk
- Scottish country dancing evening
- Quiz Night
- Oxford University Parks walk
- Punting on the River Cherwell
- Pub visit with tutors
- Coach transport to and from London on Saturday 31 July
Meals and refreshments
We invite all participants to join us for an opening drinks reception and dinner on Sunday 25 July and for our formal farewell drinks reception and gala dinner on Friday 6 August.
Breakfast
Breakfast is served in college and you have a choice of a light continental-style breakfast in Worcester College Nash Café or a cooked breakfast in the college Dining Hall.
Refreshments
Tea, coffee and refreshments are served during the morning break.
Lunch
A buffet lunch is served in the Saïd Business School Dining Hall. You can choose from a number of hot main course options or help yourself to the salad bar. After lunch you can enjoy a coffee on the roof terrace.
Dinner
A two course dinner is served in the Dining Hall at Worcester College.
ELT publishers' book display
During the Seminar, representatives from Oxford University Press and Macmillan will be present to showcase current and forthcoming ELT publications. All teachers will be offered a discount of 20% on ELT publications purchased during the seminar.