ELC Webinar Series
We’re delighted to announce that Pharos University is resuming its PD initiative “ELC Biweekly Webinar Series”.
Our speakers who are experts in ELT for many years aim to deliver effective and fruitful sessions for you all. They volunteer to pass on their knowledge. These webinars are free of charge and designed for all English teachers working in mainstream education. Our webinars are different as they are not just a presentation! All participants will go away with new and applicable ideas. Participants will receive a certificate of attendance for each webinar they attend.
See you in June!
| Date | Subject | Time | Speaker |
| June 9th, 2022 | Writing Language Objectives | 7:00 P.M (Egypt’s time) | Nikki Ashcraft |
| June 14th, 2022 | Teaching and Assessing Integrated Skills: using the CEFR Mediation descriptors | 12:00 P.M (Egypt’s time) | Thom Kiddle |
| June 30th, 2022 | Meaningful, aopen-access multimodal writing tasks in language learning classrooms | 3:00 P.M (Egypt’s time) | Chaoran Wang |
Writing Language Objectives
Nikki Ashcraft
June 9th, 2022 @ 7:00 PM Egypt’s time
Link to register:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApcu-spjgsGtNMOc9U-kKDO4YfOGdRc5bo
In this webinar, I will introduce approaches to incorporating open pedagogy in language classrooms. Open pedagogy, also called OER-enabled pedagogy, refers to teaching and learning practices that allow students to “revise, remix, redistribute, retain, and reuse (5R)” the content (Wiley & Hilton, 2018). Open pedagogy gives language learners the opportunity to engage with meaningful and active language learning because students are able to co-create new knowledge through authentic tasks. In this webinar, I will firstly introduce the development of open pedagogy. Then I will discuss relevant classroom practices and examples of how open pedagogy is implemented in class. Finally, I will be sharing specific and practical strategies and resources for designing meaningful, open-pedagogy class activities and assignments to support English language learners’ reading and writing development that involves multimodal writing tasks.
Dr. Nikki Ashcraft is an Associate Teaching Professor in the online M.Ed. TESOL program at the University of Missouri, USA. During her career, she has taught English and trained teachers in the U.S., Mexico, Chile, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. She has held various leadership positions within TESOL International Association. Her book, Lesson Planning, was published by TESOL Press in 2014.
Teaching and Assessing Integrated Skills: using the CEFR Mediation descriptors
Thom Kiddle
June 14th, 2022 @ 12:00 pm Egypt’s time
Link to register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIuduigpz4qE9HBVy7aoTBnEZiOOCXv_IzC
This session will challenge the traditional paradigm of teaching and assessing language skills as separate constructs, and reflect on how a focus on integrated skills can and should be so much more than setting up opportunities for practice. We will look at how the expanded focus on Mediation in the CEFR Companion Volume (2018 & 2020) can support this focus on integrated skills and empower the language teacher to develop real-world competences in their learners, underpinned by development of grammar and vocabulary knowledge and use.
Meaningful, aopen-access multimodal writing tasks in language learning classrooms
Chaoran Wang
June 30th, 2022 @ 3:00 pm Egypt’s time
Link to register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkdu2vqTgiGdSTBOIUIPJJU3yLlmmfOwya
In this webinar, I will introduce approaches to incorporating open pedagogy in language classrooms. Open pedagogy, also called OER-enabled pedagogy, refers to teaching and learning practices that allow students to “revise, remix, redistribute, retain, and reuse (5R)” the content (Wiley & Hilton, 2018). Open pedagogy gives language learners the opportunity to engage with meaningful and active language learning because students are able to co-create new knowledge through authentic tasks. In this webinar, I will firstly introduce the development of open pedagogy. Then I will discuss relevant classroom practices and examples of how open pedagogy is implemented in class. Finally, I will be sharing specific and practical strategies and resources for designing meaningful, open-pedagogy class activities and assignments to support English language learners’ reading and writing development that involves multimodal writing tasks.
Chaoran Wang earned her PhD in Literacy, Culture, and Language Education from Indiana University Bloomington, USA. Her research examines technology-enhanced language learning through the intersecting perspectives of language studies, sociocultural theories, and educational technologies. She is a Multilingual Writing Specialist and an Assistant Professor of Writing at Colby College, USA.
