Ecological validity of assessment on foundation year
The slides accompanying my BALEAP 2023 talk can be downloaded here. It is often argued that an educational programme, such as a university foundation year, should not focus solely on […]
The slides accompanying my BALEAP 2023 talk can be downloaded here. It is often argued that an educational programme, such as a university foundation year, should not focus solely on […]
My IATEFL 2022 presentation is scheduled for Thursday 19 May 2022, 12.45-13.15, at Hilton Lagan Room A. This talk reviews various forms of written corrective feedback (instruction offered in response […]
My IATEFL 2021 presentation is scheduled for Monday 21 June at 11 am (UK time). In this talk I review what is currently known about how human memory operates and […]
At English Talks 2018 I gave a presentation on the role of consciousness in language education, with specific focus on the non-conscious forms of learning. References Bower, G. H. (2000). […]
This talk is a response to Silvana Richardson’s plenary presentation at IATEFL 2016 in Birmingham. Big thanks to everyone who came along! The summary of my talk has been published […]
In this talk, delivered at the IATEFL 2017 conference in Glasgow, I looked at various activities that take place in class, bearing in mind which of these activities could be […]
Join me at the forthcoming IATEFL conference in Glasgow, where (on Tuesday 4th April 2017) I will give a talk titled “What is the teacher necessary for?“. Bearing in mind the […]
This talk, delivered at IATEFL 2016 Birmingham, is addressed to those of my fellow teachers of English who are anxious to divert from their lesson plans and perceive their teaching […]
Join me at IATEFL 2016 (on Saturday 16th April, from 11:10 to 11:40 am, in Hall 11b), where I will be giving a talk titled “The best improvisation is prepared improvisation“. The […]
The principal idea that I aimed to promote in my talk at the IATEFL 2015 conference is that language training needs to be closely integrated with working on the learner’s […]