Macmillan Online Spring Conference

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27 березня Primary Day

15:00 – 16:00

21st century skills in a primary level English classroom, presenter dr. Anna Parr-Modrzejewska



Teaching English as a foreign language in the 21st century goes far beyond equipping students with appropriate knowledge of vocabulary and grammar. The world has become a communicatively complex place where simply understanding the language at the superficial level is not enough to decode all the shades of meaning it conveys.



In this session we will look at a number of ways in which we can help our students develop some of the most essential 21st century skills like critical and creative thinking, reasoning, active learning, collaboration and most importantly communication in order to prepare them for the challenges of understanding the world around them.



16:05 – 17:05

"How to navigate young learners’ progress with gamified digital tools", presenter Małgorzata Mróz


Using games to teach English to young learners is a must for many reasons. First of all, children’s attention span is rather short at the beginning of their learning process and games can help us keep them interested and eager to learn. Secondly, games serve as a tool to teach values, good behaviour and cooperation with other young learners. Finally, game-based activities encourage the youngest students to use English in a fun and safe environment, building positive connotations in their minds. But how do I, a teacher, know which games convey educational value? What criteria should those games meet? How many games is too little and how many is already too much?

In this very practical session I’d like to present a set of low or non-prep yet very valuable language games and activities made with easily accessible, free online tools. I will present some examples from my own classroom as well as some hints on recycling your own games.



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