After our first foray into the East of the country, the 2024 edition of the English Teachers' Day will once again take place at the Lycée Classique d'Echternach.
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We're looking forward to seeing you there on Thursday, 17th October.
Schedule
08:00 Registration
08:45 Welcome speech
08:50 Keynote – Katherinne Stannett (National Geographic Learning)
09:45 Coffee break
10:00 Workshops
11:30 JBK Young Teacher Award ceremony
11:45 Lunch break
13:00 Keynote speech – Erika Osváth (OUP)
14:00 Coffee break
14:15 Workshops
15:45 Plenary (+prize draw)
16:00 Reception (hosted by National Geographic Learning)
Keynote 1
Katherine Stannett (National Geographic Learning) – Preparing Our Students for the Future
As AI develops, and our access to information expands exponentially, it has become increasingly difficult to predict the hard skills that our students will need when they leave school and head into the world. So how can we prepare them for an uncertain future?
In this talk, I will argue that the soft skills we foster in our students as we teach English are as important as the actual language skills they acquire. Using examples from National Geographic Learning’s ‘New Close-up’, I will show how non-academic skills like critical thinking, mediation, resilience, communication and cultural competence can be incorporated into our teaching practice, helping our students to develop into independent, resourceful and empathetic adults, ready for whatever the future may hold.
Keynote 2
Erika Osváth (Oxford University Press) –
Self-Directed Professional Development
How do you feel as a teacher right now? How much do you feel you have developed over the years? What has helped you develop? And then where do we go from here? How do we get there? Can personal development be separate from professional development really?
In this interactive talk we will explore the answers to these questions by looking at a developmental framework for self-directed development. I believe we are very lucky in these times because unlike a few decades ago, we have a great number of tools for self-development at our disposal, and we will be trying out some of them.
Morning Workshops
01
The What, Why and How of Social and Emotional Learning
(Katherine Stannett, National Geographic Learning)
02
A student-driven approach to teaching grammar
(Erika Osváth, OUP)
03
From Newspapers to AI: Media Literacy Strategies for ESL Teachers
(Mathieu-Pierre Büchler, LAM)
04
Cross-Cultural Connections: Integrating English Teaching Assistants into Luxembourg's Classrooms
(US Embassy)
Afternoon Workshops
05
Let's get started with my professional development
(Erika Osváth, OUP)
06
Teaching poetry through other arts
(David Masion, LAML)
07
Cultivating Reading Culture – Practical Strategies and Collaborative Discussion
(Elisabeth Kayser & Martine Mangen, LMRL)
08
Encouraging Thinking Outside the Box: Developing Creativity in Teenagers
(Herbert Puchta, CUP)
Mr Puchta will be at the CUP stand before and after his workshop and sign your books / coursebooks.
What is ETD?
The English Teachers' Day (ETD)'s objectives are:
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to share and exchange ideas, material(s) in view of an evolving teaching and learning environment
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to engage teachers in their realities and discuss and clarify these realities
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to adapt teaching methods to new emergent social and educational contexts
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to establish a strong, effective professional learning community (PLC)
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to prepare the future of English teaching and learning in Luxembourg
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The organizing team: Marie-Jo Decker (LAML), Liz Heiter (LMRL), Chris Bebing (LAM), Chris Pesch (LCE)
Past events
Since its inaugural edition in 2010, the English Teachers' Day has been proud to attract some of the most respected voices in the field of ELT to come to Luxembourg.
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Keynote speakers have included Charles Alderson (in 2012), Gary Anderson (in 2015), Catherine Butler (in 2014), David Crystal (in 2016), Edmund Dudley (in 2016), Jamie Keddie (in 2014), Philip Kerr (in 2015), Hania Kryszewa (in 2011), John Mikton (in 2018), Keith Morrow (in 2010), Amoz Paran (in 2012 and 2017), Michael Swan (in 2011), Shaun Wilden (in 2018) and Shelley Wong (in 2014).
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On top of these there have been countless great workshops led by guests from abroad, as well as many talented local teachers.
Our partners
The English Teachers' Day could not take place without the cooperation and generous help of various partners.
