Ένα καινούριο module για την εξέταση ΤΚΤ, το ΤΚΤ Practical, είναι πλέον διαθέσιμο από το Cambridge ESOL. Παρέχει στους καθηγητές σε ολόκληρο τον κόσμο πιστοποίηση των πρακτικών τους γνώσεων στο χώρο της διδασκαλίας συμπληρώνοντας την γκάμα πιστοποιητικών διδασκαλίας του Cambridge ESOL. Μπορεί να δοθεί μαζί με τα υπόλοιπα modules της εξέτασης -TKT: Content and Language Integrated Learning and TKT: Knowledge about Language- αλλά και μεμονωμένα, οδηγώντας στην απόκτηση του σχετικού πιστοποιητικού.
Το ΤΚΤ Practical είναι το τελευταίο από μια σειρά modules της εξέτασης ΤΚΤ η οποία διαρκώς επεκτείνεται. Ένα νέο module για τη διδασκαλία σε μικρούς μαθητές θα προστεθεί στην γκάμα της εξέτασης ΤΚΤ μέσα στην επόμενη χρονιά.


Τhe Harrogate Online project is a British Council / IATEFL partnership providing online conference coverage of this year's Harrogate IATEFL Conference. View on-demand video webcasts of conference presentations and workshops are a great way to catch some of the conference events. Interviews with presenters and conference delegates.
Some of the videos available: The Professional Life Cycles of Teachers - Tessa Woodward, Web 2.0 tools that make a difference - Russell Stannard, Teaching English for sustainability - Rachel Bowden, Out of the Learner's Mouth - Rosemary Westwell, Paper-based testing vs. computer-based testing: A new comprehensive comparability model - Saad Al-Amri and many more.
http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2010/sessions/videos



The learn2lingo cross cultural community is connecting teachers and learners worldwide via live video.
They offer online lessons to students worldwide as well as partnerships with teachers and language schools.

http://learn2lingo.com/


BESIG Webinar: The best teaching resource? Our students?

This first ever online BESIG event has been set up to explore and discuss the implications of the current move in Business English towards totally needs-based, learner-focused language training. Four leading business and general English professionals will share their views and discuss with an online audience the demands and benefits of individually tailored language training.
button Date & Schedule
This entirely web-based event will take place at 14.00 (Berlin time, i.e. UTC/GMT +2) on 1 June 2010. The schedule is as follows:
14.00 Lindsay Clandfield: Language learners: resource-full, but not necessarily resourceful!
14.15 Candy van Olst: Demand and Supply - start with the student!
14.30 Ian Badger: Providing business-critical language training
14.45 Luke Meddings: Engaging hard-to-reach learners through conversation
15.00 Panel discussion and Q & A with online audience

http://www.besig.org/events/Webinars/index.htm