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The fifth annual Drama in Education Days

2/10/2019

The fifth annual Drama in Education Days will take place in Zug, Switzerland from July 18th-20th 2019.

The conference focuses on best practice and research in the field of Drama and Theatre in Education specifically in second and foreign language teaching.

Abstracts for talks or workshops may be submitted until March 15th 2019 to:
eva.goeksel@phzg & sgiebert@htwg-konstanz.de

For more information please go to: https://dramapaedagogik.de

special issue of HLT Mag CELEBRATing 25 YEARS

2/7/2019

This special issue celebrates 25 years of HLT Mag! Many of the contributors are C Group members: Alan Maley, Hanna Kryszewska, Csilla Jaray-Benn, Malu Sciamarelli, Rod Bolitho, Aleksandra Zaparucha, Andrew Wright, Adrian Underhill, David Heathfield, Danny Singh, Tessa Woodward, Geoff Tranter.

Click on the link below to log into the Humanising Language Teacher Training Magazine:

An interview with Alan Maley - Pilgrims Teacher Training Blog

2/7/2019

In the first of a series of interviews with speakers at the Pilgrims 45ht Birthday Conference Bratislava, Kev Byrne interviews the C Group founder Alan Maley.

Click on the image below to read the interview:

45th birthday of Pilgrims Teacher Training Centre Conference in Slovakia

2/7/2019

Amazing line up of speakers confirmed for the “45th birthday of Pilgrims Teacher Training Centre” Conference in Slovakia, including the C Group members Alan Maley, Chaz Pugliese, Hanna Kryszewska, Judit Feher, Aleksandra Zaparucha and Stefania Ballotto!

For more information and registration, click on the image below:

World Storytelling Celebration

12/10/2018

Story Arts Foundation is bringing to Hyderabad, the first 'World Storytelling Celebration - DAMADIKIYA 2018'. This celebration is a dream come true for me in many unexpected ways. As a storyteller who loves exchanging stories and performing them, it is a delight to bring together Kenya - Wangari Grace, Thailand - Dr. Wajuppa Tossa, Argentina - Paula Martin, France - Sabrina Arusan, and yours truly, India - Deepa Kiran to enthrall the people of Hyderabad.

The Celebration is scheduled to take place from December 11th - December 15th, 2018 and the enchanting Storytellers are all geared up to deliver performance showcases and facilitate workshops on learning the techniques of Storytelling and how Storytelling can be used as a Pedagogical Tool. Inviting you to be a part of this Celebration and looking forward to see you there!

Deepa Kiran

To register for Dec 12th- Storytelling Performance Showcase:
http://bitly.com/hydshowcase

To register for Dec 11th, 13th, 15th- Master Class workshops:
http://bitly.com/damadikiya

How the Heart Responds - Alan Maley's Second Haiku Book

11/25/2018

alone in my room
I listen to the rumours of
other people's baths ...

'Ann, beloved wife
of ...' someone whose name's flaked off -
no one left to care.

How the Heart Responds follows on from Alan's first collection, What the Eye Sees. It focuses on human nature as well as nature. These 'haiku moments' are often humorous, zany, even satirical reflections on what it means to be alive.

Alan's contact: yelamoo@yahoo.co.uk

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CREATIVE TEACHING, ASSESSMENT AND RESEARCH IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

11/21/2018

ICCTAR 2019

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
CREATIVE TEACHING,
ASSESSMENT
AND
RESEARCH
IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

The conference secretariat invites speakers to submit proposals (abstracts) on any topic related to English Language Teaching (Examples would include classroom research, research on the skill areas, investigation of errors, assessment and tests, materials development and evaluation, teacher problems learner problems, teacher professional development, curriculum development, new issues in ELT, etc.) or English Language Studies (Comparative studies in L1-L2, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, literacy, translation, language policy, etc.). Topics are not restricted to those mentioned here.

For more information, submission procedures and registration, click on this link:
www.icctar.com/

Teacher or Cheater?

10/21/2018

The C Group member Fernando Guarany presented Alan Maley's poem Teacher in the following animated video at the recent Braz-TESOL event Congresso Bilingue para Professores de Ingles do Triangulo Mineiro:

Click on the image below to see the poem in the British Council publication
Integrating global issues in the
creative English language classroom

ELTons Awards for Innovation in English language teaching

10/17/2018

Applications are now open for the 17th British Council ELTons Awards for Innovation in English language teaching!

The British Council is, once again, looking for the latest and most innovative resources to learn and teach English, across the full breadth of media (non-digital or digital) and from a wide variety of contexts worldwide. The ELTons’ call for applications is now open for entries across five award categories, including for courses, teacher and learner resources, for digital innovation and for local innovation.

The deadline for submission is Friday 2 November,
23:59 (UK time)

Full information about the ELTons and how to submit an application is available on the ELTons website.

Simon Greenall

10/8/2018

I have some sad news for C group members: Simon Greenall passed away on 11 September after a long illness.

For those members who knew Simon, I hardly need say anything more for they will grieve a well-loved colleague and will recall his many achievements and human qualities.

For those who did not know him well, it is worth citing some of his achievements. He was a past-President of IATEFL and a Trustee of International House. He also sat on several British Council committees, including the ELTons committee. In recent years he also led the team which produced a highly influential course-book for China, which has sold millions of copies.

Simon was not one to thrust himself into the limelight, preferring to work quietly and effectively behind the scenes. He often told me that people regarded him as ‘a safe pair of hands’ – and I would heartily concur. He will be remembered for his humanity and warmth, his essential kindness and generosity, for his conviviality and good humour, and for his deep sense of professional responsibility.

He was a valued member of the C Group from the outset - and generously funded one of the C Group scholarships to IATEFL. He will be greatly missed.

(For further tributes, please see the information below shared by IATEFL and the next issue of HLT Mag, which will carry a special article on his life and work.)

Alan Maley

Memorial Event
There will be a memorial event in London on Saturday 6 April, 2019 (the day after IATEFL ends) to celebrate Simon's life. This will be hosted by Macmillan Education. Further details will be shared in due course.

Remembrance Book on WeRemember
A remembrance book has been set up on WeRemember where people may leave tributes to Simon. This will later be turned into an e-book of remembrance. If you would like to contribute, please follow this link.

JustGiving Campaign
We are also collecting donations for the Sobell House Hospice Charity who provided such excellent end of life care. If you wish to make a personal donation you may do so here

Jill and family would like to thank all those who have sent tributes and messages of support. These have been warmly received at this difficult time.