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Working with Emergent Language

Since the publication of Richard Chinn and Danny Norrington-Davies’ book Working with Emergent Language earlier in 2023, the term emergent language has become something of a buzzword or buzz phrase in ELT. For some, the idea of helping students to reformulate their language is nothing new, particularly in the field of one-to-one business and ESP training. For others, emergent language is an exciting opportunity to move away from form-focused target language production and on error correction to a meaning-focused approach to classroom-based language development.

In this context, the role of the teacher changes to become more of a facilitator, encouraging students to express meaning and sharing success among the learners when it goes well and encouraging reformulation when the language produced needs adjustment.

This masterclass contrasts emergent language with target language, provides a rationale for emergent language and then looks at different ways of working with it. It then offers three classroom contexts for busy teachers to try out emergent language in our festive gift to our masterclass participants.

Coming Up Live

Every month, Gallery Teachers holds online TEFL Masterclass workshops, led by top industry professionals. These sessions offer a platform for English language teachers to learn new ideas and share experiences.

TEFL Webinar- 15 December 2023 at 16:00 UK Time

Presented by Neil Harris

Teacher Trainer & Director of Marketing@CELT Language School

Panelist: Marie Pettigrew

Teacher Trainer, Assessor, Consultant (EFL and CELTA) & Freelance Teacher.

Each 90-minute workshop consists of an input session from a TEFL expert, followed by a real-time Q&A. This interactive format encourages lively discussion between the presenter and global attendees, fostering a dynamic exchange of insights and expertise.

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Workshops Library for English Language Teachers

  • Teaching Grammar – Lesson Frameworks

    • Teaching Grammar – Lesson Frameworks – £25.00
    1 Lessons in Grammar & Lexis & Functions, Workshop

    Understanding different lesson frameworks enables students to have more time for meaningful practice because teacher talking time (TTT) will be reduced.

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  • Exploiting Images in the Classroom

    • Exploiting Images in the Classroom – £25.00
    1 Lessons in 21st Century Skills, Other, Workshop

    Explore some memory techniques we can use with our students to provide more “a-ha” moments and learn the tools to create the perfect images for your classroom.

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  • The Role of Error Correction in the English Language Classroom

    • The Role of Error Correction in the English Language Classroom – £25.00
    1 Lessons in Classroom Management, Teaching Speaking Skills, Workshop

    Have you ever thought about student errors in the English language learning classroom and how to approach them? Become familiar with why students make errors in their output (writing and speaking) and learn about how to get them to notice and work on correcting their own errors. Join us for important ideas and the opportunity to learn more about focusing on fluency versus accuracy in this enlightening workshop.

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  • Teaching Listening – The Cinderella Skill

    • Teaching Listening – The Cinderella Skill – £25.00
    1 Lessons in Teaching Listening Skills, Teaching Pronunciation, Workshop

    This workshop reviews the main classroom challenges teaching listening and offers solutions to provide impactful listening sub-skills development.

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  • Selecting and Exploiting Teaching Materials for Offline and Online Classroom

    • Selecting and Exploiting Teaching Materials for Offline and Online Classroom – £50.00
    2 Lessons in Grammar & Lexis & Functions, Lesson Planning, Other, Professional Development, Workshop

    In this series of workshops, we will be discussing different ways of selecting and adapting coursebook materials and looking at some effective activities to supplement your classes.

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  • Teaching Young Learners Through Storytelling

    • Teaching Young Learners Through Storytelling – £25.00
    1 Lessons in Teaching Young Learners and Teenagers, Workshop

    Join this workshop to learn how to teach young learners through storytelling. Dramatize your English lessons with children!

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  • Elicitation in the Classroom

    • Elicitation in the Classroom – £25.00
    1 Lessons in Classroom Management, Grammar & Lexis & Functions, Workshop

    Many TEFL teachers find it difficult to elicit from their students. How do we use elicitation techniques to keep students engaged and involved in lessons?

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  • Teaching and Learning Online with a Phone

    • Teaching and Learning Online with a Phone – £25.00
    1 Lessons in Online Teaching and Learning, Technology, Workshop

    How confident are you teaching a lesson from your phone? This workshop offers some practical tips from my own personal adventure into online ‘phone’ teaching for when a phone is all you or your learners have!

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  • Planning for Teaching Productive Skills

    • Planning for Teaching Productive Skills – £25.00
    1 Lessons in Lesson Planning, Teaching Speaking Skills, Teaching Writing Skills, Workshop

    This workshop introduces you to frameworks for teaching successful speaking and writing lessons.

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