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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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