Sandie MOURAO, Nova University (Lisbon)

The power of picturebooks in ELT

Picturebooks tend to be associated with younger learners, however, in this talk I shall demonstrate that picturebooks are suitable for teachers and their learners of all ages, from pre-primary through to secondary education. Showing different picturebooks, I will demonstrate the power picturebooks have in supporting language development, critical thinking and intercultural understanding – all through the inter-animation or pictures, words and the gaps between!

Workshop

Play for real in early years language education

This workshop looks closely at circle time and formats with a view to showing how they support child-initiated play in English. Together we shall look at the formats in game-like activities, try them out and reflect on the implications for our practice and the children’s use of English during play.

BioData

Sandie Mourão (PhD) is a teacher educator, author and educational consultant specialising in early foreign language education and the use of picturebooks in all areas of language education. At present she is a researcher at Nova University Lisbon, where she is investigating intercultural citizenship education through picturebooks in English. Sandie has written text books (e.g. Best Buddies, Macmillan Mexico 2007; Discover with Dex, Macmillan Iberia, 2015) and teachers’ resource books (e.g. Teaching English to Pre-primary Children, Delta Publishing, 2019), edited academic volumes (e.g. Early Years Second Language Education: International Perspectives on Theories and Practice, Routledge, 2015) and is a regular contributor to edited collections, journals and magazines related to ELT and children’s literature. She is co-editor of the CLELEjournal an open access online journal, which supports the integration of children’s literature and language learning http://clelejournal.org/.

Nalan ATABEK, TED Antalya College

WORKSHOP: Urge Thinking through Reading

AUDIENCE: Middle & High school  

ABSTRACT: The session will focus on the ways to make the academic journey more autonomous for our learners. As there are numerous ways to make it so, critical reading strategies will be utilized in a down-to-earth fashion. As 21^st century teachers, reading strategies aren’t new, nor is reading through a critical lens. However, employing explicit, peculiar and strategic mindsets can help learners navigate skills that can come in handy for future struggles in life beyond school. The learners, who are born to be multi-taskers, should be equipped with skills and experiences that are both content specific and interdisciplinary. Keeping this in mind, ideas and experiences will be shared to multiply relevant implementations and practices.

BIO: Nalan Atabek is an English teacher at TED Antalya College. She holds a BA in Faculty of Language Education from Middle East Technical University. She is interested in teaching and creating interdisciplinary literature courses and believes in the teaching of life-long skills through subject areas to raise an aware population. She is also a teacher trainer and materials writer.

Derya BOYACIOĞLU & Neşe İNAN, TED Samsun College

WORKSHOP: “From Remembering to Creating” (Critical Thinking)

AUDIENCE: Primary & Secondary

ABSTRACT: This workshop session will start with the questions “What is critical thinking?” and “How do we teach our students to think critically?” Through these questions, participants will elicit the importance of “questioning and letting their students inquire” while teaching by giving information about the steps of Bloom’s Taxonomy.  The session goes on with a group work activity which enables participants to use graded readers and create activities for each of the 6 steps of Bloom’s Taxonomy; starting with remembering and ending with creativity. At the end of the session, participants will present their work and comment on the outcomes of the session.

BIO: DERYA BOYACIOĞLU was born in Samsun. After graduating Samsun Maarif College and Samsun Anatolian High School, she studied English Linguistics at Hacettepe University. After teaching at Government Anatolian High Schools in Samsun for 22 years, she got retired and started teaching at TED Samsun College. Since 2007, she has been working for TED Samsun College as the Head of the Languages Department and Teacher Trainer.
NEŞE İNAN was born in Samsun. She has been working as an English teacher for 23 years and teaching English at TED Samsun College since 2007. She took part in Access -6 Microscholarship Programme in 2014-2016 and Virtual Class Project.

Teresa DOĞUELLİ, Macmillan Education

WORKSHOP: Motivating the Unmotivated

AUDIENCE: All

ABSTRACT: This workshop will try to show teachers of all levels, new and experienced, some of the issues causing students to become unmotivated and how these issues can be tackled using a variety of techniques which gameify the learning process, thus raising the motivation of our ‘gamer’ generation. We will also look at how the latest 21st Century skills and competences are being integrated into the ELT curriculum which could make a difference to how actively involved learners feel in the world around them.

BIO: Teresa Doğuelli has been a teacher and trainer since 1976- teaching adults, teenagers and children; working with teachers, trainers, inspectors and parents. She is now a full-time teacher trainer with Macmillan Education. She holds a DTEFLA and an MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Reading. She aspires to be a world changer!

Jackie DONOHOE, TED Istanbul College

TALK: Making Phonics Fun!

AUDIENCE: KG & Primary

ABSTRACT: How can you spice up a lesson that can typically become routine and dull for everyone involved? Exploring Phonics in Kindergarten - Grade 1 and looking at ways to make it a more enjoyable experience for the both teacher and student. Using Jolly Phonics as a basis, I will demonstrate a range of teaching strategies and phonics activities to make your Phonics lessons more engaging and creative.

BIO: Jackie Donohoe is a Kindergarten Homeroom Teacher and Kindergarten English Group Head at TED Istanbul College. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Early Years and Primary Education from the University of Wales. She has over ten years’ experience in the international education system and has worked with many difficult curricula. She believes that systematic synthetic phonics is key to teaching children reading and writing.

Nahide Nur DUMLU, TED Ege College

WORKSHOP: Bring Your Coursebook to Life!

AUDIENCE: Secondary

ABSTRACT: Most teachers would agree that using an ELT coursebook has pros and cons. No matter how appealing textbooks look at first, their strengths and weaknesses will only unfold during real classroom use. As language teachers , it is possible for us to find ourselves saying; ‘Oh, those issues that are covered in the textbook don’t go down well with my students’ or ‘it is very difficult to engage in most of students with these activities’ throughout the academic year. It is always a necessity for us as teachers to adapt the textbook material to make it suitable for students’ needs and tastes instead of going through textbook without adapting the content at all. In this session, we aim to refer to some key points which will help us adapt the textbook creatively.

BIO: Nahide Nur Dumlu has been working as an English teacher at TED Ege College for seven years. She is a graduate of Ege University, from the department of English Language and Literature. She holds a BA in Sociology from Anadolu University. She is a PhD student in the department of Educational Administration, Supervision, Planning and Economics at Adnan Menderes University.  She is interested in adult education, professional development in teaching and classroom management. She is also a professional child yoga trainer. She sees her students’ progress as the fount of her motivation.

Buket KAVAK (TED Denizli College) & Selda TOPBAŞ İPEK (TED HQ)  

WORKSHOP: Creative Drama in the Classroom

AUDIENCE: Primary & Secondary  

ABSTRACT: Creative drama is an alternative theatre technique with all students in the classroom. The techniques such as Freeze Frames, Miming, Open and Close, Soundscape, Thought Tracking, and Image Theatre come up with several activities to be performed by precious TED teachers.We will be ready to enrich enquiry skills, encourage negotiation, emerge creativity, develop independent thought, involve all. In our workshop, you can image you are a frog about to kiss the princess or you are a Knight about to kill your enemy. Drama is not only an engaging way of teaching, it is also a feeling for words and actions, so you are more than welcome to make a lot of noise and have some fun!

BIO: Buket Kavak is an English teacher and Head of the English Department for Secondary School at TED Denizli College. She graduated from Middle East Technical University ELT in 2013. She has been working for TED Schools since she started her career. She is interested in using drama in the class and believes in the use of drama to enhance students’ acquisition. Currently, she is doing her master studies and writing her master’s thesis in Educational Administration, Supervision and Planning.

Selda Topbaş İpek is an education specialist at TED HQ. She graduated from Bilkent University, department of American Culture and Literature in 2011. She is a M.A. student at Başkent University, department of Educational Administration. She is a life-long learner.

Serkan KORMAZ, TED Malatya College

WORKSHOP: Power of Memory Through Song and Melodies

AUDIENCE: Secondary & High School

ABSTRACT: One of the most difficult challenges in teaching English is the subjects that the student has to memorise. Teachers struggle with the lack of motivation and stress among students when the subject requires a lot of memorisation. Memorising vocabulary is a further challenge which students encounter. This may also cause disillusion. We encounter certain situations in subjects like irregular verbs, gerund and infinitives. This workshop aims to make memorising the necessary vocabulary easier by songs. Memorising the lyrics of a song is always much easier than memorising other kinds of texts thanks to the rhyme, rhythm and the melody. Scientifically it has been proven that there are correlations between strong emotions and memory. Since music stimulates our emotions, integrating the correct type of song into the correct type of subject has been proven to be quite useful. In this workshop, I aim to show how we can turn memorisation into a motivating and fun activity.

BIO: Serkan Korkmaz is an English teacher in TED Malatya College. This is his 7th year in teaching English and 3rd year in TED. He is specialized in theatre and music and tries to integrate these skills into his teaching techniques. He has unique compositions and English song materials in his YouTube channel. 

Okan ÖNALAN, Okul Yayın Danışmanlık

WORKSHOP: Creative Listening Activities as Formative Assessment

AUDIENCE: All

ABSTRACT: Today, we need more creative forms of valid and reliable assessment tools to support learning-oriented assessment. To address this need, the TOEFL Primary tests are designed to measure the skills of young learners who are in the early stages of learning English as a foreign language (EFL). This workshop by Dr. Okan Önalan presents creative Listening activities in order to become more familiar with the TOEFL® Primary tasks. These contemporary teaching materials may be perceived as creative means of formative assessment as well as tools for constructive feedback. The creative hands-on activities and ideas of the workshop can also be used in classrooms to strengthen English-language skills and abilities needed by autonomous young learners. Also, they will help teachers create their own successful, collaborative and creative English-language teaching and learning experiences.

BIO: Dr. Okan Önalan is a certified TOEFL workshop facilitator, a teacher-trainer and an educational consultant. He has mainly focused on areas such as effective classroom communication skills, learner and teacher creativity and motivation. He currently delivers teacher-training courses, workshops and seminars at different levels.

Hristijan STOJANOVSKI, TED Ankara College

TALK: Motivation 101

AUDIENCE: Primary

ABSTRACT:  My presentation is going to be covering the basics of motivation and motivating unmotivated  students. It will be based on research, ideas and tips on how to motivate students and how to track the developement  on a micro (a class) and macro (a semester/ a school year)  level.  The usage of  the four 21st century skills while motivating students will be also incorporated into the presentation.  The presentation will try to open up a discussion on the various motivation skills, tools and practices used by teachers to uplift their classes and to achieve higher outcomes on an individual basis with their students. The presentation will be in the form of a discussion supported by a clear and fact-based graphic presentation.

BIO: Hristijan Stojanovski is an English teacher at TED Ankara College. He holds an BA in International Relations, and TEFL/ TESOL certificates.

Onur ŞEYHOĞLU, TED Kocaeli College

WORKSHOP: Storytelling with Puppets

AUDIENCE: KG & Primary

ABSTRACT:  In this session, I will be presenting a demo lesson, based on storytelling, with the help of my puppet. I will try to demonstrate how storytelling/puppet shows can have a positive influence on the students’ learning process. I will try to show how to catch students’ attention and encourage them to interact with the puppet, which improves their English speaking skill.

BIO: Onur Şeyhoğlu is a ventriloquist English teacher who works as a storyteller at TED Kocaeli College. He has been teaching English with the help of his puppets and musical instruments since 2012. He believes that drama and music are key factors when it comes to teaching young learners. He has been writing songs and stories, performing puppet shows and playing gigs full of nursery rhymes.

Sharon YILDIRIM, TED Isparta College  

WORKSHOP: Creative writing: The Power of Poetry

AUDIENCE: Secondary & High school

ABSTRACT: The session will consist of a powerpoint presentation and handouts to enable active participation by the attendees. I aim to provide an interactive tutorial on the benefits of using poetry to enhance language skills and increase creativity. It will open with a brief outline of the power of poetry as an effective medium to teach the English language. The presentation will focus on poetry as an under-utilised resource within the wider realm of English language teaching and learning. Although, the use of rhymes in the teaching of young learners, from kindergarden to the lower levels of primary education, is prevalent there appears to be a cut-off point for their usage. Poetry is a constructive way to teach the English language, as it offers an holistic approach that covers a broad spectrum of skills and proficiency. Through poetry students can explore and develop their own creativity while inadvertently learning the essential four skills. Moreover, poetry encourages students to view and question the complexities of the world in new ways. My presentation on poetry will introduce some ideas, activities and materials that can be appropriated for use in middle school and beyond.

BIO: Sharon Yıldırım is an English teacher at Ted Isparta College.She holds a BA in Literature from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland. She was a creative writing lecturer at West College, Scotland for many years. She has a background in Community Education: teaching creative writing and communications as part of the Community Arts Team in Renfrewshire, Scotland. She is interested in creative writing, especially poetry, and has written a broad collection of works over many years, including a substantial compilation of children’s poetry.

Sindy ZOLFAGHARI, TED Antalya College

WORKSHOP: Problem-Based Learning

AUDIENCE: All

ABSTRACT: The goal of this workshop is to present an alternative for traditional teaching methods and focus on how to get all students actively engaged in the classroom. Problem-Based learning is a student-centered, inquiry-based instructional model in which learners engage with an authentic, poorly-structured problem which requires further research. Students identify gaps in their knowledge, conduct research, and apply their learning to develop solutions and present their findings.

BIO: Sindy Zolfaghari graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in English Literature and is currently teaching English, Science and Literature at TED Antalya College. A strong advocate of Project- based learning, her goal is involving her students in an enhanced learning program based on problem-solving, and technology infused activities providing them with a unique language learning experience. Her professional interests focus on Communicative approaches to language teaching and her current projects are focusing on a combination of different teaching methods to get the best out of her classroom through implementing an innovative mixture of Problem-based learning, project-based learning and traditional teaching.

Maria ALI & Burcu CİNLİ, TED Istanbul College

TALK: Let’s Take That Cat Out of the Box!

AUDIENCE: High school

ABSTRACT: This presentation will be about creating innovators in English language classrooms. This presentation will map out ways to provide psychological safety for students to feel free to think out of the box and methods to encourage critical and innovative thinking in the classroom. The presentation will begin with a theoretical pathway based on scientific articles. Then, in-class applications and their results in students’ ability for critical thinking and innovation will be presented and discussed. This presentation is also in close connection with four of the IB learner profile attributes (inquirer, thinker, open-minded and risk-taker) and IB Language A course aims.

BIO: Maria Ali is an English High School Literature teacher at Ted Istanbul Koleji. She holds a Bachelor degree in Education from McGill University. She is currently working on getting her Master’s in Education, and is interested in in Second Language Teaching. She has been teaching in Istanbul for 5 years.

Burcu Cinli is an English teacher at TED Istanbul College. She attended the Graduate School of Education, Masters Programme for Curriculum Development with an International Baccalaureate Teaching Certificate at Bilkent University. She is interested in teaching literature using Literary Theories, Theory of Knowledge course from IB and integration of international curricula in different schools. She is also a very interested and devoted MUN Director.

Güneş AKSULU, TED Izmir College

TALK: Supporting Children with Difficulties in Reading & Writing

AUDIENCE: Primary & Secondary

ABSTRACT: Today, 1 out of 10 students in our class have difficulty in learning whether they are diagnosed or not. In these cases, is early diagnosis important? Are we conscious about our students’ learning styles or needs? The diagnosis of Special Learning Disability has increased by 20% in the last 10 years, but do we know the right teaching techniques in order to involve these students in classroom activities?  ‘Multisensory Teaching Technique’ is the most common teaching technique which is used to teach especially phonological awareness and train the brain to read and write. In this session, we will be looking for the answers to the questions above and achieve a general idea of how to design classroom activities by using ‘Multisensory Teaching Techniques’. We will also learn some basic practices that we can adapt easily in our classrooms.

BIO: Güneş Aksulu holds a BA in English Language Teaching from Uludağ University. After completing CELTA training, she attended the 6-week course ‘Supporting Children with difficulties in Reading & Writing at the University of London. Meanwhile, she completed the 4 weeks’ of ‘ADHD: Everyday Strategies for Elementary Students’ online course at The State University of New York. She is currently working as an English teacher at TED Izmir College and applies ‘Multisensory Teaching Techniques’ with students with Special Learning Disabilities.

Melda Akbay ÇAĞLAYAN & Berfin Tamay ERDOĞAN, TED Eskişehir College

WORKSHOP: Have Fun with Tech

AUDIENCE: All

ABSTRACT: Recently teens, adults, teachers and, in short, everyone uses technology in their daily life, unconsciously learning much from their cellphone and the internet. So why do not we teachers use this technology in our teaching philosophy? Web 2.0 tools mean the tools which a teacher can use during their lessons. Nowadays most of us use technology in our classes to hook our students. If we think about all of the web 2.0 tools we can separate them into different and various sections. We can use them online or offline to prepare worksheets, animations , quizzes, presentations  or stories. Some of these tools can be used directly in class without an internet connection.

BIO: Melda Akbay Çağlayan is a teacher who works with secondary school students.

Berfin Tamay Erdoğan is a teacher in Kindergarten.

Pınar EGELİ, TED Karadeniz Ereğli College

WORKSHOP: Bringing Your Coursebook to Life

AUDIENCE: SECONDARY

ABSTRACT: Our course book is one tool to help us engage and inspire our students. Deviating from the course book can be a challenge for teachers working with a strict syllabus, but applying a little imagination can be highly effective and fun. This workshop will be focusing on different activities that we can easily apply in our classrooms. We would like to share the ways we can adapt certain activities into very effective, lively and  lasting ones so that our students can stay focused, motivated and engaged during the learning process.

BIO: Pınar EGELİ is an English teacher and head of the foreign languages department. She graduated from Anadolu University in 2012 in teaching English as a foreign language. She has taught at TED Karadeniz Ereğli College for six years. She has been a teacher trainer for four years. She gave various TED-MEB ELT seminars. Within the last two years, she was a presenter at the ELT Orientation Workshops which were held in Karabük for new teachers. She also attended the X. TED ELT Conference as a presenter in 2018.

Melis Akdoğan GÜNDOĞDU, TOBB University of Economics and Technology

WORKSHOP: Take all the sentences, I have mine!

AUDIENCE: KG, Primary & Secondary

ABSTRACT: We all remember some stories and children books from our childhood; however, not all of them can actually inspire and stimulate children with the language, illustrations, and plot as do qualified picture books. As picture books are the first work of art that children have in their life, it is vital to meet them with books qualified in terms of the language, the illustrations and the story itself. The aim of this session is to share the features of qualified picture books and to discuss the possible classroom implications. In the session, first of all, the characteristics of qualified picture books will be discussed very briefly and some examples will be provided. The rest of the session will focus on wordless picture books and include interactive games and activities to discuss how they can be used to foster the creativity of the students and encourage them to productive skills.

BIO: Graduated from Ankara University in 2009 and completed the first MA in 2013, she started her second MA on Curriculum Development. She has been working at TOBB ETU since 2010 and she is the coordinator of PDU.

Nadia HAMIDI, TED Ankara College

WORKSHOP: Teaching English Through Art

AUDIENCE: Primary school teachers

ABSTRACT: Art connects with young students on a sensory level, getting their whole bodies involved as they learn language. It is well known that children are naturally creative, they respond to visual imagery and tend to have the most active imaginations. Incorporating Art in English classes is a unique and fun way to keep students motivated and excited about learning a new language, breaking away from the traditional classroom environment while still utilising all four language skills. In this talk, we will discuss how Art can be used as a tool for teachers of young English learners as well as demonstrate how it can be incorporated and modified to fit different ages and skill levels. 

BIO: Nadia Hamidi was born and raised in London, England. A Fine Arts graduate, Nadia went on to become a certified TEFL teacher and believes that incorporating creativity and imagination in her English lessons is key to making language learning fun and successful. With over just over six years ELT experience, Nadia has taught in several schools and institutes in Turkey, teaching students with various English language skills and ages. Her passion and specialization lies in teaching young children and now works as the second grade co-ordinator at Ted Ankara College.

Ebru KÖSTEKÇİ, TED Karabük College

WORKSHOP: The Magic Inside the Problem: Creative Teaching of Grammar

AUDIENCE:  Secondary

ABSTRACT:  ‘… All I know about Grammar is its power.’ As emphasized by Joan Didion, Grammar is the powerful side of a language. However, it’s still ‘challenging’ for teachers and a bit ‘boring’ for learners. But the magic is right here, inside the problem itself. If it is challenging then it is the thing pushing us to create a way to deal with it. We are different, as our learners, this means there is not just one way to teach grammar. During this workshop we will be discussing these ‘different’ ways.

We would like to welcome you to our ‘The Magic inside the Problem’ session to share some creative activities for teaching grammar so that our learners can comprehend in an easier way, be engaged with the lesson / tasks and be more motivated during the learning process.

BIO: Ebru KÖSTEKCİ is an English Teacher and BTEC Coordinator at TED Karabük College. She graduated from Dokuz Eylül University in 2009. She is interested in looking for different strategies to teach English Language and believes in the profit of game to motivate students. With six years of experience in teacher training, she has carried out various seminars, workshops such as TED-MEB seminars; ELT Orientation workshops and has also has run mentorship program for newly graduated teachers at school so far. Her main aim is to turn the 40 minute lesson into the art of learning and teaching.

Sandie MOURAO, Nova University (Lisbon)

WORKSHOP: Play for real in early years language education

AUDIENCE: KG & (early) Primary

ABSTRACT: This workshop looks closely at circle time and formats with a view to showing how they support child-initiated play in English. Together we shall look at the formats in game-like activities, try them out and reflect on the implications for our practice and the children’s use of English during play.

BIO: Sandie Mourão (PhD) is a teacher educator, author and educational consultant specialising in early foreign language education and the use of picturebooks in all areas of language education. At present she is a researcher at Nova University Lisbon, where she is investigating intercultural citizenship education through picturebooks in English. Sandie has written text books (e.g. Best Buddies, Macmillan Mexico 2007; Discover with Dex, Macmillan Iberia, 2015) and teachers’ resource books (e.g. Teaching English to Pre-primary Children, Delta Publishing, 2019), edited academic volumes (e.g. Early Years Second Language Education: International Perspectives on Theories and Practice, Routledge, 2015) and is a regular contributor to edited collections, journals and magazines related to ELT and children’s literature. She is co-editor of the CLELEjournal an open access online journal, which supports the integration of children’s literature and language learning http://clelejournal.org/.

Özge ÖNAL, TED Antalya College  

WORKSHOP: Presenting Grammar

AUDIENCE: All

ABSTRACT: This workshop will be focusing on important elements of Inductive Teaching. By storytelling, teachers finds a way to present grammar in a creative way which leads the students to discover the rules.  The participants will observe a grammar lesson demo and identify the important stages of Inductive Teaching. The aim of the demo lesson will be to enhance the awareness of the students of the given grammar topic. Moreover, it will inspire the students to be more creative and active during the learning process.

BIO: Özge Önal is an English teacher and Head of English department at Ted Antalya College. Özge graduated from Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, with a Bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature. She is interested in integrating drama and uses different methods to adopt and adapt to her ESL students of all ages. Özge believes in the use of a high degree of student engagement to create a student-centered teaching environment in order to make learning joyful, challenging and engaging. She is involved in English language teaching in many ways such as a teacher, trainer, supervisor, manager, assessor, program designer, speaker, and consultant.

Mayas SANKAR, TED Mersin College  

WORKSHOP: Using Games to Teach the Course Book

AUDIENCE: Primary

ABSTRACT: This workshop will explain how teachers can use games for different course topics. It is going to be an interactive kind of workshop where all the audience can paticipate. Some games will be for individual students, other games will be for pairs and others will be for group work. The aim is to present a new and interesting way for teaching the same old traditional topics. It is also very helpful for our hyperactive students to release some of their energy.

BIO: Mayas Sankar is a Primary School English teacher at TED Mersin College. She has a total of 14 years of teaching experience, of which 3 have been with TED. She has a particular interest in the application of learning Technologies in Foreign Language teaching. 

Zeynep YEDİERLER, TED HQ

TALK: Model Creativity

AUDIENCE: All

ABSTRACT: “There seems to be a consensus view within research in education, that creativity is amenable to teaching (Amabile, 1996, Kaufman & Beghetto, 2009, Lin, 2011). For students to learn how to become creative, teachers need to be creative themselves and to provide learners with an ethos and a culture that values creativity (Craft, 2005).” This talk is inspired by the movement towards learned centred rather than test-driven or teacher centred teaching. After briefly looking into the qualities that creative teachers possess, we will try to answer the question: “How can teachers break free and unlock their inherent creativity?” and explore different teaching strategies to bring creativity into the classroom.     

BIO: Zeynep Yedierler graduated from Gazi University and did her MA degree at METU. She has been working as a teacher for 34 years and as a teacher trainer for 19 years. She worked at METU, Department of Basic English for 22 years before retiring in 2006. She taught a great diversity of students-from young learners to adults- of all levels. She did training courses for different institutions around Turkey. She also took part in various local and international projects and had a chance to get to know hundreds of teachers and students whom she learned a great deal. Currently, she is working as an Education Specialist at Turkish Education Association (TED), Ankara. Her main goal is to help teachers and thus students find their way and hear their 'voice' in teaching and learning.

Aylin YILMAZ, TED Izmir College

WORKSHOP: Promoting Creativity in (E)FL Classes

AUDIENCE: All

ABSTRACT: “A six year-old student in a drawing class said she was going to draw a picture of God. The teacher said: ‘But nobody knows what God looks like.’ ‘They will, in a minute’, the child replied.” Creativity has traditionally been a focus in various areas such as fashion design, literature, music, art but talk over creativity is everywhere today including language education. There is an increasing demand in schools for “creative” teachers who can engage and motivate their students by promoting creative thinking; yet whose ability to be “creative” is mostly taken for granted. Can we learn and teach to be creative? If yes, how? In this workshop, we will look at the nature and impact of creativity in teaching and discuss some possible ways of promoting creativity in EFL classes.

BIO: Aylin Yılmaz received her BA degree from The English Language Teaching Department at Trakya University in 2008. In 2014, she got her CELTA and became a teacher-trainer and a member of T-PLUS upon completing her trainer education program at Sabancı University. She has teaching and teacher-training experience in universities and colleges. She is currently working as an English teacher and teacher trainer at TED İzmir College.

Jülide AĞAN & Şafak ERTAŞ, TED Ege College

WORKSHOP: Art as a Language Counterpart

AUDIENCE: High school

ABSTRACT:  As language teachers  we often use charts, pictures, diagrams and dialogues to create language topics in the classroom atmosphere. The most difficult part of it is finding or identifying topics relevant subjects which may be used as road maps/teaching tools. The majority of older students find it boring and dull to stay in a box and  to be surrounded by the cliched tasks and activities found in the coursebook. Using art, especially classical art as a teacing tool opens up a great field of imagination and an endless opportunity for outputs in the classroom. Being able to read art and having a refined taste needs some certain analytical drills and a critical concept of observing. In this session we will try to give some tips and ways to enjoy artwork in an analytical way and to use the output as a language tool in class.

BIO: Zeynep Jülide Ağan completed her primary and secondary education in İzmir Özel Türk College. She graduated from Ege University English Language and Literature Department. She is an experienced English teacher with 18 years in service. She is also teacher trainer and Head of the English Department at TED Ege Secondary School. She believes in a strong communication between a teacher and her students. She keeps up to date with developments in the teaching field.

Şafak Ertaş completed his primary and secondary education in İzmir and graduated from Selçuk University English Language and Literature department. After having served in public schools for three years, he started teaching at TED Ege College in 2005. He received teaching and teacher trainer courses from a lot of institutions both in Turkey and abroad. He is the coordinator and trainer at TED Ege College English department, father of a 3 years old girl and a life-long learner.

Nancy CEBECİ, TED Antalya College

WORKSHOP: The Creativity of Bringing a Parent to Class

AUDIENCE: KG & Primary

ABSTRACT: The focus of my presentation will be on the benefits of enjoying valuable time in class with the parent and the child together. It combines music, movement, drama, storytelling and speech into a lesson that is similar to the child’s kaleidoscopic world of play. Dancing to music helps children build motor skills while allowing them and their parents to practice mixed bags of self-expression. Join us to discover this magical world with a short dancing and a sing along section.

BIO: Nancy Cebeci is a native English teacher at TED Antalya she has been working for TED for two years. She has been teaching for nine years and has experience in pre-school and primary school.

She was born, raised and has completed her education in Melbourne, Australia. She is interested in motivating young learners. She believes in the magical use of music with her students in class. She has been a keen user of Kinder music for many years. She is also been inspired by many remarkable storytellers.  She is training herself to be a good storyteller.

Bürin Menküer ÇEÇEN & Çiğdem YILMAZ, TED Ankara College 

WORKSHOP: Obligated or Self-Motivated to Learn?

AUDIENCE: All

ABSTRACT: The role of extrinsic motivation cannot be underestimated in students’ development. However, it is also a fact that intrinsic motivation has a huge effect on students’ academic achievement. Intrinsically motivated students are more likely to experience success because of the joy and the need they feel to learn new things. Thus, ideally it should not be a case of the teacher forcing students to study, but rather of the students discovering for themselves a craving to learn. Reward systems appear to reduce intrinsic motivation and this is one of the key arguments against using them. If students get used to being rewarded for completing a task, the reward will become the only motivation for doing it. How do we, therefore, foster the motivation from within the students themselves?

BIO: Bürin M. Çeçen is an English teacher and a Curriculum and Testing Coordinator at TED Ankara College. She holds an MA in British Literature from M.E.T.U.  and a BA in English Language and Literature from Hacettepe University. She is a former Bilkent University instructor. She worked as an instructor of a variety of Academic English courses such as Composition and Writing Skills, Research and Technical Writing Skills and Advanced Grammar and Writing Courses.  She acted as a course coordinator, test writer, Self-Access program developer and instructor, accreditation committee member at different stages of her career. She is mainly interested in Content Based Instruction. She also has interest in different fields of language teaching, varying from teacher training to teenage psychology and student motivation. She is also the co-author of a book on different learner styles and study skills.

Çiğdem Yılmaz is an English teacher at TED Ankara College.  She is a graduate of Bilkent University, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in English Language Literature. In her fourteenth year of teaching, she has served as a test writer, program developer, presented workshops for teachers, and taken an active role in the community. She is committed to collaborative learning that engages students thus fostering student success in the classroom and in life.  She has dedicated herself to becoming a life-long educator and learner, and she strives to instil the same desire in all of the students in her class. She firmly believes that success in education is all about being self-motivated.

Sinem DARIDERE, IATEFL YLTSIG – Online Events Coordinator

WORKSHOP: Using music and songs to develop children’s and teenagers’ creativity

AUDIENCE: Primary & Secondary

ABSTRACT: Music and songs provide primary and secondary English language teachers with authentic and meaningful age-relevant contexts to develop children’s and teenager’s language and creativity. They can also be used as powerful and creative vehicles for intercultural learning and understanding. This workshop will demonstrate a range of practical, creative ideas to engage primary and secondary learners, maximise their participation in English as well as ways to reach them with up to date intercultural content. Ideas for use both inside the classroom and at home will also be shared to inspire teachers to creatively experiment with music and songs after the conference.

BIO: Sinem Daridere is IATEFL YLTSIG Online Events Coordinator. She is ADoS at International House Izmir which includes CELT-P and CELT-S training as well as academic management for all age ranges.

Esra ERDEMLİ, GLOBED E-Learning

TALK: Technology within a Balanced Literacy Classroom

AUDIENCE: All

ABSTRACT: Teachers encounter numerous alternatives when determining the best approach for their students to become skillful readers and writers. Balanced Literacy is a methodology that integrates various modalities of literacy instruction which brings together whole language and phonics approach, aimed at guiding students through the “I do - We do - You do” model towards lifelong reading and writing. In this session, we will reveal the components of balanced literacy and look into the practices of this methodology through technology in the classroom environment.

BIO: After receiving her degree in English Language and Literature and earning her teaching certificate, she went on to complete her master’s in Educational Technologies. She then started teaching at one of Turkey's largest schools and served as their coordinator and regional manager of English teachers at KG and primary grades. She has now taken on the role as the coordinator of the GLOBED Academic Team, working closely with schools and teachers in Turkey, Romania and the UAE.

Hatice GÜNEŞ & Demet SAYICI, TED Istanbul College

TALK: UBD in Kindergarten

AUDIENCE: KG & Primary

ABSTRACT: This presentation will be about Understanding by Design (UbD). The aim of this session will be to introduce the process of ‘backward design’ and give teachers an insight into what UbD looks like in a Kindergarten class. The presentation will begin by introducing UbD; explaining that UbD is a method of curriculum planning that considers goals and assessments before designing activities. The presentation will outline how an Ubd Unit is planned and İmplemented in the Kindergarten classroom. During the conclusion of this session, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the basic underlying principles of UbD.

BIO: Hatice Güneş is a Kindergarten homeroom teacher at TED Istanbul College. She holds a PCGE in Primary Education from Nottingham University. She has over 10 years’ teaching experience and has an interest in play-based learning. She believes that the teacher’s role in play-based learning is to provide the children with stimulating, imaginative ways to play and assist them in their exploration.

Saeed JAMALI, TED Adana College  

WORKSHOP: Managing Behaviour and Classroom Management for Learning

AUDIENCE: Primary & Secondary

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this workshop is to share some creative ideas and techniques on Managing Behaviour and Classroom Management with experienced and novice teachers. The presenter tries to keep the workshop as interactive as possible by asking teachers to share their ideas and techniques in the session. The presenter talks about how to take control, build positive relationships and begin teaching students the self-discipline they need.

BIO: Saeed Jamali is an English teacher at TED Adana College. He holds a BA in English Language and Literature and CELTA. He has been working in various contexts such as very young learners, young learners, teenagers and adults. He is interested in classroom and behaviour management, professional development and webinars.

Steven OGDEN, UES – Unlimited Educational Services

WORKSHOP: Getting Creative! Inspiring Learners to Write

AUDIENCE: Primary & Secondary

ABSTRACT: ‘I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions’. - James A. Michener. Getting learners engaged in writing can be a challenge. Asking them to push themselves to write even more profoundly, more so.  This lively, practical workshop aims to look at the simple yet creative tasks, techniques and strategies we teachers can use to not only improve our learner’s writing ability but to also develop an appetite for a lifelong love of writing. We will explore writing as a ‘process’ rather than a ‘product’, where every step along a learners’ own writing journey builds slowly on from the previous stage. This ensures students are given clear goals, confidence, and a belief that they can become successful writers themselves. Looking forward to seeing you there!

BIO: Steven Ogden is Academic Director at Unlimited Educational Services (UES) in Istanbul. After completing his MA in Literature and Theatre from the UNSW in Sydney in 2002, he went on to complete his English language teaching qualifications in Thailand. Since then, he has worked in a variety of roles (teacher, coordinator, trainer) in institutions across Japan, China, Sri Lanka and the UK. Prior to joining UES in 2016, he spent the previous 7 years working in ELT publishing as a teacher trainer and account manager. Steven regularly writes course materials for Richmond ELT Publishing and has a postgraduate diploma in Business and Finance obtained through a distance learning program from the Open University in the UK.

Jason PRICE, TED HQ

WORKSHOP: Blood from a Stone: Squeezing Every Drop from Your Coursebook 

AUDIENCE: Secondary & High school

ABSTRACT: According to Scrivener and Underhill’s Demand High teaching meme, ‘’We have created systems that encourage unadventurous, low-awareness teaching and learning’’. The authors maintain that students are often not really required to think during lessons because (many) teachers go through coursebook pages systematically, covering material too quickly and at a very shallow level. In this session, we will briefly overview the recent history of materials-light teaching. We will then explore how teachers might work intensively and in depth with very limited coursebook material. By the end of the workshop it should become apparent that, with a little creativity, even a single sentence is sufficient material for a whole week of study.

BIO: Jason Price is a teacher trainer at TED HQ in Ankara. He has worked as a teacher, teacher trainer and ELT project manager in several countries. He holds MA degrees in TESOL from the University of Nottingham and in Middle East Politics from the University of Durham.

Chris ROLAND, ELI (Seville)

WORKSHOP: Structure in the teenage classroom

AUDIENCE: Secondary & High school

ABSTRACT: As the teacher, we decide how we set up activities. We decide how we frame our message when we are talking to students. We decide when those students need pushing, when they need support and when they need some space. In this workshop we shall look at the underlying workings of our teenage classes and the options we have available to us when providing structure, be it in terms of classroom management issues or a question of task design. Suitable for new teachers, seasoned veterans, trainers and directors alike.

BIO: Chris is a trainer based at ELI, a language academy, in Seville, Spain. He works with teachers across a wide variety of contexts: at in-house level, as tutor on the Trinity Certificate and Diploma courses and in conjunction with local education authorities. He has previously held posts with the British Council in Damascus and Barcelona. He is a regular speaker on the international conference circuit, and his first methodology book, Understanding Teenagers in the ELT Classroom, is now available from Pavilion Publishing & Media.

Gözde SIDAR & Gökçe ÖZER, TED Ankara College

WORKSHOP: Promoting Creativity in the Classroom by Using Short Animations and an Online Assessment Tool

AUDIENCE: All

ABSTRACT: We always start the academic year with high motivation, so do the students. Unfortunately, throughout the year, as we focus on  teaching the essentials, covering the curriculum and preparing our students for the exams, we find ourselves in a vicious circle that hampers our intentions of developing the creative skills of our students. A way of promoting creativity in our classrooms is by using short animations since animated shorts not only provide a wide range of topics, but also can be used to trigger critical thinking skills and creativity. Plickers is one of the online formative assessment tools which allows teachers to collect on-the-spot formative assessment data without the need to have students use devices or paper and pencil. In this workshop, we will share a lesson plan with the participants and discuss what other creative projects might be done, how they can be done with different levels. We will also show how to integrate this online assessment tool into lessons to get effective feedback.

BIO: Atiye Gözde Sıdar graduated from the department of Linguistics at Hacettepe University in 1997 and completed her Master’s degree on ELT at Ankara University in 2006. She completed teacher training courses at the University of Kent in 2006 and has taught IBDP English and Theory of Knowledge classes at TED Ankara College High school for nine years. In this academic year, she is teaching English to 4th graders in primary school. She has keen interest in promoting critical thinking skills.

Gökçe Özer graduated from the English Language Teaching Department at Middle East Technical University in 2015 and is currently completing her Master’s degree at the same university. She has been teaching English for four years in various English levels from kindergarten to middle school. She has a keen interest in technology and how to integrate technology in English language classes to promote creativity in teaching and learning.

Asma Salehi WASSEH, TED Alanya College

WORKSHOP: Project-Based Learning

AUDIENCE: All

ABSTRACT: The world is going forward yet teaching styles have not been progressing parallel to the advancement of technology. A large percentage of teachers still feel comfortable to stay in front of the board and have the class managed by being the center of attention. Research has been providing an array of different theories to promote a better environment for students to learn. The use of project-based learning allows the students and teachers to plan learning so that students are entangled with their peers in order to successfully complete their project.

BIO: Asma Salehi WASSEH is an English teacher at TED Alanya College. She holds a BA in Graphic Design, Fine Arts and Illustration and MA degrees of Fine Art. In April 2016, she received a Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Asma’s ambition and curiosity to learn more about teaching has not stopped, she is in process of completing her second Master’s Degree, in an On-line school in Learning and Teaching.

Burcu ESMER & Müge PINAR, TED Samsun College

WORKSHOP: “The Art of Making Things Up” -Creative Writing

AUDIENCE: Secondary

ABSTRACT:  Creative writing, which is also defined as “the art of making things up”, will be covered throughout some certain steps such as activating knowledge, taking in information, generating ideas, organizing and publishing the final draft.The workshop will start with a warm up activity which leads to a brief description of fluency in creative writing. There will be a set of practical activities which will enable students to gain confidence in writing fluency and will guide teachers to pave the way for those who may sometimes be stuck with just one sentence. Including lots of interaction within Active Learning methods, the workshop will continue and end with the production and presentation process of the participants.

BIO: Burcu Esmer was born in Çorum and graduated from the English Language and Literature Department at Atatürk University. She has been working as an English teacher at TED Samsun College since 2007. During her 12-year tenure, she has taught grades from kindergarten to high school; ACCESS II Microscholarship Programme. She has been taking part in the Internal Verifier BTEC programmes such as Level 2 &3 IT and Level 3 Applied Science since 2016. She also delivered workshops at the IV ELT Conference at TED Samsun College and on BTEC Day at TED İzmir College.

Müge Pınar was born in İzmir and graduated from the English Language and Literature Department at Karadeniz Technical University. She has been working as an English teacher at TED Samsun College since 2007. During her 12-year tenure, she has taught grades from kindergarten to high school; ACCESS IV Microscholarship Programme between the years 2012-2013. She took part as the Quality Nominee and Assessor in BTEC programmes such as Level 1 Social Media and Level 2 IT between the years 2016-2018. She also delivered a workshop with Burcu Esmer on BTEC Day at TED İzmir College.

Kate GLEN-WRIGHT, Farbe Education- High Peak Publishing

TALK: Talk with no Title!

AUDIENCE: KG & Primary

ABSTRACT: Take one blank sheet, one passionate heart and one bubbling mind. Mix well with intuition and instinct. Et voilà we have creativity! But has big business popped our bubbles? Has academia drawn their own lines on our sheet? Have profit margins mortally wounded our passion? Have we been bullied and badgered away from our own intuition? Do teachers know how to teach better than any course book? Come join with me in taking back the power. Let teachers occupy the classroom. Grab your white jackets and ‘Vive la Révolution’!

BIO: Daughter. Pupil. Student of Psychology. Searcher for the truth. Teacher. Mother. Worshiper of all things British Council. Collector of educational certification. Head of Department. University tutor. Preschool head teacher. Primary school head teacher. Failed business woman. Trainer. International carrier of “the world according to TEFL.” Grandmother. Writer. Worrier. Ponderer. Sceptic.

Esim GÜRSOY, Okul Yayın Danışmanlık

WORKSHOP: Creativity in Speaking Activities as a Part of Computerized Testing

AUDIENCE: All

ABSTRACT: 21^st Century skills highlight creativity in language teaching. As a vital part of educational design, assessment should reflect current views of communicative language use and offer descriptive feedback to teachers and learners. The situations, contexts, and levels of language displayed in the TOEFL® Primary tests come from studies of curricula from around the world as well as pilot testing in diverse settings in multiple countries. This research-based approach is also supported by creative means of task preparation. This workshop by Assoc.Prof.Dr.Esim GÜRSOY presents creative Speaking activities as a part of computerized testing. Also, she discusses and reflects on how to make the assessment procedure more young-learner friendly and meaningful.

BIO: Esim Gürsoy is an associate professor at the ELT Department of Uludağ University. She holds an M.A. in teacher education from Ohio University and a Ph.D in ELT from Anadolu, University. Her research interests include in-service and pre-service teacher education and teaching practice.

Imene HAMDI, TED Diyarbakır College

WORKSHOP: Teaching Phonics to Young Learners Using a Theme-based Learning Approach

AUDIENCE: All

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this session is to share the experience I acquired after teaching phonics to young learners (5-6 years old students) for two years. I will attempt to answer 5 main questions: (1) What is the target from teaching English phonics to young learners?; (2) What is your/my perspective as a teacher about teaching English phonics to young learners? (theme-based approach); (3) How do I plan my lessons?; (4) Which kind of homework and/or activities should we/I assign to young learners?; (5) What are the problems that we can face in teaching phonics, and what are the best solutions to deal with them?

BIO: Imene Hamdi is an English teacher and coordinator of the kindergarten English department at TED Diyarbakir College. She holds an MA in English Language and Literature, major in Linguistics. She is interested in Psycholinguistics, Conceptual Theory of Metaphors, Phonology and Metaphors, and believes in the use and trial of different approaches to reach the most effective learning/teaching process.

Barbara HOLKOVA, TED Ankara College  

WORKSHOP: Project-Based Learning

AUDIENCE: Secondary

ABSTRACT: Project-based learning is a great educational method that enables students to use their knowledge in practical situations. Students are encouraged to research information on their own, use their critical thinking, make connections, and, finally, present their work. The whole process challenges their theoretical knowledge and reinforces their confidence in their own abilities. The final step of the project is an oral presentation of the project to the class (or possibly a bigger audience) which is wonderful practice for public speaking. In TED Ankara College, middle-school 7th grade students prepare their projects over a period of time, they get feedback from both their teachers and their classmates. I would like to share the outcomes of our experiences with other middle-school teachers.

BIO: Barbora Holkova is an English teacher at TED Ankara College. She holds a BA in English language and literature from the University of Presov in Slovakia. She is passionate about positive classroom management, intercultural learning and inclusive teaching methods.

Ferhat KARANFİL, Ministry of Education, Şişli, Istanbul

WORKSHOP: Teaching the 21st-century Child with 21st-century Skills

AUDIENCE: Primary & Secondary

ABSTRACT: In this workshop, the audience will learn and experiment with ideas and activities while teaching 21st-century skills which are collaboration, critical thinking, creativity and communication. Participants will learn about KWL charts and exit slips, some HOTs and LOTs of questions. They will also learn about child inventors and get the message “Children are more creative than we think they are’’. They will also learn about how to use graphic organizers to answer big questions in their course materials. Finally, they will conduct a mini experiment with balloons on static electricity and reflect on the activity, relating the learning outcomes with 21st-century skills

BIO: Ferhat Karanfil has been teaching for 11 years. He has delivered workshops and talks in many conferences and trained teachers in different contexts. He has a CELTA and MA in ELT. He has previously delivered a webinar for the IATEFL YLT SIG and is looking forward to delivering a workshop to colleagues face to face.

Katy MUENCH

WORKSHOP: The Wonderful World of Wordless Picture Books

AUDIENCE: Primary, Secondary & High school

ABSTRACT: Picture books for just for babies, aren’t they? This engaging workshop aims to show teachers how to use wordless literature to promote visual literacy and integrate skills work, as well as reinforce language – in a natural, student centred approach. Participants will have the chance to get their hands on some inspiring books, and join in some creative activities leading to meaningful production

BIO: Katy Muench is a teacher and teacher trainer with over ten years of varied experience. She is a Celta trainer, a speaking examiner, and a life-long learner.

Steve O’FARRELL, Pearson Education  

WORKSHOP: Funny that!?

AUDIENCE: All

ABSTRACT: Can we use humour in our classroom? Is there any actual benefit for our learning outcomes? What different types of humour are there? Explore your creativity as a comic. Engage your students and tap into their funny side. Let’s look at what happens to the brain when it finds something funny, and try to generate ways of adding some laughter to our lessons. More than just a comedy show...

BIO: Steve O’Farrell has been in education for over 20 years and has been training teachers for 10 of these years. He now travels around Turkey and abroad, training for Pearson Education. A passionate and energetic presenter, he uses humour in all his sessions, and hopes to convince today’s participants that humour is essential for learning.

Elif AYDINLIK ÖZDAMAR, TED Istanbul College  

WORKSHOP: Get Creative- Bring Your ELT Coursebook to Life!

AUDIENCE: Secondary

ABSTRACT: The coursebooks we use shape the core of our lessons. Throughout the year it’s easy to follow the activities laid out before us, especially during the busiest times of the school year. However, is this one tool enough to engage and interest our students as much as we would like to? Most would agree that teachers find themselves looking for something different and creative to get the attention of the class and make the material they have more appealing. In this session I will be sharing some ideas and activities on how to make your coursebook material more interesting and engaging for your students. If you decide to attend, be prepared to take part in some of these activities.

BIO: Elif Aydınlık Özdamar is a TEFL graduate from Middle East Technical University. She also holds a BA in Liberal Arts from State University of New York.  She did her master’s degree in Yıldız Technical University in educational administration and inspection She has a certificate for European Union Project Management. She also took part in Comenius programs with Romania, Bulgaria and Spain.

Sahiba TUNÇ, TED HQ

WORKSHOP: The Art of Teaching Languages

AUDIENCE: All

ABSTRACT: This workshop will emphasize the power of integrating classical and contemporary art into the language classroom and its educational and inspirational significance as a tool to flourish creativity and foster essential 21^st century skills in the modern world of global citizenship. Ideas for designing tasks, activities and materials in creative and personally meaningful ways for learners from different age groups and language competence levels will be shared. Also, with the active involvement of the participants, present practices of integrating art with EFL instruction and possible ideas for bringing the arts into the classroom in order to help learners develop self-confidence, which is the key to unlock their potential, will be explored.

BIO: Sabiha Tunç is an Education Specialist at TED HQ in Ankara. She has worked as an instructor, teacher trainer and administrator at university level and K12 level. She also took responsibility as a committee member of IATEFL TTEd SIG. She holds a BA in Foreign Language Education and MSc in Educational Sciences, Curriculum Development from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.

Özden YAĞLI, TED Isparta College  

WORKSHOP: Enhancing teaching with Digital Storytelling

AUDIENCE: High School  

ABSTRACT: Storytelling is an ancient form of teaching. And today technology has given a new twist to this ancient teaching method. With the latest web tools and apps, we are given the ability to disseminate our stories further than ever before in history. So why not integrate it into our classrooms?  This workshop emphasizes the importance and methods of digital storytelling and includes a demo grammar lesson, followed by a discussion on possible follow-up activities and useful web tools.

BIO: Özden Yağlı is an English teacher and Head of the Foreign Languages Department at TED Isparta College High School. He has a bachelor degree in American Culture and Literature from Dokuz Eylul University. He believes digital storytelling can help students develop communicative competence by promoting a student-centered environment and providing them numerous opportunities to interact and use language in authentic and personally meaningful ways. He has a huge interest in web tools, video and photo editing software that enable him prepare better lesson plans based on storytelling. He is also a teacher trainer.

Beril YÜCEL, TED HQ

WORKSHOP: Bringing Out Creativity Through a Growth Mindset

AUDIENCE:  All

ABSTRACT: ‘’A growth mindset is when students believe that their abilities can be developed’’ says Carol Dweck, a renowned Stanford University psychologist. One of the most powerful ways of bringing in variety, creativity and innovation to our classrooms is to make our learners develop a growth mindset. This session, primarily, will start with some input on the two types of mindsets: growth mindset and fixed mindset. Secondly, some activities will be introduced to bring out learners’ creative and innovative sides through a growth mindset. Finally, some strategies and practices to develop learners’ growth mindset will be shared.

BIO: Beril Yücel has been involved in ELT for 28 years as an instructor, teacher trainer, textbook writer and administrator. Currently, she works as the FLD Coordinator at TED Headquarters. She holds a BA in ELT and an MSc in Educational Sciences from METU. She was the coordinator of IATEFL TTED SIG between 2006-2010. She is a member of the Board of Directors of TESOL Turkey. He has taken part in many professional development projects (teacher research, teacher training) both nationally and internationally.

Chris ROLAND, ELI (Seville)

Fresh looks and new angles for teaching teens

In this session we shall look at a wide range of areas including teacher mindset, classroom management, exam preparation, error correction, task design and productivity. For each of these I will try to offer you fresh perspectives and useful insights through anecdotes, analogies and examples from my own teenage classes. These, I hope, will stimulate and fuel your teaching through the remainder of the academic year. Suitable for new teachers, seasoned veterans, trainers and directors alike.

Workshop

Structure in the teenage classroom

As the teacher, we decide how we set up activities. We decide how we frame our message when we are talking to students. We decide when those students need pushing, when they need support and when they need some space. In this workshop we shall look at the underlying workings of our teenage classes and the options we have available to us when providing structure, be it in terms of classroom management issues or a question of task design. Suitable for new teachers, seasoned veterans, trainers and directors alike.

BioData

Chris is a trainer based at ELI, a language academy, in Seville, Spain. He works with teachers across a wide variety of contexts: at in-house level, as tutor on the Trinity Certificate and Diploma courses and in conjunction with local education authorities. He has previously held posts with the British Council in Damascus and Barcelona. He is a regular speaker on the international conference circuit, and his first methodology book, Understanding Teenagers in the ELT Classroom, is now available from Pavilion Publishing & Media.

Sarah YENER, TED Antalya College

TITLE OF SESSION: ROLL THE DICE
TYPE OF SESSION: WORKSHOP
AUDIENCE: K-2 PRIMARY TEACHERS

ABSTRACT: Let's take dice out of the casinos and into our classrooms. Games are always a sure fire way to get the class motivated and games of chance are always a favorite. These games combine mathematical skills with problem-solving, reasoning, communication and engaging with other children. Furthermore, dice games are a great way to foster collaborative work and turn-taking - crucial skills for every student. Here are ten creative ways to use dice to encourage students to think, write, spell, read and speak.

BIO: Sarah Yener is a member of the Curriculum Development Department at Ted Antalya College where she has taught for the past five years. She has been teaching primary school in Antalya for over 20 years after her US Peace Corps assignments in Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. She is involved in materials development and curriculum design. She believes that every student has something amazing to say.

Nilüfer BOLAT, TED Atakent College

WORKSHOP: MAKING WRITING ENTERTAINING

AUDIENCE: Secondary & High school

ABSTRACT: This workshop involves four writing activities which actually focus on other skills as well. The activities  aim  to improve  students’ writing skills, use of English, vocabulary and spelling as well as working collaboratively while making them feel comfortable and have a positive attitude towards writing skill. Firstly, the workshop will start by introducing the activities and giving the instructions. The session will proceed by practicing the activity in groups so that the participants can understand thoroughly how they can apply the activities or they can adapt them in their class. After practicing the activities there will be some questions which will help us to understand how beneficial the activities are and what changes can make it better. The participants will discuss how they would apply the activities in their class for their age groups. Finally the session will end with participants’ comments about how to connect the activity with an assignment or homework and their suggestions for the workshop.

BIO: After I graduated from Bogaziçi University in 1999, I worked in different type of schools and taught different age groups mainly middle and high school students for more than ten years.  Due to my husband’s job I moved to Istanbul four years ago and it is my third year in TED ATAKENT College. I am married and I have two sons.  I always believe that teaching is a way of learning and training yourself as a teacher, so I have taken many teacher training courses in order to improve my teaching skills. I like active class atmosphere and I try to do various activities that my students enjoy and benefit from.

Nahide Nur DUMLU, TED Ege College

WORKSHOP: Bring Your Coursebook to Life!

AUDIENCE: Secondary

ABSTRACT: Most teachers would agree that using an ELT coursebook has pros and cons. No matter how appealing textbooks look at first, their strengths and weaknesses will only unfold during real classroom use. As language teachers , it is possible for us to find ourselves saying; ‘Oh, those issues that are covered in the textbook don’t go down well with my students’ or ‘it is very difficult to engage in most of students with these activities’ throughout the academic year. It is always a necessity for us as teachers to adapt the textbook material to make it suitable for students’ needs and tastes instead of going through textbook without adapting the content at all. In this session, we aim to refer to some key points which will help us adapt the textbook creatively.

BIO: Nahide Nur Dumlu has been working as an English teacher at TED Ege College for seven years. She is a graduate of Ege University, from the department of English Language and Literature. She holds a BA in Sociology from Anadolu University. She is a PhD student in the department of Educational Administration, Supervision, Planning and Economics at Adnan Menderes University.  She is interested in adult education, professional development in teaching and classroom management. She is also a professional child yoga trainer. She sees her students’ progress as the fount of her motivation.

Pınar EGELİ, TED Karadeniz Ereğli College

WORKSHOP: Bringing Your Coursebook to Life

AUDIENCE: SECONDARY

ABSTRACT: Our course book is one tool to help us engage and inspire our students. Deviating from the course book can be a challenge for teachers working with a strict syllabus, but applying a little imagination can be highly effective and fun. This workshop will be focusing on different activities that we can easily apply in our classrooms. We would like to share the ways we can adapt certain activities into very effective, lively and  lasting ones so that our students can stay focused, motivated and engaged during the learning process.

BIO: Pınar EGELİ is an English teacher and head of the foreign languages department. She graduated from Anadolu University in 2012 in teaching English as a foreign language. She has taught at TED Karadeniz Ereğli College for six years. She has been a teacher trainer for four years. She gave various TED-MEB ELT seminars. Within the last two years, she was a presenter at the ELT Orientation Workshops which were held in Karabük for new teachers. She also attended the X. TED ELT Conference as a presenter in 2018.

Pelin IRGIN, TED University

WORKSHOP: Listening Strategies Instruction for Young Learners

AUDIENCE: Primary School English Teachers

ABSTRACT: Listening in L2/FL is often considered as an intriguingly complex process, where various mechanisms interact at different levels. L2 listeners are envisaged to follow a language process following neurological and linguistic paths as well as semantic and pragmatic processing for meaning making purposes (Macaro, Graham & Woore, 2015). Due to the complicated nature of L2 listening process, listening strategy intervention and instruction models have been conducted in L2/FL listening. However, there are still methodological shortcomings of the earlier intervention models applied for young learners of English. The purpose of this workshop is to explore what listening strategies may benefit young learners in their development of listening comprehension based on the content of their listening courses, and how they can develop their awareness on the listening strategies.

BIO: Pelin Irgin holds a PhD in ELT from Hacettepe University and the Institute of Education, University of Reading, UK. She is currently an Assistant Professor at Faculty of Education, TED University.

Ebru KÖSTEKÇİ, TED Karabük College

WORKSHOP: The Magic Inside the Problem: Creative Teaching of Grammar

AUDIENCE:  Secondary

ABSTRACT:  ‘… All I know about Grammar is its power.’ As emphasized by Joan Didion, Grammar is the powerful side of a language. However, it’s still ‘challenging’ for teachers and a bit ‘boring’ for learners. But the magic is right here, inside the problem itself. If it is challenging then it is the thing pushing us to create a way to deal with it. We are different, as our learners, this means there is not just one way to teach grammar. During this workshop we will be discussing these ‘different’ ways.

We would like to welcome you to our ‘The Magic inside the Problem’ session to share some creative activities for teaching grammar so that our learners can comprehend in an easier way, be engaged with the lesson / tasks and be more motivated during the learning process.

BIO: Ebru KÖSTEKCİ is an English Teacher and BTEC Coordinator at TED Karabük College. She graduated from Dokuz Eylül University in 2009. She is interested in looking for different strategies to teach English Language and believes in the profit of game to motivate students. With six years of experience in teacher training, she has carried out various seminars, workshops such as TED-MEB seminars; ELT Orientation workshops and has also has run mentorship program for newly graduated teachers at school so far. Her main aim is to turn the 40 minute lesson into the art of learning and teaching.

Nick MANTHEI, Oxford University Press

WORKSHOP: Creative Reading

AUDIENCE: All

ABSTRACT: I always loved teaching reading in class, and my students loved reading aloud.  Jumping from one student to the next to read seemed great.  This method is called Round Robin or Popcorn Reading.  That is until my boss said, ‘What are you doing?’  Soon afterwards I changed my methods of reading in class; still having a good time, but with an emphasis on learning efficiently and effectively.  In this presentation I wish to show alternatives to Round Robing reading for the benefit of both student and teacher.  If you are still getting your students to read aloud one at a time, then this presentation is for you.

BIO: Nick Manthei is a full-time teacher trainer for Oxford University Press.  He has previously taught in South Korea, Istanbul and Izmir.  His presentations show how you can start using his activities the very next day in class.

Laura MOULTON, Cambridge University Press

WORKSHOP: You can’t say that!

AUDIENCE: All

ABSTRACT: Even great, experienced teachers shy away from teaching pronunciation and exploring the fascinating area of English phonology with their students. It’s a common belief that a focus on phonology must be teacher-led and involves little in the way of creativity and active learning, and that the teacher needs to have impeccable articulation. This session aims to put all resistance to rest and give you the confidence and courage to tackle pronunciation with gusto and aplomb. We’ll look at some effective, hands-on activities, suitable for learners of all ages and levels, and discover that – rather than a separate and skippable feature of English language learning and teaching -  pronunciation is an integral and vital part of success in all four skills, as well as crucial to mastering grammar and improving vocabulary. It can also be fantastically fun!

BIO: Laura is a full time Teacher Trainer for Cambridge University Press, Turkey. She has been a teacher since early 2000 and a teacher trainer since 2004. She has developed and delivered hundreds of workshops, plenaries and training sessions at schools, universities and conferences in The Czech Republic, Tunisia and all over Turkey. She also works on developing and delivering sustained continuous professional development programmes to teachers in both EFL and ESL contexts.

In addition to training teachers, Laura also delivers training to teacher trainers, including Cambridge Train the Trainer programme.

Sinem SONSAAT, TED University

WORKSHOP: Basics of pronunciation teaching for EFL teachers

AUDIENCE: EFL teachers

ABSTRACT: Pronunciation teaching is a challenging task for many native and non-native English-speaking teachers (Burns, 2006). Most teachers state that they do not have sufficient training to teach English pronunciation (Foote, Holtby, & Derwing, 2011) and are not much informed about the printed and digital materials (McDonald, 2002) that are available for pronunciation teaching. In this session, teachers will be informed about (i) what features of pronunciation should be prioritized for young Turkish EFL learners, (ii) what printed and digital materials are available for pronunciation teaching, and (iii) how they can bring these materials together to create positive learning opportunities both inside and outside of the classroom. Teachers will also be informed about how they can provide feedback on students’ pronunciation by using digital tools.

BIO: Sinem Sonsaat holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics and Technology from Iowa State University. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the English Language Teaching program at the Faculty of Education, TED University.

Aylin YILMAZ, TED Izmir College

WORKSHOP: Promoting Creativity in (E)FL Classes

AUDIENCE: All

ABSTRACT: “A six year-old student in a drawing class said she was going to draw a picture of God. The teacher said: ‘But nobody knows what God looks like.’ ‘They will, in a minute’, the child replied.” Creativity has traditionally been a focus in various areas such as fashion design, literature, music, art but talk over creativity is everywhere today including language education. There is an increasing demand in schools for “creative” teachers who can engage and motivate their students by promoting creative thinking; yet whose ability to be “creative” is mostly taken for granted. Can we learn and teach to be creative? If yes, how? In this workshop, we will look at the nature and impact of creativity in teaching and discuss some possible ways of promoting creativity in EFL classes.

BIO: Aylin Yılmaz received her BA degree from The English Language Teaching Department at Trakya University in 2008. In 2014, she got her CELTA and became a teacher-trainer and a member of T-PLUS upon completing her trainer education program at Sabancı University. She has teaching and teacher-training experience in universities and colleges. She is currently working as an English teacher and teacher trainer at TED İzmir College.