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Webinar title: Engaging the teens of 2022: Generation Z and beyond

Time: Saturday, April 9, at 6:00 PM GMT

Join the Zoom session on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87884696615

Session description: “Motivation is no longer the primary key for successful learning” (Mercer, 2019). Even the most motivated student can get distracted in these difficult times, and we can hardly blame them. Not only is the world around our learners an ever more challenging place to live, but since life online became the new normal, what chance do we stand as teachers, trying to hold their attention? The answer may lie in developing what has been termed as teens’ Super Skills (Kivunja, 2015), which are “the qualities that students need to possess in the 21st century for success in college, careers, and citizenship” (Saxena, 2015). This requires no change to the syllabus or indeed the lesson plan, but adjustments to our class delivery to significantly increase our students’ engagement. In this workshop we both define and explore activities that foster the Super Skills, to enhance our enjoyment of teaching and our students’ enthusiasm.

Speaker's bio: Alastair Grant is a Teacher Trainer, ELT author, and public speaker. He is Head of English at Colegio Nuevo de Las Lomas in Buenos Aires and a teacher trainer for both International House Montevideo and International House Lima, where he runs the Cambridge Delta 1 teacher-training course. He teaches at the Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco and works as a consultant on the profesorado de inglés at the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional in Buenos Aires, where has lectured on both Discourse Analysis and Methodology. He has also been Director of Studies at International House Montevideo, at International House San Isidro and at Colegio San Luis in Victoria, Buenos Aires. Alastair holds an Honours Degree in English Literature and Philosophy from the University of Warwick in the UK and has completed the International House Certificate of Advanced Methodology, all modules of the Cambridge Delta, and the Cambridge Train the Trainer Certificate. Alastair is the co-founder of the We’re All in This Together teacher development.