Building Bridges – a complete set of tools and resources for teaching and learning English

… a challenging talk by Paul Rogers

Closing the gap between work and play, traditional teaching methods and the latest computer technology, home and school.
A complete set of tools and technological enhanced resources for teaching and learning English with young children.

26 de Setembro 2010 | 18h00 – 19h00 | Auditório 2 – Pavilhão 2, FIL (map)

27 de Setembro 2010 | 17h00 – 18h00 | Auditório do Centro de Reabilitação Profissional de Gaia (map)

Registration is free, but mandatory. Please, use the following form, don’t miss this excellent opportunity and win a 15% discount voucher, that you can use until 15 of October of 2010.

Abstract of the talk

Amongst the key challenges facing a teacher of English are:

• Making learning enjoyable
• Setting the language in a cultural context
• Ensuring there is a logical progression
• Providing enough practice
• Combining the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.
• Allowing learners of different abilities to work at their own pace
• Dealing with grammar without turning learners off
• Ensuring that language once learned is recycled
• Providing for assessment

Taking examples from levels 1, 2 and 3 of Little Bridge, Paul Rogers will show how the course effectively addresses each of these issues and how Little Bridge:

• can build a bridge between the learner and the English speaking world, setting the language in context through 3D animations and virtual reality.
• can build a bridge between traditional teaching methods and the latest computer technology, integrating both in a structured yet flexible teaching progression.
• can bridge the gap between work and play by making learning fun through a wide variety of motivating games and activity types.
• can build a bridge between home and school by providing activities that children will do for pleasure, thus consolidating what they have learned in class and gaining invaluable extra practice to make it stick!

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Paul Rogers

Paul Rogers is an award winning author of over forty books for children as well as of many well-known materials for the teaching of languages.

He is an experienced linguist and has been a teacher (primary and secondary) and lecturer in Education (Goldsmiths College, University of London).

Paul is in much demand for presentations and training both in the UK and around the world and is a regular and enthusiastic contributor to the ‘language learning through technology debate’, championing its introduction in the primary curriculum.

The best selling Little Bridge for Young Learners of English is the result of a combination of many aspects of Paul’s knowledge and experience. With a firm belief that education is life enhancing and empowering and with a proven ability to engage and inspire, Paul is central to the creative team at Manic Monkey.

Premiado na BETT 2010 e vencedor, em 2009, dos "education ressources awards"