Presenter
Chris Stillwell
When?
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
10:30 am–12:00 pm ET
Registration
Cost: Free for members; US$45 for nonmembers
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All language educators interested in crossing boundaries and taking new perspectives on language instruction.
More About This Seminar
The more we explore foreign ideas in relation to language instruction, the more interesting discoveries we might make, and the more creative, informed, and exciting our teaching may become.
This session will draw from the TESOL book series on
Language Teaching Insights from Other Fields, exploring how crossing borders and discovering insights from fields as distant as theater, brain science, bartending, and sales can reinvigorate teaching, foster creativity, and alleviate burnout.
What Will I Learn?
Participants will
- acquire new lenses through which to view language teaching
- discover insights from other fields that can prove relevant to the language classroom
- explore ways of bringing creativity to the classroom, teaching the four skills, and getting students invested in learning
Discussion Questions
- How would an improv comedian promote fluency development?
- How would a brain scientist make content memorable?
- How would a vacuum cleaner salesman sell homework?
- What would a food psychologist have to say about mindfulness and language learning?
About the Presenter
Chris Stillwell is the editor of two current volumes for TESOL,
Language Teaching Insights From Other Fields: Psychology, Business, Brain Science, and More, and
Language Teaching Insights From Other Fields: Sports, Arts, Design, and More. He has worked as an ESL/EFL educator for 18 years, including positions as a teacher educator at
Teachers College Columbia University and as a lecturer and assistant program director in Japan. He is presently a doctoral student at
University of California, Irvine’s School of Education.
He is listed on the U.S. Department of State’s directory of English language specialists, and he has given numerous presentations and workshops at conferences throughout Asia and the United States. His research interests include teacher education, peer observation, use of authentic materials for language instruction, students’ self-transcription of language learning tasks, and language teaching insights that can be drawn from distant fields.