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Grab your favorite beverage and join fellow English language teachers. We will spend this hour conversing about our lives, sharing classroom practices, learning, and making new friends. Let’s value virtual connections - join us to network, share, and learn! TESOL Live! is offered at no cost to TESOL members and nonmembers. Advance registration is required. 

TESOL Live! is hosted by the TESOL Membership Professional Council (MPC) on the third Saturday of every month at 8am Eastern time. 

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June's TESOL Live

Join us 20 June, 2026

Chat with your global colleagues, share classroom practices, and build your network at this month's TESOL Live!

From Emerging Adulthood to Professional Growth: How English Language Teaching Builds Transferable Skills and Employability

This webinar explores how English language teaching can support the development of transferable skills in learners experiencing emerging adulthood—a developmental phase marked by identity exploration, increasing autonomy, and changing professional expectations. For many adult learners, English classrooms function not only as spaces for language development but also as environments for practicing communication, self-regulation, and professional identity. Through reflective, mindful, and experience-based learning, English teaching offers powerful opportunities to cultivate transferable skills such as effective communication, adaptability, collaboration, and critical thinking. The session will present concrete strategies for integrating transferable skills and employability into everyday language teaching practice.

About our featured guest

Alicja Gałązka is a professor at the University of Silesia, a psychotherapist, pedagogue, psychologist, linguist , an international licenced coach and an international master trainer of Positive Psychology, NLP&Mindfulness. A President of ICI (International Coaching Institute) in Poland and a head of the Educational Centre FUTURE in Poland. She is an author of over 400 articles published in Polish and English and numerous books. An active member of Psychotherapeutic Association and Positive Psychology @Mindfulness, A regional adviser for Trinity College London in Poland., Working in two main sectors: Medicine andEducation. She has been actively working with medical doctors and medical students and vets on developing their soft skills, their well-being and resilience and stress management. A speaker at many international conferences and meetings on behalf of different Institutions. In teaching and training she uses innovative method process drama which helps to develop empathy, communication and collaboration skills, Works a lot with patients suffering from personality disorders and mental and emotional problems. She is a very active person, loves skiing and climbing the mountains. She managed to climb Kilimanjaro, Mont Blanc and many other peaks. Loves music and theatre, often goes to concerts and performances.

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Upcoming Events

18 July 18, 2026 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EDT

Professional Coaching to Troubleshoot Learning Dilemmas

This hands-on session will introduce some coaching conversations techniques and the FEW model to trouble learning dilemmas. After a short presentation to build up and demonstrate the coaching conversation, participants will be invited to the break out rooms to try it out! Instant application so that teachers can take this away and use for their own classrooms and learners.

About our featured guest

Rachel Paling is an educator, teacher trainer, practitioner-scholar, and professional coach with over 35 years’ experience in language education. She holds a BA (Hons) in Law and Spanish, an MA in Human Rights, an MA in Applied Neuroscience, and an MA in Neuroeducation and Neuropsychology. She is a fully qualified UK lawyer (non-practising) and an International Coach Federation Master Certified Coach (MCC), certified Coach Supervisor, and ICF Coach Mentor.

Rachel is the creator of Neurolanguage Coaching® and Neuroheart Education, with a global vision to transform teaching through neuroscience, coaching, and compassion. Over the past 18 months she has been a Doctoral Fellow at the Coaching Research Lab at Case Western Reserve University, undertaking a DBA at the Weatherhead School of Management under the supervision of Professor Richard Boyatzis.

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15 August, 2026 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EDT

You Have 32 Seconds to Get it Right!

About our featured guest: 

Terry Small, B.Ed., M.A., is a master teacher and Canada's leading learning skills specialist. He is the author of the Brain Bulletin with over 34,000 subscribers worldwide.

Terry has presented on the brain for over 33 years to organizations around the world.. His knowledge, warmth, humour and dynamic presentation style have made him a much sought-after speaker at workshops and conferences. Terry often appears on TV, radio, and in the press. He recently appeared on BCTV, Global, CKNW and Student Success. He has presented his ideas to over 301,000 people in 23 countries on 5 continents.

His clients include IBM, TEDx, Ford, IMD, JTI, UBS, Hitachi, Bayer, Bosch, CRA, RCMP, Telus, and many schools and universities. His presentations are engaging, humorous, practical, and all based on the latest brain science.

Terry believes, "Anyone can learn how to learn easier, better, faster, and that learning to learn is the most important skill a person can acquire."

Terry's wealth of teaching experience and extensive involvement in applied neuroscience make him an outstanding resource of the business and educational communities. He resides in Vancouver, Canada, where he is a frequent lecturer at Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia.

Terry Small's Philosophy is simple: "Success is a skill anyone can learn."

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19 September, 2026 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EDT

Rethinking Classroom Engagement with The FLIP Framework

What does meaningful classroom engagement look like in your classroom? This interactive workshop introduces the FLIP Framework, a practical approach that helps teachers rethink familiar classroom routines and transform predictable lessons into more dynamic, student-centered learning experiences. Through hands-on activities and real classroom examples, participants will explore how small instructional shifts can promote curiosity, participation, and meaningful interaction. Designed for diverse international teaching contexts, the session offers practical, adaptable strategies that can be applied across age groups, proficiency levels, and online or face-to-face classrooms. Participants will leave with fresh ideas to reimagine engagement in innovative yet realistic ways for everyday teaching.

About our featured guest:

With 28 years of experience teaching English in Vietnam, Australia, and France, Ngan is currently an English teacher and teacher trainer in Lyon, France. She holds a Ph.D. in English as an International Language from Australia and a Masters degree in ESL and Curriculum Development from the USA. Bridging research and classroom practice, she is passionate about innovative and engaging approaches to ELT. A former dean, published author, leadership coach, and Vice President of TESOL France, Ngan actively promotes collaboration, professional growth, and innovation within the ELT community in France and internationally.

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17 October, 2026 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EDT

Speaking in Many Tongues: Poetry as Mediation in Multilingual ELT

This talk aims to show how contemporary multicultural poetry transforms students' multilingual identities from barriers into bridges for English language learning. Participants will leave with ready-to-use materials that position students as cultural mediators while building English skills through identity-affirming content.


About our featured guest

Annie Altamirano (MA in ELT & Applied Linguistics) is a teacher, materials writer and international trainer with wide experience supporting educators and learners worldwide. She delivers workshops for major organisations and has written ELT resources for leading publishers. Her key interests include formative assessment, differentiated instruction, and using literature to foster creativity and values.

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21 November, 2026 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EST

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19 December, 2026 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EST

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