20 June, 2026 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EDT
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.