“Mind Games” is a universal intervention in ELT adolescent classroom. It aims at changing the students’ mindset and the mechanics of learning. It does so by mobilizing their curiosity to discover their studying potentials through active, fun, and stimulating teachings that make use of the collective wisdom of neuroeducation research. The presentation introduces you to the marvels of the 12-week intervention and explains its main outcomes.

How do you learn? Do you find excuses not to study? When? How do you deal with it? Are you affected by others’ opinions? When? How? Why? How do you use these opinions? What are the steps you take? Do you take any steps? When? What motivates you? What are you interested in? Do you follow it? : Some sample questions of building Mindful Learning.

In this presentation we will explore the amazing world of the multi-awarded program Deeper Learning and how it reflects true innovation in education. We will discuss the values and principles of Deeper Learning, its application and tits acceptance by the stakeholders. Deeper Learning received the ELT Excellence Award for Innovation and it is a transformational language education program that breaks all the rules of the ELT industry.

Teaching English through Drama is an innovative, holistic approach centred on the student. By using Drama games, role play, puppetry, pantomime, debate, songs/poems and scripts we invite our students to actively participate in the learning process. Students become confident communicators, work in groups, use their imagination and thinking skills, take part in conflict resolution and develop their emotional skills.

My presentation is about Art in ELT. In our school, we use Art as a teaching and learning tool at almost all levels. We explore the English language through short films, feature films, documentaries, and even students’ and teachers’ own self-portrait videos! We develop writing as scriptwriters! We practice storytelling and vocabulary through famous works of Art and paintings come alive with the help of our students!

Gramm Art is an innovative and holistic approach to teaching and practicing grammar to every student covering the needs of every class. Aiming at holistic education Gramm Art uses drama, storytelling, and real life experience to help participants expand their knowledge and boost their cognitive skills Story chunks, cartoon characters, personalized, tangible and multisensory material and easy to follow guidance not only for students but also for educators, are only some of the main features of GrammArt. The theory in conjunction with the activities aspire to promote a student-centered approach which fosters active participation and involvement, not only during the teaching process in the classroom but also in the studying - time at home.

An innovation is often a new product, but it can also be a new way of doing something or even a new way of thinking. Innovation is most commonly associated with business and technology, but it happens in any field where people introduce change, including the arts, medicine, politics, cooking, language—even philosophy and religion. Who is considered innovative? Are people who claim to be innovative, innovative? Is there a secret formula?

The Literature Interactive Notebook (LIN) is a pioneering teaching tool with which students become critical thinkers, good communicators, effective listeners, collaborators and creators of their own material. The LIN activities are largely designed for self and/or peer correction. Working with the LIN may engage even the most lethargic learner. The students' imagination and creativity are intrigued and the benefits that accrue from working with the LIN are great. The needs of the 21st century student are addressed through interaction, play, active participation and control of the student's own material. Every LIN session is a unique learning experience during which the results that are generated clearly confirm the effectiveness of teaching literature through the Interactive Notebook.

Τα παιδιά με μαθησιακές δυσκολίες δεν αντιμετωπίζουν προβλήματα μόνο στο σχολείο της τυπικής εκπαίδευσης αλλά και σε κάθε άλλο εκπαιδευτικό περιβάλλον π.χ. στο Κέντρο Ξένων Γλωσσών. Η συνεργασία των εκπαιδευτικών που εμπλέκονται στη μαθησιακή διαδικασία θεωρείται αναγκαία και απαραίτητη. Πολλές φορές όμως αυτή η συνεργασία δύσκολα επιτυγχάνεται. Οι εκπαιδευτικοί όλων των ειδικοτήτων και βαθμίδων επιβάλλεται να συνεργαστούν για να επιτύχει η αποτελεσματική παρέμβαση στο μαθητή. Πρέπει να ξεπεραστούν και να γεφυρωθούν πολλές δυσκολίες -διοικητικές (τα όρια της άτυπης και της τυπικής εκπαίδευσης, ιδιωτική και δημόσια εκπαίδευση) αλλά και νοοτροπίες (εκμάθηση ξένης γλώσσας στη τυπική ή στην άτυπη εκπαίδευση, αμφισβήτηση της έκτασης της ύλης, πόσο αποτελεσματική είναι η εκμάθηση) για να φτάσουμε στη συνεργασία, την οποία πρέπει όλες οι πλευρές να δουν ως πρόκληση για να πετύχει. Όλοι έχουν να κερδίσουν μα πάνω από όλους οι μαθητές με Μαθησιακές Δυσκολίες.

“The town of words” is an effective project-based approach of teaching parts of speech and syntax strategies. As students shape their Town of Words and role play the various parts of speech, they internalize word order and sentence building techniques. Through kinesthetic approaches, art creations and interlinking means, they learn through doing and not through terminology. Memorable learning is produced and the mind’s labelling and categorizing network is strengthened.

Reading is considered the cornerstone of language learning as well as an inseparable aspect of our own personal evolution. Reading though for many individuals is resented, thus proving detrimental to a student’s progress. Join us as we assess the underlying reasons of this issue and address methods of instilling the desire within students to embrace reading in their lives.

Obviously, Guerrillas are not Gorillas. Guerrilla Teaching though is certainly this spicy element that is still missing from your everyday lessons. With a borrowed name from the well-known Guerrilla Marketing tactics, it represents a teaching approach that is fresh, inventive, and unexpected. In other words, Guerrilla Teaching is full of surprising ideas that can immediately be used in a classroom setting with a very low or even zero budget. It is a revolution, but not a drum-beating one. It's an underground revolution that urges you to do what you already do but... with a twist. So don't stay in the Mist. You are all welcome to join!

Over the last decade, using corpora in language classrooms has proven to be an effective tool in teaching authentic language use to EFL learners. However, many EFL teachers find integrating corpus-based activities in their classrooms a challenging teaching practice, while others might avoid using corpora because they think that designing corpus-based activities is an overwhelming task. In this presentation, we will go through a range of easy to design and implement corpus-based activities suitable for EFL learners at different levels of language proficiency. Activities will aim at developing students’ overall communicative competence while creating a more dynamic learning environment that can increase EFL learners’ engagement and motivation by boosting them into acting as “language detectives” discovering facts about the language they are learning by themselves through their exposure to authentic real-life examples.

Hashtag English: Assisting Flexibility, Maximising Learning! #English is a newly created, exciting course for A-C classes with engaging, fun content, designed to motivate students, promote inclusivity and meet the new, emerging educational needs. #English offers an effective combination of print and digital resources, allowing for flexible teaching (in-class, Blended or Flipped learning), enhancing student autonomy and boosting the development of real-life skills. • New Stars and Stripes and Practice Tests for the Revised Michigan ECCE & ECPE: Aim for Success! The new Express Publishing Coursebooks & Practice Tests for the Revised Michigan Exams will help you prepare students for exam success, utilising top-quality print and digital resources. Accompanied by the new, updated Express Digibooks, the new courses and exam material support teaching and learning in a flexible way.

Burlington Luke & Myla, our exciting new three-part coursebook series for A-C classes, is packed with exciting adventure stories with 3D animation, real world information and multimodal learning opportunities. It is accompanied by free interactive webbooks for use in the classroom and online.

ECCE Honors, our brand-new coursebook for the ECCE exam, follows the success of Revised ECPE Honors to provide clear, user-friendly exam preparation material that teachers can trust for great results. It is accompanied by free interactive webbooks for use in the classroom and to support online and autonomous learning.

Might it be the case that each of our lessons is actually a short story? With Storygarden, it really is! In this presentation, we are going to explore the world of Storytelling and of Fairy Tales, and how this world is the key to an innovative approach to the teaching of English, and teaching and learning in general.

How do learners learn better? What makes learning happen? How do we need to organize around Young Learners for language development to happen? Let's share our stories and explore the magic of teaching/ learning with Young Learners together!

From Language Learning for Life to exam success. New Close-up and Exam Practice tests. New Close-up is the perfect course to combine learning English for life and exam preparation. Topics and materials that students want to engage with and everything the teachers need to teach to achieve their goals. Let’s see how using it along with “Exam Essentials” Practice tests and the revised “All-Star ECCE”, “Michigan Proficiency Practice Tests” and “Final Countdown ECPE” can ensure exam success for all levels.

Discover World Watchers – MM Publications’ exciting new coursebook series for A – C classes. Who are the World Watchers? Where are they going? And why will they appeal to our students? Through their fantastic world, we are able to increase engagement, spark creative thinking and pass on the learning skills which we teachers consider so important. Is this just wishful thinking? Attend our session and see for yourself… World Watchers.

This presentation aims to introduce participants to Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT), its advantages and limitations, related issues such as the required algorithm, its item bank, item calibration, levels of test security, as well as current research and developments expected very soon.