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Invited Session - International Conference 2015
Teenagers: Why Are They Like That? And What Can I Do About It?
Why are teenagers always so difficult? Adolescent learners present unique challenges to teachers in the L2 classroom, but there are reasons why this is so and solutions to every problem. This presentation will focus on recent research on exactly what makes teen learners tick, and how, as teachers, we can use this information to improve both our teaching and learning, and our classroom management.
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Speaker Bio-Sketch
Virginia Parker has been involved in ELT for over 17 years, in a variety of contexts – including teaching, teacher-training, assessments and exams, materials development, and delivering workshops and INSETTs - in Canada, South Korea, the UAE, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Thailand. She has a BEd (TESL) from Concordia University in Montreal and an MA in Applied Linguistics and ELT from the University of Nottingham. This is her first time at KOTESOL.
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Speaker Online Materials
IATEFL YLT SIG C&TS. Digital Issue 1, 2015. Digital Natives in the Lower Secondary English Language Classroom, pp. 49-51.
http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/Launch.aspx?EID=ef8bd251-42d...
Virginia Parker’s participation in the 2015 Korea TESOL International Conference and English Expo is sponsored in part by IATEFL’s Young Learners & Teenagers Special Interest Group (IATEFL YLT SIG).
See the full list of Major Speakers at the KOTESOL International Conference and English Expo at http://koreatesol.org/ic2015/MajorSpeakers
