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The English We Speak

English has a long and colourful history which has resulted in a rich and vibrant language that manages to confuse even the most confident language learner with its peculiar and seemingly random pronunciation. This session will look at how the origins of the English language, along with its spelling system, hold the key to unravelling some of its pronunciation mysteries and ways in which this knowledge can be brought into the classroom without boring your students with a historical etymology lesson.

Emma Cresswell

Having spent nearly six years in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where amongst other things she completed her DELTA and became a connoisseur of the local brunch scene, Emma decided that she needed a new challenge. Sticking to Spanish speaking countries, she moved to IH Santander in January to become the DoS. As well as reacquainting herself with the nuances of the local language, Emma is fast familiarising herself with the local culinary scene and the numerous pincho restaurants to be found in her new home.

Emma's interest in etymology stems from a throwaway comment made by an old French teacher. Since then she has been squirreling away interesting facts to entertain people with when out on a pincho crawl.

To celebrate World teachers' Day and tell our wonderful IH teachers what they mean to us we asked IH students to choose one word to describe their teacher...

This webinar looks at so-called 21st Century skills, generic characteristics of our teenage post-millennial students, expectations of the ELT classroom, and ways in which we can connect all three to produce engaging, effective and enjoyable teaching and learning.

Presenter: Diana England has been a teacher and teacher developer since 1981 and is co-owner and Director of Studies of the two teaching and training centres in IH Torres Vedras and Lisbon in Portugal.