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Mrs. Heron, Maria

Maria Heron has been working as a teacher, teacher trainer and materials writer for over thirty years. She has trained teachers in the UK, Argentina, Chile, Western Europe, Kazakhstan and Canada. She is CELTA Centre Manager at NILE and has set up a CELTA centre at ICBC in Santiago de Chile and delivered CELTA courses in Almaty, Kazakhstan and Perm, Russia. She is also a CELTA assessor and a Delta tutor and gives presentations at international conferences. She completed her MA at NILE in collaborative partnership with the University of Chichester. She is on the advisory board of Folio. Her chief ELT interests are materials development and the role of affect in language learning.

 

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MOTIVATING LEARNERS AND LEARNER AUTONOMY

The Study Rooms Kifisias 10, Athens, Attika

Description In this three-hour workshop we will discuss practical strategies and ideas that can trigger our learners' motivation, create an engaging environment and promote learning. We will also reflect on how to help our students become autonomous learners so that motivation extends beyond the classroom. This practical, hands-on workshop will equip teachers with ideas, materials […]

€45

TEACHING SPEAKING & WRITING (PRODUCTIVE SKILLS)

The Study Rooms Kifisias 10, Athens, Attika

Description This three-hour workshop will focus on activities, techniques and approaches to developing language learners' skills in the productive skills of speaking and writing. This practical, hands-on workshop will equip teachers with ideas, materials and activities for immediate application in their own contexts, with a focus on teenage and adult learners of English General Information […]

€45

TEACHING READING & LISTENING (RECEPTIVE SKILLS)

The Study Rooms Kifisias 10, Athens, Attika

Description This three-hour workshop will focus on activities, techniques and approaches to developing language learners' skills in the receptive skills of reading & listening. The focus will be on using authentic listening and reading texts with engaging tasks designed to develop critical thinking and enable learners to use higher order cognitive skills. This practical, hands-on […]

€45