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Sponsorship and exhibition opportunities are still available for the NATECLA Annual Conference 2026. Join us!
We are delighted to bring delegates to our 2026 Annual Conference two plenary events:
We are delighted to bring delegates to our 2026 Annual Conference two plenary events:
On Friday 26th June from 13:15 -14:15
On Friday 26th June from 13:15 -14:15
More information will be shared soon.
On Saturday 27th June from 09:00 to 10:00
On Saturday 27th June from 09:00 to 10:00
Jon Hird on "Bringing Spoken Grammar into the ESOL Classroom"
Friday 26th June 2026, from 13:15 - 14:15
Friday 26th June 2026, from 13:15 - 14:15
Further details about this event will be announced soon
Further details about this event will be announced soon
Saturday 27th June 2026, from 09:00 - 10:00am
Saturday 27th June 2026, from 09:00 - 10:00am
Bringing Spoken Grammar into the ESOL Classroom
Bringing Spoken Grammar into the ESOL Classroom
This keynote talk is kindly sponsored by:
A plenary talk by Jon Hird
A plenary talk by Jon Hird
About the talk
The natural grammar of spoken, and particularly everyday conversational and workplace, English is in a number of ways very different from much of the grammar that published ELT/ESOL material covers and that learners are generally taught. While it has increasingly been the subject of (largely corpus-based) research, and while it is the kind of language that many of our learners will likely be exposed to and benefit from producing, spoken grammar hasn’t yet become part a routine part of our everyday teaching syllabuses. Through the brief analysis of an authentic dialogue, this practical session looks at some key (and teachable) features of spoken grammar and explores how we can actually incorporate this into our teaching to help our learners better understand and use it. The session will draw in part on ideas presented in the speaker’s recent Pavilion ELT publication ‘Spoken Grammar’.
About Jon Hird
Jon Hird is a teacher, teacher trainer and ELT materials writer based in Oxford, UK. He is a departmental tutor at the University of Oxford, where he teaches courses in grammar, pronunciation, EAP and professional English, and frequently gives talks and workshops in the UK and overseas. He has over the last 25 years written and contributed to a number of ELT publications for a range of ELT publishers, including grammar, course book and other resource material as well as material for learners with dyslexia. His latest book, Spoken Grammar, was published by Pavilion ELT in 2025.
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