Resources from the sessions

Please find below the resources from our keynote and workshop sessions that we have right now. Keep checking back as these will be added by our Workshop leaders throughout the next few weeks. This page includes:

This Padlet wall contains the resources and supporting materials of NATECLA Annual Conference 2026 workshops. It will be updated as additional materials and resources are added.

Emily Bryson provided live visual facilitation at this year's Conference, creating large-scale sketchnotes during selected plenary sessions, including the Saturday morning John Hird plenary and potentially the Friday afternoon plenary talk.

Rather than producing finished artwork, this work will capture ideas in real time, offering a visual record of key themes and discussions as they emerge.

Here are some examples of her live sketchnotes:

City & Guilds Teachmeet

Saturday Keynote talk: Jon Hird- Spoken Grammar in the ESOL Classroom

In the Conference opening plenary panel on Friday Axel Heussi, Aster Hailey and Akram Elsir Elmisbah shared their inspiring ESOL journeys, highlighting the life-changing impact of language learning, supportive teachers and the opportunities ESOL can create.

Watch the Teachmeet 2026, one of the highlights of the conference.

This year's Teachmeet was kindly sponsored by City & Guilds. 

Keynote presentation delivered by Jon Hird: "Bringing Spoken Grammar into the ESOL Classroom," which exolored features of spoken English including idea units, sentence fragments, contractions, and regional variations that students naturally encounter but may not be taught in traditional grammar classes. The session included practical examples and teaching suggestions for incorporating authentic spoken grammar into ESOL instruction, with particular focus on contractions like "what'd you do" and regional dialect features common in different parts of the UK.