The Dynamics of Motivation -APAC

Data de publicació: Feb 01, 2015 2:11:14 PM

APAC ELT CONVENTION 2015 19th - 20th - 21st February 2015 at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Ciutadella)

This year the annual convention titled The Dynamics of Motivation will be focusing on motivating learners of the 21st century. The event will start on Thursday the 19th at 16.00 hours with an opening talk by Dr Joan Kang Shin (University of Maryland).

Here below is the link for the Convention where you can find further information and register for the three days event. There is also the possibility of attending only part of the workshops and lectures on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning till 13.00 hours.

We would like to encourage the attendance as it is an excellent opportunity to meet other teachers and share views on motivation which is a key factor for an effective learning.

http://www.apac.es/elt-convention/programme.html

Who is Dr Joan Kang Shin?

Dr. Joan Kang Shin is the Director of TESOL Professional Training Programs at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). In this position she administers numerous online professional development programs for EFL teachers in over 100 countries, including her own courses Teaching English to Young Learners and Teaching English to Teens.

Dr. Shin is Series Editor for a ground breaking 6-level primary English series for National Geographic Learning calledOur World. She has also designed a professional development video series for Our World. Her most recent book co-authored with Jodi Crandall is called Teaching Young Learners English.

In addition, she keeps herself busy as an English Language Specialist for the Office of English Language Programs (OELP) in the U.S. Department of State and has conducted EFL teacher training programs with hundreds of teachers in Brazil, Cambodia, Cuba, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, India, Korea, Laos, Libya, Morocco, Peru, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Sudan, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Venezuela, Vietnam, and U.A.E. She has reached audiences worldwide of up to 2,000 people through online webinars and large-scale digital videoconferences.