Watch Penny Ur in Armenia

From 5 to 7 October 2018, British Council Armenia held its 6th “Teacher Development with British Council” event by hosting Penny Ur in Armenia.

During this annual event, Armenian English language teachers are given the opportunity to attend a series of talks delivered by a distinguished ELT expert and develop professionally through exposure to the latest thinking and understanding in the field.

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For this year’s event, Penny Ur, the renowned and acclaimed teacher educator, writer, and speaker visited Armenia and delivered five sessions over three days to English language teachers from all the educational sectors working in Armenia as well as to visiting participants from neighbouring countries.

You can watch recordings of all five talks by clicking on the titles of each session below:

Session 1: Where do we go from here? An overview of English teaching methodology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1R6VzcbvI8

Session 2: Research and the language teacher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjFow_VMUOc

Session 3: Critical thinking in language teaching / Higher-order thinking skills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-dPGWvXjYg

Session 4: Teaching mixed-ability classes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFOaVExWo6A

Session 5: My top 30 teaching tips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQvFGyD3b78

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