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Teacher, teacher-trainer, researcher and writer Jade Blue talks about her experience at the Image Conference in Lisbon.   What did you enjoy about The Image Conference? It was so inspiring and rewarding to be part of an event with such a fantastic line up of talks, and be able to connect and spend time with […]

Celeste Simões, teacher, materials writer and teacher trainer talks about her Image Conference experience and her workshop delivered with  Helena Oliveira What did you enjoy about The Image Conference? The sharing of ideas was the most important thing for me. Lifelong learning is necessary to keep you updated and informed in a professional sense, but […]

Teacher, researcher and writer, Nora Nagy, talks about the experience of her first Image Conference in Lisbon. A first-timer’s reflections on the Image Conference in Lisbon Looking back at the Image Conference I can’t help thinking that something special and important started to happen in the world of English language teaching with the first conference […]

Teachers, trainer and researchers, Elena Dominguez and Jelena Bobina, talk about their Image Conference experience in Lisbon.   What did you enjoy about The Image Conference?   We especially enjoyed the practical approach to the use of images in ELT, new ideas and teaching tips. We also enjoyed having been given the possibility of meeting […]

  Teacher, trainer and writer Dave Tuckers tells us about his experience at the Image Conference in Lisbon.   What did you enjoy about The Image Conference? The Image Conference was remarkable, not only due to the breadth of experience and expertise of the speakers, but also the variety and range of topics and techniques […]

Teacher and coursebook writer, Paul Dummett, talks about his experience at the Image Conference in Lisbon. 1. What did you enjoy about The Image Conference? I really liked the emphasis on the power of images to help us understand the lives of others (empathy). The last talk I saw by Joanna Norton was inspirational in […]

  Teacher, trainer and coursebook writer, Ben Goldstein, talks about his Image Conference experience in Lisbon.   What did you enjoy about The Image Conference?   The variety of presentations – from talks covering academic research to hands-on workshops.   How was The Image Conference different from other conferences you’ve been to?   There were […]

  Flipped classroom teacher, Frank McGirr, answers the post-Image Conference questionnaire.   What did you enjoy about The Image Conference?   Meeting like minded teachers. I work at an institution where most teachers stick rigidly to course books. While attempting to meet the diverse needs of individual students, in a variety of countries, course books […]

  Helena Mota Lopes is a teacher, trainer and researcher based in Portugal. Here she talks about her session “From reader to writer/illustrator: citizenship in the EFL classroom” at the Image Conference in Lisbon on Saturday 14th October. Getting young teenagers to read and participate in a book discussion with enthusiasm is quite often a […]