Published on September 6, 2019
By kierandonaghy
Watch Anna Whitcher and Victoria Pascual’s video teaser for their talk “Language teachers and video producers working together” at the Image Conference in Brussels on Saturday 5th October. Read about all the sessions here. Delegates can register here.
Published on September 26, 2018
By kierandonaghy
Chrysa Papalazarou writes about her plenary session ‘Paint me a world: artful visuals in the language class’ at the Image Conference in Athens. Five years ago, out of professional curiosity, I started using artful visuals with my upper primary classes as an alternative way towards creating a more affective and effective learning experience. This […]
Published on September 13, 2018
By kierandonaghy
In this article Gergő Fekete, talks about his session ‘Global issues through visuals: the story of three case studies’ The 21st century has brought many changes to our life and these changes have not left the field of education unaddressed, either. As an EFL learner and now a fresh EFL teacher, I have observed two major […]
Published on September 10, 2018
By kierandonaghy
In this article Anna Whitcher talks about her training session on “Language learning through video creation” at the Image Conference in Athens. Sunday 7th October at 11:00 – 12: 40 Video used to be something that happened only with fancy production companies and rigid script writing. The good news for us in ELT is that […]
Published on September 7, 2018
By kierandonaghy
Magdalena Dygała is describing her session on “Classroom video projects”: Using technology in the EFL classroom has become predominant in today’s educational environment. This fact contributes to the constant enhancement of approaches and methods of teaching to engage students in the learning process. Being a fast-paced generation, students become dependent on electronic devices, such as […]
Published on September 30, 2017
By kierandonaghy
Frank McGirr is a teacher and photographer based in Gernmany. Here Frank talks about his session on at the Image Conference in Lisbon. I am an advocate of flipped learning who has developed pioneering new ways of using the approach in language learning. Student centred,self-discovery lies at the heart of flipped learning, a characteristic […]
Published on November 2, 2014
By kierandonaghy
In this video teacher, trainer and writer talks about his session with editor and film producer Anna Whithcer, A Visual Manifesto for Language Teaching, at The Image Conference in Córdoba on 22nd November. You can find out more about Kieran and Anna, and their session below. Kieran Donaghy Kieran Donaghy […]
Published on November 2, 2014
By kierandonaghy
University lecturer Ina Gray answers The Image Conference questionnaire. Your favourite video to use in class: Different ones for different areas of ESP: – Architecture: Grand Designs (a Channel 4 documentary series) – Architecture/topic: floor plans: Happy home (a video produced by architecture students in 2013) – Business Communication/topic: job applications: The […]
Published on November 2, 2014
By kierandonaghy
Teacher trainer and writer Ben Goldstein answeers The Image Conference questionnaire. Your favourite film/work of art/video game: I don’t ever tire of looking at Mark Rothko’s abstract expressionist paintings, I can lose myself in them. Your favourite video to use in class: One of my favourites is “Forgetfulness” – a brilliant animation […]