Whether you teach teens, adults, mixed-level groups, or academic English, these frameworks can help you plan lessons more clearly, teach more confidently, and support student success.

What: Frameworks for Teaching English: Making planning more efficient and learning more accessible.
Who: English teachers and Teacher Trainers
When: Biweekly on Thursdays at 17:00 MSK starting February 5 (see full schedule below)
Where: Online (Zoom)

Why: To have the chance to explore a set of modern, widely-used teaching frameworks that can improve lesson design, student participation, and language development.

What this series is about:

This workshop series helps English language teachers strengthen lesson planning and classroom instruction using practical teaching frameworks. Each session breaks down key approaches and shows how to apply them in real classroom situations.

Teachers will leave with simple strategies and ready-to-use ideas to improve student engagement, support mixed-level learners, and make learning goals and expectations clearer.

Why this series is useful:

Teaching frameworks give structure and direction to teaching philosophies, curriculum planning, lesson planning, materials, and activities. They help teachers reduce confusion, increase student participation, support diverse learning needs, and make instruction more effective—without adding extra stress or requiring major curriculum changes.

Across 12 sessions, you will learn about:

1. Session 1 — February 5: Communicative Language Teaching (CLT): Engaging students in the act of communication

2. Session 2 — February 19: Experiential Learning: Using experience, reflection, and application

3. Session 3 — March 5: CARE Framework: Building motivation through relevance and connection

4. Session 4 — March 19: Project-Based Learning (PBL): Engaging students in real-world projects for meaningful language use

5. Session 5 — April 2: Backward Design (Understanding by Design): Aligning our planning with objectives

6. Session 6 — April 16: learning differences through Ed. tech and learning choices

7. Session 7 — April 30: Content and language learning integration: Supporting academic language learning

8. Session 8 — May 14: Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT): Making learning expectations clear

9. Session 9 — May 28: Cooperative learning: Managing group work for student engagement

10. Session 10 — June 11: Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT): Using purposeful tasks for enriching language development

11. Session 11 — June 25: SAMR Model: Effectively integrating technology

12. Session 12 — July 9: AI-Supported Language Learning: Using AI to enhance teaching practice

* Note that topics may change according to audience needs and preferences  

Why you should join:

These workshops are designed to be practical and teacher-friendly. You will leave with:

• a clearer understanding of multiple teaching frameworks

• ideas you can use in your current curriculum

• simple ways to choose the right framework for your students and goals

• access to resources that you can take and implement the next day in your lessons

• a chance to exchange ideas with other teachers

Technical requirements:

This workshop will take place online via Zoom.
If you are interested in joining, please create a Zoom account beforehand. When registering, submit your valid email address to receive the Zoom link before the session.

Certificates : Earn an e-certificate from the Regional English Language Office!

To qualify for an e-certificate, you need to attend at least 9 out of 12 Zoom sessions.

About the Specialist: 

Marie van Romburgh is an English language educator with extensive international experience across Botswana, Myanmar, the Czech Republic, Costa Rica, and the United States. She has taught ESL in diverse K–12 and adult-learning environments and has led teacher training workshops in the United States and around the world including Haiti, Cambodia, Thailand, South Africa, Poland, and elsewhere. From 2014–2017, she was an English Language Fellow and full-time instructor supporting academic and cultural programming and served as an English language specialist in 2022. Marie holds a BA in English Literature from the University of South Carolina and an MA in TESOL from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Her specialties include English for Specific Purposes, university-level academic English, Educational Technology, and teacher development.  

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These sessions are hosted on Zoom, so if you are interested in joining, please create a Zoom account beforehand. When registering below, please submit your valid email address to receive a link to the class Zoom meeting 30 minutes before the session begins.

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