English Language Expo 2020

 The Regional English Language Office (RELO Pakistan) at the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy Islamabad is pleased to announce ‘English Language Expo 2020,’ to be held in Karachi on January 18, 2020. The conference, based on the theme ‘Digital Innovations in English Language Teaching and Learning,’ aims to promote 21^st Century teaching and learning tools & techniques, emphasize the importance of digitalization in the world of teaching, and provide networking opportunities to English language teaching professionals. The sessions will focus on the introduction of various methodologies and digital tools to facilitate English language learning and the importance of transforming language classrooms into global classrooms.

The conference will provide ELTs an opportunity to:

• Attend 30+ sessions conducted by E-Teacher alumni and guest speakers.
• Learn about digital innovations in English Language Teaching and Learning.
• Strengthen the local educational community by networking with English language professionals from different institutions and regions.

WHO CAN ATTEND THE CONFERENCE ?

The conference will be open to experienced and novice English language professionals, potential English language teachers and university students from related disciplines. These may include:
• In-service Primary School Teacher
• In-service Secondary School Teacher
• Pre-service Teacher
• Tutor
• Administrator
• Principal
• Curriculum Developer
• University Professor
• University Lecturer
• Students of Graduate/ Post-Graduate Academic and Professional Programs

NOTE: Please know that travel and accommodation will not be provided for people coming from outside Karachi.

PRE-REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY. If you are interested to attend the English Language Expo 2020, please register by filling out the form by 5 pm , January 10th 2020.

REGISTRATION LINK : https://forms.gle/AWb8FKxk458Sg2uR8

For more details, please visit www.evolution.com.pk/ele or call us at 0300-2008575

Understanding the Usage ‘I Can’

Salman khamosh; I had taught my students the usage of I Can statements with the activity “3 Slips of Paper” and taught the importance of thinking I Can instead of I Can’t when facing any difficulty in the Annual Examinations.

Conducted by Salman Khamosh from Karachi English Teacher Training

Being Empathetic

Hasan Khan; I along with Aman Sultan Mirza, Saqlain Haider, Hasan Khan, Aamish Saboor, Nazeer, Aqeel Gadit, Hamza Ali, Hania Mansoori, Tooba, Warda Sarwar and Hadiqa Rais,
students of Access from different centers of Karachi went to Darus Sukoon on 30th JAN, 2016.
Darus Sukoon is an “Old Age Home” located on M.A Jinnah Road, Karachi.

We wanted to spread love and hope among them. And make them feel that we all are with them and they are not alone. We played ludo and carem with them and also danced with them. We also took some stuff with us for them like; warm caps, gloves, ear cover, socks and aroma fruits.

Different stuff was made by Darus Sukoon’s residents, in order to earn money. We all have purchased those goods too, to help them.
Lastly I would like to pay special thanks to Sir Syed Muhammad Ahsan Rizvi for joining us. I wish you all will like and appreciate our efforts.

Contributed by Hasan Khan from Pakistan Access Leadership Institute

Thinking Out of the Box

Shanzay Nadeem; I conducted many sessions at my Access Center. In my first session I told them about my Pakistan Access Leadership Institute’s experience and learning. I also gave them some tips about stress management and also did some stress losing activities which helped them relax. In my second session, which I did yesterday, different activities were carried out with respect to my session’s topics that were “When God Gives You Lemons” and “Mingle the New Jingle”.

They all really enjoyed and loved all the activities. I also added some points of “Every Problem Has a Solution” with the help of the stick activity.

Conducted by Shanzay Nadeem from Pakistan Access Leadership Institute

Finding Solutions of Your Problems

Hadiqa Rais; Today I and Hania Mansoori went to ‘North Way Bright Grammar School’. We conducted a session with students of grade 7^th and 8^th. Our topic was “Every Problem Has a Solution” and “My Issues My Problems”. This session was accompanied by different activities to boost up the thinking skills. For example; we made them write a list of things which can be kept in a match box. Then we played a game to make small words from one giant word. Participants were very cooperative and want us to do more fun filled activities with them. The feedback from school’s staff was positive too.

Conducted by Hadiqa Rais from Pakistan Access Leadership Institute

Managing Stress and Respecting other Genders

Rohit raja Maheshwary; Toady I did a session at my Access Center, my topics was “Stress Management” and “Gender Equality”. Students did a lot of activities, they learned many new things and enjoyed alot. In the end we also did that mingle which we learned at PALI. It was a great experience to teach as a trainer.

Conducted by Rohit raja Maheshwary from Pakistam Access Leadership Institute

Power Words

Abdul Samad; At our English club I taught our students ‘power words’. First I explained to them the phenomenon of using power words then asked them to share some power words they know and jotted them down on whiteboard and asked each of them to make a sentence using written power words. Next day, I brief them about their self-capabilities under the session “Know Thyself” and then did tongue twister one by one. They really enjoyed it meanwhile I introduced the term contraction as well.

Conducted by Abdul Samad from Karachi English Teacher Training

Introduction to Access Program

Ismail Abbasi; Today was my first day as an Access Teacher at Sir Syed Public School Rawalpindi. The kids were huge in number and I had to speak very loud. First I gave them my introduction through adapting Sir Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui’s universal salam, then I told them about Access. What Access basically is and how it is meant to change their lives. I brought to fore the main objectives of Access program apart from learning English language, I told them that our aim is to make them leaders, to build tolerance in them, to help them to be confident in all spheres of life, to raise the sense of community service in them and to provide them the awareness of cultural exchange etc. They absolutely loved every bit of it. After an hour I did energizer with them and at the later part of our session I conducted the activity of oral introduction as the students were from different classes, they asked questions to each other and expressed their illness through expression and signals. This activity was taught by Sir Dieter Bruhn’s (Noon suuu) in KETT. It all went awesome thankfully.

Conducted By Ismail Abbasi from Karachi English Teacher Training

Learning English with Riddles

Asma Parveen; Today, I conducted an activity named ‪‎asking riddles and different questions, which were present in book “The Lighter Side Of TEFL”. This nice book was given to us by our nice, talented Master Trainers at our training in KETT. My students competed with each other in form of groups and gave me positive feedback. Thanks American trainers as well as Pakistani trainer to provide us with these amazing and helpful books, which made our teaching way very easy and efficient.

Conducted by Asma Parveen from Karachi English Teacher Training

Celebrating International Mother Tongue Day

Hadiqa Rais; Today we celebrated “International Mother Tongue Day”. It was fun filled day and with fun filled activities we learned the importance of Urdu Language. We also wrote some feedbacks about usage of Urdu Language and its promotion that we learned today.

Contributed by Hadiqa Rais from Pakistan Access Leadership Institute