CPD for teachers

I offer workshops for teachers to improve the teaching of listening. The focus is on decoding, and on making the most of the recordings contained in textbooks. The workshops range from one hour to a week in length. You can see me giving a session here.

Forthcoming workshops and talks

Electronic Village Online: Listening – Decoding January – 29th 2017

A ninety minute session, shared with Sheila Thorn, on decoding.
More information here.

 

 

IATEFL 2017 – Glasgow – April 6th 2017

A Syllabus for Listening: Less Top Down, More Bottom up.

 

 

 

Recent workshops

English UK Teachers Conference 12th November 2016

A fifty minute workshop 12:30-13:20 – Jungle Listening: Survival Tips for Fast Speech

 

 

Jungle Listening: High- and Low-tech Approaches to Teaching the Stream of Speech

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Why is Listening Difficult? Reasons, Causes, Solutions

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Consonant Death and the Teaching of Listening Perception

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Accent and Identity – Prejudice and Insecurity

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Playing with Soundshapes: Dynamic Activities for Teaching Listening

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If you are interested, email me richardcauldwell@me.com