Workshop: The Power of Image
Developing a Visual Literacy in the
Language Classroom
October 3rd 2009: 2:00-5:00pm
Venue: Telecom ParisTech
Presented by Ben Goldstein
This practical workshop will analyse ways images have been traditionally used in the language classroom and seek out some alternatives for the future. With the advent of digital technology, we will address the need to place the image at the centre of our classroom practice, exploring ways to help learners not only describe but also interpret images and thus become more visually literate.
Back by popular demand, Ben Goldstein spoke at the TESOL France 27th Annual Colloquium in 2008.
Ben Goldstein lives in Barcelona and has taught English for over twenty years in the UK, Spain and Hong Kong. He currently teaches online at the Catalan Open University (UOC) and on the New School's MATESOL program in New York. He has published the teachers' methodology handbook Working with Images (Cambridge) and is author of the adult coursebook series New Framework (Richmond Publishing). His website is: www.bengoldstein.es.