TESOL France
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
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Events in Toulouse
Upcoming Events:
Are you ready for our Tech Swapshop and Christmas bash?
When is it ? 6.30 on Friday 8th December 2023
Where is it ? TEFL Toulouse
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9 allées Frederic Mistral
Who will be there? We are delighted to announce that Sophie Pietrucci is coming from Paris to help organise and coordinate our swapshop. She will produce a document with all our ideas (and hers) for us to take away from this event.
What do I need to bring? For the swapshop, please bring a tech tool that you use, that you think other teachers might find useful or fun or can save time etc. This might be a website or an app, or a little-known function of something that is familiar. If you don't have anything techy then please bring your enthusiasm and good humour.
For the Chridtmas bash, please bring food and drink that you would like to share with us from your culture - Christmas or any other festival food. (Please label it, and label the contents). TESOL Toulouse will provide soft drinks, but if you'd like something stronger, feel free to bring something.
What do I do next ? Complete this form and spread the word: https://forms.gle/t1iyU5vwEiqZHkGV6
10th September 2022
Teaching EFL to students with SEN (Special Educational Needs) with Saskia Disant
Time: 2pm - 5pm
Venue: TEFL Toulouse 9, Allees Frederic Mistral, 31400 Toulouse, France
Parking is available next to the Jardin des Plantes, access by bus, tram and metro less than 10 minutes walk away.
You can access the site from 1.30pm. Light refreshments will be provided.
Register here.
About the Workshop
This workshop deals with SEN and inclusion.Firstly, we’ll deal with 5 ‘learning difficulties’, what they mean, and how you could recognise them:
- dyslexia
- dyspraxia
- dysphasia
- autism
- AD(H)D
Then thirdly, we’ll address ‘inclusion’ by having a good look at lesson materials. We’ll adapt and/or create, and have a look at a few online ESL/EFL programs for children + 1 for teens and adults that you can also use in a brick-and-mortar classroom.
Bring your own laptop if you can!
There’ll be plenty room for discussion, also about the French school system and how they handle ‘inclusion’. I’m hoping to send you home with lots of on hand information and tips that you can use in your work as a teacher.
Saskia Disant helps students with learning difficulties gain insight and structure, so that they can discover their strengths, develop self-confidence, and enjoy learning English.
In 1992 ‘inclusion’ became the new norm in the Netherlands. Children with learning difficulties such as dyslexia and/or mild physical handicap were moved from specialized schools to regular schools. This at first caused a situation. All of a sudden, these children attended classes but teachers hadn't received any training. Yet they were expected to deliver the same quality of education to a group sometimes up to 39 children.
Saskia was fortunate to work at a school where this problem was dealt with in a positive and active manner. She attended seminars organised by the school councillor. She learned to teach and accompany the children and to collaborate with the parents.
After working in the Netherlands for 12 years, she moved to France in 2012 where she became and EFL teacher. Since July 2020 she has been self-employed, working partly from home but mostly for a language school in Albi.
In 1992 ‘inclusion’ became the new norm in the Netherlands. Children with learning difficulties such as dyslexia and/or mild physical handicap were moved from specialized schools to regular schools. This at first caused a situation. All of a sudden, these children attended classes but teachers hadn't received any training. Yet they were expected to deliver the same quality of education to a group sometimes up to 39 children.
Saskia was fortunate to work at a school where this problem was dealt with in a positive and active manner. She attended seminars organised by the school councillor. She learned to teach and accompany the children and to collaborate with the parents.
After working in the Netherlands for 12 years, she moved to France in 2012 where she became and EFL teacher. Since July 2020 she has been self-employed, working partly from home but mostly for a language school in Albi.
Non-member registration fee: €8. Please bring exact change.
If you like, joining TESOL France, or renewing your membership for €53 (€29 reduced rate for students, retired persons and unemployed), payment will be possible on the day.
Register here.
IMPORTANT: Before you join, or renew please be sure to fill out the Members Registration Form on our website before you come to the workshop. If you have renewed or initiated your membership on the website and have selected the „pay cash or cheque onsite” payment option, we can finalise your payment at the workshop. If you are entitled to a reduced rate, please bring a certificate of your status (students card, unemployed certificate, ID)
You can join or renew your membership here.
QUESTIONS? Contact: tesolfrance@gmail.com or your regional coordinator via the Contact From by selecting "Regions - Toulouse" in the drop down menu.
Past Workshops
30 June 2019
Eyes Open: What the eyes see... (-isms and issues: why, how and should we bother?)
with Fiona Mauchline
Time: 9.30 am - 12.30 pm
Venue: IH Toulouse / the Cambridge Centre, 23 Ave G Brassens, 31700 Blagnac
About the Workshop
Eyes open:
What the eyes see…. (-isms and issues: why, how and should we bother?)
With a packed schedule, an over-loaded syllabus, and more buzz words than bees, is there space-time for dealing with global issues in the English classroom on top of everything else? Is it helpful or useful to even try? And if so, how do we do it in a way that will engage our teens (and adults) rather than turn them off? This idea-filled, participative session will look at how and why using various kinds of visuals can bring global issues and critical thinking into the teen and adult classroom in ways that open students’ eyes and minds, and create memorable language learning moments. We hope it will also be fun
Eyes shut:
Teaching with eyes closed: senses as the route to learning
Recent research suggests that activating the senses at the same time as language helps maximise learning. Add to this a little Vygotsky, and we have the basis for some highly engaging activities that activate the brain and facilitate the formation of memory and the generation of language. In this workshop, we’ll tickle our senses and try a few activities, then reflect on how and why they work. Be prepared to close your eyes in order to open them to possibility.
Fiona Mauchline is a freelance ELT writer, teacher, and trainer. Her courses include Motivate! (Macmillan Education) and the new summer course Dive In! (Delta Publishing, 2019), both for teenagers. Her resource books include How to write secondary materials (ELTTeacher2Writer) and this month’s Etpedia Vocabulary (Pavilion Publishing). She is also the co-founder of EVE: Equal Voices in ELT, and a committee member for both IATEFL TDSIG and IATEFL MaWSIG. She has a love of photography, art, creative and screenwriting, and ‘brain science’, all of which spread to her work.
This event is FREE to TESOL France members.
Non-member registration fee: €8. Please bring exact change.
If you like, joining TESOL France, or renewing your membership for €53 (€29 reduced rate for students, retired persons and unemployed), the payment will be possible on the day.
IMPORTANT: Before you join, or renew please be sure to fill out the Members Registration Form on our website before you come to the workshop. If you have renewed or initiated your membership on the website and have selected the „pay cash or cheque onsite” payment option, we can finalise your payment at the workshop. If you are entitled to a reduced rate, please bring a certificate of your status (students card, unemployed certificate, ID)
You can join or renew your membership here.
QUESTIONS? Contact: tesolfrance@gmail.com or your regional coordinator via the Contact From by selecting "Regions - Toulouse" in the drop down menu.
What the eyes see…. (-isms and issues: why, how and should we bother?)
With a packed schedule, an over-loaded syllabus, and more buzz words than bees, is there space-time for dealing with global issues in the English classroom on top of everything else? Is it helpful or useful to even try? And if so, how do we do it in a way that will engage our teens (and adults) rather than turn them off? This idea-filled, participative session will look at how and why using various kinds of visuals can bring global issues and critical thinking into the teen and adult classroom in ways that open students’ eyes and minds, and create memorable language learning moments. We hope it will also be fun
Eyes shut:
Teaching with eyes closed: senses as the route to learning
Recent research suggests that activating the senses at the same time as language helps maximise learning. Add to this a little Vygotsky, and we have the basis for some highly engaging activities that activate the brain and facilitate the formation of memory and the generation of language. In this workshop, we’ll tickle our senses and try a few activities, then reflect on how and why they work. Be prepared to close your eyes in order to open them to possibility.
Fiona Mauchline is a freelance ELT writer, teacher, and trainer. Her courses include Motivate! (Macmillan Education) and the new summer course Dive In! (Delta Publishing, 2019), both for teenagers. Her resource books include How to write secondary materials (ELTTeacher2Writer) and this month’s Etpedia Vocabulary (Pavilion Publishing). She is also the co-founder of EVE: Equal Voices in ELT, and a committee member for both IATEFL TDSIG and IATEFL MaWSIG. She has a love of photography, art, creative and screenwriting, and ‘brain science’, all of which spread to her work.This event is FREE to TESOL France members.
Non-member registration fee: €8. Please bring exact change.
If you like, joining TESOL France, or renewing your membership for €53 (€29 reduced rate for students, retired persons and unemployed), the payment will be possible on the day.
IMPORTANT: Before you join, or renew please be sure to fill out the Members Registration Form on our website before you come to the workshop. If you have renewed or initiated your membership on the website and have selected the „pay cash or cheque onsite” payment option, we can finalise your payment at the workshop. If you are entitled to a reduced rate, please bring a certificate of your status (students card, unemployed certificate, ID)
You can join or renew your membership here.
QUESTIONS? Contact: tesolfrance@gmail.com or your regional coordinator via the Contact From by selecting "Regions - Toulouse" in the drop down menu.
27 January 2018: TECH DAY Full Day Workshop
Time: 8.30am - 3.30pm
Speaker: Daniel Kelly
Venue: Université Toulouse Capitole 1 - Manufacture des Tabacs Campus
Speaker: Daniel Kelly
Venue: Université Toulouse Capitole 1 - Manufacture des Tabacs Campus
Fee: €8 (payment by cheque only on the day); free for TESOL France members
About the Workshop
We are delighted to invite you to the first event of the year. As the name suggests, this will be an all-day event on the theme of technology. We aim to:
• empower you in the making of informed choices about technology and your teaching
• show you new tools, techniques and activity ideas
• give you hands-on experience of adapting these tools to your own teaching environment
• show you new tools, techniques and activity ideas
• give you hands-on experience of adapting these tools to your own teaching environment
Schedule:
9.00am Registration and coffee in MQ209 (there'll be signs up)
9.30 Questions to ask yourself when encountering new technology
9.45 20 minute talks on...
9.45 20 minute talks on...
• Class polling and quizzes using student devices
• The Tablet as a Teacher's best friend (bring you tablet for this one!)
• Corpora and On-line resources
• Twine – an open source tool for telling non-linear, interactive stories
• Check your smile - a game-based vocabulary learning collaborative website
• and more...
• The Tablet as a Teacher's best friend (bring you tablet for this one!)
• Corpora and On-line resources
• Twine – an open source tool for telling non-linear, interactive stories
• Check your smile - a game-based vocabulary learning collaborative website
• and more...
12.30 Lunch. Bring your own, or get something locally – we'll help you find somewhere.
13.30 Informal workshop session in a computer lab (ME202)
13.30 Informal workshop session in a computer lab (ME202)
to 15.30 • try out the tools seen in the morning
• presenters on hand to guide you
• take away knowledge and skills relevant to your teaching environment
All TESOL France workshops are free for members and 8 euros for non-members.
If you would like to join TESOL France or renew your membership, fill out your membership form before the event here.
IMPORTANT
If you have renewed your membership or signed up as a new member recently and have selected the “Pay by cheque or cash onsite” payment option on the website, we can process your payment and validate your membership at the workshop.
Questions? Write to 'Regions Toulouse' through the Contact form on our website or via email at tesolfrancetoulouse@gmail.com. The regional coordinator will reply to your email.
CANCELLED!
The Toulouse TOEFL Propell event is cancelled because the trainer from ETS is unwell. We are very sorry for the inconvenience caused and are trying to contact all the participants directly to let them know. The event has proved very popular and we will re-schedule it later on in the year. Thank you very much for your understanding.
TESOL France Toulouse: Do you teach students for the ETS TOEFL IBT or TOEIC exams? Do you think you'll need to in the future? Would you like the low-down on how to prepare your students for them? Then read on...!
TESOL France Toulouse, in partnership with ETS, is hosting a full-day Propell® TOEFL IBT workshop in February. NB This workshop will be limited to a maximum of 24 participants.Date: TBD
Time: TBD
Cost: €15 non-members and €8 members, including a contribution to lunch + coffee breaks (TESOL can provide a receipt of payment)
Venue: central Toulouse
TESOL France Toulouse: GET/TESOL get-together:
13 September 2016
Venue: Carson City restaurant on the Place Olivier in St CyprienTime: 6pm drinks, 7:30pm dinner
As summer comes into full swing, the Guild of English Teachers and TESOL France Toulouse are thinking ahead to when everyone comes back....and we thought we'd join forces!
Come and catch up with everyone after the holidays at the Carson City restaurant on the Place Olivier in St Cyprien on Tuesday 13th September.
Come for a drink around 6pm and/or stay for dinner from around 7.30pm - it's up to you!
All welcome! No event charge - just pay for what you order.
To register, send an email to Rosemary through the contact page (look for "Regions - Toulouse" in the list).
Come for a drink around 6pm and/or stay for dinner from around 7.30pm - it's up to you!
All welcome! No event charge - just pay for what you order.
To register, send an email to Rosemary through the contact page (look for "Regions - Toulouse" in the list).
We hope you have a great summer, and hope to see you back in Toulouse in September!
Nikki Wilkinson (GET) and Rosemary Bénard (TESOL France Toulouse)
TESOL France Toulouse workshop: June 4th, 2016. Webinar and guided discussion on Using the Common Framework of Reference in your teaching and assessment
TESOL France Toulouse will hold its last event of the year on Sat 4th June on this suitably assessment-orientated theme, moderated by Rosemary Bénard.
Date + Time: Sat 4th June: registration opens 9.00am, event starts 9.30am, finishing at 12.30pm
Venue: usual venue, central Toulouse (more details provided when you register)
Deadline for registrations: Fri 3rd June (required).
To register, send an email to Rosemary through the contact page (look for "Regions - Toulouse" in the list).
Date + Time: Sat 4th June: registration opens 9.00am, event starts 9.30am, finishing at 12.30pm
Venue: usual venue, central Toulouse (more details provided when you register)
Deadline for registrations: Fri 3rd June (required).
To register, send an email to Rosemary through the contact page (look for "Regions - Toulouse" in the list).
Nibbles and tea/coffee are provided, and there's the possibility of continuing the chat in the local crêperie for lunch.
Please register in advance of the event, and bring a form of ID with you to show at the entrance to the venue.
This event is FREE to TESOL France members.
Non-member registration fee: €8. Please bring exact change.
If you like, joining TESOL France, €49 (or renewing your membership) will be possible on the day.
IMPORTANT: Before you join, or renew please be sure to fill out the Members Registration Form on our website, before you come to the workshop. The link to join or renew membership is: http://www.tesol-france.org/en/membership.html
Please register in advance of the event, and bring a form of ID with you to show at the entrance to the venue.
This event is FREE to TESOL France members.
Non-member registration fee: €8. Please bring exact change.
If you like, joining TESOL France, €49 (or renewing your membership) will be possible on the day.
IMPORTANT: Before you join, or renew please be sure to fill out the Members Registration Form on our website, before you come to the workshop. The link to join or renew membership is: http://www.tesol-france.org/en/membership.html
TESOL France Toulouse: April 9th, 2016. Graded Readers & Videos
TESOL France Toulouse is pleased to announce our forthcoming event with Katie Cóspito of Black Cat books on Saturday April 9th. Katie will be giving two workshops: one on graded readers, and the other on using film and video clips.Registration opens at 9am and the event will begin at 9.30am, finishing at 12.30pm.
Venue: central Toulouse (please contact the Toulouse coordinator for the address)
To register, send us an email to Rosemary through the contact page (look for "Regions - Toulouse" in the list).
Workshop and Speaker Details:
Katie Cóspito is a teacher, teacher trainer, and the representative for Black Cat books in France. She invites you to come discover the world of graded readers and their multiple, varied uses in the classroom. If video clips are more your style, she will also be speaking about how to get your students speaking, writing and listening through film and video clips.Click here to find out what the TESOL France Grenoble participants thought of this workshop in January 2016!
Toulouse Spring Workshop – supported by TESOL France
April 4th 2015, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Université de Toulouse - Manufacture des Tabacs Campus: Allée de Brienne, Building Q Room 20.
Université de Toulouse - Manufacture des Tabacs Campus: Allée de Brienne, Building Q Room 20.
This event is FREE to all participants!
RSVP by Friday 3rd April:
To register, send us an email through the contact page (look for "Regions - Toulouse" in the list).
Further information:
We are very pleased to welcome Karen Pettini, who will be sharing her interactive vocabulary and grammar ideas for teens and beyond, following her successful talk at the TESOL France Spring Day in 2014.
A teaching challenge shared is a challenge halved! Kate Kleinworth (previous TESOL France Toulouse co-ordinator) will be hosting an exchange session where you’ll have a chance to share ideas and find a fresh approach to your current teaching challenges.
Finally, the President of TESOL France, Debbie West, will be joining us from Paris to talk about the latest news from the national organization.
A teaching challenge shared is a challenge halved! Kate Kleinworth (previous TESOL France Toulouse co-ordinator) will be hosting an exchange session where you’ll have a chance to share ideas and find a fresh approach to your current teaching challenges.
Finally, the President of TESOL France, Debbie West, will be joining us from Paris to talk about the latest news from the national organization.
Harassment at Work - What it is and How to Deal with it
June 16th 2012 at 9:30am
Venue: Universite de Toulouse 1, Campus: la manufacture des tabacs, Building Q, 2nd Floor, Room MQ209
A workshop presented by Mick Flynn
TESOL France Toulouse Mini-Conference
March 31, 2012. 9:00 - 16:00
Université de Toulouse 1, Capitole Campus Manufacture des tabacs, Bldg Q, Room MQ209
Poster
The First TESOL France Toulouse Event!
October 8th, 2011 - 9am - 4pm
Universite de Toulouse 1, Capitole Campus: Manufacture des tabacs, Bldg. Q, Room MQ209
Speakers: Lola Mascarenhas, Gail Taillefer and Bethany Cagnol
Further Information:
Organized by: Shahada Reardon, coordinator of TESOL France Toulouse.
Guest speakers: Lola Mascarenhas, Gail Taillefer and Bethany Cagnol
Program:
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Registration | |
| 9:45 - 10:30 | The Importance of Role Play in Teaching Foreign Language and Foreign Culture: Lola Mascarenhas (Est. Scolaire Le Caousou) | |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Madame, je suis nul(le) en anglais, mais... les Français sont mauvais en langues. And so? Gail Taillefer (Universite de Toulouse 1) | |
| 11:15 - 11:45 | Break and Announcements (Annual Colloquium in Paris: 4-6 November.) | |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | Independents' Day: Bethany Cagnol (President of TESOL France) | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Break for Lunch (there are many possibilities near the campus) | |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Lesson Plan Sharing (Call for Lesson Plans, see below) | |
Please RSVP!
Call for lesson plans presenters: We are looking for FIVE teachers to share lessons plans on Oct. 8th (10 min. presentation of your lesson plan, we are equipped with a projector). If you are interested please send your lesson plan idea by Monday Sept 26th. (If you need to be inspired, have a look at the /attached list of suggestions. You may choose from this list or propose another idea.)
Volunteers: We are also looking for volunteers to help in various ways (registration, refreshments and distribution of promotional posters, flyers). If you are interested please mention so in your RSVP. Our volunteers are the /arms and legs of TESOL France Toulouse. We can't get anything done without you!
Annual colloquium
We hold an international conference, the Annual Colloquium every year in November.
More information, dates, call for proposals and delegate registration are available via the Colloquium page.
More information, dates, call for proposals and delegate registration are available via the Colloquium page.