Preparing teenage English language learners for future workplace

Courses for teachers and directors in ELT: Join us on VK: When speaking about teaching teenagers the focus usually lies on sparking their interest and keeping it throughout the process. We believe that it is possible to motivate teenagers to learn English by teaching them the skills and providing them with tools that will be helpful in organizing their learning process more efficiently and then will be beneficial in their future workplace as well. It is important to give our learners the opportunity to get to know and practice these vitally important skills in the safety of their classroom environment. During the talk we will share our experience of organizing this process at the Dmitry Nikitin School. Elena Matveeva is a General English and Business English Teacher and a Director of Studies at the Dmitry Nikitin School. Her main sphere of interestlies in teaching Business English and Presentation skills inparticular. Content: 0:00 Introduction 1:28 My Story 10:12 Why do teenagers need English 13:02 Discussion time 14:57 How should we teach? 19:18 21st Century Skills 20:00 Voice and Choice 22:45 Designing a New Year Party 31:02 Discussion time 34:11 Outro 36:04 Q&A