Speaker
Description
The presenter will engage participants in an interactive workshop designed to introduce simple, low-tech games for boosting student engagement. It’s geared toward teachers who will be working with students from high school through university students. The focus of the workshop is incorporating fun ways to practice listening and speaking skills. The participants will be introduced to and have an opportunity to play several simple, low-tech games. The main objective is to give English language teachers some tools for teaching with limited resources. The workshop will cover: How to keep students engaged in fun ways while completing English lessons. How to add kinesthetic elements to learning. How to boost whole class engagement while practicing critical listening and speaking skills. The workshop will include the modeling, explanation, and reflection upon the game strategies. Overall, this will be a fun interactive workshop designed to provide teachers with some tools for increasing student engagement during English classes.
Biography
Ramona is an English Language Fellow, who currently teaches English and English content courses at An Giang University in Long Xuyen City. She has many years of experience teaching all ages from preschool to college students in the United States, Türkiye, and the United Arab Emirates. In Vietnam she also enjoys facilitating English conversation club meetings at her university to help students practice English in a relaxed, supportive environment.
