Biggs spoke at the Việt Nam-USA Society English Centres’ annual Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) conference, whose theme this year was ‘Eclecticism in English Language Teaching in the Post-Methods Era’. HCM CITY — A teacher trainer for the Cambridge University Press urged teachers attending a conference in HCM City yesterday to harness the power of technology, especially the use of video, in the classroom. With theme-based instruction, teachers create lessons or courses based on students’ interests, with content chosen from a pool of diverse themes. About 2,000 teachers attended the conference, according to the organisers. Gavin J. Biggs, who is also a senior learning consultant for Greater China for Cambridge University Press, said that videos engaged learners by using humour and making classes more memorable.

Source: Viet Nam News July 22, 2016 01:52 UTC