Looking back on the last 15 years of participatory ESOL pedagogy in the UK, teachers and researchers from English for Action London and the Hub for Education and Language Diversity (HELD) at King’s College London engaged in a six-month action research project across 2022 and 2023 to reflect on the […]
In May 2021 and in July 2022, our participatory ESOL community of practice sessions focussed on trauma-informed ESOL with a view to incorporating these insights into our teaching practice and evaluating the extent to which participatory and trauma-informed practices complement each other. This conference is an opportunity for practitioners from […]
This workshop, for ESOL teachers of all levels, provides a theoretical introduction to participatory ESOL pedagogy. In the workshop we will explore the key concepts and ideas that have influenced participatory ESOL, including the Freirean concepts of dialogic learning, coconstruction of knowledge, problem posing education and consciousness raising. We will […]
This half day workshop for ESOL teachers gives a short practical introduction to using Theatre in the ESOL classroom. We will introduce participants to some of the games, techniques and exercises used in Theatre of the Oppressed, which have been adapted specifically for ESOL in order to develop language and […]
This workshop, for ESOL teachers of all levels, provides a theoretical introduction to participatory ESOL pedagogy. In the workshop we will explore the key concepts and ideas that have influenced participatory ESOL, including the Freirean concepts of dialogic learning, coconstruction of knowledge, problem posing education and consciousness raising. We will […]