Interserve Event "Instructional Theory Training" held at Al-Ahsa College of Technology, KSA on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018
TESOL Arabia Professional Development Event "Examining the challenges of Teaching Writing to ESL Learners" held at HCT Al Ain, UAE on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013
Cambridge University workshop "How to Help Arab Learners in the Classroom" held at Sohar University in Oman, October 28, 2013
TESOL Arabia Testing SIG Professional Development Event "From Low Tech to High Tech: Testing the 21st Century Student" held at Ajman University Fujairah Campus April 20, 2013
TESOL Arabia Professional Development Event "Examining the challenges of Teaching Writing to ESL Learners" held at HCT Al Ain, UAE on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013
Cambridge University workshop "How to Help Arab Learners in the Classroom" held at Sohar University in Oman, October 28, 2013
TESOL Arabia Testing SIG Professional Development Event "From Low Tech to High Tech: Testing the 21st Century Student" held at Ajman University Fujairah Campus April 20, 2013
TESOL Arabia READ SIG Professional Development Event held
at the University of Sharjah Community College, Khorfakkan Campus
February 23, 2013
TESOL Arabia IL SIG Professional
Development Event "Gulf Perspectives of Independent Learners in the
21st Century" held at the American University of Sharjah
February 16, 2013
TESOL Arabia Professional Development Event
held in UAE University Al Ain February 9, 2013
The British Council ELT Professional
Network Professional Teacher Training "Formative Assessment-Why and How?" held
at Al Ain Women's College January 23, 2013
TESOL Arabia YL SIG
Professional Development Event "Assessment in the Classroom" held at
the International Community School January 19, 2013
TESOL Arabia Educational Technology
Professional Development Event "Addressing Language Learning Objectives with the Help of
IT" held in Al Hosn University on Saturday, January 12, 2013
TESOL Arabia Educational Technology
Professional Development Event "Making the Most of Mobile Technology in the Classroom"
held at HCT-Fujairah Women's College on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012
TESOL Arabia Abu Dhabi Chapter Professional Development Event
held at Al Hosn University on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2012
The British Council ELT Professional
Network "Academic Writing for Teenagers" held at
Al Ain Women's College in Al Ain on October 8, 2012
TESOL Arabia Leadership & Management professional development
event held at HCT Men's College on October 7, 2012
5th Teacher Appraisal Roadshow held
at Higher Colleges of Technology Women's Campus in Dubai on May 24, 2012
ePortfolios to Evidence Professional Development Event held at HCT Men's Campus in Al Ain on April 14, 2012
TESOL Arabia ESP-SIG professional
development event held at the United Arab Emirates University in Al Ain on Feb.
11, 2012
Literature, Literacy and Language Arts Professional
Development event held at Abu Dhabi
University in Al Ain on May 21, 2011
TESOL Arabia Professional Development
Event "Reading for Success" held in Al Ain on
October 15, 2011
Process writing in EFL workshop -
David Wayne Rumptz held at Abu Dhabi University Al Ain, UAE on May 21st, 2011
Cambridge University workshop " Managing Your class" held at Al Hosn
University in Abu Dhabi
TESOL Arabia Al Ain Chapter workshop,
"Leadership and Teacher Effectiveness " held at the United Arab
Emirates University Al Ain, March 5th, 2011
TESOL Arabia Sharjah Chapter PD
event, "Read Along With Me " held at the American University of
Sharjah, January 8th, 2010
Assessing IELTS Writing tasks
workshop- Philip Orgill held at the Institute of Applied Technology in Al Ain
on January 2nd, 2011
TESOL Arabia Sharjah Chapter December
event, "The World Inside an EFL Class" held at
the American University of Sharjah, December 4th, 2010
TESOL Arabia Al Ain Chapter workshop,
"Assessing Writing" held at the United Arab Emirates University Al
Ain, October 13th, 2010
ELT professionals workshop
"Teaching Grammar : Where are we now? " - Jim Scrivener held at
the British Council on December 7th, 2009
TESOL Arabia Sharjah Chapter November
event, "Declarations of Independence" held at the
American University of Sharjah, November 7th, 2009
ELT professionals workshop
"Bringing it Alive! A workshop on Storytelling Techniques" - Alec
Williams held at the British Council on October 26th, 2009
TESOL Arabia Sharjah Chapter November
event, "For Your EFL Considerations" held at the
American University of Sharjah, November 29th, 2008
Independent Learning Research Event
" What's New in Independent Learning? Ideas, Innovations,
Implications, Applications" held at HCT Abu Dhabi Men's college
on 12 April, 2008
TESOL Arabia Sharjah Chapter February
event, "Reflecting on Teaching" held at the
American University of Sharjah, February 9th, 2008
"Independent
Learning Center Visit" at the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi,
21st February 2008 from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
"Vocabulary Teaching Practical
Strategies", - Ann Marie and Raja Bahloul- The American University of
Sharjah 9th of February 2008 from 11:00 to 11:45
"Developing quality professional
development, In-service training for teachers ", - Marie Philpott, Nord
Anglia - The American University of Sharjah 9th of February 2008from 10:00 to
10:45
"Making Language Classes more
Meaningful", - Helen Maffini, Nord Anglia - The American University of
Sharjah 9th of February 2008 from 9:00 to 9:45
"Guidelines for Vocabulary
Teaching and Learning ", - Diane Schmitt, a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham
Trent University in the UK, at the Petroleum Institute from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
in Abu Dhabi 2008
"Tools for Teachers: Have you got IELTS Covered ?",
- Gary Anderson, International Teacher Trainer, at the University of
Wollongong, Knowledge Village in Dubai, 9th December 2008, from 4:30 p.m. to
7:00 p.m.
"Spontaneous and Collaborative Storytelling and
Dramatising Course", - David Heatherfield - held at Magrudy's
Resource Center 27th of November 2007
“How to Reduce Test Anxiety”, - Ahmed Al Sadawi
- at Al Mereejib Secondary School for Girls 24th of November, 2007 from 11:30
am to 12:30
“Teaching Debate and Public Speaking Skills”, -
Patrick Berting - at Al Mereejib Secondary School for Girls 24th of November,
2007 from 10:00 am to 11:00
“Independent Learning Centers in
Action”, - Nora Ni Neachtain- at Dubai Men’s College UAE 2nd of November, 2007
from 9:45 am to 10:45
“Fundamentals of Independent Learning Centers Planning”,
- Heather Baba - at Dubai Men’s College UAE 2nd of November, 2007 from 11:00 am
to 12:15
“Independent Learning Centers in Action”, -
Nora Ni Neachtain- at Dubai Men’s College UAE 2nd of November, 2007 from 9:45
am to 10:45
“Technology Issues & Virtual
Learning Environments”, - Basel Badran - at Dubai Men’s College UAE 2nd of
November, 2007 from 1:15 am to 2:00
“Independent Learning Centers
Activities & Non-traditional Materials”, - Jane Al Hashemi - at Dubai Men’s
College UAE 2nd of November, 2007 from 2:15 am to 2:45
“CALL & Internet Activities”, -
Phil Cozens - at Dubai Men’s College UAE 2nd of November, 2007 from 2:45 am to
3:15
“An Activity that worked in my Classroom”, -
workshop - at UAE University October 27, 2007 from 10:00 am to 1:00
"Words! Words! Words! Tried and
True Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary" Dr. Kathy Jongsma & Dr. Gene
Jongsma- at IAT Abu Dhabi UAE 12 May 2007 From 11.30 am to 12:30 am
"Promoting Student Involvement in the Writing Process",
- Phil Cozens & Jeff Knowling- at IAT Abu Dhabi UAE 12 May 2007 From 10.00
am to 11:00 am
"Going More Communicative" , - Mukhtar Al
Trabelsi- UAE University, Al Ain, UAE 28 April 2007 From 10.00 am to 12:00 am
"Better Blogging Thru' Social
Networking", - Vance Stevens- TTTT Five at the Petroleum Institute, Abu
Dhabi, 21 April 2007 from 10:45 to 12:45
"Tactile Tasks and Technical Tips Five",
at the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, 21 April 2007 from 9 am to 1 pm.
"Funder standing and Phonics:
Putting Pedagogy into Practice" Peter Holly-HCT Al Ain Women's March 12th,
2007 from 6.45 to 8.15 p.m.
"Developing Writing Skills in
the KET/PET Classroom" Wayne Trotman -HCT Al Ain Women's March 12th, 2007
from 5.30 to 6.30 p.m.
"Developing Thinking Skills through Cooperative Activities"
UAE University, Saturday 10th February, 2007
" Tech For Teachers " Randy
Gonzales- UAE University, Saturday 9th September 2006 from 12.00 to 1.30 p.m.
"Reflecting Online: Visible
professional development" Edward Chaffin- UAE University, Saturday 9th
September 2006 from 10.00 to 11.30 p.m.
"But What Do We Mean By
Grammar?" Michael Lewis- The Petroleum Institute, Sunday 4th June 2006
from 4.30 to 6.00 p.m.
"Independent Learning Center
Visit" at UAE University, Al Ain on Wednesday May 3rd 2006 from 2 p.m. to
4:30 p.m.
"iBT (Next Generation) TOEFL Preparation Workshop"
held at AMIDEAST in Abu Dhabi 2nd of May 2006 from 9 am to 5 p.m.
“Teacher Language & Effective
Classroom Management” Tony Gurr- the Institute of Applied Technology in Al Ain,
30th April, 2006 (3:15 to 4:30 p.m.)
"Delivering Extended/Extensive
Listening Through Moodle" , - Jeff Knowling- TTTT Four at the Petroleum
Institute, Abu Dhabi, 20 April 2006
"Tactile Tasks and Technical
Tips Four", at the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, 20 April 2006
"Speaking and Writing Banding
Workshop" - Paul Edmunds & Tracie Hawes -the Institute of Applied
Technology PD Unit in Al Ain on Thursday 13th April, 2006 from 9.30-3.00
"Solving Problems with
English" - Mabel S Lahlou- 2nd ESP Regional Forum held in Al Ain, Thursday
April 6, 2006 from 11.45 to 12.45 p.m.
"Teaching Imperatives" -
Neil McBeath- 2nd ESP Regional Forum held in Al Ain, Thursday April 6, 2006
from 10.30 to 11.30 a.m.
“The Vocabulary of Conversation” - Professor
Michael McCarthy- The British Council in Dubai, Tuesday March 28th, 2006 from
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
“English as it is really used” - Professor Ron
Carter- The British Council in Dubai, Tuesday March 28th, 2006 from 5:00 p.m.
to 6:30 p.m.
“The Teaching Knowledge Test” -
Melanie Williams - The British Council in Dubai, Sunday March 26th, 2006 from
7:00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.
“Corpus developments & ELT course
books” by Professor Michael McCarthy, The British Council in Dubai, Sunday
March 26th, 2006 from 5:45 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.
“What’s new in Cambridge Assessment”
- Craig McWilliam- The British Council in Dubai, Sunday March 26th, 2006 from
4:30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
"From Corpus to course book
–Real English for real success" -Gary Anderson- The British Council in
Dubai, Sunday February 26th, 2006 from 7:45 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.
"Affective & effective teaching & learning for
mixed-ability classes with Messages" -Gary Anderson- The
British Council in Dubai Sunday February 26th, 2006 from 5 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
"Developing Your Own 'Learning
Perspective' " - Tony Gurr- the Institute of Applied Technology in Al Ain
, Tuesday 21st February, 2006 (3:15 to 4:30 p.m.)
"Style Vs Style the Teacher
Student Dilemma" - Ahmed Taha- the Institute of Applied Technology PD Unit
in Al Ain , Saturday 18th February, 2006 (3:15 to 4:00 p.m.)
"Starting Skills in
English" - Terry Phillips - the Institute of Applied Technology in Dubai,
Sunday 12th February, 2006 (2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m)
"Responding Effectively to Students’ Writing"
–Peter Davidson - the British Council, Abu Dhabi Thursday 8th December, 2005
(11:30 to 1:00)
"Using Error Analysis for Better Language Achievement"-Amr
El Zarka , The British Council, Abu Dhabi Thursday 8th December, 2005 (10:00 to
11:30)
"The Learner Independence
Coordinators' Forum" at the British Council, Dubai, on Wed., Dec 7th 2005
from 2 - 4 pm
"Challenges with the Four Skills"
organized by TESOL Arabia Al Ain Chapter Thursday, November 10th, 2005 10:00 –
12:00 a.m.
"Teaching Core Content in ESL
Courses" by Dr. Brian Bielenberg at the Institute of Applied Technology in
Al Ain, 19th October 2005 from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m.
"Reading Activities for the EFL Classroom"
by Lori Brandin. UAE University Thursday, September 29, 2005 10:00 – 12:00 a.m.
"Platoon: a functional course book for absolute and false
beginners of English" by: Michael Hartley & Alan Glyn
Thomas. HCT WC in Abu Dhabi, Thursday 22nd September 2005(11.00 a.m. to 12:30
a.m.)
"In the Beginning was the Word: Word recognition research
and its implications for Arab learners of English" by Dr. Mick
Randall. HCT WC in Abu Dhabi Thursday 22nd September, 2005. (10.00 a.m. to
11:00 a.m.)
"Learner Independence: The
Challenge of the New Technologies" at the Petroleum Institute by Dr.
Barbara Sinclair Monday 30th, May 2005
"Tactile Tasks and Technical Tips Events",
at the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, the 14th of April 2005
"EFL Writing & Error Correction" by
Dr. Sadiq Midraj (Research SIG) Zayed University, 17th of March, 2005
"Making the Most of your Materials" by
Colin Toms (TE SIG) Zayed University, 17th of March, 2005
"10 conditions for successful Language Teaching
by Prof. Jack Richards Abu Dhabi , March 2005
"Developing L2 Reading Materials" by Prof.
Jack Richards Abu Dhabi, March 2005
"Helping Teachers Improve: the
theory and practice of providing advice" by Dr. Mick Randall, Acting Dean
of the British University, Abu Dhabi, December, 2004
"Interactive Grammar : Teaching & Learning for Body
and Mind" by: Anderson’s 4 pm – 5.30 at the British Council Abu
Dhabi, November 2004
"Tools for Teachers, or Fitting Round Pegs Into Square
Holes" by: Gary Anderson’s 11.00 am -12.30 at Al Mawaheb Model
School, November 2004
"Getting Students to Engage in Extensive Reading Using
Student Created Quizzes" by: Peter Davidson, Phil Cozens at
HCT, in Abu Dhabi
"Tools Used to Create Online
Communities of Learner- and Teacher-Collaborators", A demonstration and
workshop by Vance Stevens. Thursday, April 22, 2004, 10:00 to 12:00 at the PI,
Abu Dhabi (6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. GMT)
"Learning Challenges through
Games, Abu Dhabi Chapter Meeting, Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi Thursday 23rd
September, 2004 09:45-11:45 am Speakers: Annie Roberts, HCT &Grace Bryan,
HCT
"Tactile Tasks and Technical Tips Events",
at the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, on the 8th of April 2004
"Current Trends in Language
Assessment", Ajman University of Science and Technology Faculty of Foreign
Languages and Translation Approach Seminar . Sat. 24th April 2004.19.00 – 21.30
p.m. at The Cultural Foundation – Abu Dhabi
"The Challenges of Involving
Teacher in the Assessment Process", By: Dr Christine Coombe
"The Choice of RP or American
Accent in EFL Learners' Pronunciation Assessment" , By: Mrs. Mona Al
Hamdani
"Facts about CATs" By:
Shorouk Nour El-Din
"Teaching Autonomy:Exploring the Paradox"
by Kevin Bodwell February 12th 2004, Abu Dhabi (HCT Women’s College)
"Independent Learning Centers
from Plans to Practice" at HCT Ras Al Khyma Women’s college February, 12 ,
2003
"Language Across
Curriculum" by Dr. Christine Davidson on Wednesday, October 22nd 2003, Abu
Dhabi (HCT WC)
"The Impact of High-Stakes, Standardized Testing on
Teaching and Learning" by Christine Coombe Tuesday, October 23,
2003
"Tactile Tasks and Technical Tips Events",
at the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, 24 April 2003
