Abstract
(Re) Spark the passion! : engagement, learning, assessment and a way forward
After the shock we’ve all been through, it feels like the fuel that makes our learners (and ourselves!) run is in scarce supply. How can we engage our students in learning? How do we light the spark, and what can we do to keep that fire burning?
In this session we will explore the psychology of motivation and engagement, how they apply to language teaching, the role of assessment in fostering and maintaining engagement and how we can use these ideas to keep our students driven to learn online.
After the shock we’ve all been through, it feels like the fuel that makes our learners (and ourselves!) run is in scarce supply. How can we engage our students in learning? How do we light the spark, and what can we do to keep that fire burning?
In this session we will explore the psychology of motivation and engagement, how they apply to language teaching, the role of assessment in fostering and maintaining engagement and how we can use these ideas to keep our students driven to learn online.
Biodata
Pablo Toledo is an English teacher and teacher trainer (IES “Joaquín V. González”). He holds a Postgraduate Advanced Certificate in Educational Assessment from the University of Cambridge and a Diploma in Education Policy from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Before joining Cambridge Assessment English, he managed projects in the areas of remote teaching, internationalisation of higher education and language teaching to refugees for the British Council and led the Education department of the Buenos Aires Herald newspaper. He is the vice-president of LAALTA (Latin American Association of Language Testing and Assessment).
Pablo Toledo is an English teacher and teacher trainer (IES “Joaquín V. González”). He holds a Postgraduate Advanced Certificate in Educational Assessment from the University of Cambridge and a Diploma in Education Policy from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Before joining Cambridge Assessment English, he managed projects in the areas of remote teaching, internationalisation of higher education and language teaching to refugees for the British Council and led the Education department of the Buenos Aires Herald newspaper. He is the vice-president of LAALTA (Latin American Association of Language Testing and Assessment).