Professional Development

for English Teachers

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The 32nd P.A.R.K. Conference

How learning happens today - and why you should care

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Grzegorz Śpiewak

KEY WORDSlearning, memory, deep processing, meaning making, active engagement

AGE GROUPSteens, young adults, adults

CEFR LEVELSA0, A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2

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Our learners have unquestionably changed radically in recent years. But what about learning as such? What is it that we know from current science about how learning actually happens? What does it imply for how learning should be advanced in our language classrooms?
Come long and learn about a major boost that our understanding of learning has seen in recent years, and find out what it all means for you and those *new* learners of yours.

Grzegorz Śpiewak is a teacher of English with nearly 30 years’ experience, academic consultant, ELT project manager, teacher trainer, international conference speaker, author. Currently affiliated with Macmillan Education, as Head ELT Consultant for Central & Eastern Europe and a key teacher trainer, and with the Foundation for the Development of Language Education (REJ) as its president. An Honorary President and advisory board member of IATEFL Poland.