Supporting language learning beyond the classroom - Hayo Reinders | ELTOC CH1

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What stays the same when everything changes? One of the most profound and perennial challenges language teachers face is how to best engage learners in the language learning experience.
Rapidly and regularly changing learning environments, assessment processes and instructional practices can challenge learners in finding and expressing their voice, but also offer opportunities for teachers to draw on the affordances of the increased range of educational tools and settings available to them to open up new ways of encouraging learner participation.

In this practical talk, I will draw on three decades of best practice in online, blended and hybrid learning to share key recommendations for turning the potential downsides of our changing situations into likely benefits for improving our teaching, by encouraging greater learner participation and interaction. Specifically, we will look at ways in which technology can provide more agency to both teachers and learners alike, and support language learning beyond the classroom.