About the conference

Develop your teaching skills and better understand your learners at our multi-day online conference for English teachers and education professionals across the ASEAN region. We’ve designed this conference specifically for you, teachers and teacher educators, especially those of you working in primary and secondary education. 

At the ASEAN TeachingEnglish Online Conference, you will:

  • discover insights into current trends in English language teaching (ELT) and practical solutions for improving ELT provision in basic education
  • hear from leaders in ELT about how to better understand and motivate your learners, as well as cutting edge topics like AI in education.
  • nurture your own professional development through the world’s largest online English teacher community.

Benefits of attending the conference:

  • Interact with speakers from across ASEAN as well as well-known international ELT experts.
  • Choose from 16+ hours of interactive sessions, completely online and free to attend.
  • Find out what’s new in the world of English teaching.
  • Get practical teaching tips and advice from teachers and teacher educators.
  • Learn about free, practical resources you can use in your classroom.

Conference theme

Understanding our learners

The sub-themes include:

  • Motivation, behaviour and resilience
  • AI and EdTech accessibility and equity
  • Knowing the subject
  • Bridging gaps: Effective techniques for diverse learners
  • Enhancing student engagement and achievement through inclusivity and innovation
  • Innovations in English language teaching from ELTons award winners.

When: 10 to 30 October 2024

Where: Online - Zoom 

Fee: Free

Organiser: British Council

Language: All the online sessions will be delivered in English

Certification: Participants will receive an e-certificate at the end of each workshop

For any conference-related or registration queries, please contact teachingenglishasia@britishcouncil.org   

Important information about the conference

How to join the ASEAN TeachingEnglish Online Conference

  • Our event is free and takes place in Zoom. You do not need any special equipment to watch the webinars apart from a computer or smartphone with the audio on. 
  • Registration is for the full event - you do not need to attend every session. 
  • If you are joining on a mobile device, you may be able to use the web client, but you may need to download the Zoom application to your device.

Registration

You should register for the conference at the link provided above. To receive updates and a link to join the webinar, you will need to provide a valid email address. Your information will not be used for marketing purposes unless you explicitly give us permission to do so during the registration process. Find out more information about the British Council's privacy policy.

Once you have registered for the event, you will receive an email with:

  • a link to join  
  • other relevant information

Please do not delete this email.

Instructions for joining a specific session

  1. Click on the link that was emailed to you when you registered for the event.
  2. Enter the meeting ID to enter the event.
  3. If requested, enter the passcode that was emailed to you when you registered for the event.

Recordings

All sessions from the ASEAN Teaching English Conference 2024 will be recorded and available to watch on our Teaching English Asia Facebook page shortly after the end of each session. A selection of sessions will also be uploaded to our British Council country YouTube pages after the end of the conference. To view the recordings on Facebook please visit https://www.facebook.com/TeachingEnglishAsia.BritishCouncil/videos, where recordings will be arranged in date order.

Certificates

Certificates of attendance are available for all attendees. The link to obtain your certificate is provided in the following places:

  • At the end of the webinar in the chat box.
  • In the 'Thank you for attending email' that you will receive after the webinar.
  • At the end of the feedback survey once you have answered the questions.

You should download the certificate to your computer. Once the certificate is saved to your computer, open it and type your name on the certificate. We recommend using Google Chrome or Internet Explorer to do this.

Code of conduct for participants

  • Please be respectful at all times to other participants and the presenter. Our webinars are freely available to attend by participants in all countries. Please be aware that comments you make in the general chat may have a negative impact on other participants and their enjoyment of the webinar.
  • Do not use insulting or offensive language or comments about the presenter or their presentation or criticise their style of presentation.
  • Do not use insulting or offensive language or comments towards other participants.
  • Do not make comments that include cultural references that may be offensive or upsetting to other participants or the presenter.
  • Any offensive or insulting comments will be deleted and the participant making the comment will be removed from the webinar.
  • Do not share any personal information in the general chat that may result in other participants contacting you. This includes addresses, phone numbers and email addresses.
  • Do not share links to your website or any websites that you are promoting for the purposes of making money.
  • Comments that include links to paid-for websites for the sole purpose of promotion will be deleted and you may be removed from the webinar.
  • Please use the Q&A function on Zoom or the chat to ask the presenter questions that are related to the theme or topic of the webinar only. If participant responses to questions are permitted, you should only make comments that are relevant to the question being asked.

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