ASPI PRACTICAL ISSUES 2025

 On August 23rd we had the traditional ASPI event.

This year, as on many other ocassions, I had the honour to be one of the speakers together with Viviana Regodesebes and Abigail Cernotto.

The President of ASPI, Andrea Gaitan, opened the event and introduced the first speaker, Viviana Regodesebes, who showed us how she prepared a revision session for her students at the Teaching Education Programme using "Genially" to device a "Scape Room" game.

I hope many teachers take the idea to make their lessons more fun while still demanding.

After a short break, Abigail Cernotto presented her perspective as regards teaching adults and how she tries AI to build confidence in her adult students.

There was an interesting exchange of points of view.

After the coffee break, I worked with an enthusiastic audience on trying ways of raising students awareness as regards the benefits and risks we face when using AI. I also emphasized the importance of teaching our students the efficient, effective and ethical use of AI.

A bit of theory introduced tasks which kept the audience busy. From time to time, we also laughed a bit.

I thank dearfully this marvellous audience for their active participation in the tasks. A workshop is  successful only if the participants engage in sharing their ideas.

There was full house and the event finished with raffles to give out books, dictionaries and teaching material offered by publishing houses and bookshops.

One of the things I value the most about these events, together with the possibility of getting envolved in Professional Development, is the chance we have to meet colleagues, many of whom are former students, and feel their passion for teaching.

Thanks ASPI for this invitation to enjoy the love of teaching once more.

An ipod of my Paper on How to Teach Phonetics to Rioplatense Students

 Academia.edu has published an ipod on my paper on How to Teach Phonetics to Rioplatense Students I had published some years ago.

Here I add the link for you to listen to it.  https://www.academia.edu/ai_podcast/47039385 

My Participation at the Online Training Cap Season 6

 Last Saturday 28th June I participated as a speaker at the Online Training Camp Season 6 organized by EOPG. Ms Shumaila Waqas, CEO of EOPG, invited me to be one of the invited speakers. This is the 6th year I participate in the events organised by this important academic organization.

I spoke online for many educationists who participated activily giving the event a great rythm. I thank them dearly for their collaboration, which made my presentation livelier.

Here I add the video for you to watch the presentation.

Hope you find it useful.

My Presentation at the International Event in Georgia

 Last Thursday, I had the honour of being a guest speaker at the International Conference organized by the  Teachers Community Georgia.

It is a real pleasure to see how this teachers community work hard to keep up their professional development. The audience was absolutely respectful and showed great interest in the presentations.

My special thanks to Dr Inga Kharchilava for her invitation.

Here I attach my presentation in case you'd like to watch it. You'll have the chance to listen to my CV in Georgian language.

Hope you like it.

An interview by an Egyptian colleague

Yesterday, I was interviewed by Shahida Banday, an Egyptian colleague, who is a facilitator at Rehan School India campus.

We talked about my teaching story and perspective. 

The conversation flowed smoothly in a respectful atmosphere.

Here I share the video.

Hope you enjoy watching it.

Miley Cyrus - Flowers (Official Video) an excellent trigger for an ELT lesson

Teens love Miley Cyrus.

In this song she gives an empowering message for girls. We can use the song as trigger for an engaging lesson and we can also help students to develop some soft skills so necessary for their interaction in this difficult world.

Here I share the activities based on the song.

Hope you can find them useful.

Can we call this "ART"? / How to start discussions in class.

I came across this video and I considered it a good trigger for conversation.

Would you dare to stay at this hotel glass room? 

Who do you think would enjoy staying there?

Can we consider this "ART"? Why? / Why not?

Remember students can use their mother tongue whenever they want to express an idea for which they lack vocabulary in English. Write the expressions on the board so that everybody can see them and reinforce their use once the discussion finishes.

When students are engaged in sharing opinions, they are more likely to memorise the vocabulary they learn when trying to communicate.

Hope you enjoy this lesson.

 https://youtube.com/shorts/6GqKaftF7xY?si=ZcoPazxD65Gab2et

https://www.tiktok.com/@gloss/video/7405007082535111982