Who is Jeremy Harmer ( A Short Biography)
Jeremy Harmer has taught in Mexico and the UK and is currently on the faculty for the MA TESOL at the New School University, New York. He has trained teachers and offered seminars all over the world. Among his writing are the How to teach Writing (2004), How to Teach English (2007), The Practice of English Language Teaching (2007) and the prize-winning Essential Teacher Knowledge (2012)– all published by Pearson Education Ltd. He is
the General Editor of the Longman ‘How to’ methodology list. Away from ELT Jeremy is a performer of poetry, prose and music and has recorded two CDs, Touchable Dreams (poetry and music with colleague Steve Bingham) and Other Loves (songs). In 2012 Jeremy and Steve were commissioned to perform a special show for the British Council to honour Charles Dickens’ 200th anniversary. www.Touchabledreams.posterous.com
Title: Yes, but what are teachers really for?
We all think that teachers should motivate their students and help them to become successful learners - but what does that actually mean? And what is the balance of ‘the-teacher-as-motivator’, and the teacher who knows - and knows how to help students know? This session will look at opinions from English language teaching – and from outside the field – to come up with a new way of looking at how we can help our students to be more effective.
Place: Yildiz Technical University,
Besiktas Campus,
Auditorium
Date: 30 April 2013 – Tuesday
Time: 10:30 – 11:30
