Dr. Joan Kang Shin is the Director of TESOL Professional Training Programs at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), and specializes in the training and professional development of teachers of English to young learners. In this position she administers numerous online professional development programs for EFL teachers in over 100 countries, including her own courses Teaching English to Young Learners and Teaching English to Teens.

In addition, Dr. Shin keeps herself busy as an English Language Specialist for the Office of English Language Programs (OELP) in the U.S. Department of State and has conducted EFL teacher training programs with hundreds of teachers in Brazil, Cambodia, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Korea, Laos, Libya, Morocco, Peru, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Venezuela, Vietnam, and U.A.E. She has reached audiences of up to 2,000 through online webinars and digital videoconferencing.

Dr. Shin is a Series Editor, with Dr. JoAnn Crandall, for Our World, National Geographic Learning’s primary series for young learners of English, as well as Explore Our World, a light and lively version of Our World, and Welcome to Our World, a three-level preprimary series for very young learners of English.

She is also a co-author for National Geographic Learning’s Teaching Young Learners English, also with Dr. Crandall.

Mayumi Tabuchi has been teaching English to elementary students at public and private elementary schools for many years. She also teaches at national and private universities where she trains pre-service teachers.

Simce 2006, she has been engaged in curriculum development and teacher training at the English department at Ritsumeikan Elementary School, Kyoto and from 2012 was appointed supervisor at Notre Dame Elementary School.

She is an author and series consultant for a range of ELT materials from international publishers, and has recently been appointed municipal and prefectural Board of Education advisor on English language education in public elementary schools.

Are you a 21st century teacher?

Dr. Joan Kang Shin

We live in a rapidly changing world, one that is increasingly interconnected. While this century is an exciting one because of its fast-paced, technology-driven nature, it is also a challenging one. Our students who are young global citizens need to learn values and skills that will enable them to successfully communicate and collaborate across borders and cultures. As English teachers we are building skills for global communication, which includes digital, new media, and visual literacy because communication in English is inextricably linked to these 21st century literacies. This workshop will demonstrate ways to integrate specific 21st century skills to help our young learners succeed in this technology-driven and global century. Hopefully this workshop will inspire every teacher to be a true 21st century teacher.

Explore Our World - Inspire teachers to inspire students

Dr. Joan Kang Shin

How can we inspire English teachers and students in pre-school and primary schools to use English in real ways and become engaged 21st century citizens? How can we build excitement in classroom and utilize the energy and enthusiasm of our youngest learners of English? In Explore Our World and Welcome to Our World we have the answer! This practical workshop will show how compelling content from around the world coupled with stunning National Geographic photos and videos breathes new life into the language classroom and engages young learners to succeed!

Time to change? Tell me more.

Mayumi Tabuchi

MEXT has announced plans to increase the English ability of Japanese students, aiming for seventy percent of junior high school graduates to achieve at least A1 level in the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) by 2024. A significant step in realizing this is to implement English as a compulsory subject from fifth grade of primary education, and to introduce English education from third grade. The ministry is determined to develop three key areas - global competency, literacy and ability to communicate. So how can this successfully be achieved and how can we, as teachers, prepare for these changes and best cater for the needs of our young learners? In this presentation, the speaker will share practical ideas on how we can foster true 21st century learners who can communicate competently and have a meaningful exchange of ideas in our global society.

We regret that due to venue capacity, we can only admit registered guests to this event. Thank you for understanding.
The event will be live streamed over the internet and can be viewed via the link below.
https://ngljapan.wordpress.com/nglyl2015/

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