Have you ever walked into a university classroom full of unmotivated, low-level students who are seemingly unwilling or unable to participate in classroom activities? You are not alone. This very common problem has a simple solution. In this presentation, participants will learn how to design simple, student-centered activities that will get students talking with one another, talking with the teacher, and having fun. These activities are not only fun and engaging for university students but also a time-saving tool for busy teachers who are constantly lesson planning. This presentation focuses mainly on partner speaking activities that encourage students to use target vocabulary and add their own personally meaningful details to each answer. The end goal of this presentation is to maximize student talking time and allow students of all levels to participate meaningfully in conversation with their peers.

The new reality created by COVID-19 has caused a lot of changes in the educational sphere. The transition from face-to-face to distance teaching was not smooth in Ukraine because distance learning was not a common practice here before, and teachers were unprepared for teaching online. Therefore, we started our qualitative research primarily to get insights into the altered daily routines of teachers. In particular, we were interested in how teachers assessed their students’ performance online. In this paper, we will focus on secondary school language teachers (n=65) and language tutors at the tertiary level (n=18). The research findings have revealed that teachers gave feedback through different digital applications such as Google Classroom. Oral performance was evaluated either synchronously or asynchronously. The most crucial implication is that teachers should improve and further develop their digital skills and distance teaching and assessing skills in order to provide quality education in the digital world.

Presentation skills are a form of public speaking, and skills such as maintaining eye contact and providing effective feedback are important for the classroom. Whether you are a new or a very experienced teacher, everyone can benefit from this workshop. The presentation skills that will be included are eye contact, gestures, body language, vocal variety, clarity, audience awareness and engagement, comfort, filler removal, grammatical variations, speech/presentation planning, and how to evaluate and provide effective feedback. Additional information will be provided on how to continue using these presentation skills in the online setting and how to adjust them appropriately. Using the resources available through the Toastmasters International website, participants will have access to real tips that will help them improve their speaking. After talking about each presentation skill, participants will have the opportunity to practice it with a partner and evaluate each other’s improvement throughout the workshop.

Teaching English through English (TETE) plays a significant role in promoting English teachers' ability to implement English as a medium of instruction. To promote K-12 English teachers' TETE implementation, the Ministry of Education in Korea has actively promoted a professional development program. This study explored Korean K-12 English teachers' self-efficacy with regard to TETE implementation and their experiences of participating in the long-term professional development (PD) program (six months). Through two surveys, semi-structured interviews, and classroom observations, the data analysis showed that PD could enhance English teachers' self-efficacy in implementing TETE, and the PD site provided a professional learning community for English teachers to reflect on what they had learned from the PD training. However, further data analysis found that self-efficacy and experiences in the PD program were different for elementary and secondary English teachers. Several suggestions are provided in terms of how to effectively prepare K-12 English teachers for TETE implementation through the long-term PD program.