Where I’m speaking in 2024
April 18
IATEFL Conference – Brighton, UK
- Talk: ‘Examining gender inequality in ELT: language, history and patriarchy’
May 24
Pavilion ELT – Is the future perfect? Online interactive festival
- Interactive Talk: ‘Addressing inequality in the ELT industry’
video
November 14
Teaching House Presents – Virtual
- Interactive Talk: ‘Using evidence to inform and enhance your teaching’ video
Where I spoke in 2023
April 19
IATEFL Conference – Harrogate, UK
- Talk: ‘Effective online materials design: What does the evidence say?’
May 25
Pavilion ELT – Is the future perfect? Online interactive festival
- Interactive Talk: ‘The brain, gender and language’
August 17
SUNY Westchester Community College Webinar – Virtual
- Presentation: ‘The Brain, ‘Neuromyths’, and English Language Teaching’ video
October 28
CATESOL State Conference – Alameda, California, USA
- Featured Presentation: ‘Evidence-based English language teaching: Connecting theory and practice’
Where I spoke in 2022
March 2
Pavilion ELT – Virtual
- Interactive Talk: ‘It's all about the pre-tasks! Helping learners to read and listen’
slides
March 23
TESOL International Convention – Virtual
- Presentation: ‘Finding the Evidence for Evidence-Based English Language Teaching’
May 17
IATEFL Conference – Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- Talk: ‘Harmless fun or dangerous stereotyping? The brain, gender and ELT’
June 8
Congreso de Preescolar UNOi – Virtual
- Interactive Plenary: ‘Using your brain: neuroscience and teaching’
July 13-16
BRAZ-TESOL International Conference – Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Plenary: ‘Teaching for success: Using what learners already know’
- Academic Talk: ‘The brain, gender and English teaching’
August 17
BE+LIVE Conference – Virtual
- Interactive Plenary: ‘Using your Brain: Neuroscience and English Language Teaching’
September 23
Oxford University Press ELTOC conference – Virtual
- Talk: ‘The Problem with Gendering in ELT’ video
November 8
Congreso de CLIL, UNOi – Virtual
- Interactive Plenary: ‘Using your brain: Effective content and language teaching’
Where I spoke in 2021
March 24-27
TESOL International Convention – Virtual
May 6
The New School TESOL Webinar – Virtual
- Presenter: ‘Evidence-based teaching in English language teaching’
June 19-21
IATEFL Conference – Virtual
- Academic Talk: ‘Where is the evidence for evidence-based English language teaching?’
October 8-11
TroikaXperience – Virtual
- Plenary: ‘Evidence-Based English Language Teaching: Connecting Theory and Practice’
Where I spoke in 2020
March 11-12
Richmond Young Adults Academic Event – Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
- Plenary: ‘Fact or Myth? The Truth About the Brain and Learning’
- Plenary: ‘What Works in ELT? Evidence-based Teaching Strategies’
March 31 - April 3 CANCELLED
TESOL International Convention – Denver, Colorado, USA
- Academic Paper: ‘The brain is behind the operation: Evidence-based English language teaching’
- Teaching Tip: ‘Working memory, long-term memory and language teaching’
April 18-21 CANCELLED
IATEFL Conference – Manchester, UK
- Academic Talk: ‘Where is the evidence for evidence-based English language teaching?’
Where I spoke in 2019
March 12-15
TESOL International Convention – Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Academic Paper: ‘Combining Text and Visuals: Desirable Difficulty or Cognitive Overload?’ slides
April 2-5
IATEFL Conference – Liverpool, UK
- Academic Talk: ‘Discovery learning or direct instruction? Cognitive load theory and ELT’ slides
May 29
IATEFL ESOL SIG Webinar
- Presenter: ‘The brain’s behind the operation: teaching strategies that are supported by evidence’ video
June 22
Pavilion ELT Live! – London, UK
- Interactive plenary: ‘Fact or myth? Using the brain in ELT practice’
August 1-3
Santillana Compartir 5th International Congress – Barú (Cartagena), Colombia
- Plenary: ‘The Goals and Challenges of Bilingual Education’
- Workshop: ‘Key Considerations for Effective Bilingual Education’
Where I spoke in 2018
April 10-13
IATEFL Conference – Brighton, UK
- Workshop: ‘Use your brain! Exploiting evidence-based teaching strategies in ELT’ slides
April 18
TESOL Webinar: Integrating Social Justice Into Teacher Education and Classroom Practice
- Presenter: ‘Pushing back against (neuro)sexism through teacher education’ video (starts at 00:43:47)
May 16-18
Prepa Tec, Tec de Monterrey Campus Guadalajara – Guadalajara, Mexico
- Workshop: ‘Designing ELT Lessons at Prepa Tec in 2018’
July 6-7
The Anglo Teachers’ Conference – Mexico City, Mexico
October 25-28
MEXTESOL – Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
- Academic Talk: ‘The how and why of designing pre-tasks in ELT’
- Academic Talk: ‘Use your brain! Evidence-based teaching strategies in ELT’
Where I spoke in 2017
March 21-24
TESOL International Convention – Seattle, Washington, USA
April 4-7
IATEFL Conference – Glasgow, UK
May 11-12
FIID – PROULEX, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
- Plenary: ‘Do You Believe in ‘Neuromyths’? How Misconceptions about the Brain Can Affect Language Teaching’
- Forum Moderator: ‘Non-native and Native Speaker Teachers’
July 13
British Council Online Webinar
- Presenter: ‘Learning styles Forum with Paul Braddock, Philip Kerr and Phil Dexter’ video
August 8-11
Summer Teacher Training Program – Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo / Santiago
- Workshop: ‘Teaching and Learning English in the 21st Century’
- Workshop: ‘Meaningful Learning: The importance of knowing your learner’
- Workshop: ‘Using what learners already know’
August 15-16
Richmond Young Adult Conference – Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Plenary: ‘Teaching English today: adapting to the world and learners in it’
September 27-28
Forum on The Future of the ELT Profession in Colombia – Bogota, Colombia
- Plenary: ‘Re-imagining English language teaching: Teaching in 2017 and beyond’ slides
October 11-14
Congreso Internacional Lengua - Cultura y Formación Continua – UAEH, Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico
- Plenary: ‘Teaching English in 2017 and beyond’
- Workshop: ‘Connections in the brain: the importance of prior knowledge’
Where I spoke in 2016
January 20-22
Universidad de Guadalajara CUCIÉNAGA – Ocotlán, Jalisco, Mexico
- Workshop: ‘Designing ELT lessons in 2016’
April 14
IATEFL Conference – Birmingham, UK
June 20
UNIVA – Guadalajara, Mexico
- Workshop: ‘Teaching English and the Brain: Neuromyths in ELT’
June 21
Universidad Lamar – Guadalajara, Mexico
- Workshop: ‘Teaching English and the Brain: Neuromyths in ELT’
June 21
Tec de Monterrey – Guadalajara, Mexico
- Workshop: ‘Preparing for Cambridge First: Strategies for Listening and Reading Papers’
June 24
The Anglo Teachers’ Conference – Mexico City, Mexico
- Plenary: ‘Welcome to the Future: English Language Teaching in 2016’
August 5
ILSC Language Schools – Vancouver, Canada
- Workshop: ‘What’s going on in ELT?’
Where I spoke in 2015
March 25-28
TESOL International Convention – Toronto, Canada
May 8
1st Annual Academic Friday
Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya – Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya – Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
- Plenary: ‘Welcome to the Future: English Language Teaching in 2015’
May 20-22
University of Colima FIEEL Conference – Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
- Plenary: ‘Teaching English and the Brain’
- Workshop: ‘Meaningful Learning: The Importance of Knowing Your Learners’
May 28-30
FIID – PROULEX, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
- Workshop: ‘Welcome to the Future: English Language Teaching in 2015’
September 19
Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico
- Plenary: ‘Teaching and the Brain: Neuromyths in Language Teaching’
November 5-8
MEXTESOL – Cancún, Mexico
- Academic Paper: ‘Neuroscience, Neuromyths, Learning Styles and Teacher Training’
- Workshop: ‘Connections in the Brain: the Importance of Prior Knowledge’
November 12
Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico
- Plenary: ‘Neuromyths in Teacher Training’
November 13
9° Foro en Enseñanza de Lenguas Extranjeras UAS
Universidad de Sinaloa – CEI, Guasave, Mexico
Universidad de Sinaloa – CEI, Guasave, Mexico
- Plenary: ‘Teaching and the Brain: Neuromyths in Language Teaching’
- Workshop: ‘The Importance of Prior Knowledge’
Where I spoke in 2014
January 20-24
Teaching and Technology: Finding the Right Balance
Richmond Publishing – Ecuador: Quito / Ambato / Cuenca / Guayaquil / Manta
Richmond Publishing – Ecuador: Quito / Ambato / Cuenca / Guayaquil / Manta
- Plenary: ‘Can technology replace teachers?’
- Workshop: ‘Engaging learners in the digital age’
March 7-8
Best of British ELT – The British Council, Mexico City, Mexico
- Workshop: ‘Changing the way we teach reading and writing’
- Academic Paper: ‘The brain, the mind, language and gender’
March 26-29
TESOL International Convention – Portland, Oregon, USA
- Academic Paper: ‘Language is for girls, technology is for boys?’
- Academic Paper: ‘Changing the way we teach reading and writing’
May 21-23
University of Colima FIEEL Conference – Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
- Plenary: ‘Is language for girls and technology for boys?’
- Workshop: ‘Engaging learners in the digital age’
May 30-31
FIID – PROULEX, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
- Workshop: ‘Are boys and girls really that different?’
- Panel Discussion: ‘La enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras: ¿Cómo enseñas tú?’
- Talk Show: ‘Educational Evolution’
June 4-6
Empowering Teachers, Empowering Learners
Richmond Publishing – Cancun, Mexico
Richmond Publishing – Cancun, Mexico
- Workshop: ‘Using what learners already know’
- Plenary: ‘Knowing your learners’
September 24 - October 1
Empowering Teachers, Empowering Learners
Richmond Publishing – Peru: Arequipa / Lima
Richmond Publishing – Peru: Arequipa / Lima
- Plenary: ‘The Revolution in Teaching Reading and Writing’
- Workshop: ‘Making Reading and Writing Relevant’
- Plenary: ‘The Importance of Knowing Your Learners’
- Workshop: ‘Engaging Learners in the Digital Age’
October 16-19
MEXTESOL – Puebla, Mexico
- Plenary: ‘“Mind-ful” teaching: The Brain, Gender and Language Learning’
- Academic Talk: ‘Achieving goals: Teaching language to both girls and boys’
Where I spoke in 2013
February 8
UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Workshop: ‘Teaching and learning in the 21st Century’
- Workshop: ‘Engaging learners in the digital age’
February 22-23
Anglo-Forum – Mexico City, Mexico
- Academic Paper: ‘Do learners still need teachers? You bet they do!’
April 13
MEXTESOL Jalisco Chapter – Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
- Plenary: ‘Do learners still need teachers?’
- Workshop: ‘Connecting meaning and form in grammar teaching’
May 22-24
University of Colima FIEEL Conference – Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
- Plenary: ‘Do learners still need teachers?’
- Commercial Presentation: ‘Teens: be confident, be authentic, be yourself!’
June 13-15
Richmond Publishing – Panama City, Panama
- Plenary: ‘Are you ready for the revolution?’
- Workshop: ‘Teaching reading and writing that is relevant to students’
September 7
MEXTESOL Jalisco Chapter – Jalisco Occidente Chapter, Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico
- Plenary: ‘Teaching Reading and Writing: Revolution and Evolution’
- Commercial Presentation: ‘English ID’
November 7-10
MEXTESOL – Queretaro, Mexico
- Academic Paper: ‘Can technology replace teachers?’
- Commercial Presentation: ‘English ID’
December 6
Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa, Culiacan, Mexico
- Plenary: ‘The Revolution in Teaching Reading and Writing’
- Workshop: ‘Teaching reading and writing that is relevant to students’
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