Culture, confidence and communication in the EFL classroom

This workshop recording will give you practical ideas to help you celebrate culture in your classroom through collaborative projects. You will learn how to design a clear project framework for learners to present cultural content, which will help them develop communication skills, collaboration and creativity. Including cultural content in your classes can encourage empathy and intercultural understanding as well as boosting learner confidence. 00:00 Introduction and bio 05:30 Project framework 19:06 The interview 25:35 Cultural projects 34:36 The cultural booth 38:28 Supporting and scaffolding 44:42 Reflections 54:33 Q&A Claudia Tumba is a passionate EFL educator teaching at universities in South Korea. With over ten years of teaching experience, she brings creativity and empathy into the English classroom. Her work centres on project-based learning, cultural celebration and helping learners move from anxiety to confidence when using English. Outside the classroom, she is an author, actor and speaker who enjoys exploring how creativity can transform language learning. She has given webinars before for TeachingEnglish, including on How storytelling transforms learning. Find out more about this session: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/news-and-events/webinars/webinars-teachers/understanding-your-context-webinars?utm_source=TEyoutube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=webinar Check out more videos on the theme of 'Understanding my context' https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvCfA99qTst8pIJZADcSghQYoSXGoJfte