English as a lifestyle: simple tricks to integrate English into students’ lives

Some words about me
teacher of English for adults (online)
blogger of https://vk.com/profreelanceforteachers
conference organizer (Spring and Autumn Skyteach 2017, Trendy English online, 5, 7 and Freelance Kitchen)
speaker at Russian and international conferences on teacherpreneurship, learner and teacher autonomy, teaching with technology
strategic consultant for some IT companies and language schools
course writer about teacherpreneurship& freelance (mini-MBA for English teachers)
globetrotter :)
Marina Kladova, a teacherpreneur
Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

Part 1 Learner autonomy
Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

What is today’s learners like?
Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

What is today’s learners like?
Very busy and overloaded with information
Has access to many internet resources
Technologically addicted
Can travel global
Wants fun
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Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

What do our students do in everyday life?
Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

What do our students do in everyday life?
Watch films
Read news
Read books
Read film and book reviews
Chat in social media
Listen to music
Edutain, i.e. learn via edutainment
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Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

Why are they not autonomous?
No time
No motivation
Not aware of this necessity
No knowledge how to become more autonomous (e.g. about resources)
Laziness
We don’t allow/ help them to be
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Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

What can we do as teachers to boost learner
autonomy?
To integrate English into their lives as much as possible
To raise their awareness of advantages of becoming more autonomous
To scaffold them with tools, recourses and activities
To keep their motivation for being more autonomous
Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

Part 2 Tools and techniques
Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

Having an English interface on devices
Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

Talking to Siri/ Galaxy Voice
Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

Using Voice search in google in English
Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

Writing Reviews on booking.com/ tripadvisor.com
Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

Using training apps (Memrise/ quizlet/ Awords, etc)
Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

Subscribing to English blogs/ channels
Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

Watching TV/ series in English (ororo.tv/ netflix)
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Singing their favourite songs
lyricstraining.com / azlyrics.com/
Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

Reading in English
Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

Talking to people -
italkie / https://www.mylanguageexchange.com / busuu.com
Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

Practicing pronunciation - playphrase.me/ youglish.com
Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

But what if they can’t?
Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

Google translate
Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

Vimbox translator
Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

A grammar and spellchecker
https://www.grammarly.com/
Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

Marina Kladova English as a Lifestyle (ProEnglish online Conference 19/01/2019)

Your questions?
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