1. English is NOT a foreign language

2. English is NOT a foreign language
An Egyptian, a German and Frenchman and a Swede met in a bar in Cairo…………….
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3. The importance of English
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4. English speaking countries
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The spread of English
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Which English?
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Internet English
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It’s your language
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Turklish
32 million tourists visited Turkey in 2013
9.7 million Turks travelled abroad in 2013
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ELF and EIL
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Global English
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The problem
‘The problem is that English is taught as a subject, not as a means of communication’, leading to a growing disengagement among students and the belief that they are making little progress or that their English has actually deteriorated during their school career’
TEPAV/British Council 2013
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Cardinal sins
We teach in the way we were taught
We make assumptions
about our students
We teach what we were taught
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Purpose
We teach English…. As a life-skill To prepare students for academic study To pass an exam
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English is like….
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16. Communicative competence
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Exposure
‘In Northern Europe, most people can converse in English whereas in Southern Europe they can't. One big difference is that in smaller countries, television shows imported from the United States tend to be subtitled into Swedish or Dutch whereas in Italy they are dubbed. Subtitling turns every day entertainment into a kind of subsidiary language lesson.’
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Don’t force it
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Raise awareness
‘’Teachers should never assume they have taught anything. All teachers do is make students aware of something which the student will later learn if they want to.’’ (Rutherford)
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Set standards
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Create an environment
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Surroundings
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Move!
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Use the CEFR
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Exploit content
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Internationalise
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Exploit culture
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Bilingual approach
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More is less
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30. Expand the comfort zone
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31. Thank you for listening
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