OVERVIEW
Allowing students to relate personally to the content worked on in the classroom is critical since by relating to content, students activate their prior knowledge, beliefs, assumptions and more. As students engage with content and they interact with it, language becomes the vehicle to verbalize the thoughts, ideas, opinions, descriptions, stories triggered off by it. Language is then, propelled by content and how students interact with it.
This presentation aims at exploring the critical role of content in contextualizing and provoking meaningful language opportunities for students.
LUCIANA FERNÁNDEZ
Luciana Fernández is a graduate teacher of English and a teacher educator who has 27 years´experience in the field of education. She has specialized in Methodology, Teaching Practice, Early Years Education, Literacy and Critical Thinking. She holds a Diploma in Educational Research from University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education. She has also two postgraduate certifications in Teaching for Comprehension and Thinking Cultures (FUNDACIES, Colombia).Luciana has presented at numerous congresses and conventions both nationally and internationally and was awarded an IATEFL scholarship in 2016.At present she is a Senior Academic Consultant for National Geographic Learning and Trinity College London Argentina and she is an Educational Advisor at several schools. She has been both a teacher and Head teacher at several institutions in Buenos Aires and has been a teacher trainer at ESSARP (English Speaking Scholastic Association of the River Plate) for the past fourteen years.
