BESIG - in-person PCE: Greening Business English: Practical activities for sustainability and CSR to future-proof your teaching

Join the IATEFL Business English Special Interest Group for their 2025 in person Pre-Conference Event on 7 April:  Greening Business English: Practical activities for sustainability and CSR to future-proof your teaching

Join us at IATEFL 2025 for a pre-conference event crafted for Business English educators who aim to integrate sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) more deeply into their teaching.

This PCE focuses on embedding these essential aspects into business English language training offering practical and innovative strategies for teaching.
Practical applications segment: Explore how sustainability can be effectively incorporated into Business English courses, using elements from the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to create relevant and engaging content.
This segment will demonstrate how lessons centered on sustainability can enhance business communication skills, making them vital and relatable in real-world business scenarios.
Future-Proofing Roundtable: This session will provide a platform for educators to share and develop methods to adapt their Business English teaching to meet the evolving needs of the business world.
The focus will be on creating resilient and adaptable teaching practices that prepare both trainers and students to handle future business challenges with a strong emphasis on sustainability.
This event is designed for educators seeking to enrich their Business English programs with significant, timely content that prepares students to effectively tackle sustainability issues in their professional lives.

Speakers:

John Hughes attended his first BESIG conference in 1994. He has designed and delivered courses to numerous companies and prepared students for business examinations. His published titles include Business Result (Oxford), Telephone English (Macmillan), Success with Business and Total Business as well as general English titles such as Life and Pathways (National Geographic Learning). As co-author, his ETpedia Business English (Pavilion ELT) resource book for teachers won a BESIG award.  Currently, he is writing materials which integrate the UN's sustainability development goals and runs training course in materials writing at www.writingeltmaterials.com.

Christopher Graham is a freelance ELT consultant and author based in the UK. He has worked in the field since 1981 in over 30 countries for the British Council, ministries of education and international publishers. He works extensively on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning projects and CPD design and delivery. He has a specific interest in teaching contexts in fragile and fractured societies, and in the role that ELT has in engaging with the climate crisis.
He is VP of IATEFL, a Trustee, and Chairs the Publications Committee, and will be President from 2025-27. He is a judge for the British Council’s ELTons awards.

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