I’d like to teach the world to teach in perfect harmony – Inclusion in ELT

Is inclusion really such a big deal in English language teaching? Surely busy teachers concerned with planning and delivering engaging lessons and keeping up to date with marking and admin have enough to deal with without worrying about issues like inclusion? This masterclass argues that the opposite is true and that when we attend to inclusion we act to the benefit of the whole class and not just those who may risk exclusion because of their ethnicity, gender or identity.

The masterclass begins by considering some of the global frameworks which exist to encourage an inclusive approach to education generally and then considers a number of easy to implement ideas to make your classroom a more inclusive space. The session then considers what it means to be treated inclusively as a teacher and how ELT often acts to exclude teachers who have been traditionally been pejoratively labelled as non-native. Come along, be challenged and be supported to make a difference to your teaching and your learners’ classroom experience.

Presented by Neil Harris

Director of Academic Development and Teacher Training @ CELT Language School.