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Speakers
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Joan Saslow
Joan Saslow is experienced in teaching adults and young adults across South America and the U.S. She authored popular courses like Ready to Go and Workplace Plus for Pearson. She is fluent in Spanish, with a BA and MA in French from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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Allen Ascher
Allen Ascher is experienced in ELT teaching, training, administration and publishing. He authored Pearson's "Teaching Speaking" module. He served in Beijing and as academic director at Hunter College. Holds an MA in Applied Linguistics from Ohio University.
Webinars in Accelerating Adult Language Learning series
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Teach students to succeed at their jobs
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Bringing the academic to EAP
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Explore the new Side by Side portal
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Teaching intensive English with traditional and AI tools
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Creating an optimal ecosystem for language learning
Presenters:
Joan Saslow and Allen Ascher
June 6, 2024
2:00pm PST / 4:00pm CST / 5:00pm EST
In this presentation, co-authors and language specialists Joan Saslow and Allen Ascher will share techniques and choices that make the best use of class time in both face-to-face and hybrid ecosystems to support the development of communicative competence in students of all language levels.