Teacher Training

“I never had so much fun at a teacher training course! You are the best, Fergal!!!!”

Prof.ssa Angele Dessey, Udine

“Your seminars are fantastic! Educational and big fun is the best way to learn English! Tutto il resto è noia!”

Prof.ssa Anna Tiscio, Milan

“Thanks prof. Kavanagh for your teacher training held in CTP EDA Città di Castello, Perugia. I had never heard before any of my colleagues saying thanks for being invited there. They did not even want to leave the room. And in this period of high crisis at school, such an experience gives us the right push to go on believing in our job and in what we do for our students with much difficulty every day. Thank you very much Fergal, we are waiting for you whenever you want.”

Prof.ssa Silvia Locchi, Centro Territoriale Permanente per l’Educazione degli Adulti,Città di Castello (PG)

18 April 2023 – Trinity College – Redesigning The Future, Naples

Singing Better Together : Music Quiz

15 January 2023 – IATEFL YLTSIG Webconference – Watch full session

Songs of Hope

18 November 2022 – TESOL Italy’s 47th Annual Convention – Watch full session

Using pop songs in the English language classroom

14 March 2020 – British Council, Milan CANCELLED

Trinity College Workshop

17 February 2020 – Udine

18 February 2020 – Trieste

OC Studio – Catania, 14 January 2020

Trinity College Workshop

10 April 2019 – Brescia

11 April 2019 – Milan

De Agostini Scuola Formazione

Teaching English through music – Regional Conference 2018, Catania (5 Mar), Milan (7 Mar)

Trinity College Workshop

16 February 2018 – Istituto Comprensivo 18, Bologna

15 February 2018 – Istituto Comprensivo Compagni-Carducci, Florence

4 April 2017 – Istituto Comprensivo Regina Margherita, Rome

Ten Years Of The Tune Into English Roadshow – book presentation

16 April 2016 – British Council, Milan

15 April 2015 – Spilamberto (MO) – “Movimenti-AMO LE LINGUE”

4 April 2016 – British Council, Naples

21 November 2015 – ex sede del Forum delle Culture, Naples

Ten Years Of The Tune Into English Roadshow – the book

6 November 2014 Huelva, Spain – Symposium: Music and cognition in language learning

Using Music to Enhance Language Learning

24 April 2015 – Spilamberto (MO) – “MusI-CARE le Lingue… parole e note in armonia”

23 November 2013 Paris, France – TESOL 32nd Annual National Convention

10 March 2013 Seville, Spain – TESOL 36th Annual National Convention

11 November 2012 Munich, Germany – Study Abroad Convention – see photos

9 November 2012 Palermo – TESOL Group

28 April 2011 Perugia

14 March 2011 Benevento – TESOL Group

If Music Be The Food Of Learning, Play On…

5 March 2011 Amman, Jordan – Plenary, British Council Conference

Using Music to Enhance Language Learning

4 March 2011 Amman, Jordan – British Council Conference

9 February 2011 Lecce – CRT

10 February 2010 Reggio Emilia – LEND

26 June 2009 Berlin, Germany – St. George’s Bookstore

4 April 2009 Cardiff, UK – IATEFL Conference (featured in Conference Selections)

3 March 2009 Perugia – Scuola Media “G. Carducci – S. Purgotti”

2 March 2009 Città di Castello (PG) – CTP

19 February 2009 Rome – Scuola Media “Alberto Sordi”

8 January 2009 – Universidad de Huelva, Spain

18 December 2008 – Padulle (BO)

13 November 2008 – Roma – TESOL National Conference

6 November 2008 – Castellammare di Stabia – CRT

1 October 2008 – Campobasso – Giornata Europea della Lingue

28 August 2008 LEND Conference, Portonovo (AN)

5 April 2008 Naples – ANILS Conference

28 March 2008 – Cosenza

 

Rap Rhythm and Rhyme – Tune Into English for Kids!

Children love music and singing, so let’s exploit this natural enthusiasm by using nursery rhymes, chants and songs to help them learn as they perform. This workshop will look at original pop songs as sung by English-speaking children.

4 November 2008 – Castellammare di Stabia – CRT

30 November 2007 Roma – TESOL National Conference

24 April 2007 Castellammare di Stabia – CRT

27 February 2007 Caserta – Neuroscience and foreign language learning

Press Play and Tune Into English!

It is no accident that the word “play” refers to both music and games – both engage students on an emotional level, involving them completely. Pop songs are a very powerful and motivating teaching tool, while games and quizzes challenge students, allowing them to use English for real purposes and clear goals. This talk looks at combining the two teaching tools, through an interactive musical quiz.

20 November 2007 Naples – Nuovi traguardi nella didattica delle lingue straniere

19 November 2007 Nola – C.R.T.

7 March 2007 Milan – The British Council

27 February 2007 Caserta – Neuroscience and foreign language learning

Read Conference Proceedings

7 February 2007 Bologna – LEND

6 December 2006 Sondrio – LEND

4 December 2006 Milan – British Council Regional Conference

3 November 2006 Naples – TESOL National Conference

27 October 2006 Cagliari – LEND

Tune Into English

One of the best ways to involve students in the learning process is to use music and song. We show how they fix vocabulary and structures into long-term memory and look at practical examples that you can use in your classroom.

22 April 2006 Zilina, Slovakia

3 April 2006 Cosenza

31 March 2006 Catania

23 November 2005 Rome – TESOL National Conference

3 March 2005 Sorrento – British Council National Conference

17 December 2003 Santa Maria Capua Vetere (CE) – The Langauage Centre

14 December 2002 Santa Maria Capua Vetere (CE) – The Language Centre

2002 Benevento

2001 Naples – British Council Regional Conference; Castellammare di Stabia (NA)

2000 Benevento, Pomigliano d’Arco (NA)

1999 Brindisi, Frosinone, L’Aquila, Matera, Naples