Soundbites from the ETAS Professional Development Day

Soundbites from the ETAS Professional Development Day

Author: TESOL Pop September 14, 2023 Duration: 13:05

This special episode features soundbites from the English Teachers Association Switzerland (ETAS) Professional Development (PD) Day in Bern on 2 September 2023. We interviewed attendees Elizabeth Hirst, Veronique Vouilloz, presenters Samvidha Srinath, Ian McMaster, and ETAS members Rumana Yasin and Yuval Shomron about their experience of the event.


In this episode you will hear:

- Lizzie describe how she will apply games to her role in EdTech

- Veronique share a collaborative creative writing task

- Samvidha reflect on her experience as a first-time presenter

- Ian summarise the connection between English for Specifc Purposes (ESP) and AI

- Rumana share tips on how we can the most of such events

- Yuval reflect on the role events like the ETAS PD day have on teacher development

To learn more about ETAS, including the online and face-to-face events they organise, go to https://www.e-tas.ch/ 

To watch the video version of this episode with closed captions, click here. Alternatively, you can listen along with a transcript here.

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Credits 

Podcaster & Producer Laura Wilkes 

Audio-Video Editor Haven Tsang 

With thanks to all of our lovely guests and the fantastic ETAS team.


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