Empowering Teens to Make an Impact in the World Through English

Teaching English to teenagers can be challenging, but it can also be exciting and rewarding. Why not inspire them to learn English while empowering them to use this global language to make a positive impact in the world? Join us to learn how to engage your teenage English learners with exciting, real-world content and projects that promote 21st century skills, such as technology integration, critical thinking, and creativity. Examples from the second edition of Impact will be used to show what engaging and inspiring teen English learners looks like in practice. You will leave this webinar with new ideas to get your teens involved in your class, with each other, and with the world around them.

Dr. Joan Kang Shin is an Associate Professor of Education at George Mason University and the Director of the Global Online Teacher Education Center (GOTEC). In 2016, Dr. Shin was named one of the 30 Up and Coming Leaders of TESOL by TESOL International Association. In 2021, she was named one of the top 30 English Language Specialists by the U.S. Department of State. She currently sits on the Board of Trustees for The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF). She is a Series Editor of National Geographic Learning’s young learner programs Welcome to Our World, Our World, and Explore Our World, as well as the teen program Impact, Second Edition, and an author of the professional development title Teaching Young Learners English.

Dr. JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall is Professor Emerita and former Director of the Language, Literacy and Culture Ph.D. Program, and Co-Director of the MA TESOL Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Prior to joining the faculty at UMBC in 1992, she was Vice President of the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington, DC. Dr. Crandall is a Series Editor, with Dr. Joan Kang Shin, for Our World, National Geographic Learning’s program for young learners of English; Explore Our World, a light and lively version of Our World; Welcome to Our World, a three-level pre-primary series for very young learners of English; and Impact, Second Edition, for teenage learners of English.