ABOUT



Ken Lackman has been presenting workshops and developing materials for English language instructors since 1996. Ken Lackman and Associates was formed in 2007 to offer teacher training sessions to schools and other language teaching organizations. Since that time, we have presented over 300 workshops at schools and conferences in Canada and Europe.

Although we offer a wide range of workshops, our focus is on activities and lesson frameworks that will allow teachers to plan effective lessons more easily. These lesson frameworks and activities are methodologically sound and completely student-centred. Teachers who have used our methods and activities in their classes have remarked on noticeable improvements in their lessons in terms of student involvement and motivation.



ACTIVITY BOOKS


Many of the activities and teaching frameworks featured in our workshops are available online in PDF format. Most of the frameworks and activities are universal. What this means is that once you know the procedure, you can use the activity or lesson framework over and over again in different teaching circumstances or for different lesson content. For example, the book Universal Activities will provide you with a collection of multi-purpose activities that will eliminate the need for you to ever refer another resource book for fun games and activities to get your students to practice new grammar or vocabulary. You can take a look at some sample pages from Universal Activities and all our other e-books. You can also get a free book which features one great activity from each of our lesson framework and activity books.


WORKSHOPS


We offer over 30 different workshops and most feature lesson frameworks or activities that are designed to make your teaching much easier and much more effective. The lesson frameworks provide teachers with universal plans that, once learned, will enable one to teach solid lessons with virtually no planning or preparations. Our activity workshops are based on a similar premise, with universal activities that, once learned, can be easily plugged into a lesson, even on the spot. For example, our most popular workshop, Universal Activities, features over 30 great classroom activities that can be used for teaching grammar or vocabulary. After target language is presented and explained, one only needs to choose one or more of these activities to round off the lesson with.


testimonials



I attended Ken Lackman's workshop on his 'CAT' framework, at the IATEFL Conference in Liverpool last week, initially attracted by the mention of 'Dogme' in the title. I hadn't anticipated such a well-grounded, interactive and FUN session, where Ken combined explanation and demonstration to present a coherent, practicable and portable framework for generating and shaping learner output. Quite brilliant! Scott Thornbury, ELT writer and trainer.


I worked with Ken when he was Director of Studies at EF Toronto. I've taught and trained teachers in many countries over many years, and I was impressed with the knowledge base, the willingness to continue developing, and the dedication of the teachers at EF. In fact, I believe they were the best teachers - both from my perspective as a teacher trainer but also from the students' - that I've ever worked with. Ken must take a great deal of the credit for this with his weekly professional development workshops, and enthusiasm for teaching, which he effortlessly transferred to his teachers."

Neil Walker, CELTA/DELTA Trainer


Your workshop [A Framework for Prep-free Lessons 2] was excellent. I'll use your ideas. Mario Rinvolucri, ELT writer and trainer





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