[Webinar] ELT: From Reading to Challenges

🎥 Watch the full webinar here:

🗣️ What is this webinar about?

Held on January 26, 2026, and led by Alastair Lane, this session brought together a community of English teachers to share practical strategies on how to integrate digital reading and co-creation into the foreign language curriculum.

During the session, teachers were not just spectators but actively took part in vocabulary and language-structure activities, demonstrating how an ELT class can be energised live.

🎯 Key takeaways

1. Vocabulary in context: from “Garlic Oil” to real life

One of the most engaging moments was the creation of spontaneous sentences based on everyday elements from the book (such as garlic oil). Teachers showed that vocabulary learning is more effective when:

• It is connected to personal experiences (recipes, preferences, healthy habits).

• Peer correction is encouraged in a natural and constructive way.

2. Comprehension challenges and grammatical structures

The importance of guiding students in building complex sentences and using connectors was addressed. Through practical exercises based on the text (“But it was…”), participants analysed how to:

• Identify common grammatical obstacles in English learning.

• Use the story context to infer meaning without direct translation.

3. Reading as a driver of oral and written expression

The chat became a live example of brainstorming, with teachers contributing key words from the reading such as cyclists, path, countryside and way out. This activity is essential to:

• Activate prior vocabulary before reading.

• Build students’ confidence when participating in a collaborative environment.

4. The new challenge for ELT teachers

The role of the teacher as a facilitator in a digital environment was discussed. “One more challenge for us teachers!”, highlighting that technology and co-creation require constant adaptation but lead to far more motivating results.

📝 Conclusions

The webinar reinforced the idea that an English class should not be a repetition of rules, but an experience of real communication.

• Co-creation increases engagement: when students feel their opinion matters, their linguistic effort grows.

• What is useful is engaging: teachers highlighted that the practical tools presented can be applied directly in the classroom the very next day.