10 – 12 November 2026
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Dubai World Trade Centre Sheikh Saeed Halls 1, 2 & 3
Eli Ghazel
School Improvement Consultant and Teacher Trainer - Elite School Sharjah
Eli Ghazel has embarked on a career focused on innovation from the outset, always striving to enhance the status quo. He is a celebrated textbook author and editor, covering a diverse range of topics from Science and Health to English language learning, collaborating with publishers and ministries of education. Additionally, he has developed curricula and trained thousands of teachers for both ministries of education and private international schools. Eli gained significant recognition for his TEDx talk titled “Here Comes The Learning Designer,” where he presented a model for learning and assessment. As an Academic Director for the 21st Century Academic Forum in the USA and the director of CELTD (Center for English Language Teacher Development, MoE, KSA), he has delivered numerous presentations. Notably, he was the keynote speaker at the First Annual Conference on Curricula in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia in 2012. More recently, he has spoken about technology-enhanced learning at Harvard University Conferences and presented new assessment models for the 21st century as a keynote speaker in Berkeley, CA, USA. A lifelong learner himself, Eli is dedicated to inspiring high-quality education to enrich students' futures.
Speaker Sessions
Sustainability & Wellbeing
1610
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Practical Application of Schema Theory in Language Learning
Session Summary:
This presentation focuses on how to improve students' English through practical application of schema theory. It explores the theory as a powerful tool for cognitive and conceptual development, particularly for enhancing English language and literacy learning from K to 12 across the Middle East and Gulf region. Emphasis will be on how learners utilize existing knowledge structures to comprehend and integrate new information. In this session, I will showcase concrete strategies and techniques for teachers to leverage this cognitive process in the classroom and help them gain insights into designing schema-activating activities, that promote better classroom engagement. Through practical examples and classroom-tested techniques, I will provide educators with actionable strategies to unlock learners' full potential and facilitate significant advancements in areas of vocabulary acquisition, reading and writing skills as well as opportunities for oral exchange among students.
Speakers:
Eli Ghazel
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School Improvement Consultant and Teacher Trainer - Elite School Sharjah
Categories:
Innovative Teaching Methods
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