Events & Training
Past Events
Browse previous workshops, training sessions, guest lectures, and conferences led by Professor Korten.
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What's In, What's Out in 2026
A full-day teacher training on the skills ESL learners actually need in 2026 — emotional intelligence, social communication, and critical thinking — plus an informal after-party.
August 29, 2026
Moscow, Russia
How to Teach Skills in the TOEFL
A six-hour online training that walks teachers section by section through how to actually teach the TOEFL iBT — reading and listening, speaking, and writing — with practical methods, not test tricks.
August 21–23, 2026
Online · Live Interactive Sessions
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Advanced IELTS Teacher Training
A follow-up to the previous skills-based IELTS training. Where the last course taught how to teach IELTS skills, this MasterClass teaches how to diagnose why those skills aren't improving — hidden performance problems, diagnostic teaching, feedback decisions, and the classroom systems that move students past band-score plateaus.
31 July – 2 August 2026
Online · Live Interactive Sessions
The Accelerated Classroom
A 3-hour masterclass for teachers in Batumi on leadership, lesson clarity, and structured group work — the three skills that make classrooms actually move.
June 28, 2026
Batumi, Georgia
The Accelerated Classroom
A 3-hour masterclass for teachers in Tbilisi on leadership, lesson clarity, and structured group work — the three skills that make classrooms actually move.
June 27, 2026
Tbilisi, Georgia
The Accelerated Classroom
A 3-hour masterclass for teachers in Kutaisi on leadership, lesson clarity, and structured group work — the three skills that make classrooms actually move.
June 24, 2026
Kutaisi, Georgia
Immersive English Food Tour
A four-night / five-day English retreat in Tbilisi combining food, culture, walking tours, storytelling, Georgian hospitality, and real English communication.
June 24–28, 2026
Tbilisi, Georgia
One-Day Teacher Training: Communicative Methods
Join Professor Korten in Turkistan, Kazakhstan for an intensive one-day teacher training focused on the newest communicative teaching methods, practical classroom application, and modern ESL pedagogy.
May 30, 2026
International Kazakh-Turkish University, Turkistan, Kazakhstan
Guest Lectures at Kokand University
A series of in-person guest lectures and academic sessions at Kokand University on research methods, the responsible use of AI, and academic writing.
May 26 – June 2, 2026
Kokand University, Kokand, Uzbekistan
Teacher Training — Ferghana
An in-person teacher training in Ferghana organised by Unity English Centre, focused on classroom leadership, student behaviour, and mixed-level teaching.
May 24, 2026
Ferghana, Uzbekistan
Project-Based Teaching Workshop
A two-day online workshop on implementing project-based teaching and using it to strengthen both learning outcomes and student social skills.
May 2–3, 2026
Online · Live Interactive Sessions
Guest Lecture at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
An in-person guest lecture at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences examining the intersection of religious policy and imperial geopolitics in the mid-nineteenth century.
April 7, 2026
Sofia, Bulgaria
Classroom Management Training
A one-day in-person training in Yerevan focused on practical classroom management for contemporary teaching contexts.
April 4, 2026
Yerevan, Armenia
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Synergy in Education
A hybrid conference on AI in education hosted by Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, featuring Professor Korten as an invited online speaker.
March 31, 2026
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Earlier Highlights
Selected highlights from earlier workshops, keynotes, and training programmes.
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Guest Lecture — Tashkent International University
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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Teacher Training — Kokand University
Kokand, Uzbekistan
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IELTS Teacher Training — Online
Online
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EPICUR Academic Contribution — Adam Mickiewicz University
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland