Grant Kempton

Grant Kempton has been involved in ELT for more than 38 years. During that time, he has been a teacher, tester, curriculum coordinator, school director and teacher trainer. From 2000-2006 he was a global teacher trainer and travelled the world training teachers. He received his MA in ELT from Reading University and wrote coursebooks for Pearson. In his current post, he works with governments and large educational organisations to craft solutions for language learners. He also has two teenage girls, both of whom act as advisers to him on what is ‘in’ with their age-groups. Little help it does him….

Before the pandemic I would have told you that there are far too many presentations on motivation that cover the same old ground. However, post-pandemic we are now living in a new world; more digital, less human, more uncertain….. A world our K12 students seem unequipped for and one that provides new, steeper challenges for teachers. This plenary will focus on why we need to rethink the way we approach the issue of confidence, both in teachers and students, and how we can create learning journeys that maximise student potential.