AI Teaching Skills: Turn Education Research Into Practical Classroom Ideas

Why This Workshop?

Teachers crave evidence-informed practice, but…

• journal articles are dense and time-consuming,
• the “so what?” for your next lesson is rarely clear, and
• it’s hard to check if you really understood the research.

In this 90-minute live session you’ll use AI to summarise papers, pull out classroom tactics, and slot them straight into your lesson plans.

What You’ll Be Able to Do

After the workshop you can…

1. Summarise Quickly: shrink a 20-page study to one paragraph plus a 1-page teacher handout.
2. Extract Strategies: build a ready-to-use checklist of activities backed by the research.
3. Plan Lessons: create high-prep and low-prep lesson plans “in the author’s voice”.
4. Self-Test Understanding: generate quizzes & reflection prompts to verify comprehension.
5. Find More Evidence: ask AI for perfectly matched follow-up reading.

Outcomes

• I can get a teacher-friendly summary of any study in minutes.
• I can turn research findings into a classroom checklist.
• I can build a lesson plan aligned with evidence—fast.
• I can quiz myself (or colleagues) to confirm understanding.
• I can request further reading that targets my exact teaching problem.

Who Should Attend?

• EFL / ESL teachers (young learners to adults, CEFR A1–C1)
• Teacher trainers, Directors of Studies & mentors
• K-12 or university educators who want an evidence-informed toolkit
• Anyone curious about using AI to save time on professional reading

Workshop Details:

🗓 Date & Time: 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm (HKT), Monday 15 September

🎟 Price: HK$200

🎓 Certificate: Digital certificate for 1.5 PD hours included

Bonuses

• Slides PDF
• AI Prompt Cheat-Sheet

Agenda Snapshot

0–10 min Why evidence matters + “60-second summary” demo

10–25 min Turn one paper into plain English & a one-liner

25–40 min Extract classroom strategies; build a checklist

40–70 min Generate lesson plans (high-prep & low-prep) in the author’s style

70–80 min Create a self-quiz & plan next readings

80–90 min Open Q&A and next steps

Ready to Teach with Evidence—Faster?

Stop guessing and start applying proven strategies with confidence. Spaces are limited—secure your spot now!

Questions? Contact Ryan or Christina at events@englishforasia.com

This workshop is a supplemtary session from the popular online course AI for Language Teaching.

"Since joining the AI course I've saved at least 2 hours every week on my lesson planning and prep. I love Ross's workshops, they are clear, easy to follow and very practical for my teaching." - J. Wong (Hong Kong)

"I thought using AI would be daunting as I'm not a techy person. But after joining the course, I've been able to use AI to help plan lessons, design activities, and even make pictures for my lessons." - Matilda (Hong Kong)

For the best experience, attendees should have:

• a computer or ipad style device (a phone will also work)

• stable internet access

• a headset with microphone
• a webcam

Trainer: Ross Thorburn

Ross started his teaching journey in 2006, teaching students of all ages in central China. Ross is passionate about using technology to improve education. He’s run online training programs for teachers in over fifty countries and used AI to evaluate the teaching quality of over 10,000 teachers. In 2020, Ross published his first book, Inside Online Language Teaching. Ross’s more recent book, Unlocking Success on the Duolingo English Test, covers strategies for success in the world’s first fully online AI powered high stakes language assessment. Ross is a tutor on the online course AI for Language Teaching.