ROB HOWARD
Advanced Communications Skills Facilitator

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Communications

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Improve your communication skills in International English

Teacher, Trainer, Mentor, Coach

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Rob Howard, after a 20-year successful business career in the US training Sales, Management, Customer Service, and Communications, is always online as an active Facilitator of Advanced Communication Skills, an EFL Teacher and training teachers to build their own freelance businesses. Rob is the owner of Online Language Center and Business Language Training Institute.
He is a speaker worldwide on Business English, Customer Service, English for Specific Purposes, Teacher Development, Teaching Online, Online Business and Retention, Technology, and Image Utilization.
He is President of IATEFL Poland, past joint coordinator and co-coordinator of the Web and Online Team for IATEFL BESIG, on the EdYOUfest Academic team, Online & Video Coordinator for the Visual Arts Circle, and organizer of the Independent Authors and Publishers. He has authored and coauthored several books for EFL. He is a presenter and panelist for various Gallery Teachers TEFL Masterclasses and a trainer for the iTDi TOEFL Teacher Training Course. Rob is also the creator of EFLtalks, teachers teaching teachers, nominated for the 2016 British Council's ELTon Award for Innovation in Teacher Resources.

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Online Language Center

Advanced Communication Solutions

Whether you're a student, teacher or speaker, OLC offers solutions to your communication skills anywhere, anytime tailored to your personal needs.

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Business Language Training Institute

Bringing business to Business English

For teachers making the transition from General English to Business English, BLTi will support you along the way.

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EFLtalks

teachers teaching teachers

Our global PLN+ of over 400 top professionals in the EFL field bring you 600 short 10-minute videos to aid in your Continuing Teacher Development.

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One-to-One

The one-to-one series

Here is the link to Amazon.com where you can buy the latest books by Rob Howard. Check out the diverse titles available as an eBook or in print.

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APPEARANCES

Presenter: (414 appearances)

2025

EdYOUfest Conference – Chișinău, Moldova – October 2025 – Plenary - TBA
32nd BETA International Conference – Sofia, Bulgaria – September 2025 – Plenary - TBA
32nd BETA International Conference – Sofia, Bulgaria – September 2025 – Workshop - TBA
34^th IATEFL Poland Conference – Lodz, Poland – September 2025 - TBA
IntTech MMVC25 – Online – August 2025 - TBA
EdYOUfest Training Day – Rabat, Morocco – July 2025 – Plenary - TBA
11th PASE Conference - Warsaw - June 2025 - The Socratic Method Rebooted
4th NeuroHeart Conference – Sitges, Spain – May 2025 – AI-mazing Coaching: Using AI Data
WinWin Educational Center Conference – Ukraine - Online – May 2025 –- What We've Learned / The Socratic Method Rebooted
ELTAM Days National Conference – Montenegro – May 2025 - The Power of Intelligent Instruction Workshop
ELTAM Days National Conference – Montenegro – May 2025 - THE 'Y' IN HYPE: AI vs. A-why
IH Torun Teacher Training – Torun, Poland – April 2025 – The Socratic Method Rebooted
EdYOUfest Online Teacher Training –April 2025 – Speaking Course
58th IATEFL Annual Conference – BESIG Showcase - Edinburgh – April 2025 – Is BELF Obsolete?
58th IATEFL Annual Conference – Associates - Edinburgh – April 2025 – Taking it to the streets–Set a new course
58th IATEFL Annual Conference – LTSIG PCE - Edinburgh – April 2025 – Plenary - The Socratic Method Rebooted
IATEFL Poland Webinar - Online – April 2025 – Present Perfect(ly)
6th Methodological Conference on Tech and AI – Opole, Poland - March 2025 – Plenary - Best AI Technology
HUPE Croatia Online Conference – March 2025 - Best AI Technology for your Classroom is You
TESOL SPAIN Annual Conference - Burgos – March 2025 - Keynote – Best AI Technology for your Classroom is You
TESOL Greece – Athens - March 2025 – One-to-won: Winning activities for one-to- one – International Publishers
TESOL Greece – Athens - March 2025 - Best AI Technology for your Classroom is You
ELI Publishing Webinar – February 2025 – Fostering Interpersonal Skills to Prepare Students for Global Competency
Sports English Podcast – February 2025 - The irreplaceable role of human authors in creating niche ESP
IntTech CO25 - February 2025 - Online - At the Crossroads of AI - Identity Intellect Ideas and Interaction
ETAS Annual Conference – Switzerland – February 2025 – BE Ready

2024

IATEFL Poland Webathon – Online – December 2024 – SET A NEW COURSE - host and moderator
IATEFL LTSIG Webinar – Online – December 2024 - Moderator
EdYOUmarathon – Online – December 2024 – Reimagining Teacher Development with EdYOUfest
Noc Anglistow Online – Poland – November 2024 – That’s What I Said, Not What I Meant
META Winter School – Moldova – November 2024 – Judge for Public Speaking Contest
IATEFL Poland INSERVICE – Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki, Poland - November 2024 – Intelligent Instructions
IATEFL Poland Webinar - Online - November 2024 – Best AI Technology for your Classroom is You
IATEFL LTSIG Themes – Online – November 2024 – Featured Speaker - Best Technology for your Classroom is You
ELTAM Macedonia – Skopje – October 2024 – Plenary - Best AI Technology for your Classroom is You
ELTAM Macedonia – Skopje – October 2024 –- What You Need to Know Before Bringing AI to Class
WinWin Educational Center Conference – Ukraine - Online – October 2024 –- That’s What I Said, Not What I Meant
IATEFL Poland Pre-Service to Inservice – Online – October 2024 – Present Perfect(ly): Reworking Presentation Skills
NeuroHeart Education Summit – Online - October 2024 - Unplugging Education: Rejecting Teacher Tech Time
International House Kyiv Training Day – Online – October 2024 - One-to-won: Winning activities for one-to- one
3rd Mediterranean Symposium & 1st European Conference – Barcelona October 2024 - The Best AI Technology
BETA 2nd Regional Central and Eastern Europe FIPLV Congress – Shumen – September 2024 - The Best AI Tech
33rd IATEFL Poland Conference – Gdansk – September 2024 – Plenary -The Best AI Technology for your Classroom
33rd IATEFL Poland Conference – Gdansk – September 2024 – Present Perfect(ly): Up your game without AI
33rd IATEFL Poland Conference – Gdansk – September 2024 – Present Perfect(ly) Workshop
33rd IATEFL Poland Conference – Gdansk – September 2024 – Moderator for All-star Assessment Panel
IATEFL Poland Gdansk Workshops – Gdansk – September 2024 – Featured Speaker – Intelligent Instructions
EdYOUfest Annual Conference – Bucharest – August 2024 – Plenary - Best AI Technology for your Classroom is You
EdYOUfest Annual Conference – Bucharest – August 2024 – Workshop - The Power of Intelligent Instruction
IntTech MMVC24 – August 2024 – Online - English Language Teaching in the Age of AI
Cracow University of Economics - Cracow - June 2024 - Macmillan Workshop - Upskill or Standstill
NYSTESOL TELL SIG - Online - June 2024 - What You Need to Know Before Bringing AI to Class
Lektor HiTech Conference - Lodz, Poland - June 2024 - Plenary - Stop Listening to AI “Experts” and Become One
WinWin – Online – June 2024 -Webinar - The Best AI Technology for your Classroom is You

IN PRINT

Writer/Blogger: (64)

2025

IATEFL Voices Magazine – January/February 2025 – From the Associates: IATEFL Poland Reports

2024

IATEFL Blog – December 2024 – An Interview with Rob Howard
TeacherMatic Thought Leadership Report 2024 - GenAI in education: A brave new world? Contributor

2023

EdYOUmagazine Issue 5 – Intro to EdYOUclass article
The Flickering Cave– 2023 - eBook contributor
One To One: Today's Teachers' Handbook: An updated and practical take on teaching one-to-one - Amazon.com
Activities for Speaking for one-to-one or groups: Teacher's Edition Vol. 1 – Amazon.com
Activities for Speaking for one-to-one or groups: Student's Edition Vol. 1 – Amazon.com

Other Projects and Sites

EFLtd

https://www.facebook.com/groups/
EFLtd/

EFLtd is a new group, a spinoff from EFLtalks, for free EFL teacher development ideas, resources and tips. We welcome experienced teachers to share their expertise with new and future teachers as well as questions from teachers looking to learn more. We have a rather active group but are always looking for more content. Join us and become a part of it.

Independent Authors
& Publishers Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/
IAPGroup/

IAP is a non-profit group of independent authors and publishers spreading the word about using of eBooks and print-on-demand as a new source for your EFL materials. Come see us at the annual IATEFL Conference. Check out our page at http://efltalks.com/IAPG.html

ENGLISH STUDENTS
worldwide

https://www.facebook.com/groups/
englishstudentsworldwide/

This is a community for Advanced English students from around the world to share and learn tips and advice to become a better language learner. We share blogs and links from top teachers and educators to help you improve. We currently boast around 18,000 viewers and have a large number of professionals sharing tips and offering help.

Vdioms

www.Vdioms.com

Vdioms is an ongoing project to help teach American English idioms. They are short, funny and sometimes silly classroom friendly English Idioms represented in vídeo form for ESL learners to understand the meanings while having a little laugh at the same time.
Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel at Vdioms.

Shit they can't teach you in school

https://www.facebook.com/
ShitTheyCantTeachYouInSchool/

A visual urban dictionary for English learners. These are the idioms that learners never understand, need to learn, but can't be taught in the classroom. WARNING: these may be gross, disgusting, politically incorrect but they are meant to make an impact for learners.

Shelfies

https://www.facebook.com/groups/
Shelfies.English.Project/

SHELFIES is a global ESL/EFL project for Intermediate and Advanced learners. The purpose is to represent and describe your interests based on a photo of your shelf and a 75 word description. We hope to show Global Cultural differences here to bring us all a little closer together. Please share and pass it on so we can make it all around the world.

SAILING THE SEA OF CTRL C + V

Finally, teachers the world over have the perfect example to demonstrate blatant plagiarism to their students. But do they practice what they preach? Take a journey with the new "pirates" of ELT.

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The Good, The Bad, And The Online

Have you ever been introduced as an English teacher at a party and the first response is “Can you help me?” But now, you have moved to or are planning to move online. You ain’t seen nothing yet.

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FLUENCY: Fact, Fiction or Farce

How often I see and hear the word fluency. Everyone studying wants it, everyone promises it, but can everyone achieve it? Is everyone able to reach the level of their language competence that is thought to be fluency?

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35 IDIOMS FOR CLASS

While catching up on some films and shows, I noticed a few school idioms and decided to do something different. So here is a list of some common classroom-based idioms that you may hear, read or use.

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