2025 Oxford Day Online

Oxford Day Online is our annual flagship virtual event in Asia, where we introduce the pivotal issues shaping English language teaching today and showcase the latest materials from Oxford University Press.

[Session 1: Teaching Young Learners]
Creating Tomorrow’s Changemakers: Empowering Learners through Concept-Based Inquiry

Join our authors Kathleen Kampa and Charles Vilina as they introduce Concept-Based Inquiry (CBI), a powerful new approach that encourages deeper thinking, meaningful connections, and purposeful action in English language learning. Using examples from courses Blue Dot and Little Blue Dot, they’ll show how CBI empowers learners of all ages to explore concepts, think critically, and take action locally and globally, all while developing strong English skills. Discover how this dynamic methodology is helping educators shape tomorrow’s changemakers.

[Session 2: Teaching Young Learners]
A Primary Panel Discussion - Why Materials Matter?

Join our expert panel featuring top-selling course authors Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto, Kathleen Kampa and Charles Vilina, along with Senior Professional Develpment Consultant Joon Lee, facilitated by Matthew Blacker, Senior Customer Success Consultant. Discover what makes primary and pre-school courses truly impactful, and hear how real classroom experience shapes the way educators design effective learning materials.

[Session 3: Teaching Adults]
A Question-Centered Approach to Teaching with Global Skills

Organizing lessons around questions challenges students to think more critically in their second language. In this session we will examine how using a question-centered approach can help students strengthen their reading and writing, enhance their global skills, and prepare them for academic success. Research suggests that student writing and critical thinking skills improve when students think more deeply about the content that they have learned. We will also look at the new features in the new 4th edition of the Q: Skills for Success series including online practice and digital resources for both teachers and students.

[Session 4: Teaching Teenagers]
Speedy Readers: An innovative approach to reading for teens and young adults

Teens and young adults are often reluctant and sometimes slow readers in English. So how can we start to change that habit? In this session, Andrew Dilger will suggest an innovative approach based on a brand-new series from Oxford University Press. Speedy Readers are super-short, digital texts and stories about topics of special relevance to interest teens and young adults. They offer bite-size content, audio, and video at ten different levels – all on contemporary topics from video games and movies to social media stars and life-hacks. Find out how this approach can re-motivate your learners and even progress their reading speed!