Free Webinar
Engaging Students in the Scroll Era
A Conversation with the Next Generation
Davide Patron & Manuela Kelly Calzini
5 Maggio 2026 ore 17:00
Online Session: 5 May 2026, 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Students today can scroll for hours — but struggle to speak for two minutes.
Attention is faster. Content is shorter. Expectations are shifting.
So what happens to English teaching in a world shaped by algorithms, reels, and instant feedback?
In this live conversation, Davide Patron — digital educator and one of the most followed voices in online English learning — joins Manuela Kelly Calzini, Senior Academic for English Language at Trinity College London, to explore a growing tension: the gap between how students live and how they are taught.
Drawing on real experiences inside and beyond the classroom, they unpack three key challenges — from the fear of speaking to the rise of fast, fragmented learning — and ask a critical question: are traditional approaches still enough?
Bringing together academic depth and the perspective of a new generation, this session does not offer easy answers, but opens an honest conversation about what may need to change.
For educators ready to question traditional methods, rethink engagement, and move from teaching English to enabling its real use.
Note to participants from Italy
Trinity College London Italy è un Ente accreditato dal MIM per la formazione (Decreto 27.01.2001 confermato con Decreto 05.07.2005 ed adeguato alla Direttiva 170/2016).
Speakers
Manuela Kelly Calzini
Senior Academic for English Language Trinity College London (Italy & Central Europe)
Manuela Kelly Calzini is Senior Academic for English Language at Trinity College London Italy and Lecturer in Primary Education Sciences at the University of Florence. She designs and delivers teacher training programmes promoting communicative methodologies, storytelling, drama-based learning and collaborative speaking tasks. Her interests include early language learning and the use of drama and storytelling to foster meaningful communication and learner engagement.
Davide Patron
Content creator and English teacher (Italy)
Davide Patron is a content creator and English teacher with over 2 million followers across various digital platforms. A graduate of the University of Dundee, in 2021 he founded his own company, through which he develops and offers English language training programs. He is the author of the book English Survival Skills and hosts Davide’s English Podcast, dedicated to practical English learning. At the same time, he promotes awareness activities about cardiac arrest.
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