Festejos en el año del Bicentenario de nuestra Patria!!!!

Asamblea de estudiantes Prof en Inglés

Martes 4 de mayo a las 13 hs (1 p.m.) se reúnen los alumnos de nuestro Profesorado, en la pecera (planta baja)
Tema: conformación de lista/s para las próximas elecciones del Consejo de Carrera.

Another scholarship - deadline April 26th 2010

BECAS PARA PROFESORES DE INGLÉS DEDICADOS A LA ENSEÑANZA EN ESCUELAS SECUNDARIAS
(TEACHING EXCELLENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM)


DESCRIPCIÓN:
Se otorgarán becas a ciudadanos de varios países del mundo (incluyendo Argentina), para realizar un programa de desarrollo profesional de seis semanas de duración en una universidad de los Estados Unidos. El seminario consistirá en un entrenamiento intensivo en metodología, estrategias pedagógicas, planificación, liderazgo, uso de la tecnología con fines educativos; una pasantía de dos o tres semanas en una escuela secundaria a determinar; y viajes a sitios de interés cultural. Los ganadores tendrán además la posibilidad de solicitar financiamiento para la compra de material educativo, el desarrollo de proyectos de capacitación y la formulación de otros proyectos que aumenten el impacto de este programa de intercambio.

Al año siguiente al de su viaje a Estados Unidos, los participantes recibirán la visita de un profesor estadounidense con el que desarrollarán un trabajo conjunto de intercambio de prácticas y experiencias educativas y debate sobre nuevos enfoques pedagógicos vigentes en el país anfitrión.

Se dará prioridad a aquellas personas que no hayan viajado antes a Estados Unidos con Becas Fulbright o de la Embajada de Estados Unidos.


REQUISITOS:
· Ser profesor/a de inglés como lengua extranjera en escuelas secundarias, con dedicación completa, y tener una experiencia no inferior a cinco años luego de graduado.
· Ser ciudadano argentino.
· Ser egresado de una universidad o profesorado de nivel terciario de carreras de una duración de 4 años como mínimo.
· Tener un promedio de siete puntos o superior.
· Acreditar excelente dominio de idioma ingles (550 en el examen TOEFL).
· Poseer excelentes antecedentes académicos.
· Tener hasta 45 años en el momento del viaje.

BENEFICIOS:
El programa cubre todos los gastos e incluye:
· Visa J-1 auspiciada por el gobierno de los Estados Unidos;
· Pasaje de ida y vuelta en clase económica desde y hasta la ciudad de residencia de los participantes y viajes internos dentro de los Estados Unidos;
· Seminario de orientación en Washington, D.C.;
· Programa de desarrollo profesional en una universidad estadounidense a designar;
· Seguro de salud para emergencias;
· Alojamiento (a compartir con otros participantes) y comidas;
· Gastos de traslado hasta las escuelas en donde se realicen las pasantías;
· Estipendio para libros;
· Conferencia final en una universidad de Estados Unidos a determinar;
· Oportunidad de recibir a un profesor de Estados Unidos por dos semanas en 2010;
· Oportunidad de solicitar fondos para proyectos de seguimiento de esta experiencia.



Fecha límite para recepción de solicitudes: 26 de abril de 2010
Comisión Fulbright. Viamonte 1653, P. 2º, C1055ABE, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA; tel.: (011) 48143561/62
info@fulbright.com.ar; www.fulbright.edu.ar

Grammar for dummies...

Hi dear all!
New year, old situations... new solutions?
I came across a book that may turn out to be gold: English Grammar for the Utterly Confused.
Doesn't it sound just like something most of us might need?
If you have the E-mule, it's there...
Regards!

Very useful

Hi everybody! Alicia has suggested we should get together one day (soon, if possible) to share some ideas and information about scholarships and programs and details (useful details) about the FAAPI congress.
She also suggested organising a mini event, with the presentation of the pieces of research carried out by the students of the last course -if it's possible and the teachers and students consider it so, to see if we can get closer to the data projector...
It'd be a good idea, wouldn't it?
See you
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Hi all!
How about creating a "bolsa de trabajo"? If you're interested, leave your contact details, and the type of school/ level/ period you'd prefer.
There's always someone looking for teachers!

Concurso docente at UTN

Inscripción abierta para asignaturas de los departamentos Materias Básicas, Electromecánica y Civil

LLAMADO A CONCURSO EN LA UTN

La Facultad Regional Paraná de la Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTN) llamó a concurso público de Títulos, Antecedentes y Oposición para la designación de docentes ordinarios en las siguientes asignaturas:
ASIGNATURA DEPARTAMENTO CARGO GRADO ACAD DEDIC
Inglés II Materias Básicas 2 Profesores Resultante 1 semi -exclusiva


Son requisitos generales los estipulados en la Ordenanza 884 (Reglamento de Concursos para la Designación de Profesores en la UTN ) y la Ordenanza 1181 (Reglamento de Concursos para la Designación de Docentes Auxiliares), respectivamente.
El período de inscripción para profesores se extenderá del 27 de julio al 8 de septiembre, inclusive. En tanto, para docentes auxiliares, será del 27 de julio al 25 de agosto de 2009, inclusive.
En ambos casos, los interesados deberán dirigirse a la Dirección Académica , Departamento Emprendimientos Académicos, Almafuerte 1033, de lunes a viernes, de 15:00 a 19:00. También puede recabarse mayor información contactando a los teléfonos (0343) 4243054/4243694, int. 115, e-mail: concursos@frp.utn.edu.ar

Here's an interesting proposal!
Have a look.


At Pearson Longman we have developed an on-line grammar programme that will allow you to:

ü Customize your course
ü Manage you class
ü Set assignments
ü Monitor students´ progress

… all from your home!

All your students and you will have to do is to log in from wherever you are this month at any time!!!! And you can go on using this programme during the second semester so as to use classroom time doing other types of activities.

FOCUS ON GRAMMAR INTERACTIVE…
… is a clear, contextualized, and interactive, five-level course that provides a communicative review of English grammar that covers all language skills through a comprehensive, motivating, and fun practice of grammar points and skills.

Take an on line tour and see it in action: http://www.focusongrammarinteractive.com/tours.php

Practical Issues in EFL Teaching

Hi everybody! Some more news

Escuela de Enseñanza Media Particular Incorporada
Nº 8143 “José Manuel Estrada”
Sarmiento 460 - María Juana – Tel/Fax: 03406-471283
Correo Electrónico: escuelajme@coopmj.com.ar
PRACTICAL ISSUES IN EFL TEACHING
August, 8th.
9.30 hs – 17.30 hs
Maria Juana
Venue E.E.M.P.I N°8143
Sarmiento 460
Tel: 03406-471283




For this event, the speakers will be:
­ Adriana Dìaz – What’s in a name?
­ Maria Alicia Maldonado – Achieving fluency through meaningful reading.
­ Cristina Rivas – Literature in the EFL Class: What is it that really works?
­ Claudia Piccirilli – Sleeping Dramarella.

What’s in a name?
The English language lexicon draws upon thousands of words from an extremely wide array of sources. One source in particular is proper names – whether of people, places, fictitious characters or brands. These eponyms, or the eponymous expressions derived from them, may enhance or hinder comprehension since they require background and/or linguistic knowledge –
and sometimes common ground between addresser and addressee.
This workshop will focus on a selection of eponyms that can be viewed as metonymies, reviewing their origin and making use of activities that have proved useful in the classroom to deal with them.
Adriana Díaz
Profesora en Inglés (ISP Nro 8 – Santa Fe). Licenciada en Inglés (UNL – Santa Fe). At present reader in English Language and Phonetics and Phonology (ISP Nro 8 – Santa Fe). Fulbright exchange teacher (2006-2007). Oral examiner for the University of Cambridge. Has published for CUP (The Standby Book -1997), Advice Bookshop ( Animal Farm: Activities – with Ma. Isabel Recamán - 2001), and various EFLT journals and magazines. Has lectured extensively on Language, Phonetics and Phonology, and EFLT methodology.



Achieving fluency through meaningful reading
Two main approaches to reading a text have been described: Bottom-up and Top-down. Each of these approaches provides language experience which helps learners to be more proficient users of the foreign language. A combination of both of them generates instances of language use which promote the construction of meaning by applying communicative strategies. This, eventually, will enable learners to get their messages across successfully.
The aim of this workshop is to discuss and experience how reading tasks can enhance the development of these strategies and help learners to be successful at communicating.


María Alicia Maldonado
Teacher of English from Instituto Nacional del Profesorado del Paraná (Entre Ríos), Licenciada en Inglés from Universidad Nacional del Litoral and holds the IPA Certificate of Proficiency in the Phonetics of English from University College London (UK). Lecturer in Language, Phonology and Methology at Instituto Superior del Profesorado N°8 “Alte. Brown” in Santa Fe, where she leads the workshop on ITC and Material Development and a Teaching Workshop. Has lectured in Argentina, Chile and the UK. Has published works on Didactics and Phonetics and Phonology. Reviewer for For Teens and consultant for What’s Up? (Pearson Education).
Literature in the EFL Class: What is it that really works?

During the last 20 years interest has developed in the way in which literary works can be used in the classroom. Several models and approaches have been proposed which advocate for the use of literary texts not only for language-learning purposes but also for literary enrichment. The literary text offers a wide range of styles and registers, is open to multiple interpretations and provides unconventional themes for discussion. For these reasons, literary texts are linguistically, methodologically and motivationally powerful as tools for teachers.
In this workshop, I will be first discussing the different models and approaches and I will present several literary texts and the tasks I designed for classroom use.

Cristina Rivas
Teacher of English, graduate from I.S.P. Nº 8 "Alte. G. Brown". 'Licenciada en Inglés' , graduate from UNL. Teaches children, adolescent and adult courses at AACI Santa Fe.
Cambridge ESOL Oral Examiner since 1999. Reader on British and American Culture and American Literature at the Translation Programme, I.S.P. Nº 8. Reader on three Pedagogy Workshops, Didactics and American Literature at the Teacher Education Programme, I.S.P. Nº 8. Reader on Literature and the Cinema at 'Ciclo de Licenciatura en Inglés (UNL). Also taught at several primary and secondary schools in Santa Fe. Has lectured widely on American Literature and Teaching English to Children. Has published several articles on EFL teaching and literature and the cinema.

Sleeping Dramarella
This workshop will deal with project work with students. It intends to explore a particular drama project (with students at TTC) and to recycle the product as a tool to be used as teaching material.
After a brief theoretical background, the teachers attending this workshop will have the opportunity to analyse instances of different drama projects and to discuss practical ideas and design activities to be exploited in a lesson at elementary, intermediate and upper intermediate levels.
Claudia Piccirilli
Graduate teacher of English (ISPNº1 Estela G. de Cervera, Santa Fe). “Licenciada en Inglés” (Universidad Nacional del Litoral). Masters in Applied Linguistics (Thesis in progress), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba). Head of ISP Nº1. Teaches Phonology and Diction I, III and IV (ISP Nº1), Didáctica Específica (in collaboration with Mgter. Ana Marina Suárez, Licenciatura en Inglés UNL), EFL for the blind (Centro de Idiomas UNL).
FEES: FAAPI members $ 60
Non Members $ 100

Students $ 40
ASPI - PRACTICAL ISSUES IN EFL TEACHING
August 8th (9.30 am to 5.30 pm)
E.E.M.P.I N° 8143 José M. Estrada – Sarmiento 460 – María Juana
escuelajme@coopmj.com.ar

FREE Course in Rosario

Here's another one; this has another advantage: it's free!!!!

A.R.I.C.A.N.A. invites
Teachers of English, Translators,
ELT specialists, students of Profesorado and Traductorado
to the Public Lecture sponsored by
Public Affairs Section, US Embassy in Argentina


Literacy Instruction:
From Research to Practice
Conducted by:

Dr. Else Hamayan

ü Former Director of the Illinois Resource Center in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
ü Researcher, consultant, and co-author of Dual Language Instruction: A Handbook for Enriched Education and of Special Education Considerations for English Language Learners.
ü Areas of Specialization: second language learning, dual language instruction, special education, culture learning and biliteracy

Venue: A.R.I.C.A.N.A. Auditorium - Buenos Aires 934
Date: Monday, August 3rd
Time: 6:30 p.m.


Admission is FREE and registration essential.

To register please contact
Secretaría Académica- ARICANA at (0341) 4217664 – ext. 26
or by e-mail at academic@aricanabnc.com.ar