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10th National Congress
of Teachers & Students of English |
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Sponsored Presentations
Abstracts of Presentations and Bio-Data of Presenters
1.- Prof. Leonor Corradi Prof. Leonor Corradi Leonor Corradi is a lecturer in Metodología y Práctica de la Enseñanza I at Lenguas Vivas Juan Ramón Fernández and ISP Joaquín V. Gonzalez. Coordinator of the bilingual schools of the city of Buenos Aires and trainer for Escuela de Capacitación, GCBA. Candidate for the MSc in Applied Professional Studies in Education and Training, Surrey University. She has delivered courses and lectures at national and international levels. She has published research work on CLE (Certificados en Lenguas Extranjeras, GCBA) and prepared the Alex Examinations (Acreditación en Lenguas Extranjeras, Lenguas Vivas Juan Ramón Fernández). She's the co-author of Pals series, recently launched by Pearson Longman, and In Focus Teacher's Book Teaching
the book vs Teaching the Students. Do
I need a coursebook? Do I have to follow the coursebook to the letter?
Why would I change what an expert has written? What are the advantages
of using coursebooks? How can we make sure that coursebooks are useful
to both teachers and learners? If you want to find answers for all these
questions, join this workshop.
2.-
Prof. Oriel Villagarcía M.A. Advanced Language: Folks and their Ways. You most
likely know what a couch potato, a sugar daddy or a rolling stone
are, but what about a tough cookie, a gold digger or a jinx? In this
presentation we will study the names given to different people according
to their ways, i.e. those distinctive features that single them out.
This is a lighthearted, fun session for the word lover.
3.- Prof. Alfredo Bilopolsky
4.-
Prof. Patricia Salvador Patricia Salvador is a graduate from Instituto Nacional Superior del Profesorado en Lenguas Vivas “Juan R. Fernández”. She specialized in Didactics at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional where she has been a full member of the ELT Pedagogy Group since 2001. She was the chief editor of "English Teaching in Action" -a magazine for teachers of English - and of " Top English" - a movie-based series, and co-editor of "E-Teaching on Line". At present she runs New England School of English and he is an ELT consultant for Thomson Heinle Argentina. A
Whole New World...in your Classroom! Open the doors of your classroom to authentic, genuine, real-life materials to develop and maximize all four skills and cultural awareness and help your students experience the wonder of a whole new world! During
this workshop we will discuss the use of authentic materials in
the classroom to elicit authentic responses from the students and to
accelerate skill-getting and skill-using.
5.-
Lucrecia Prat Gay de
Teisaire Lucrecia is
Head of English Primary at Río de la Plata School. She has been working
on Brain Compatible Learning for the last five years. She is a
Literature teacher for I.G.C.S.E (International General Certificate of
Secondary Education) examinations and a Self-Esteem Practitioner. She
has made a number of presentations and conducted workshops for teachers
throughout the country. Lucrecia is also an actress with a keen
interest on Shakespeare. Brain
Compatible Learning: It’s all in your head! The
brain is the site of language acquisition, how can teachers “help”
brains learn faster and better? Come and discover the Eight Brain
Compatible Elements that will allow your brains to operate more
naturally and most powerfully. With plenty of practical tips, humour and
hot learning strategies, this is a workshop for teachers who want to use
their heads!
6.- Lic. Susana Trabaldo Susana
graduated
as a Literary and Technical Translator from the I. E. S. en Lenguas
Vivas "Juan Ramón Fernández", holds a Licenciatura en
Administración de la Educación Superior from Universidad de La Matanza
and a Master's degree in Open and Distance Education from UNED,
Spain. She has taught all levels of English at primary and secondary
schools and ESP at university and corporations. She is currently a
teacher trainer at UTN and e-learning consultant. New
teaching skills for virtual environments Teachers are now teaching in new
environments that require special skills.
What are these skills? Are
they different from the pedagogic and didactic strategies we use in the
face-to-face classes? Net-Learning
will present a review of these skills.
7.- Prof. Norberto Ruiz
Diaz The
place of Phonetics in the EFL classroom
Commercial Presentations Abstracts of Presentations and Bio-Data of Presenters
1.-
Prof. Miriam D´Amico Make
words work for you with OUP dictionaries. Teaching vocabulary
is usually considered a difficult task, but the use of an OUP dictionary
will help students enjoy learning new words. This session will
allow you to make the most of dictionaries in your class.
2.- Matilde De Lara Working
with teachers for teachers: Collective Art Exhibition sponsored by
Richmond Publishing. A Colourful Space for Teachers.
3.-
Prof. Maria Marcela Marianelli Children
Learning English Children come in
different sizes and learn in different ways. Simply take part in this
talk and collect a selection of user-friendly ideas to make your
planning systematic but
less of a burden in your busy day.
4.-
Prof. Patricia Salvador Please see Bio-Data above Adopting
and Adapting Materials for your Students´ Needs. Come
with Patricia on a quick round tour the Thomson - Heinle
catalogue! You never knew you there could be such a variety of appealing
materials waiting for you right there at your fingertips. Come and enjoy
being surprised!
5.- Lic. Susana Trabaldo Please see Bio-Data above On-line
teacher professional development Continuing education has become a
must for professionals these days.
How can a busy teacher keep updated in the new trends without
leaving home? Net-Learning
offers a variety of courses in the different fields a teacher is
interested in: methods, literature, grammar, vocabulary, technology.
Laura
is a graduate of the Instituto Superior del Profesorado Dr.Joaquín
V. González and works as a teacher in her studio in Capital
Federal. Laura is a Master Practitioner and Trainer in Neuro
Linguistic Programming (NLP).
She is the co- founder of Resourceful Teaching and has run courses and workshops
for teachers on the application of NLP to education since 1998. She has
an e-magazine RT News, which appears fortnightly and she writes on the Learning
English and Enjoying the Process
7.-
Prof.
Virginia Lombardi Director of Studies at "Learning Centre Institute", Official
Agent of Study Group, Embassy CES. Graduate
from Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo,
Mendoza. She has
taught English as a Foreign Language in different schools and
institutes, she also taught Language II and Methodology II at Nuestra Señora
de La Paz Teacher Training College. She has taken different courses at
ITT Embassy CES, Hastings UK.
Teaching
Young Learners Children are energetic, enthusiastic, quick, tactile, noisy, sometimes
naughty. Children are children, Children are FUN. In this mini presentation I would like to share with you some
ideas and activities I have used to cope with all the factors mentioned
previously. I’ll encourage you to have fun and experiment. Play with
ideas and become aware of the choices we all have, not only in what we
do but also in how we do that, and the enormous difference that HOW
can make.
8.-
Nelida Brazenas-Kunz International Liaison Officer Anglia Examination Syndicate
Anglia
Examinations Syndicate, England. International
Examinations in English as a Second / Foreign language + International
Diploma in TESOL via distance learning. Anglia Examination Syndicate
offers a user-friendly, down-to-earth ESL / EFL testing service that
expands beyond its comprehensive course of study.
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