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ACADEMIC COMMITTEE & CALL FOR PAPERS The National Monument to the Flag President: Lic. Omar Villarreal Universidad Tecnológica Nacional Honorary President Prof. Nora Séculi Asociación de Profesores de Inglés de Rosario - APrIR Vicepresident: Lic. Ana Maria Rozzi de Bergel Universidad CAECE Secretary: Lic. Andrea Coviella Instituto Superior de Formación Docente Nro 41 Members Lic. Ana Claudia Saraceni Universidad Nacional de La Matanza Prof. Cristina de Ortuzar M.A. Universidad del Museo Social Argentino Lic. Marisa Lopez Universidad Argentina de la Empresa Prof. Francisca Abdala Universidad Católica de La Plata Lic. Fanny Sloer de Godfrid UCEL -Universidad del Centro Educativo Latinoamericano Prof. Cristina Mayol M.A. Universidad Nacional de Misiones Lic. Maricel Valladares Instituto del Profesorado del Consudec Lic. Marina Kirac Instituto Superior de Formación Docente Nro 35 Prof. Mariel Amez Instituto de Educación Superior Nº 28 "Olga Cossettini"; Rosario Lic. Mariela Lucente Instituto Superior de Formación Docente Nro 88 Lic. Nancy Fernandez Instituto Superior de Formación Docente Nro 21 Prof. Marcela Santafé y Soriano Instituto Superior de Formación Docente Nro 52 Prof. María del Carmen Fernández Beitía Instituto Superior del Profesorado Nº 16 "Dr. Bernardo Houssay"; Rosario Prof. Fernando Armesto Instituto Nacional Superior del Profesorado Técnico. Prof. Graciela Garcia M.A. Instituto Superior del Profesorado "Juan XXIII" Prof. Claudia Bourda Instituto Superior del Profesorado "25 de Mayo" Prof. Graciela Castelli Instituto Superior "San Bartolomé", Rosario Prof. Mónica Pérez de Bertero Asociación Rosarina de Cultura Inglesa -ARCI Prof. Marcela Alvarado Asociación de Profesores de Inglés de Bahía Blanca - APIBB Prof. Martha Ortigueira Centro de Graduados en Lenguas Vivas de la Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina Prof. Bárbara Grodzki Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires Universidad de Buenos Aires Consultant: Prof. María Magdalena Calvo de De Vega CALL FOR PAPERS 2005 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The Academic Committee of the 11th National Congress of Teachers and Students of English wishes to invite teacher trainers, teachers, researchers, material writers, and other professionals in fields connected to ELT, translation and interpreting, the teaching of Spanish to foreigners, and education in general to share their views, ideas, projects and experiences with colleagues from all over the country. The theme chosen for this year´s Congress: “ELT: From the Theory to the Classroom” has been thought of as including two different dimensions: a practical one (strategies, techniques, procedures and methods for concrete classroom practice) as well as a more theoretical one (the consideration of models, paradigms and systems of beliefs for teaching and learning languages). Therefore, we expect presenters to deal with both concrete classroom applications and more general reflections on teaching, language and education. Within this general framework, presentations that include reports of or proposals for innovative classroom practice or new theories, methodologies or ways of looking at language and language learning and teaching will be favoured. All Presentations will be 90 minutes long. Two different kinds of presentations will be considered (): Presentation* Rather than describing or discussing, a presentation shows a technique for teaching or testing. Normally the presenter’s statement of the theory underlying the technique takes no more than ten to fifteen minutes. The rest of the time is used for showing, rather than telling. The abstract should include a brief statement of the presenter’s central purpose and a description of what will be demonstrated (e.g. role playing) and how it will be done (e.g. some of the audience participating as students or an unrehearsed lesson with actual students). Presenters should bear in mind that these presentations may be attended by a maximum of 100 participants. Colloquium A colloquium provides a forum for a group of scholars to discuss current pedagogical, or research issues in ELT. Ideally (but not necessarily), participants exchange papers in advance and make formal responses to each other’s presentations. In any case, both presentation and discussion, should be part of the session. Abstracts and proposals should include a description of the topic for the colloquium and the same name and affiliation of each of the invited participants. All colloquia will be open to non participating observers and allowances should be made for a 30 minute period of questions and answers or discussion. A room with a maximum capacity for 65 will be allotted to these colloquia. These presentations will be earmarked “Forums for specialists” in the Congress Programme. Individual Proposals will be accepted for 30 minute slots. Group Proposals should not exceed a period of 90 minutes. The Committee will allocate the presentations in such a way as to offer the Congress participants as much variety as possible at any given slot and therefore expects presenters to be prepared to make themselves available at any of the times scheduled for presentations. Presenters will be notified of the times when they are expected to conduct their presentations at least 30 days before the date of the opening of the Congress. The Committee will notify all applicants of their decision to accept or reject the proposals via electronic mail not later than 8^th April 2005 . All decisions by the Academic Committee are final. All proposals must contain the following sections: 1.- Presenter´s Proposal Form. In the case of presentations conducted by more than one presenter, the presenter´s proposal form should be adapted in such a way that it contains all the relevant information about the people who will conduct the presentation. 2.- An abstract of their presentation as the presenter wishes it to appear in the Congress book. This abstract should be not be longer than 100 words and should give Congress participants a clear idea of the content of the presentation so as to help them to choose which presentation to attend. The applicant should refer to himself /herself using the third person of the singular. Successful candidates might eventually be asked to re-write parts or all of the abstract, in which case one of the members of the Committee will be appointed to guide the presenter. 3. A summary of the content and dynamics of the presentation which must be of a minimum length of two A4 pages and must not exceed four A4 pages. The summary should include a statement of the presenter´s goals, a summary of the theoretical framework, and a precise description of the tasks to be performed during the presentation. The Academic Committee will base their acceptance or refusal of the proposal on this summary exclusively. The summary must contain a list of the general and specific bibliography used by the applicant in the preparation of the presentation. The bibliography is not to be counted in the number of pages. The bibliographical references should be made in the APA format or any other standard literary or scientific format. 4.- A biographical statement which should not be longer than 100 words (in the case of presentations run by more than one leader, a maximum of 100 words per presenter). Degrees will be quoted in the language in which the certificates or diplomas were originally issued (e.g. Profesor en Inglés or Especialista en Informática Educativa or Master of Education: TESOL) together with the complete name of the institution which granted the degree. All details which are not academically relevant should be avoided (e.g. “is a loving mother of three” or “among his interests are yoga and karate”) All presenters should be holders of legally valid degrees from our own country or abroad. Proposals should be written in the language in which the presentation is to be made. The official languages of this Congress are: English and Spanish. All proposals should be e-mailed to the President of the Academic Committee: omarvillarreal@speedy.com.ar (NB: villaRReal) The Deadline for presentation of proposals is 1^st March 2005 . All applications for presentations that promote commercial interests will be directly disqualified. Applications by presenters which offer commercial presentations for the sponsors of the Congress will not be accepted. Presenters are expected to pay the Congress fee at the lowest quoted price at the time when the payment is made effective. Presenters are entitled to a Diploma which clearly states his or participation in the Congress as a Presenter (Diploma de Disertante). This Diploma will be presented to in the closing ceremony. PRESENTER´S PROPOSAL FORM Title of Presentation: Format of Presentation: Presentation OR Colloquium Presenter: E-mail address: Alternative E-mail address: Home address: street and number City (with zip code) and Province Telephone number: Cell-phone: Affiliation (Name of the Institution where you work): City and Province: This presentation is aimed at (check a maximum of three): English Teachers in general Preschool teachers Primary School teachers Secondary School teachers University lecturers Translators and Interpreters Other (please specify): Audiovisual equipment needed (check as applicable) No audiovisual equipment Cassette player Blackboard/Whiteboard VHS player + TV set Overhead projector _______________________________________________________________ (*) Adapted from the TESOL Guidelines.