11th National Congress
of Teachers & Students of English

 

FORUMS AND ROUND TABLES

 

"La Florida" Promenade

 

ROUND TABLE  1
 

Friday 8th July - 10:00 -11:00
Room "F"

Moderator:  Lic. Ana Maria Rozzi de Bergel

When should we start learning and acquiring English? The earlier, the better?

 

Participants:

Prof. María Marta Suarez

María Marta Suárez, Profesora Nacional de Inglés graduated from Instituto Superior del Profesorado "Pbro. Antonio Saenz"  in 1981, has developed ALL Alternative Language Learning, a holistic methodology to teach English as a foreign language to all age groups, even babies. She has run EFL immersion courses and teacher training courses in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Spain and  Scotland. She is a former lecturer in Methods I at InstitutoSuperior del Profesorado "Joaquín V. Gonzalez";  co-founder of  IACA Holistic English Institute; school manager, textbook writer and member of the external faculty of the Findhorn Foundation College in the UK.
 

Prof. Alfredo Bilopolsky

Alfredo Bilopolsky is  Teacher of English and Technical English from  INSPT  Universidad Tecnológica Nacional.. English Coordinator at Escuela De Hilel . He has delivered workshops on Teaching Young and Very Young Learners in different conferences in Argentina. He has taught General English to young children, teenagers and adults at prestigious ELS´s in the city of Buenos Aires. He is an Assistant Lecturer in Didactics II at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. 

Prof. Oriel Eduardo Villagarcía M.A.

Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics, University of Lancaster. Postgraduate studies, University of Texas. Fulbright and British Council Scholar. Certified Breema Practitioner, certified reflexologist, certified Jin Shin Jyutsu Practitioner. He has studied Thai Massage and Esalen based massage in depth and is knowledgeable of yoga, Chi Kung, Polarity and bodywork on balance balls (esferodinamia/esferokinesis) among other body mind disciplines. He has taught at the Universidad Católica de Salta, at the Universidad. Nacional de Rio Cuarto, and at the Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero. He´s the founder of  Tools for Teachers.

Prof. Juan Ferreti M.A.

Juan Ferretti holds an M.A. in Applied Linguistics  from the University of Leicester, United Kingdom.
He is a Lecturer in Academic Writing at Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa de la Universidad Tecnológica Nacional.
He teaches Aspects of Contemporary Culture at Instituto Nacional Superior del Profesorado Técnico UTN,
Language III and Language IV at Profesorado del CONSUDEC (Consejo Superior de Educación Católica) ires), and also Language III, Language I and Methodology at 25 de Mayo College (San Isidro, Buenos Aires).
He was formerly  a Lecturer in Specialised English Language I at Licenciatura en la Enseñanza del Idioma Inglés -Universidad CAECE.
His main interests are the Language-Culture Interface and Critical Discourse Analysis.

 

Active participation of the audience with written questions to the members of the round table is expected

 

RESEARCH FORUM
 

Saturday 9th July - 11:30 -12:30
Room "D"

Moderator: Claudia Bourda M.A.

 

Presentation 1:

Half Truths and Professionalism

Prompted by an editorial in SHARE No 146, this presentation will explore the use of ambiguous words and phrases such as trainer, experience, science tells us, research proves, among others, which are sometimes sprung on the unwary, young teacher who is thus intellectually abused and surprised in his/her good faith.
This prresentation will aim at cautioning the beginning teacher against linguistic traps that mask deceitful marketeering and urge them to exercise critical thinking.

 

Presenter:

Prof. Oriel Eduardo Villagarcía M.A.

(See Bio data in Round Table 1)

Presentation 2:

The use of authentic material vs. the use of simplified material in ELT.

Over recent years we have witnessed an increasing concern on the part of EFL teachers and educators with the communicative functioning of language and the use of authentic language data in their daily activities. Too exclusive a concern for authentic language can lead to a disregard of methodological principles. The aim of this presentation is to look into the notion of authenticity with reference to the teaching of EFL, and the concept of simplification as a pedagogic technique and eventually as a learning strategy.

Presenter : Prof. Ana M. Kuckiewicz 

Ms Kuckiewicz   is a graduate English teacher from Instituto Nacional Superior del Profesorado Técnico de la Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, where she is currently a lecturer in Didactics II. She has attended the BA course at Universidad Nacional del Litoral, and is due to defend her final thesis, Incidence of CP in adult EFL Learning very soon. She also has a wide experience  as a primary and secondary teacher and school manager.

The presentations of both reports ( 20 minutes each) will be followed by a 20 minute question and answer period in which all members of the audience can participate.

 

ROUND TABLE  2
 

Saturday 9th July - 17:00- 18:00 
Room "D"

Moderator:  Prof. Efraín Davis M.A.

Brain-based Learning, the Brain Revolution: Myth or Reality?

 

Participants :

Prof. Oriel Eduardo Villagarcía M.A.
Tools for Teachers (see biodata in Round Table 1)

Prof. María Marta Suarez
ALL - Alternative Language Learning (see biodata in Round Table 1)

Lic. Ana Maria Rozzi de Bergel
 Universidad CAECE (see biodata in Semiplenaries)

Lic. Maria Almeida

She is a graduate teacher of English, She has a TESOL certificate from the University of California Riverside and holds a BA in the teaching of English from CAECE University. She has taught English at all levels for the past 15 years. In addition, she is an experienced teacher trainer, founder and director of ‘TWC International’. Maria is the President of the organizing comitee of the International Brain and Education Congress®. She is a researcher interested in LD or special Education and gifted students. She is also a Multiple Intelligences and NLP practitioner. She is a partner of the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives. She has attended drama, mime and storytelling courses. In addition She has studied with Eric Jensen and Nick Allen in the USA. She has contributed some articles to the Buenos Aires Herald education News and Teachers’ Magazine. She has lectured locally and internationally for the University of California Riverside.

Active participation of the audience with written questions to the members of the round table is expected