12.- TOOLS FOR TEACHERS WORKSHOPS IN NOVEMBER AND
DECEMBER
Tools For
Teachers Workshops
November and December 2010
Venues: workshops 1 and 2 at SBS
Barrio Norte, Avda Cordoba 1840, CABA
workshops 3 and 4, SBS Palermo, Coronel Diaz
1747. CABA
Fees: $50 or $45(students) Any two
workshops$78 or $70 (students)
Details on how to register, see
way down below
1. BRUSH UP YOUR PRONUNCIATION: ELIMINATING COMMON
MISTAKES
Saturday, 27 November, 10:00-13:00
at SBS BARRIO NORTE, Cordoba 1840
Consider the following:
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Is the pronunciation of the words SEW and SO the same or
different?
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How many ways are there to sound the word BOW and why?
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Do the letters EO represent the same sound in words such
as LEOPARD and LEOTARD?
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How do you pronounce geographical names such as TUCSON,
PLYMOUTH or VAUGHAN?
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What different sounds do the letters OUGH represent?
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Where does the main stress fall in words such as
AUTHORITATIVE, FACILITATE, TRANSLATE, SYSTEMATIZE, ORGANIZE, etc.?
We will look at a considerable
number of words which often cause difficulty even to advanced students because
of some irregularities in the English spelling system. These words, as it were,
seem to set a trap for the unwary student. We will indicate the correct
pronunciation of these items, and we will
supply participants with an answer sheet to the exercises.
2. EXPERIENCING
MEDITATION: THE FIRST STEPS
Saturday, 27 November, 14:00 to
16:30, SBS BARRIO NORTE as above
Admission free but either
non-perishable food or used clothes to be given to a charitable institution
required.
You have probably heard about
meditation and may have wondered what the whole thing is all about. Is it an
esoteric discipline? Is it a New Age fad? Why should people engage in
meditation?
The EXPERIENCING MEDITATION
workshop aims not only to answer these questions but to give the participants a
chance to experience it.
Some of the possible benefits of meditation:
Still, most sages suggest that
prospective meditators should not engage in meditation expecting immediate
physical benefits, in the same way they wouldm’t take a pill or undergo any
kind of medical treatment and expect to be cured of their diseases instantly.
The alleged physical benefits pointed out above are a possible by-product of
meditation. The main reason for meditating, however, is to have an awareness
that we are much more than just a body, to contact the quintessential nature of
our beings, and to establish communication with the Divine. Put another way, it
is said that when we pray we speak to God, when we meditate we make it possible
for God to speak to us.
In the workshop EXPERIENCING
MEDITATION: THE FIRST STEPS we explore different modalities, as it is likely
that there is not ONE single way of meditating, given the diversity of human nature.
3. TYPICALLY AMERICAN: A FURTHER LOOK AT COLLOQUIAL
AMERICAN ENGLISH
Saturday, 4 Decemb., 10:00 to 13:00, SBS PALERMO, Coronel Diaz 1747,
CABA
How would you express the following in informal /colloquial American
English?
1.
beer
2.
a cup of coffee
3.
very angry or upset
4.
person or thing that is remarkable
5.
a person who talks incessantly
6.
to say bad things about someone, criticize them
7.
with great intensity, vigor, successfuly
8.
to deceive or trick someone in order to make that person
do sth.
We will examine about 100 expressions which originated in the U.S. but
which in most cases have spread to the whole English speaking world, and we
will distinguish them from those which are common mainly in the U.S.
4. GREAT IDEAS: EXPLORING CREATIVITY IN THE CLASSROOM
Saturday, 4 Decenber, 14:00 to 17:00 at SBS PALERMO as above
We will explore ways to turn
activities which are easy to implement into something creative, where students
can make contributions of their own so that they can, as it were, translate
their individuality through the target language. We will also revise the uses
of dictogloss, letter cued recall exercises and traditional drills to get the
most out of them. Throughout, the criteria for the choice of activities will be
ease of use, lack of costly devices to put them into practice and maximum
linguistic returns.
All of the workshops will be
conducted by
ORIEL E. VILLAGARCIA
Profesor
en Inglés with the Magna Cum Laude distinction, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Master
of Arts, University of Lancaster, post graduate studies, University of Texas,
Fulbright and British Council Scholar. He has taught at the Universidad
Católica de Salta, Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero, and Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto. He
was on the Advisory Panel for the Macmillan English Dictionary, 1st edition. He
is an NLP Master Practitioner, Certificate of Completion, NLP University,
California, and a certified administrator of the MBTI, Florida. He is also a
co/founder of what is FAAPI today, and co/founder and first president of ASPI,
Asoc. Salteña de Profesores de Inglés He
has trained extensively in bodywork and is a certified Breema, Jin Shin Jyutsu,
reflexology and massage practitioner as well as an Instructor in Esferodinamia
Terapeutica. He is also knowledgeable about Thai Massage, Polarity and Chi-Lel.
Certificates
of attendance will be issued
How to register:
To reserve a seat send an email to
newtoolsforteachers@yahoo.com.ar with
your full name, address and telephone numbers indicating the name of the
workshop or workshops, the date and the venue you want to attend. You will then
receive an acknowledgment of pre-registration, which will enable you to pay the
fee a short while before the workshop takes place, i.e. in SBS Barrio Norte ,
or SBS Palermo. The addresses of these branches of SBS are given above.
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