8.- SEMINAR IN JUNÍN : "NEW
TRENDS IN ELT”
August 27th
New Trends in ELT
August 27th
4 Workshops
Mady Casco:
From
cassettes to You Tube: Has the
role of the EFL teacher changed at elementary and intermediate levels?
The Internet entices EFL teachers with innumerable resources downloadable
with just a click to develop learners' listening comprehension skills. But once
the mp3 file, podcast or video has been downloaded, even the most experienced
teacher may be overcome with a feeling of uneasiness. Videos from You Tube or
podcasts from different sites may work perfectly well with advanced learners
but what about elementary and intermediate learners?
In this presentation, we will discuss the relevance of comprehensible
input and scaffolding and the role of the EFL teacher when developing listening
skills through authentic material with learners at lower levels.
Fabiana Parano:
Storytelling at all levels.
In this workshop,
we will experience the art of Storytelling in an EFL situation and its impact
on language learning. We will explore Jerome Bruner's Narrative Thinking Mode and
its connection to the techniques applied when telling a story in an EFL
classroom. We will work with concrete tools such as the use of body posture,
tone of voice, facial expression, spatial orientation and choice of words as a
means to transfer imagery.
Participants will
get practical techniques to include Storytelling in their lessons.
Mady Casco:
How to teach a foreign language to
adults from a
constructivist perspective.
Adult learners are
very different from teenagers or children.This presentation will explain the
main characteristics of adult learners and the difficulties they encounter when
trying to learn a foreign language in a group. Furthermore, it will define the
main issues that concern teachers when teaching adult learners: anxiety and
inhibition . In a simulated class, you will experience a
real lesson
designed for a real adult learner where a topic based approach has been implemented.
Gustavo Gonzalez
Say it with a story, tell it with
a song!
Every student has
an anecdote to recall, a tale to remember, a story to tell, a song to sing.
How can we,
teachers, help them turn into words those images, memories, experiences and
situations they have had with them since… Ever?! Here’s how! Engaging activities
and great ideas that will get our students to tell, retell, present, comment
and create stories using songs,
photographs,
stories per se, movies and TV commercials that will push them to rise to the
occasion and meet their own linguistic needs! Come to this workshop, for sure you
will have a story to tell!
Venue: Sala de
conferencias Hotel Colón - Colón 144 (esq. Alberdi) -
Junín
Fee : Teachers $100.-
Students $ 60.-
Please, confirm attendance at asociacionprofesores@hotmail.com
Limited vacancies. Certificates of attendance
will be issued.
Schedule
Coffee break (on APrI)
Lunch break
13 - 14 Mady Casco :Teaching English to Adults
from a Constructivist Perspective.
Coffee break (on APrI)
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