Jun 28, 2013

[ELTeCS_PERU] Fwd: British Council English and Exams News - Issue 15



English and Exams News
Issue 15June 2013
In This Issue
Assessment Research Awards and Grants
English Teaching Graduate Scheme
New British Council publications
ELTons 2013 - winners announced
Promoting the UK's English language teaching sector
The English Effect - a virtual exhibition tour
Continuing Professional Development webinars
British Council UK Seminar Series
Greetings!
 
Welcome to English and Exams News, the British Council's e-newsletter for professionals working in ELT and related fields.

At the British Council we're always looking for innovative ways to collaborate with you, our UK partners, to meet and support the global demand for English - helping teachers and learners access high quality resources, showcasing the best of British ELT materials, products and services, and promoting the UK as a study destination for learning English. 

Our English in Brazil event took place in London this week. Delegates enjoyed a day of cutting-edge insights into the opportunities and challenges of the Brazilian English language market. We welcomed industry experts from both Brazil and the UK who shared their experiences on a range of areas from public and private education systems, to the demand for skills. We hope from this event that new partnerships will be formed and opportunities explored by the UK sector. 

Last month we celebrated innovation in English language teaching at our annual ELTons Awards Ceremony.

This year sees a diverse range of products winning a prestigious ELTon award. These include a professional development programme using low-cost mobile phones for teachers in Bangladesh and DVD readers that bring British TV to the classroom. You can watch interviews with our winners on 
Anna Searleour EnglishAgenda site

For further information about anything included in this newsletter, or to provide us with some welcome feedback, please contact Amy Rogers, UK ELT Marketing Manager. 
 
Best wishes,
 
Anne Searle
Director English Language
British Council Assessment Research Awards and Grants

An exciting opportunity for innovative research into language assessment.
 
Assessment awardsIn support of the rich, diverse and extensive research in the field of language assessment in the UK, we are excited to announce the winners of this year's British Council AssessmenResearch Awards and Grants. Find out who they are on our EnglishAgenda site.

UK grant award winners this year include:
 
Dr Tineke Brunfaut and Gareth McCray (Lancaster University): their project explores cognitive processing whilst reading. 
 
Dr John Field (University of Bedfordshire): his project explores the impact of single and double play on candidate behaviour in tests of L2 listening.

Professor Steve Walsh and Professor Paul Seedhouse (Newcastle University): their project explores corpus-based study of interactive competence.

We are now inviting applications for next year's awards from both individuals and academics in four categories. 
 
Visit the EnglishAgenda site for information on the application process or emailarag@britishcouncil.org.
English Teaching Graduate Scheme 
   
Start the journey to getting qualified to work as an English teacher.Graduate scheme

Do you know someone who is unemployed and graduated in the last three years?

They could be eligible to apply for a place subsidised by the British Council to study a Trinity CertTESOL or Cambridge CELTA course at a UK training centre in 2013.

Visit our EnglishAgenda site to apply for the scheme.   
New British Council publications
 
Our collection of publications continues to grow. Access them on our EnglishAgenda site.

Please advise your colleagues of this, and consider featuring this link on your own website.

The latest titles are:
Publication Edited by Gary Motteram
Edited by Brian Tomlinson and Claire Whittaker

Edited by Susan Sheehan
This collection contains papers from our ELT Research Partnership Scheme.

Print copies can be purchased from the Bournemouth English Book Centre
ELTons 2013 - winners announced  
   
ELTons winner LTA Award
Brita Haycraft - Winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award. Presented by Liz Soars
The winners of the British Council ELTons, a celebration of innovation and excellence in English language teaching from around the world, were announced last month.
  
Sponsored by Cambridge English Language Assessment, awards were given in seven categories.

This year sees a diverse range of products winning a prestigious ELTon award. These include a professional development programme using low-cost mobiles phones for teachers in Bangladesh and DVD readers that bring British TV to the classroom.

Since last year, UK and international ELT professionals have competed alongside each other in the same categories - in recognition of the increased mobility and globalisation in the sector.

Visit our EnglishAgenda site to find out who the winners are. You can also watch the winners' interviews and the awards ceremony.  
Promoting the UK's English language teaching sector

English Language Market reports: Japan and Russia
Japan report

Last month we launched our two latest English Language Market reports: Japan and Russia. These reports are part of a new series of comprehensive market studies to be produced as a collaboration between British Council and English UK in order to provide support for UK English language providers in recruiting students from overseas.

The series is intended to help the sector maximise its business opportunities by understanding the parameters of demand in these key markets with up-to-date data and analysis.

The reports have been produced exclusively for British Council accredited providers. More information can be found on our EnglishAgenda site.

We exhibit at key international events to promote the UK as a destination to learn English.  

Here's our schedule of events for Summer/Autumn 2013: 

Japan launch
Market report launch event
Where we have recently been

ALPHE Istanbul, April
BETA Youth Travel workshop, May
EAQUALS Annual Conference Dublin
English UK Annual Conference London, May
English UK Fair Lima, May
IALC Lisbon, April

Where we will be 

ALPHE UK, August/September
StudyWorld London, September
ICEF South America, September
English UK Fair Beirut, October
English UK Fair Chiang Mai, November

For more information on our English language promotion work contact Amy Rogers, UK ELT Marketing Manager or visit our EnglishAgenda site.
The English Effect - a virtual exhibition tour

Watch a virtual tour of The English Effect exhibition on the British Council YouTube channel.
  
The exhibition examines the reasons why English is one of the UK's greatest assets - as well as exploring the benefits it brings to countries and people around the world, and giving an insight into its status as a global language that reflects its contact with countries and cultures throughout history.
 
The exhibition has three zones:
 
The first, Changing Lives, looks at the personal benefits the English language has brought to people around the world.

The second zone, Economic Benefits, investigates the value of the English language to the UK economy - and the economic benefits for English-speaking countries around the world.

In the third zone, A Global Language, a giant map of the world shows the extent to which English has evolved by absorbing words from other languages.

Find out more information about the exhibition here and join the debate on Twitter: #EnglishEffect 
Continuing Professional Development webinars

CPDThe first series of continuing professional development webinars ended with an excellent session given by Loraine Kennedy on Coaching and mentoring skills for ELT.
Find recordings of all our previous continuing professional development webinars on topics such as Keeping staff motivatedObservations and Developing as a manager on ourEnglishAgenda site

We are currently planning a new series for the Autumn.
British Council UK Seminar Series

Seminars picIf you were unable to attend our UK seminars over the past few months, you can find recent highlights on ourEnglishAgenda site
Highlights include:
  • Jim Scrivener discussing 'Demand High' teaching
  • David Crystal reflecting on 'The future of global English', in his annual lecture for the English-Speaking Union
  • Dr Christopher J Hall explaining why the idea that there is just one correct and unchanging form of English is a myth
  • Johanna Stirling on how to help learners with the challenges of English spelling
There are now over 70 seminar films in the collection for you to watch. 

Jun 19, 2013

[ELTeCS_PERU] Kentuckky Fried Chronicles 1

Dear ELTeCS PERU Member

Thanks to the Dpt of State and te US Embassy in Lima, I was awarded a scholarship to study a summer institute in the United States, where I am at this very moment. So I decided to write about this experience in the "Kentucky Fried Chronicles".

HERE is the first part, I hope you like it.


Jun 13, 2013

[ELTeCS_PERU] Fwd: Happy Father´s Day

Happy Father´s Day my dear friends and colleagues ¡!

I also invite you to visithttp://mumimariatefl.blogspot.com/ where I have uploaded some material you may find useful : The origin of Father´s Day, a link to Father´s Day cards that will allow you to help support environmental causes and two activities that can be developed in the classroom.


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Jun 5, 2013

[ELTeCS_PERU] World Environment Day

June 5    World Environment Day   

World Environment Day is an annual event that is aimed at being the biggest and most widely celebrated global day for positive environmental action. World Environment Day activities take place all year round and climax on 5 June every year, involving everyone from everywhere.
The World Environment Day celebration began in 1972 and has grown to become one of the main vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and encourages political attention and action.

Through World Environment Day, the United Nations Environment Programme is able to personalize environmental issues and enable everyone to realize not only their responsibility, but also their power to become agents for change in support of sustainable and equitable development.
World Environment Day is also a day for people from all walks of life to come together to ensure a cleaner, greener and brighter outlook for themselves and future generations.

Everyone counts in this initiative and World Environment Day relies on you to make it happen! We call for action — organize a neighborhood clean-up, stop using plastic bags and get your community to do the same, stop food waste, walk to work, start a recycling drive . . . the possibilities are endless.
Source : Taken from  UNEP

IATEFL PERU

[ELTeCS_PERU] Activities you´d like to try

Dear ELTeCS PERU Member

This one here is a great activity you would have been missing if this alert hadn´t been created... but you are in fact missing lots more just because you haven´t visited our Facebook page! 
Don´t be left out!!!! (Email WILL NOT be used for all ELTeCS PERU alerts in the near future, just some of them will be posted...you´ve been warned!!!).

There are many qualitative differences in course books, yet teachers in schools are often expected to use and follow them. Furthermore, the instructions in the accompanying teacher’s books can be very limited in interaction. This webinar will look at ways newer and aspiring teachers can employ tasks that exploit and/or supplement course books more effectively.

Cesar