[ELTeCS_PERU] Some material to share‏

Dear friends


We are approaching the end of October and for school people it is the chance to practise English and familiarize our students with a typical celebration: Halloween. I was reading Selections of the Reader´s Digest in Spanish (october 2012) at the doctor´s waiting room when I found these pictures on the last page in the section "The last laugh". They were not intended for English teaching but as it usually happens to us, teachers, we cannot help finding "authentic material" to supplement our teaching. You can download them from mumimaria.blogspot.com together with some suggestions for their use.

In my opinion, we should try to show our students that language is communication and what we communicate is feelings and opinions of the different things we come accross. In our country we also celebrate the Procession of the Lord of the Miracles and even "El día de la Canción Criolla".These are also conversation topics that may help teachers motivate students to communicate in English.

If you need some more ideas for celebrations you can visit Learn English Kids of the British Council : http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/ You will certainly find lots of ideas, games and crafts that are all really helpful.

Maria Luisa Mu

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Spanihs-En​glish free dictionari​es

Dear Prof. Giovanni,


Babylon would like to offer your blog a free Spanish-English-Spanish dictionary that can be used directly on your site. No cost and no advertisement.

To see an example of how it works, please visit the site of the Library of BAJA CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY (Mexico): http://biblio.uabcs.mx/

If you would like more information, do not hesitate to contact me.

Best regards,

Silvio Branco

TEACHER NEEDED

Institucion Educativa ENRIQUE CAMILO BRENT

Requiere urgentemente profesor de ingles de nivel Primaria y Secundaria a TIEMPO COMPLETO .

Por favor contactar con el señor Felipe Marin , coordinador academico, al 717 3434 o al 717 3430 o al celular 989158177Este colegio esta ubicado en la Av. Proceres de la Independencia 1571 (alt. Metro LA HACIENDA) San Juan de Luringancho .

Traer curriculum y entrevista inmediata hasta el dia 26 de Octubre del presente año.

Taller de Narración Oral en San Miguel - Miércoles 24

Estimado Usuario,

El Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano en el marco de su labor educativa y cultural, organizará mediante su Dirección de Biblioteca el III Encuentro Internacional de Narradores Orales 2012, denominado “Bendita sea la palabra”, evento que se realizará del 22 al 27 de octubre. La narración oral resulta siempre una excelente forma de sensibilizar a la comunidad en general sobre los diversos factores sociales y que a partir de su dinámica se puede conservar la tradición de un pueblo, así como la posibilidad de contar historias literarias que estimulen la lectura, que es precisamente el objetivo.


Miércoles 24

TALLER: DE LA HISTORIA PERSONAL A LA HISTORIA NARRADA

SINOPSIS: Cómo transformar una anécdota o vivencia personal en un relato con valor universal y escénico. A través de pequeñas historias o anécdotas vividas o conocidas por el alumno se llega a la estructura más profunda de las mismas, a los mecanismos de expresión y comunicación personal y se trabaja la espontaneidad y la improvisación como materiales básicos del oficio del narrador. Todo el taller apunta al descubrimiento del “narrador interior” que cada persona posee y cómo desde ahí poder contar las historias propias y las historias de otros a una audiencia cualquiera.

FACILITADOR: CARLOS GENOVESE (CHILE). Actor, dramaturgo y narrador oral. Formado en la Escuela de Teatro de la Universidad de Chile. Pionero de esta actividad en su país. Ha participado en diversos países en festivales de la Oralidad. Autor de los libros: Las más bellas historias para ser contadas y manual de teatro escolar

Hora: De 3:00 a 6:00 p.m.Lugar: Sede San Miguel, Study Hall (9º piso)Inversión: S/. 50.00 Nuevos soles

Inscripciones en: www.icpna.edu.pe o acercándose a la Biblioteca San Miguel

Biblioteca "Anna Clack de Díaz"

Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano

Av. La Marina 2469 - San Miguel

Tel. 7067000 - Anexo 3272

bibliotecasanmiguel@icpna.edu.pe

[ELTeCS_PE​RU] Facebook page

Dear ELTeCS PERU Members


Thanks to all of you who visited the Facebook page we have set for ELTeCS PERU and clicked "like". The statistics for the page shows that there 171 people talking about ELTeCS PERU but there aren´t as many members as the actual email group count shows (over 1000). I guess this is because not everybody has a FB account, still I´d like to invite you once more to visit our FB page and become members there too. You can easily post messages on FB that all the community will read (related to our profesional activity, of course).

Thanks again,

Cesar Klauer

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[ELTeCS_PE​RU] Something to share

Dear colleagues




On October 3rd, SM and University of Dayton Publishing offered Ready, Steady, Grow, a presentation for Primary teachers whose presenter was Ms. Izabella Hearn.

This presentation started with a comment on her work in Africa where she came to know a Masamari warrior who happened to speak five languages, one of them Japanese. When asked how and why he learned it, he replied that there were many visitors from Japan and that they learned languages by playing. As you can imagine, this answer leaves you with a lot to reflect and to relate with the theories behind the way children learn.

Izabella´s presentation was really a workshop since it was full of hands-on practical ideas for teaching but not only that, it also provided the rationale behind the activities- which is an issue that is sometimes forgotten in other such events. I truly believe that a good presentation is more than to keep people entertained, the coffee break and the freebies that are given at the end. It is the personal and professional quality of the presenter that allows us, attendees, to take away inspiring ideas and urge us to try these out in the classroom adapting them to suit our own contexts. In other words, it is not what the publisher or the organizer gives us, it is what we take away with us that matters and Izabella gave plenty of opportunities to do so.

Izabella discussed the use of Multiple Intelligences, CLIL, sensory learning and using both brain hemispheres and presented some activities to demonstrate how they worked with the possibility of adapting them to teaching any level. Read more



Time was really short for all the activities she presented in spite of starting at 4:30 and finishing at around 8:00 p.m. but it was worth every single minute. I would like to finish with this quote that, I believe, sums up the aim of her presentation: "If the child is not learning the way you are teaching, then teach the way children are learning".





M.of Ed.Maria Luisa Mu

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ELTeCS_PERU] English language exams‏

Dear Colleagues


As you know, a fundamental, if not THE most important, skill a teacher of English must have is the competence in the language. Since we are not native speakers, we find ourselves in the constant need to demonstrate we are proficient users of Shakespear´s language. One of the ways to prove this is by obtaining an international certification which we can put in our CV. Among them, the exams administered by the University of Cambridge are ideal for this purpose. The levels that most suitably match our needs are FCE (upper intermediate), CAE (advanced) and CPE (near native).

At this very moment, we are beginning exams season in Peru, so it is time for you to think about sitting one these examinations. You have several alternatives where to register, all of them equally serious and profesional. It is worth mentioning that the exams are writen and scored in Cambridge -except the oral, which is marked by local approved Cambridge Speaking Examiners. The difficulty level, the conditions, the certification, etc. are the same everywhere. The differences among authorised exam centres lay in the service and the fees. For many people, the relationship with the candidates is also a factor when deciding where to register them.

One of the authorised Cambridge centres is the Universidad de Piura. If you want to have further information, please write to me at cesar.klauer@udep.pe Registrations for both adult and For School versions are open until 28 September.

Thanks

Cesar Klauer

http://sites.google.com/site/cesarklauerhidalgo

Cesar.klauer.hidalgo@gmail.com

cesar.klauer@udep.pe

http://www.cesarklauersteflblog.blogspot.com

http://www.generaccion.com/usuarios/

http://cesarklauerblog.blogspot.com/