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08:30 |
FRIDAY MORNING |
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Plenary
Room 1 |
09:00 – 10:15 |
Grace Low
Letting Your Precepts Guide Your Teaching |
OPENING pLENARY sESSION |
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Coffee break |
10:15 – 10:30 |
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Concurrent Sessions |
10:30 – 11:45 |
FRIDAY MORNING |
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Type of Presentation |
Presenters |
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Biographical Statement
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Workshop
Room 1
10:30 11:45 |
Leon Zuna
leozuna@hotmail.com
ABS International
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MOTIVATE YOUR STUDENTS TO READ!!!
Motivating students to read is one of our hardest but most important tasks, Leon will first discuss the concept of identification and how this process might help and then share some techniques on how to apply this in classrooms. |
Leon Zuna is the Academic Coordinator of ABS international. He is an Applied Social Psychologist and an English teacher. Mr. Zuna has worked training teachers, coordinating institutions and helping English teachers in Argentina, Africa and India. |
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Workshop
Room 3
10:30 11:45 |
Elba Villanueva de Debat
elbadebat@yahoo.com
Universidad Nac de Cordoba |
Teaching to diverse learning styles: using the 4-MAT model
Research has shown that learners approach learning in different ways. If there is a mismatch between their styles and the methodology employed, performance may be inadequate. This workshop will provide an overview on learning styles and the 4-MAT System and hands-on practice in adapting material and in applying the System to plan lessons. |
Elba Villanueva de Debat is nearing the end of a M.A. in Applied Linguistics, UNC, and is a tenured lecturer in Didàctica General at the Facultad de Lenguas, UNC. |
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Workshop
Room 4
10:30 11:45 |
Alicia Artusi
aliciartusi@infovia.com.ar
Colegio Del Centenario- Colegio Del Sol |
Cooperative Learning in Large Classes
Research has shown that cooperative work enhances learning. Collaboration, support, respect, challenge and an anxiety-free atmosphere can make learning more effective and fun.
You will experience cooperative work by working in groups to perform a multi-sensory activity graded in three levels of language difficulty.
After the experience we will work together on the characteristics of cooperative learning, the grouping criteria and the roles within a cooperative group. |
Alicia Artusi is Head of the English Department at two private schools in Argentina where she implemented a plan to work with large mixed-level classes. She is a materials writer for a global publisher. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Education and Professional Development with the University of East Anglia, UK.
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Concurrent Sessions |
10.30 – 11.30 |
FRIDAY MORNING |
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Workshop
Room 2
10:30 11:30 |
Pearson Longman (Karina Medaglia) karina.medaglia@pearsoned.com
Patricia Sala
Lucia Dumont de Giusto |
The Dictionary: Friend or Foe?
We can’t deny the invaluable aid of dictionaries in our professional development, but how difficult it is to transmit this message to students. The presenters will provide practical ideas to help students develop long lasting strategies and explore the importance of teaching vocabulary systematically.
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Patricia Sala, English teacher from INSP J.V. González, specializes in Sociolinguistics and English and American Literature. She is current head of Hans Christian Andersen School.
LucÃÂa Dumont de Giusto, English teacher from INSP J. R. Fernández, specializes in School Organization and Direction. She is currently tertiary level coordinator at St Catherine’s School.
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Concurrent Sessions |
11:30 – 12:30 |
FRIDAY MORNING |
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Demo
Room 2
10130 12:30 |
Monica Reggini mreggini@yahoo.com
mreggini@icana.org.ar
ICANA Buenos Aires
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T. S. Eliot’s “Cats†on the Computer Screen
This demonstration is based on the musical “Cats†by Andrew Lloyd Webber which is based in turn on, “Old Possum Book of Practical Cats†by T. S. Eliot.
This demonstration will show participants how to use computers to interrelate different content areas, such as poetry, music, language and history. And the present will contribute with ideas and suggestions as how to lead our students to develop their own computer project works in content based curricula. |
Mónica Coni de Reggini is a an English teacher. She specializes in technology in ESL/EFL settings. She has participated in Seminars on education and technology at the Media Lab of the Massachussets Institute of Technology, MA, USA (September 1988, October 1990/91/93/94/95/ July 1997). At present, she coordinates de Language Lab at ICANA. |
Concurrent Sessions |
11:45 – 12:45 |
FRIDAY MORNING |
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Presenterrs |
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Demo
Room 1
11:45 12:45 |
MarÃÂa Susana González
sgonzalez@wamani.apc.org
UBA |
Factors influencing reading comprehension of academic texts at University level
Second or foreign language reading is a complex object of study which is influenced by different types of variables. In our search of a satisfactory integrated model of these traits, we continue investigating new issues and developing more comprehensive models. Lately, we have faced an additional problem: the reading of texts on the Internet or on databases. The purpose of this paper is to pose and reflect theoretically on several problems University students or researchers face when they have to read efferently on line texts in a foreign language.
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MarÃÂa Susana González is a teacher trainer graduated from the INES JoaquÃÂn V. González and a B. A. in Letters (U.B.A.). She was an assistant of Methodology and Teaching Practice in the INES JoaquÃÂn V. González and a teacher of Twentieth Century English Literature at the Teacher Training Institute B 415 in Banfield. She coordinated intermediate levels at the Laboratory of Foreign Languages at the Facultad de FilosofÃÂa y Letras (U.B.A.) She is writing her thesis for a Master Program in Discourse Analysis. She is in charge of the Chair of Reading Comprehension in English at the Facultad de FilosofÃÂa y Letras (U.B.A.) where she has been teaching since 1988. She has participated as a researcher and co-director in three UBACYT projects since 1995. She is directing a new project on reading comprehension in a foreign language. She has made presentations in congresses in different universities in Argentina
and in the Northern University in Colombia. |
Demo
Room 4
11:45 12:45 |
Longhini, Ana
alonghini@hum.unrc.edu.ar
Barbeito, Celina
Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto |
Strategy instruction for EFL learning in the self-access mode
The presenter will describe a strategy-based EFL course specially designed for university teachers and researchers. The course consists of 40 one-hour weekly sessions on learning strategy instruction for autonomous learning (teacher-guided class) in tandem with three-hour weekly self-access sessions of EFL learning (independent work), with emphasis on the development of the listening ability. |
Ana Longhini, M.A., a researcher in language learning strategies and affective factors, teaches seminars on these topics at the Universidad de Córdoba and Universidad de RÃÂo Cuarto M.A. Programs . MarÃÂa Celina Barbeito, a researcher on affective factors, language learning styles and strategies is a teacher and teacher assistant in undergraduate and graduate courses at the Language Department, UNRC |
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Demo
Room 3
11:45 12:45
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Susana Tuero
sbtuero@mdp.edu.ar
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata |
Peer feedback in a college writing class
Revision is a fundamental element in the process of writing. All writing can benefit from feedback at the revision stage. The focus of this presentation will be on peer feedback. The presenter will demonstrate how a review questionnaire was used to carry out peer feedback activities with university students majoring in English. |
Susana Tuero holds a Master’s Degree and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University. She is a Full Professor at the Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata.
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Lunch break
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12.45 –14.00 |
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Concurrent Sessions |
14.00-15:15 |
FRIDAY AFTERNOON |
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Workshop
Room 1
14:00 15:15 |
Fanny Beatriz Ortega, Fannyortega@hotmail.com
Universidad del Acocagua. Colegio Los Olivos |
Reading strategically: teaching and evaluation.
In the view that many students show minimum reading skills both in L1 and L2, the presenter will provide teachers with strategies needed to overcome such deficiency. The suggested approach is applicable to students of all levels and teachers will receive tools to generate their own reading comprehension exercises. |
Fanny Beatriz Ortega, teaches Language and SFL at Universidad del Aconcagua and coordinates the English Department at Los Olivos Bilingual School, Mendoza. University professor of English Literature and Language. Master’s Degree in Applied Linguistics. |
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Workshop
Room 2
14:00 15:15
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LaurÃÂa de Gentile , Patricia
patlauria@arnet.com.ar
Facultad de Lenguas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba |
Variety in ESP mono-skill courses: applying a learning-centred approach
ESP reading courses are aimed at teaching learners to read texts in their subject specialism effectively. The time constraint and the focus on one skill may lead to classes where time-on-task is a must and variety scarce. Participants will experience a hands-on approach to techniques for providing variety.
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Patricia LaurÃÂa, Didactics professor and ESP reading courses academic coordinator at UNC, has given seminars on ELT and published articles in European and Argentinian Journals.
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Workshop
Room 3
14:00 15:15 |
Silvana Riccio de Bottino silvana@vaf.com.ar
Melina Barbero de Amado- Cora Hermida- Juan Ignacio Palacio
Facultad de Ciencias Sociales . UNCPBA |
Actions speak louder than word: human rights in teacher training
An awareness of human rights allows us to develop fully and protects us from being abused by others. Language can be a medium to teach the worth of each human being. The presenters aim at showing an effective way of transmitting the meaning of human rights in pre-service language teaching |
Silvana Riccio de Bottino teacher of English ,teacher and translator of Italian (UNC). Master in Applied Linguistics and TESOL (Leicester University).Associate Professor at UNCPBA
Melina Barbero de Amado is a graduate teacher. She is Lab Assistant at UNCPBA and teaches EFL in a private bilingual school and different institutes. Cora Hermida translator and teacher of English (IES Lenguas Vivas Juan Ramón Fernández). She is Assistant at UNCPBA and teaches at Profesorado de Inglés (ISFD 156). Juan Ignacio Palacio is a graduate teacher in charge of EFL extra-curricular courses and Assistant at UNCPBA. He also teaches EFL in a private institute. |
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Workshop
Room 4
14:00 15:15
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Omar Villarreal
Universidad Tecnológica Nacional |
EDUCATING ROBUSTIANA AN UNAUTHORIZED STORY OF ELT IN ARGENTINA
Is the Teaching of English in our country over the last 30 years a story of failure, faded glory and broken dreams? Have we teachers learnt anything from the lessons of the past? Are the illusions and promises of the present just another mirage? Can anyone predict what the future might have in store for us... and our students? |
Omar Villarreal es Profesor de Inglés e Inglés Técnico – Instituto Nacional Superior del Profesorado. Licenciado en Ciencias de la Educación (UCALP) Licenciado en TecnologÃÂa Educativa (FRA-UTN). Post-graduate studies in Educational Research at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (MaestrÃÂa CEA). University Chair in the Area of Applied Linguistics at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Former Head of the School of English of Universidad Austral. He has lectured extensively in all Argentinian provinces as well as in Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Perú. He is the author and co-author of more than 20 textbooks, among them: “Polimodal Englishâ€Âand “Top Teens†published by Macmillan. |
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Workshop
Room 5
14:00 15:15 |
Marta Graciela GarcÃÂa Lorea
martagl@arnetcomar |
“It takes two to EFL learning"
Paraphrasing the saying " It takes two to tango", we will analyze and discuss the components of our teaching practice that enhance or hinder our teaching performance "Learned Optimism" theory Explanatory styles Practical and applicable activities will be done to enhance and enjoy our daily work and optimize our students´ learning |
Marta Garcia Lorea is a graduate from UNED (Spain) Distance Learning, CAECE University, INSP JV Gonzalez(with honors) ,Escuela Normal en Lenguas Vivas "JFK", Liceo N° 1
Currently ELT consultant and Project Liason Manager, ESP immersion courses and professional development seminars
Co author, Teacher’s Guides for kinder ELT course
Former Supervisor and Head Language Dept, Buenos Aires Municipal Schools Former ELT Consultant, Simon & Schuster and Pearson publishers Thirty years teaching experience - all levels |
Concurrent Sessions |
15:15-16:15 |
FRIDAY AFTERNOON |
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Poster Session
15:15 16:15
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Presenters
Barbeito MarÃÂa Celina
mbarbeito@hum.unrc.edu.ar
Cieri Lidia Mabel
Cardinali Renata Fabiana
UNRC |
Get your sounds right from the Start
The poster illustrates the approach used in a workshop designed for first year students at the Teacher Training College, UNRC with the aim of providing further practice in English sounds and basic intonation patters. The exhibit reflects the characteristics of the workshop and includes sample tasks with guidelines for their implementation. |
MarÃÂa Celina Barbeito: MA in English Language and Linguistics, U. of Arizona. Assistant Teacher at the UNRC in Phonetics, Practicum, Psycholinguistics. Research Interests: Affective factors and SLA.
Lidia Mabel Cieri: Associate professor. Masters’ candidate. Researcher: Project director in 1992 and 2003. Syllabus Coordinator since 1999. Former Fulbrighter. Has lectured and published in Argentina, the U.S., Cuba, Chile and Brazil.
Renata F. Cardinali: Assistant teacher in Phonetics and Linguistics. Masters candidate in Applied Linguistics. Research interests: Corpus Linguistics and TESOL. |
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Poster Session
15:15 16:15
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Selva Beltramone
selva@ing.unlpam.edu.ar
Raquel Ramos
Facultad de IngenierÃÂa. UNLPam |
Assessing use of Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategies in an ESP university course
The poster will illustrate an experience carried out at the Facultad de Ingenieria, UNLPam during a semester with the purpose of checking the extent to which students actually use reading strategies teachers use in class. Different charts will show the variety of instruments employed. |
Selva Beltramone , teaches ESP at the university, being her main interest the teaching of reading in a foreign language, about which she has made presentations and published articles. She holds a Master Degree in University Teaching and is currently a associate professor at the Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa.
Raquel Ramos holds a Master Degree in University Teaching and is a teacher of ESP at the Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, devoting herself to the development of oral communicative skills in university students. |
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Demo
Room 2
15:15 16:15 |
Stella Maris Palavecino
palavecinostella@ciudad.com.ar
English House Language School |
Only One Pedagogical Theory is not Enough for Constructivism
‘The presenter will demonstrate a technique for reading that shows students how to create the forms of writing they learn about in a Reading workshop. In addition to this, she will make the audience infer which pedagogical theory converges when it comes to planning .Why is it important to know what we are doing?’. |
Stella Maris Palavecino, Licentiate and university professor, is a Director of Studies at English House, Former teacher at Nuestra Señora de las Nieves and auxiliary Teacher at UADE. |
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Demo
Room 3
15:15 16:15 |
Eduardo Fasano - Gabriel Lanzaro
edumbl@adinet.com.u
URUTESOL |
LOVE IS ALL AROUND by M.B.L. ( Music Based Learning )
We create complete contextualized units in which MUSIC is only one part in the learning process where we also introduce all the necessary elements to achieve an overall effect that leads to the comprehension of it. LOVE is essential to human life. We took advantage of the different aspects music and songs bring us about this topic to work with them. |
Eduardo Fasano - Gabriel Lanzaro Teachers at Secondary School. Former EFL and ESP teachers at YMCA and ICT(Escuela de Turismo y HotelerÃÂa). National and international presenters for TESOL and other institutions/organazations since 1993. Both specialized in teaching the language through music and video clips using their own method, MBL ( Music Based Learning) Currently running the MBL Institute where they also train teachers on this methodology. |
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Commercial Presentation
Room 4
15:15 16:15 |
Heinle & Heinle |
Come on a quick tour round the Thomson-Heinle catalogue! You never knew there could be such variety of appealing materials waiting for you right at your fingertips!
Open the doors of your classroom to authentic, genuine, real-life materials to develop and maximize all four skills and cultural awareness and help your students experience the wonder of a whole new world! |
Prof. Patricia Salvador
Patricia Salvador is a graduate from Instituto Nacional Superior del Profesorado en Lenguas Vivas “Juan R. Fernándezâ€Â. She specialized in Didactics at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional where she has been a full member of the ELT Pedagogy Group since 2001. She was the chief editor of "English Teaching in Action" -a magazine for teachers of English - and of " Top English" - a movie-based series, and co-editor of "E-Teaching on Line". At present she runs New England School of English and is an ELT consultant for Thomson Heinle Argentina. |
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Coffee break
FRIDAY AFTERNOON |
16.15 - 16.30
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Room 1 |
16:30 -17:00 |
TESOL MATTERS |
pLENARY sESSION |
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Room 1 |
17:00 – 18:30 |
Grace Low “Basing writing rubrics on actual student writing†|
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