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E-mail Magazine for
teachers of English published by ELT Services EIRL, Lima - Peru
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Issue
N° 1, October 2000
A WORD FROM THE EDITOR
Welcome to our first issue of Teach English. The objective of this newsletter
is to keep you informed about what is going on in the TEFL scene mainly in Peru,
give you information about sites of interest for teachers of English, reviews of
published materials and direct
you to useful articles for our every day practice.
Most articles in Teach English are not going to be copied here but a link to
their actual location will be provided. This is done in this way because we do
not want this page to be too "heavy" and because the articles we will
direct you to are already published on sites outside this publication: what we
do is simply find them and tell you where they are. However, we still have space
for our own original articles. These will also have a link to their location,
but this time the site of origin is our own web page where you will be able to
find all Teach English original articles in a sort of data base together with some other
useful information.
We also intend to have a section on Local News and a Letters from the Readers
section. For this, we need your cooperation telling us about the activities that
are going on in your area and your letters with comments .
Thanks for reading this newsletter and please write to us with your
suggestions and ideas to improve Teach English. Our colleagues may subscribe by
writing to us: cesark@terra.com.pe
Cesar Klauer
APPI 5th Convention
The APPI National 5th Convention was held on 28, 29 and 30 of September at
Universidad Ricardo Palma in Lima with an attendance of aproximately 300
teachers from Lima, Trujillo, Piura, and other cities of our country. The
plenaries were conducted by Ms Rosalyn Hurst, Ms Stephanie Richards, Ms Kate
Corey-Wright and Mr Nick Dawson who shared their experiences with us. Among the
workshop presenters were specialists Ms Katalina Astudillos and Ms Rebecca Vera
from Ecuador, Ms Lourdes Cueto and Ms Geicy Tapia from Bolivia and Dr Minerva
Rosas from Chile. The Book Fair included exhibition and sale of teaching
materials from Tassorello, McMilan Heinemann, NUTESA, SBS, McGrawHill, Richmond
Publishing, ELT Services, LANCOM, Pearson Education and Emila Books. The
surprise note was given by Ms Zoila Lazarte who donated $ 500 to APPI for future
conventions.
Pearson Workshop
Mr Nick Dawson, Longman´s Itinerant Consultant, gave a workshop on "
Motivating Students" at Hotel Cesar´s in Miraflores on Monday 2 October.
There were over 200 teachers from schools, universities and institutes in Lima
and a small but complete exhibition of Pearson materials by the local
distributors ELT Services, Emila Books, NUTESA, Lancom and Epoca. There was also
a coffee break and certificates at the end of the workshop.
ELEPUC CONGRESS
The ELEPUC (Escuela de Lenguas Extranjeras de la Pontificia Universidad Católica
del Perú) invites you to participate in the "First Congress for Foreign
Language University Teachers" (English, French, Italian and Spanish)to be
held on campus on the 1st and 2nd of December. The main topic of this event will
be : "Priorities in Higher Education Language Teaching" aiming towards
a wider access to Knowledge, technology and intercultural communication. The
programme includes conferences, round tables, speeches, workshops and
lectures.Friday 1st of December will begin with a conference on "Languages,
Curricular Design and Higher Education", followed by a round table titled
"Language Teaching Objectives in Higher Education".
On Saturday, 2nd of December there will be a conference on "Languages,
Interculturality and Peace Education" after which a speech will be given on
: "The Formative Value of Foreign Language Learning". If you are
currently involved in teaching foreign languages to university students and
would like to share your experience, please feel free to do so by submitting
papers to ELEPUC ( a summary:of 10 lines). Since there will be several
simultaneous workshops and lectures given (2.45-3.30 / 3.45-5 p.m.), please
indicate if the paper would be better dealt with in one or the other. These
lectures and workshops are scheduled for the afternoon sessions and would last
no longer than 45 minutes each. We will kindly welcome your papers, suggestions
and any questions you may have, via e-mail: elepuc@pucp.edu.pe
; ref: CONGRESO, or fax: 2618891 Lima.
University of Bath Study
Course Leading to the Awards of Advanced Certificate, Advanced Diploma and MA in
Education
The University of Bath advanced courses programme is offered internationally
by the Centre for the Study of Education in an International Context ( CEIC )
and leads to advanced qualifications from the University of Bath. Units are
available for those who are qualified teachers and who have a minimum of 2
years experience, as well as those working in other relevant areas such as
educational administration. Local coordination is being undertaken by Mr Mark
Sunman at Colegio San Silvestre ( tel. 2413334; fax 4455075; e-mail: msunman@staff.sansil.edu.pe
).
English Language Teaching Contacts Scheme (ELTeCS
PERU)
ELTeCS is the British Council´s e-mail group whose main purpose is to form a
network of teaching professionals to exchange points of view, news and
information related to our everyday practice. It is open to all ELT
practicioners who wish to participate. Joining is free and easy. Just send a
blank e-mail message to mailto:ELTeCS_PERU-subscribe@egroups.com
and your e-mail will be added to the group. All messsages will then be sent to
your e-mail automatically, also, you will be able to post messages to the group.
Asociación Peruana de
Profesores de Inglés ( APPI )
APPI is receiving new members and members who wish to update their membership.
For more information on how to do this please call 4757278. The benefits of
being an APPI member include discounts on APPI Conventions, Quarterly Newsletter
delivered to your door, discount on membership of the British Council Resource
Centre, invitations to participate in our regular workshops, voting rights,
right to be elected as board member ( after one year of membership ) and the
right to be elegible for British Council scholarships to study in Britain and/
or attend regional Conventions abroad (applications for the next scholarship
to attend the Bolivian convention in January are still open). We have already
applied to become IATEFL ( International Association of Teachers of English )
which will bring more attractive benefits for APPI members.
To read or download the articles suggested in this section, just click on the
given link.
1. The Motivation Approach by Paul van Raay ( The Language
Teacher On Line, 1998 )
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/98/nov/vanraay.html
2. Easy English Communication at the Secondary Level: Easy Ways
Teachers Who are Non-native Speakers can Use More English in Class by
James R. Welker ( Mie Prefectural Board, Mie, Japan )
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Articles/Welker-Communication.html
3. Purposeful Language Assessment: Selecting the Right Alternative Test
by John M. Norris ( Forum, Vol. 38, N° 1, January 2000 )
http://e.usia.gov/forum/vols/vol38/no1/p18.htm
Are you looking for a suitable coursebook? These two suggestions might help.
Both are available for inspection from mailto:cesark@terra.com.pe
Cutting Edge
Have you heard about Task-based Learning? Not yet? Have a look at Cutting
Edge from Pearson Education and find out more about this exciting approach. http://www.longman-elt.com/reviews/cuttingedge.html
Stepping Stones
Primary teachers love it. http://www.longman-elt.com/reviews/steppingstones_123.html
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