FAAPI 2010

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The Teaching of English in State Primary Schools

Cristina BANFI	María Alicia MALDONADO DE CHIZZINI MELO	María Cristina THOMSON de GRONDONA WHITE	Susana LIRUSO	Coordinator: Patricia LAURÍA DE GENTILE
English Teacher, INES en LV “JRF”; Ph.D. in Linguistics, University College London. Has worked in educational institutions at all levels, from pre-school to higher education and advised institutions in implementing innovative programmes and projects. Was president of APIBA (2000 -2003). Is currently Language Policy Coordinator, Ministry of Education, City of Buenos Aires.	IES Alte. Brown, Santa Fe Teacher of English, INP Paraná (Entre Ríos). Licenciada en Inglés, UNL. Holds the IPA Certificate of Proficiency in the Phonetics of English, University College London (UK). Lecturer in Language, Phonology and Methology, ISP 8 “Alte. Brown”, Santa Fe. Has lectured in Argentina and abroad. Has published on Didactics, Phonetics and Phonology. Material reviewer and consultant for Pearson Education, Argentina.	Former teacher at ENS Sofía Broquén de Spangenberg, Buenos Aires. Expert in language and literature for the primary level, Cristina´s had extensive professional practice as educator and trainer. Former FAAPI and APIBA president, she now coordinates in-service training for the Cambridge International Primary Programme. Her research interests include visual literacy skills and illustration.	Susana Liruso holds and MA degree in EFL and Applied Linguistics from King´s College, University of London. She is a graduate from the School of Languages, National University of Córdoba. At present, she lectures on EFL Methodology and supervises trainees in the last track of their practicum. She also coordinates the teaching area of CIFAL (Facultad de Lenguas Research Centre).	Facultad de Lenguas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Teaching English through Art: Teacher Education

Ana María ARMENDÁRIZ	Analía DOBBOLETTA	Adriana ÁLVAREZ	Nora SAPAG	Coordinator: Daniel FERNÁNDEZ
Tenured lecturer of English Grammar I, II, Introduction to Linguistics, Special Didactics and Internship at ISP “Dr. Joaquín V. González”, and IES en Lenguas Vivas “Juan Ramón Fernández”, Buenos Aires. She’s also a lecturer at the Licenciaturas en Inglés and ELE, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe.	Language lecturer at Teacher Training College IES N°28 “Olga Cossettini”, Rosario. Analía holds an MA in ELT and Applied Linguistics, King’s College, University of London and a Diploma in Distance Education and e-learning Project Design and Management, UNSAM. Area Manager at ARCI for Advanced Courses, Self-study and Multimedia Centre.	Adriana Alvarez holds a chair in ELT Methodology at Facultad de Lenguas, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, where she also teaches “Language Acquisition”. She is Head of the Master’s Programme there and directs a research project. In 1999 she earned a Magister in Linguistics degree at UNCo. She has taught several postgraduate courses, run numerous teacher development seminars and workshops, and has also been consultant to a number of schools and institutions.	Nora Sapag graduated as an English Translator and as a Teacher of English at Escuela Superior de Lenguas, UNC. She's been involved in teacher training for two decades and has taught at tertiary and university level. She is the current Head of Instituto Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, in whose Teacher Training College she still lectures in ELT.	Universidad Nacional del Litoral