Organized by APISE, Asociación de Profesores de Inglés de Santiago del Estero

Juggling with the 4 skills: a video-based lesson sequence – Learning vocabulary effectively – How to ...]]> Con puntaje oficial

Juggling with the 4 skills: a video-based lesson sequence – Learning vocabulary effectively – How to teach grammar

June 4th & 11th, from 9:00am to 1:00 pm – Academia Arguello
ACPI MEMBERS $200.-
NON-MEMBERS $250.-

For more information, please contact Sandra Gastaldi at sandragastaldi@gmail.com

Juan Díaz is a teacher of English Language and Literature, and an English translator and has completed the Master’s Degree Program in Applied Linguistics at Facultad de Lenguas, UNC. He has specialized in Reading Comprehension and Materials Design for ESP courses, and e-learning and blended productions. He was a teacher of Grammar, Language and Linguistics at Universidad Siglo 21. He has taught ESP courses at Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Facultad de Ingeniería. He has also worked as a teacher and an instructional designer for distance education at IUA. He has been giving teacher training courses in reading comprehension strategy training, writing, syllabus design, etc.: Cultura Británica (Córdoba), the Second National Meeting of Teacher-training Colleges, IDIPE Empresas, Universidad Siglo 21, Colegio Alemán, Instituto Universitario Aeronáutico, Universidad Nacional de Villa María, Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero, and several ACPI-organized training events. He has also done research work in reading-comprehension-related issues, participated in national and international conferences and published reading comprehension materials in both English and Spanish. He has worked as an instructional designer, trainer and coordinator of the department of blended learning at Trainex Group S.A. Buenos Aires. He is currently a teacher trainer at Instituto Superior Zorrilla de San Martín and holds the chairs of Grammar II, Language IV and Práctica Docente III.

Gustavo González Gustavo González graduated as ...]]> ACPI is proud to invite you to this presentation by Gustavo González:

Gustavo González
Gustavo González graduated as a teacher of English at I.S.F.D. N° 5 in Pergamino and holds a postgraduate degree from UBA, the National University of Buenos Aires. He’s currently attending a postgraduate diploma course on Education and New Technologies at Flacso. He has been in the ELT field since 1993, working as a teacher, school coordinator, teacher trainer and presenter. He has been delivering seminars and workshops all over Argentina, neighboring countries and Asia. He is one of the contributors to the book “Imagination, Cognition & Language Acquisition: A Unified Approach to Theory and Practice”, published by the New Jersey City University and has also written some articles for IATEFL and other institutions. He is a teacher trainer for the Oxford Teachers’ Academy. He is a former vice president of APIBA, the Buenos Aires English Teachers’ Association and former vice president of FAAPI, the Argentine Federation of English Teachers’ Associations.

Susana Liruso will delight us with: Creativity and Short Stories

A ...]]> Don´t miss this workshop!!!

Free for ACPI members

Susana Liruso will delight us with:
Creativity and Short Stories

A workshop for teachers who believe short stories can play an important role in language development.
Approaches to creativity will be presented and exemplified.

Venue
Cultura Británica, Hipólito Irigoyen 496

Date
May 28th. (9:00 to 12:30 am.)

Registration
Blackpool Centro – SBS

Fee
ACPI members — FREE!
Non members $40.-
Students $20.-

Deadline for registration
May 26th

Members who want to attend please give us a call. 0351-155213433

UPDATE: NEWS FROM APIT Dear colleagues, APIT is glad to inform you that May 29th is the new ...]]>

UPDATE: NEWS FROM APIT
Dear colleagues,
APIT is glad to inform you that May 29th is the new deadline for the submission of proposals for the XXXVI FAAPI Conference to be held in Tucuman on September 22nd, 23rd and 24th. If you have not submitted your proposal, please send it to us by using our online “Presenter’s Form” on our website.
We look forward to hearing from you soon,
APIT’s Executive Committee

XXXVI FAAPI CONFERENCE
COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING REVISITED
What more than three decades of experience have taught us
San Miguel de Tucumán, 22nd -24th September 2011

Organized by APIT; Asociación de Profesores de Inglés de Tucumán

CALL FOR PAPERS

The purpose of this Conference is to create a reflection and discussion forum which synthesizes both new and old perspectives on communicative language teaching and learning.

We have witnessed the emergence and advancement of various disciplines, theories, approaches and methods since the initial tenets of CLT were put forward almost three decades ago, so a review of their current pedagogical approximations should be crucial to understand how concepts such as classroom communication are understood at the present moment. Besides, the results of theoretical and researchbased approaches to teaching and learning communicatively have also faced validity issues when applied to the classroom context. This and other related issues will be the core of the Conference but they will definitely be enhanced by teachers’ expertise and their proposals.

DOWNLOAD THE COMPLETE CALL FOR PAPERS

Guidelines for Submitting Proposals
The 2011 FAAPI Conference organizers invite teachers, teacher trainers, researchers and materials developers to submit proposals for presentations. Submissions must follow one of the following types:

· 40 Minute Papers: A paper tells the participants something about what presenters are doing or have done, in relation to theory and practice (classroom experience or research). We strongly recommend that presenters use audio-visual aids during the session. There will be 30 minutes for the presentation and 10 to interact with the audience.
· 90 Minute Workshops: A workshop is a session in which there is active audience participation via the experiencing and discussing of tasks provided by the presenters. Most of the time available should be devoted to demonstrating materials or activities that have been developed and tried out by the presenter(s). Theoretical discussion is usually kept to a minimum, but time is built in for questions and comments from the audience. For publication, workshops should follow the same guidelines as those for 40 minute papers.

The Content of your Session
Your proposal will be considered for inclusion in the programme if it fulfils the following criteria:
· You have not given this session, or a version of this session, at a previous conference.
· It is clear from your summary that you have something new to say or that you plan to shed new light on a topic which has been aired at other conferences and in print. It should also be clear that you have taken into account the level of knowledge of the expected audience you indicate in the presenter’s form.
· If your presentation relies heavily on a description of your local situation, ensure that you discuss either the implications for people working in similar contexts, or its general relevance.

Subthemes
The Academic Committee will take into consideration the following subthemes to classify and organize the proposals.
Methodological implications:
o Single approaches, eclecticism or post-method era?
o Cognitive learning and communication
o Teaching materials and communicative language teaching and learning
o Communication oriented activities and tasks.
Cultural awareness in the communicative class
Discursive practices and communicative language teaching:
o Diction (phonetics, phonology or “expression”) and communicative language teaching
o Lexico-grammar and communicative language teaching
o Pragmatics and communicative language teaching
o Discourse analysis / text grammar and communicative language teaching.
o Intelligibility and comprehensibility vs. accuracy?
The role of TICs in the communicative classroom
Evaluation in the context of the communicative language teaching and learning

Given equivalent academic merit, papers from members of F.A.A.P.I. Associations will be given preference.

Deadline for submission of abstract and summary 29th April 2011.

For further information, contact FAAPI 2011 Organizing Committee at http://www.faapitucuman.com.ar or faapitucuman2011@marcelasantoro.com

August 28th, 2010 / ...]]>

ACPI and the Asociación Argentina de Cultura Británica invite you to the following workshop

August 28th, 2010 / 9:00 to 13:00
Developing EFL Reading and Writing in Participatory Culture
Prof. María Inés Pistorio
Titular de la Cátedra Práctica de la Enseñanza e Información Tecnológica Aplicada al Inglés como Lengua Extranjera
IFD Dr. Antonio Nores

This workshop will raise teachers’ awareness of the social skills and competencies that teenagers need in order to take part in the emerging 21st century participatory culture. Activities will suggest how EFL teachers can promote skilful reading and writing to ensure that learners develop the competencies required to be successful in the new millennium.

Fees:
ACPI MEMBERS: $ 15,00
STUDENTS: $ 20,00
NON MEMBERS $ 30,00

Where can you register?
Blackpool Libros (Centro)
SBS

E-mail secretario@acpi.org.ar
Or phone us!

June 5th, 2010 / ...]]>

ACPI and the Asociación Argentina de Cultura Británica invite you to the following workshops

June 5th, 2010 / 9:00 to 13:00
Just wondering: How can students become ‘good’ text-producers in EFL?
Prof. María Cecilia Chiappero
Titular de la Cátedra de Lengua Inglesa I
Facultad de Lenguas, UNC

A reflective workshop on how to help students become good text-producers based on a Systemic-Functional approach to genre teaching.
Research into various features of genres offer pedagogically useful information that involves exposing students to target relevant texts and may help to give them an understanding of how the contexts and purposes of texts are related to their structure and lexicogrammar.
The aim of the workshop is to share state-of-the-art techniques, methods and teaching strategies to assist students in becoming better (or good) text producers in the target language.

June 19th, 2010 / 9:00 to 13:00
Developing reading and writing skills: Shunting to and fro
Mgtr. Marisel Bollati
Titular de la Cátedra de Lengua Inglesa II y III , UNSJ.

This workshop will present some activities aimed at enhancing the development of students’ reading and writing skills based on an interactional perspective between the two types of skills. Although the focus of the workshop will be placed mostly on practical considerations, some references will be made to the beliefs underpinning the activities.

August 28th, 2010 / 9:00 to 13:00
Developing EFL Reading and Writing in Participatory Culture
Prof. María Inés Pistorio
Titular de la Cátedra Práctica de la Enseñanza e Información Tecnológica Aplicada al Inglés como Lengua Extranjera
IFD Dr. Antonio Nores

This workshop will raise teachers’ awareness of the social skills and competencies that teenagers need in order to take part in the emerging 21st century participatory culture. Activities will suggest how EFL teachers can promote skilful reading and writing to ensure that learners develop the competencies required to be successful in the new millennium.

Fees:
ACPI MEMBERS: $ 15,00
STUDENTS: $ 20,00
NON MEMBERS $ 30,00

Where can you register?
Blackpool Libros (Centro)
SBS

E-mail secretario@acpi.org.ar
Or phone us!