COD 2006 - D026

English for Teachers I - Blended Learning

Teachers who have some experience in teaching a subject in English or teachers who have some limited experience of teaching English as a Foreign Language and who are interested in exploring the blended learning mode: a combination of distance learning sessions (once a week) and of face-to-face sessions at ESSARP (once a month).

16 sessions, start: 07-Aug

Course detail

Year: 2006
Level: Distance
Language: English
Status: Postponed
Lugar: A distancia
Facilitator/s: Ms. Silvia Rettaroli, Ms. Luciana Fernández
Print course
ESSARP Schools
ARS
Exams Schools
ARS
Non affiliate
ARS 300.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Schedule
1 07 August 2006 Online session
2 12 August 2006 Online session
3 14 August 2006 Online session
4 21 August 2006 Online session
5 28 August 2006 Online session
6 04 September 2006 Online session
7 09 September 2006 Online session
8 11 September 2006 Online session
9 18 September 2006 Online session
10 25 September 2006 Online session
11 02 October 2006 Online session
12 07 October 2006 Online session
13 09 October 2006 Online session
14 16 October 2006 Online session
15 23 October 2006 Online session
16 30 October 2006 Online session

Facilitator/s

Silvia Rettaroli

Teacher and teacher educator. School manager at bilingual schools in the Province of Buenos Aires. Deputy Director at ESSARP (2004 - 2008). Worked in the Research and Educational Development Unit of the MEyC (1998-1999). CLE (Foreign Languages Certifications) coordinator (2008-2011). English Unit coordinator at the CLE (ME- City of Buenos Aires: 2011-2016). Organised and participated in national and international conferences, published papers and textbooks. Areas of interest: professional development (OL and f2f), bilingual education/CLIL, assessment.

Luciana Fernández

Luciana Fernández is a graduate teacher of English who has been teaching English for the past twenty-nine years. She has specialized in Methodology and Teaching Practice and she holds a Diploma in Educational Research from the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education. She holds two post graduate certifications in Thinking Cultures and Teaching for Comprehension

She is a Reading and Literacy expert and has been training teachers in this area for the past fifteen years. She is a teacher educator and has designed several presentations and courses for professional development both in Argentina and abroad. Her presentation at ARTESOL 2015 was selected to be presented at TESOL International as a Best Affiliate Session. She is one of the 50 scholarship winners who attended and presented at IATEFL, held in Birmingham in April 2016. She was later on invited to be a presenter at the Young Learners and Teenagers SIG pre conference event and at the main conference.

Luciana has been the Head at several bilingual IB institutions in Buenos Aires. At present she is a school advisor, teacher trainer and facilitator at ESSARP (English Speaking Scholastic Association of the River Plate), where she trains heads and teachers from the most important bilingual institutions in Argentina.
Teachers who have some experience in teaching a subject in English or teachers who have some limited experience of teaching English as a Foreign Language and who are interested in exploring the blended learning mode: a combination of distance learning sessions (once a week) and of face-to-face sessions at ESSARP (once a month).
- Provide the teachers with the opportunity to familiarise themselves with basic concepts related to language, language use and the background to and practice of language teaching and learning. - Support teachers in their reflection on their own teaching and how this impacts on their students' learning.
a) Language & Background to Language Learning: - Language and its uses - Language skills - Learning strategies b) Language & Background to Language Teaching: - Planning and choosing resources and materials - Teachers' and learners' language in the classroom c) Classroom management Methodology: The English for Teachers I course combines Language Teaching and Language Learning studies and it consists of twenty-four modules. Each of the modules is self-contained and includes a variety of activities which provide regular and integrated coverage of the language skills, opportunities for the study of the language system, ways of developing teaching-related language, language awareness and cultural awareness, as well as awareness and evaluation of teaching methodologies. At the end of each module, the teachers have the opportunity for reflection on the value of the topic or activities to themselves and to their own students, i.e. the reflection stage provides moments to reflect on the content of the module and on the extent of its learning value. At the end of the course, teachers can choose to obtain a certificate of attendance or sit for an exam to obtain credits (GCBA). As the English for Teachers I course covers the contents of the ESOL Exam for teachers called TKT, participants will have the opportunity to choose to sit for the TKT modules in any of the exam sessions.
- Bowen T. & J. Marks (1994) Inside Teaching. Oxford: Heinemann. - Spratt M. (1994) English for the Teacher. A language development course. Cambridge: Cambridge. - Ur P. (1996) A Course in Language Teaching. Practice and Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge.
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