COD 2012 - W060

Welcome to IGCSE English

Teachers planning to start teaching English at IGCSE Level. Headteachers or Heads of Departments wishing to consider adopting this exam. NB: This is an introductory course, specially organised for teachers who have very little or no experience preparing these exams.

1 sessions, start: 04-May

Course detail

Year: 2012
Level: Welcome
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. Cecilia Ferreiro
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Free of charge

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 04 May 2012 05:30 pm 08:30 pm

Facilitator/s

Cecilia Ferreiro

Graduate teacher from I.N.E.S. en Lenguas Vivas "J. R. Fernández". Post-graduate Certificate in Methodology. Language and Literature teacher at St. Hilda's College. Head of primary English at Colegio San Antonio. Freelance Educational Consultant. ESSARP Course facilitator since 1997. Has offered lectures in the provinces and co-ordinated courses and Teachers' Development Programmes in several schools in Greater Buenos Aires. Educational researcher (CIADER).
Teachers planning to start teaching English at IGCSE Level. Headteachers or Heads of Departments wishing to consider adopting this exam.
NB: This is an introductory course, specially organised for teachers who have very little or no experience preparing these exams.
- To acquaint prospective teachers of English Language at IGCSE Level with the Examinations Aims and Content.
- To provide the necessary information and share experience concerning the preparation of these exams.

Basic concepts will be discussed. Teachers who have some experience preparing these exams are advised not to attend this course as there will be future sessions in which more specific details of the exams will be developed.
- IGCSE Exams. General Aims. Special features of IGCSE.
- Positive Achievement.
- English Exams: English as a Second Language and First Language English. Comparison.
- Tiers: Core and Extended.
- Assessment Objectives and Curriculum Content.
- Skills to be fostered.
- Bibliography and Resources.
- Presentation by co-ordinator.
- Open forum.
- Q & A.
Syllabuses, Question Papers and Resource lists for this subject must be downloaded from http://www.cie.org.uk
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