Curso de pedagogía de fonética inglesa en la UNSAM
El Centro de Posgrado para el Estudio de Lenguas (CePEL) de la Escuela de Humanidades de la Universidad Nacional de San Martín presenta el curso ‘Pedagogía de la fonética de la lengua inglesa’, que será dictado por las Profesoras Clemencia Baraldi de Durán y Roxana Basso. El mismo tendrá una modalidad semipresencial (cuatro horas, sábado por medio) y tendrá una duración de un cuatrimestre por módulo, siendo en total tres módulos. La sede de la cursada será en Paraná 145, 2º piso. Read the rest of this entry »
Seminar on language and methodology in Pergamino
La Sede Pergamino de la Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa de la Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (INSPT-UTN) announces this Teacher Development Seminar to be held in the city of Pergamino on Saturday 20th February 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
Win a Creative Writing Course at Oxford
Oxford University is sponsoring its first ever creative writing competition. The contest, which is free and 
open to anyone, is being run by the University’s Department for Continuing Education. Entry deadline: 1 March 2010.
Entrants must submit a single, self-contained short story of 1000 words on the subject of ‘Creative Writing Courses’. The winner will receive a free place on a creative writing weekly class offered by the Department - in fiction, non-fiction, script-writing or poetry.
If you love writing - whatever your style, interests, tastes or obsessions - this is your chance to take your talent to the next level. Read the rest of this entry »
Fewer schools hit language target
French and German have fallen most.
Fewer secondary schools in England are meeting a government target on pupils taking a GCSE in a modern foreign language, a survey suggests.
Ministers want schools to have “between 50% and 90%” of pupils taking a modern foreign language at GCSE.
But a survey for The National Centre for Languages (Cilt) suggests only 40% of state schools meet this target - and that the trend is downwards.
Read the whole article here.
Phone texting ‘helps pupils to spell’
Children who regularly use the abbreviated language of text messages are actually improving their ability to spell correctly, research suggests.
A study of eight to 12 year olds found that rather than damaging reading and writing, “text speak” is associated with strong literacy skills.
Researchers say text language uses word play and requires an awareness of how sounds relate to written English.
This link between texting and literacy has proved a surprise, say researchers.
These latest findings of an ongoing study at the University of Coventry contradict any expectation that prolonged exposure to texting will erode a child’s ability to spell.
Read the whole article here.
Reunión informativa sobre la Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa de Avellaneda
La Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional Avellaneda, abre la inscripción para el ciclo lectivo 2010 a la Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa. La carrera tiene como objeto formar profesionales con conocimientos actualizados y totalizadores en el área de la lengua extranjera, presentada en el contexto cultural de los países de habla inglesa. Read the rest of this entry »
Workshop at Estari Libros to enhance your teaching practice.
‘Bright ideas’: workshop by Oriel Villagarcía on December 12th. Read the rest of this entry »
Presentación del libro ‘Tecnología Educativa: Recursos, modelos y metodologías’
Pearson Education y la Universidad Tecnológica Nacional presentan el libro ‘Tecnología Educativa: Recursos, modelos y metodologías’ el 5 de noviembre a las 16 hs. en el rectorado de la calle Sarmiento 440 6º piso. Ver flyer del evento Read the rest of this entry »
Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa: Atención traductores!
Universidad Tecnológica Nacional
Autoridades del Instituto Nacional Superior del Profesorado Técnico de la Universidad Tecnológica Nacional informaron que a partir de 2010 los traductores podrán inscribirse a la carrera, tanto los públicos como técnico-literarios. Hasta ahora sólo podían hacerlo los profesores de inglés con cuatro años de formación terciaria o universitaria. Más información en breve.
Actualizado, 7 de noviembre: Lo que el 25 de octubre informáramos en University Magazine, hoy es oficial en comunicado de UTN. Ver flyer. Read the rest of this entry »
Cambridge University Press: A free talk by Guy Brook-Hart
Date and Time: Saturday 19 September - 10:00* to 12:30
Venue: Colegio Balmoral, Manuel Castro 1536
Talk: From the Learner Corpus to Learner Autonomy at First Certificate
We look at the Cambridge Learner Corpus, its characteristics and examples of the type of data it can supply, for example the type of errors (wrong choice of word, wrong tense, wrong spelling, wrong collocation etc), their frequency, by language groups and the context in which the errors occur. We also look at how the Corpus reflects the tasks set in the exams. Read the rest of this entry »
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