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 »
Presentación del libro ‘Construyendo puentes hacia otras lenguas’
Los licenciados Mariano Quinterno y Gustavo Paz nos invitan a la presentación de su reciente libro sobre pedagogía y didáctica de la lengua, ‘Construyendo puentes hacia otras lenguas’. La misma tendrá lugar el día viernes 18 de septiembre de 2009 a las 19 horas en el Instituto Superior del Profesorado “Sagrado Corazón” - Av. La Plata 82 – Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Detallo programa a continuación:
19 a 19:15 Presentación a cargo de la editora Nora Graziano
19:15 a 20 Charla a cargo de los autores:“La Enseñanza de Lenguas Extranjeras en la Escuela Media Argentina: ¿Misión Imposible?”
20 a 20:30 Preguntas por parte de la audiencia
Se ruega confirmación de asistencia antes del día 15 de septiembre a los siguientes correos electrónicos:
gusmpaz@gmail.com / marianoquinterno@hotmail.com
Sharing a class experience: An exercise of intertextuality
By Adriana Podestá
In this paper I am showing you the way I worked on Intertextuality with my 3rd year students at the teacher training course (ISFD 127, San Nicolás), and I would like to share this experience with you.
My aim was to establish intertextual relations by comparing two texts: the short story Little Red Cap by the Grimm brothers (traditional version) and the poem Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf by Roald Dahl (modern version). My students examined how much the modern version owes to the traditional and how different it is from the former.
While working in this way, they integrated the four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
You can read the whole paper clicking on SHARE.
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