Having made a selection interview at the British Council in Rome, between March and April We have been informed that we had won a scholarship to a month to become trainers of teachers of English.
The course was held in Norwich, a quiet town of East Anglia, from July 31 to August 25, 2006. You have selected a total of 12 teachers, some school, some high school, some primary school, arrived from all over Italy: Milan, Naples, Pescara, Foligno, Catania, Rome, Palermo, Piacenza, etc. ... None of us knew and was very nice to discover, although of very different ages and backgrounds, all united by the desire to study and compare and a great passion for our craft.
The entire organization (arrangement, construction and social program) was prepared by the NILE (Norwich Institute of Language Education). Upon arrival, we were staying in apartments near the campus of the UEA (University of East Anglia). Classes were held in part at the university itself, in part at the headquarters of the Nile, in the city center.
During the four weeks have come and gone as our teachers of the true experts in education English as a Foreign Language: Pulverness Alan and Melanie Williams (Author of TKT - Teaching Knowledge Test - Course of Cambridge), David Vale (who works with Macmillan, and is working on a project for the restoration of street children in India Teaching through play in English), Briony Beaver, Sharon Whittaker. Thanks to that teacher we opened this blog to continue to exchange information when you return to Italy. For the English teacher was joined for a week is also a lecturer Italian, Sandra Lucietto, he has presented the reality of the teaching of foreign languages \u200b\u200bin Trentino Alto Adige. All classes were very varied and interesting, teachers have focused on the setting of group work compared to lecture, always giving ample room for our contributions and encouraging our creativity. It 'was finally possible to follow some lectures by some of the major innovations in modern language teaching: Mario Rinvolucri and Hugh Dellar.
Our day was very structured: lessons in the morning until 12.45 pm, break for an hour and a quarter and a new lesson until 15.30. In addition, we often stopped to 17.00 for NILE to see the texts of the rich library (really a boon for fans of foreign language teaching), research material on the Internet or prepare group work to be exhibited at the end of the week. At our disposal was also the classroom on campus.
classes had the following purposes:
· us to reflect on our daily practice of teachers
· Exploring the relationship between theory and practice in teaching English to Young Learners
• Develop a work plan for professional development: from teachers
trainers • Provide tools to organize programs for the training of teachers
During the course were discussed the following topics:
· Theory and Practice of Teaching Material Safety Data
pupils
· Methods, approaches and techniques
· Verification and • Management's assessment
Group Dynamics class
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· Ability basic communication
· styles and cognitive learning
· Tools and multimedia technologies in language teaching
• The portfolio consists of a written language
· syllabus according to the Common European Framework
• analyze the textbooks
· Search - action and professional development
· Teaching adults
· Courses and training seminars and refresher courses for teachers: how to organize
· The Italian situation: initial and in-service
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