Last 27th and 28th January, in partnership with Cultura Inglesa which is the main EL private school in Brazil, we promoted the 3rd Summer Seminar for English Language Teachers aiming at teachers from the Public Sector.

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EVENT:

As in previous years, the event happened in our premises during the school vacation, aiming to use the teacher’s free time to offer them training and new opportunities in ELT. It was a two-day event, in which 8 tutors delivered workshops voluntarily, for around 75 teachers.

THE PROGRAMME:

The subjects approached included teaching methodology, classroom techniques, vocabulary and two special sessions, via video conference on Equal Opportunities and Diversity with Liz Fishwick, Coordinator of Public Programs at the Education Centre at the British Council Brussels, in Belgium and Ana Gonzalez, a visually impaired ELT trainer, who has a degree in English Language Teaching and a Masters in Teaching Literature in English from Venezuelan universities. This was a great opportunity for the teachers to know new ways to approach diversity in classrooms and in their lives. They were very interested and also felt very grateful to receive information on EO&D.

“We face diversity everywhere and everyday in our classrooms” said José Leonardo, a teacher commenting Ana’s presentation.

“I felt as I were in Brussels talking to Liz on equal opportunities and diversity” said Ednaldo Feijó after Liz’s presentation.

Almost all of the teachers reported their interest in getting more information about EO&D and do more under the diversity umbrella. In Brasilia, the president of the Braz-Tesol DF Chapter as well as leading ELT professionals watched Liz´s presentation via videoconference from the British Council head office.

Furthermore, we offered:

• A session presented by Graeme Hodgson, Director English Language Brazil, via video conference from Brasilia about the Yes! Project, ELT Community and new tools to develop English language Teaching (e.g. e-English for Teachers and ETP).
• Access to international publishers such as Macmillan, Oxford, Pearson/ Longman, Richmond etc. Each publisher had a stand to promote their material during the two days of event. The publishers also had a moment to introduce themselves and present some material to the participants.
• Participation in raffles (prizes given by publishers, Cultura Inglesa and British Council)

ONLINE MATERIAL FROM THE EVENT

Find below videos from the workshops, testimonials, PowerPoint presentations, photos and many other information for you to feel as you were in the event:

• Read the programme of the 3rd Summer Seminar for English Language Teachers in 2009.
• See the list of speakers, their biodata and an abstract of their workshops in English and Portuguese .
• See the photos of the event.
• Read their PowerPoint presentation and watch their workshops in video:

Ana Gonzalez: PowerPoint and vídeo from the presentation:
Equality of Opportunity and Diversity in English Language Teaching

Liz Fishwick: PowerPoint and video from the workshop:
Equal Opportunities and Diversity in the Classroom

Andreza Valença: PowerPoint and video from the workshops:
Using Videos in the Classroom and Teaching English with Songs

Simone Reis: PowerPoint e video from the workshop:
Improving Vocabulary through Fairy Tales

Betânia Luna: PowerPoint e video from the workshop:
How To Teach English Using Multiple Intelligences

Marcelo de Cristo: PowerPoint and video from the workshop:
Listening and the state school classroom

Leandra Dias: PowerPoint and video from the workshop:
How the students’ previous knowledge can help you teach them English

Watch the testimonial of some teachers who have already taken part in this event:

In 2009:

• José Leonardo-  Escola de Referência Arnaldo Assunção, Caruaru,Pernambuco - talked about the video conferences about equal opportunities and diversity.
• Eligivânia Macêdo - Escola de Referência em Ensino Médio Ginásio Pernambucano, Recife, Pernambuco- said that she came for the other editions of the event as well.
• Ednaldo “Dinho” Feijó- Escola de Referência em ensino Médio, Salgueiro, Pernambuco - said that he travelled seven hours from his city to Recife to take part in the 3rd Summer seminar. He also said that the event was perfect.
• Alberto Guerra- EREN Maria Vieira Muliterno- said that it was very good to make contact with people from South America and Brussels.

In 2008:

• Laécio Pereira de Barros (Centro de Ensino Experimental Clementino Coelho- Petrolina) and Rosana Maria de Sá Campos (Escola Luiz Delgado- Recife)
• Edna Maria Alencar de Sá (Faculdade de formação de professores de Petrolina – UPE) and Cristiane Monteiro de Albuquerque from Recife.

In 2007:

• Alberto Guerra de Lima (Centro Experimental Maria V. Muliterno - Abreu e Lima) and Eligivânia Maria Macedo (Centro Experimental Ginásio Pernambuco - Olinda)
• Charles Leopoldino Marcolino e Manoel Caciano Barro Jr. Instituto Albert Einstein
• Francisca Maria Ferreira Neves - Escola Sizenando Silveira

See how was the event in 2007 and 2008 (in Portuguese only).

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