Sub-Saharan Africa Hornby Regional School

Nigeria: 11-17 January 2004
Title: Talking to the airwaves: using the radio for teacher development - a British Council-/BBC-organised Hornby School
Venue: National Teachers Institute, Kaduna
Contact: taiwo.famogbiyele@ng.britishcouncil.org

Learning points: Participants learned how to tailor BBC programmes for English learners and teachers, and then to re-broadcast them to local or national audiences.

Follow-up: Report on the School (MS Word format 28 KB)

South Asia Hornby Regional School (Sri Lanka)

Colombo: 31 January to 9 February 2004
Title: Innovative use of resources in ELT
Venue: Wadduawa (Western Province, Sri Lanka)
Contact: Projects and Training Unit, British Council, Colombo, Sri Lanka - projects@britishcouncil.lk

Learning points: exploiting existing resources; evaluating and adapting ELT resources; innovative teaching methods; new trends in ELT resources; and new activities for inside and outside the classroom.

Website: http://www.britishcouncil.lk/english/hornby2004.htm

Latin America Hornby Regional School

Bogota, Colombia, 21 June to 2 July 2004
Title: Fourth regional seminar on English Language Teaching and Citizenship
Report

Europe and Central Asia Hornby Regional Schools

During the summer of 2004, British Council offices from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania are organising a programme of regional teacher development schools with the generous financial support of the A.S. Hornby Educational Trust. These schools are open to teachers from Europe and from further afield.

Croatia, in partnership with Hungary: 11-23 July 2004
Title: Leadership and facilitation skills for ELT professionals
Venue: Osijek, Croatia
Contact: Roy.Cross@britishcouncil.hr

Learning points: This course was for teachers of English and teacher trainers who take on leadership roles whether as team leaders, project co-ordinators, events organisers or course tutors.

Czech Republic: 11-23 July 2004
Titles of schools:
1. Teaching young learners for a European future
2. Teaching English to the new European professionals
Venue: Janske Lazne - Business School for Disabled Students
Contact: Olga.Kolovratova@britishcouncil.cz

Details:

1. Teaching young learners for a European future -
This summer school investigated most recent trends in TEYL, with a European intercultural focus. Materials were produced and shared.

2. Teaching English to the new European professionals -
An overview of approaches to teaching ESP in secondary vocational schools to young people preparing for their future jobs in the EU working environment.

Report on 'Teaching young learners for a European future' by Nad'a Vojtkova, Hornby tutor

Poland: 1-14 August 2004
Title: Intercultural Studies on the web: methodology and materials - 'Europe'
Venue: GNIEZNO - The European College, Poznan University
Contact: Wojciech.Drajerczak@britishcouncil.pl

Learning points: We are inviting teachers interested in intercultural studies who are keen to produce teaching materials directly for the web (see: http://elt.britcoun.org.pl). The overall theme this year is to be 'Europe', a topic with great potential for bringing cultures together.

Romania: 11-23 July 2004
Title: Drama in education
Venue: Miercurea-CIUC
Contact: Ruxandra.Popovici@britishcouncil.ro

Learning points: Drama can be used as a resource for teaching English and social studies. This seminar is suitable for secondary school teachers.

Note: All information on the above schools, including the tutors' application procedures and the application process for participants, has been published on the programme website. The site address is: http://elt.britcoun.org.pl

South Asia Hornby Regional School (Pakistan)

Pakistan: 11-29 July 2004
Title: English across the curriculum: issues in English-medium education
Contact: Rukhsana.Ashfaq@britishcouncil.org.pk

Website: http://www.britishcouncil.org/pakistan-english-hornby.htm

East Asia Hornby Regional School

Vietnam: 16-27 August 2004
Title: Primary matters: the latest issues and methods for young learners - a course for primary teachers moving into teacher training/development role
Venue: Thang Loi Hotel, Hanoi
Contact: Gam.Tran@britishcouncil.org.vn

Central Asia Hornby Regional School

Kyrgyzstan: 23 August to 3 September 2004
Title: Website and speaking skills in English language learning
Contact: Katya - ekaterina.khokhulya@kz.britishcouncil.org

Learning points: The focus will be on current websites which can support teachers, with a look at speaking skills and ways of exploiting the web for authentic discussion/project work to bring the real world into the classroom.

India Hornby Regional School (four one-week courses)

Delhi (25-30 October 2004) and Chennai (1-6 November 2004; Mumbai and Kolkatta, 3-29 January 2005
Title: Teaching English in primary schools with a focus on materials development
Contact: Rajni Badlani - rajni.badlani@in.britishcouncil.org

Call for participants - Delhi and Chennai