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News The Role of the teacher in the 21st century Saturday February 20th to Sunday February 21st, 2010 OxfordTEFL Facilitators: TD SIG Committee Open Space Technology is an alternative and spontaneous way of running conferences that gets straight through to what matters to everyone there. It can work for one hour or three day meetings, and it can work for six people or two hundred. It can be used as an alternative structure for a staff meeting or as a complete replacement methodology for an entire professional conference. And it can easily be combined with conventional approaches, and often is. OST: The leading edge alternative for conferences
Teacher Development Workshops: February / March 2010 Who are they for? These are open to all teachers working in and around Barcelona who are interested in professional development, want to get some good teaching ideas or would like to meet and share experiences with colleagues from other schools.
"Songs and Films. Friday fun or effective language learning tools?" By Gary Jones Friday 19th February Feedback is a great accelerator for professional development. Everything you ever wanted to know about yourself , your students, your job and your haircut is just a couple of questions away, but you usually don't ask them. Why? We'll consider that and then look at some ways of helping the people who matter in your work (students, colleagues, bosses…) tell you what they really think. The talk includes some pairwork and audience participation, but you won't have to try on any clothes! "Help! I've got an exam class! ". By Violeta Stefanovska Friday 26th February Having an exam class can put extra pressure on a teacher. This workshop will follow on from the last term's successful exam workshop with more ideas and activities to help your learners pass the Cambridge exams. Activities will be relevant to FCE and CAE. "Does grammar matter in business English? ". By Catalina Dumitrescu Friday 5th March Does grammar matter in business English? Join in the debate - how much grammar do Business English students really need? What pieces of grammar should we spend more time teaching In-company and how? Find out a few ideas and strategies you can use to make grammar relevant to your corporate students. " Creating optimal conditions for learning - ages and stages". By Kirsten Garry Friday 19th March Creating optimal conditions for learning - ages and stages In this session we'll look at the "C wheel" and how this applies to our own experiences with teaching children. We'll also consider ages and stages that young learners go through and how this can affect what we do in the classroom. It doesn't matter if you're newly qualified or have years of experience. Come along and share your opinions and ideas. Where, When, How much? "The Developing Teacher" wins Best Entry for Teachers 2009 award OxfordTEFL is delighted to announce that Duncan Foord’s book The Developing Teacher has been awarded the 2009 Duke of Edinburgh/ESU Award for Best Entry for Teachers. Duncan visited the Palace on November 12th to collect this prestigious award. Job fair in Córdoba OxfordTEFL recently attended a job fair in Cordoba, Spain organised by Spainwise. It was a great event and we met lots of fantastic teachers. We were there to give career advice to new teachers and recruit for our centre in Barcelona. Nicola, our careers advisor also gave a presentation on working in Spain. We will be holding our own job fair in September, so if you would like any information, please contact us. Congratulations to Duncan on the edition of his new book “The Developing Teacher“ About the book The Developing Teacher suggests that teachers themselves are the most powerful agents of change and development in their own professional careers. It is ideal: -for teachers who wish to take control of their own development. -for people in positions of responsibility for teacher development -for complementing courses in language teacher education.
Author: Duncan Foord Down the Tefl path - Many of those faced with redundancy are taking up the option of a 'ticket to ride' From The Guardian.co.uk - December 12th By Laura Harrison As unemployment continues to dominate the headlines, how to spend a redundancy package has become, for many, a pressing question. It's a good time to make people aware that there are alternatives to working in the world of finance. Significant numbers faced with sudden unemployment have chosen to re-train as primary or secondary school teachers. Others have decided to invest part of their redundancy package in learning how to teach English as a foreign language. It may be that redundancy has proved a catalyst for the realisation of alternative career ponderings. And for those hoping to use their qualification abroad, it is perhaps a chance to escape the UK and its particularly gloomy predictions for the near future. The great thing about teaching English as a foreign language (Tefl) is that it does provide you with a "ticket to ride". Two industries hit especially hard in terms of recent redundancies have been finance and travel. Redundancy has also enabled Nick Melluish to follow a new path within Tefl. Nick's three-year stint in the City came to an end in August. A visit to see a friend in Valencia gave him the idea of training to teach English as a foreign language. Aside from providing a means to live abroad, he hopes that it will stand him in good stead when it comes to his ultimate goal of training to be a history teacher. There are options of building a career in Tefl. If, however, your Tefl project remains short-term, Tefl will have armed you with transferable skills, useful to you in whatever new path you choose. TESOL Spain January, 2009 This year it's in the beautiful Andaluz city of Seville from March 13th to 15th. Our very own Lindsay Clandfield will be hosting the first TESOL Spain Pecha Kucha evening on Saturday March 14. TESOL Spain IATEFL Conference January, 2009 Cardiff, UK. March 31st-4th April 2009 Once again our tutors Lindsay Clandfield, Duncan Foord and Mark Mckinnon will be presenting talks. http://www.iatefl.org/content/conferences/index.php iatefl.org Congratulations are in order for Lindsay and Duncan. Their book "The Language Teacher's Survival Handbook" has been nominated for an ELTon award! January, 2009 For more information about the ELTons, take a look: The ELTons http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-eltons-shortlist-2009.htm For more information about the Handbook, check out: survival handbook The Language Teacher's Survival Handbook is an essential guide to surviving as an English language teacher., the book is suitable for both new and experienced. OxfordTEFL Diploma Course trainer Lindsay Clandfield has a new blog for teachers called "Six things" January 20th, 2009 To quote Lindsay’s introduction: “Six Things is a collection of miscellany from the world of English Language Teaching. At this blog you’ll find a whole bunch of stuff: reflections about language and language teaching methodology, teaching ideas, , information about English language teaching in different countries and perhaps the occasional polemic”. There are already some interesting postings from top teflers, including Scott Thornbury on “Six great films about teaching” and Lindsay’s Six suggestions for teachers for getting through the economic crisis. Lots of lesson ideas too alongside more quirky stuff. Social Program at OxfordTEFL! Languages exchange nights. Teachers and students get together to have a drink and speak in English, Catalán and Spanish. BCN Cafe, C/ Consejo de Ciento 381. Once a month from 20:00 hours. For further information and a calendar of events click here to go straight to the website www.bcn-intercambios.blogspot.com Congratulations to Duncan and Lindsay on the edition of their successful new book “The Language Teacher's Survival Handbook “ About the book In this book we address some of the day to day issues that teachers face inside and outside the classroom, based on the belief that the glue that holds your lesson plans together is you and if you don't feel right then your lessons won't be right. It could be called "Surviving being an English language teacher". This book is not a methodology book about teaching. We think that there are already a lot of very good books like that on the market, but it does address some methodological issues. It's not an activity book (again, there are lots of these available). But there are activities that teachers can use. This book is about surviving teaching. Chapters on stress, interviews, the staffroom and teacher development are included to help you feel more comfortable and confident about being a teacher, before you sit down to plan your lesson. There are also chapters on topics that you will find in other books, such as grammar, teaching in company, using materials and teaching children, but taken from a slightly different angle. Our approach is to take typical challenges voiced by teachers themselves as our starting point and work through them. There are chapters on body language, culture shock and using mother tongue in the classroom because we think these subjects are part of the fabric of teachers' day to day lives but seldom dealt with in training courses or basic methodology books. There is a guide to the history of EFL, which gives an overview of language teaching methodologies and helps you to situate yourself within the "bigger picture". We hope too it will make you curious to find out more. There are also practical reference guides to English language exams and teacher training. Finally we have included lots of practical teaching ideas. Well, you can't have too many of those, can you? Lindsay Clandfield & Duncan Foord To order a copy of the book: www.its-open.com Review at The English Centre, Canada: Don't miss any English Centre newsletters...add info@theenglishcentre..ca to your address book! Featured Book of the Month - New resource for surviving teaching The Language Teacher's Survival Handbook, written by Lindsay Clandfield (co-author of Dealing with Difficulties) and Duncan Foord, this informative and practical guide to teaching abroad is long overdue. This is a unique book that addresses the fact that teaching is more than methodology and classroom techniques. Life issues like culture shock and dealing with tricky staffrooms can make or break a teacher's experience and this book acknowledges this with practical suggestions and worldly advice. It's glossy, readable and full of great ideas. If you know anyone who is about to embark on a teaching abroad adventure, then be a good friend and tell them about this little gem. They will definitely thank you! One of our Teacher Trainers, Lindsay Clandfield, has won the The Ben Warren Trust Prize! For his new book for language teachers Dealing with Difficulties (DELTA publishing 2007, co-author Luke Prodromou. Come along and join us to celebrate the event on Friday June 8th. It´s a great opportunity to meet up again with your trainers if you´ve trained with us, or to find out more about the trainers and oxford TEFL if you are thinking of doing a course with us. 12:00 Introduction to the centre and welcome by Duncan Foord, director of Teacher Training. 12.10 Book presentation and talk by the author. Lindsay Clandfield will be talking about his book and sharing some activities. 12.40 Celebratory drink and snack. Meet Lindsay and the other teacher trainers at OxfordTEFL. 13:00 Raffle draw for a complimentary copy of Dealing with Difficulties. The book: Dealing with Difficulties addresses many of the numerous problems faced by teachers providing solutions, strategies and suggestions for the language teacher including working with large classes, mixed levels, different learning styles and discipline. About the prize: The Ben Warren-International House Trust Prize is awarded on an annual basis to the author or authros of the most outstanding work in the field of language teacher educations. Numbers will be limited so please call or email to confirm your attendance in advance: 934580111 info@oxfordtefl.com The first review of "Straightforward Elementary" published by Macmillan and written by Lindsay Clandfield, our on-line Diploma TESOL tutor has been published in El Gazette. It is highly recommended…. Congratulations Lindsay! *The first review of "Straightforward Elementary" published by Macmillan and written by Lindsay Clandfield, our on- |
