The ETRC administration is planning to continue organizing seminars both for school and university teachers of English in the coming 2009-2010 school year. We think it will be logical if each month will be dedicated to a specific theme.
Here is what we decided to organize:
May 2010
“Victory Day: United We Stand, Divided We Fall.”
Presenter: Cuzminih Irina, ETRCVictory day celebrations 2010
“Phrasal Verbs and Collocations in Every Day life”
Presenter: Guzun Larisa, ETRC
“Teaching Listening Can Be Fun”
Presenter: Guidea Larisa, UPS “Ion Creanga”
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May 2009 – Literature and Reading
On May 07 I. Cuzminih, “I.Creanga” presented a seminar with the topic “Basics in Literary Analysis”. The participants got acquainted with such notions as setting, plot, minor and major characters, point of view, plot order, etc. they read a text by Guy de Maupassant “Necklace” and analyzed it taking into account their fresh knowledge. Although the author wrote the story centuries ago, the problems raised in it are still actual today and the participants were engaged in a lively debate over the author’s message. There were 6 participants during the presentation.
On May 14 I. Cuzminih, “I.Creanga” presented the topic “Will TV oust Books”which is one of the conversational topics included in the State Exam in Pedagogical university. There were 7 school teachers present at the seminar. The teachers highly appreciated the seminar, one of them in their feedback even wrote: “Didn’t think that speaking about reading can be so interesting.” Teachers came to the conclusion that “nothing that inspires people will disappear.”
On the 21st of May senior lecture from modern languages department, Olga Smochin presented "A Friend in Need". There were 11 participants at the seminar. All the participants gave the highest appreciation for the usefulness and preparation of the seminar. Among the most useful information the teachers specified: theme, ideas, message of the analyzed text; info about plot structure; the text, power point presentation, handouts; the elements of fiction as a system; theory; everything.
On May 22nd Daniela Munca from ACCELS presented “Interactive Strategies for Teaching Listening and Video in the Classroom.” There were 6 participants at the seminar. Daniela Munca shared activities that she herself uses in day by day teaching and that really work. The participants were encouraged to challenge their students to be actively involved in the course of the lesson. They got handouts with useful web sites, list of possible activities with video and even managed to practice all the activities themselves during the workshop.
On May 28th was the last seminar in 2008-2009 academic year. The seminar was presented by Galina Plescenco, a senior lecturer from Ion Creanga University, “Dialogic Peculiarities in English.” The participants were presented different types of dialogues in English, which might be useful when analyzing a piece of literary work.
During the school year 2007 - 2008 every Thursday at 4 p. m. we organised seminars for teachers of English. All the materials used during the seminar are published on-line, so if you were not able to come at our seminar when it was planned but are interested in the topic, you can download all the materials for free and use them at your lessons.
Speaking activities presented at the seminar were based on books published by MACMILLAN and Longman Publishing Houses. You can download some activities which can be found in the workbook Inside Out for elementary level students.
Pair Work (available just a part)
Presenter: Larisa Guidea,SPU “Ion Creanga”
September - Sharing Experience Demonstrative Lessons. October - Grammar. November - Teaching Skills.
December - Culture and Traditions around the world.
September - Sharing Experience, first seminar is on September 11. Everyone is welcome at the opening session, where we will discuss everything new and inetesting that we've learnt or accomplished during the summer. October - Multi-media in extra-curricular Activities. November - Testing and Assessment.
December - Speaking
Semester II - 2009
January – Enlarging Vocabulary. February– Demonstrative Lessons. March – Culture Diversity. Customs and Traditions. April – Grammar May – Literature and Reading
January 2009 Materials used during ETRC Presentations:
#1.September - Technology(Seminars dedicated to the use of computers in English teaching.The use of Power Point to teach vocabulary, electronic textbooks, teaching English through films.) #2.October - Grammar(Teaching grammar through authentic materials, teaching grammar in discource, practice activiti)es, class management, some amples of lesson plans)
#3.November - Ready-made Lessons(Ready-made scenarious for Halloween - using drama at the lessons; handouts for Thanksgiving Celebration) #4.December - Speaking
(English language history; learning through speaking; warm-up activities - make your students talk; pair work)
#5.January - Psychology and English(Learning styles - find out how your students learn better; how to develop super power memory - exercises to train your memory) #6.February - Literature&Reading
(A small part of materials is available online - Grammar Auction; activities to work with text)
#7.March - Writing(Register: formal and informal language; Letter Writing; Genre and Structure; Alternative assessment; A Genre Analysis Approach for Teaching ESL Composition; Writing Essays; Giving Written Feedback) #8.April - Evaluation&Testing
