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Debate Club
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16:30 - 18:00
at ETRC
Students interested in practicing their speaking skills are welcome to take part in debates. The debates will be facilitated by native English speakers!
Contact us by phone or e-mail for registration!
We have just finished the Fall School For English Teachers
The School was dedicated this year to Teaching Skills
The beneficiary of the project will be school and university teachers of English language from Moldova. The contents of the sessions, seminars and workshops will focus on promoting up-to-date strategies and techniques of teaching English. We plan to organize one workshop per week for school teachers, one seminar per month for university lecturers for the period September 2009 – May 2010, and during the Fall and Spring breaks we intend to organize 4-day Schools. Besides, we plan to host 4 events aimed at promoting American culture, customs and history.
Each week there will be one or two presents on a topic of interest for either school or university teachers. The total number of workshops per year 2009-2010 will be 52, both school constituting 18 workshops. According to the teacher’s annual feedback it was decided to dedicate month of September to “Demonstrative Lessons. Sharing Experience”; October to “Grammar”; November to “Teaching Skills: reading, writing, listening, speaking” and December to “Culture and Traditions.” At the end of the first semester in 2009 there will be organised one more survey to determine the wishes of the teachers for the second semester in 2010. Besides there will be 4 cultural events celebrating such holidays as Halloween, Christmas, black History Month and St. Valentine’s Day.
The purpose of celebrating these events is to supply teachers with ideas for organizing events celebrations of these holidays in their institutions.
Moreover, ETRC is planning to organize Fall School and spring School for junior and novice English teachers aiming at initiating them in the process of professional development in RM and for experienced teachers aimed at helping them to prepare the documents and take the examinations to receive a tenured position.
If you want to donate materials for studying and practicing English to the ETRC, please contact ETRC staff: 50-88-16 or etrc_moldova@yahoo.com . Thank you!
Organize and participate in American cultural events
Meet new people!
Discuss current events and popular American culture
Watch movies in English
The only limit is your imagination!
Where: English Teaching Resource Center, Block 1, Room 302 When: Every Friday at 14:00 – 15:00
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!!! Competition for English Studensts !!!
Students are to illustrate a scene or a character from their favourite book, story or poem and make it come alive for them as well as share it with others. The illustrations must include:
Student’s name, group, name of institution;
Title and author of the favourite book, story or poem translated in English;
A short essay (no more than 500 words) describing in English the character or scene that has been chosen (on a separate sheet of paper)
The work can be done through pastels, crayons, or paintbrushes. The works should be submitted to Irina Kuzminykh, State Pedagogical University “Ion Creanga”, central block, room 302 till the 20th of December, 2008.
Three best works will be chosen by direct voting and prizes will be distributed! The creations of the winners will be published online!
If you have any additional questions call 50-88-16 or e-mail: etrc_moldova@yahoo.com
There was organised a special Closing Ceremony for Teachers as well.
The Closing Ceremony started with a quiz where participants had to remember the events during this academic year and give the correct answer. The one who had the most correct answers got a prize. The participants were also asked to compose a poem about ETRC and its activities using a set of words.
Then the most active participants, who had over 60% of attendance, got their certificates. The presenters were also certified that they presented seminar(s) for teachers’ professional development during 2008-2009 academic year under the direction of ETRC within APLE project “Up-to-Date Techniques and Strategies of English Teaching”, financially supported by the USA Embassy in Moldova.
Schedule of working hours during Summer Monday 9:00 -- 17:00
Tuesday 10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday 9:00 -- 17:00
Thursday 10:00 - 18:00
Friday 9:00 - 17:00
Saturday - Day Off
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
#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
