Tuesday, September 6, 2011

[ELTeCS_PERU] 1st CLIL Seminar: A new approach to bilingual education at U. de Piura

1ST CLIL SEMINAR

A NEW APPROACH TO BILINGUAL EDUCATION

We have no idea of what the world will look like in five years, let alone in 50 years... Yet we are charged with preparing our students for life in that world. Moreover, what we do know is that we live in a society that is increasingly diverse, globalized, and complex and media-saturated. Such characteristics bring about a need for students to be able to communicate, function and create change personally, socially, economically and politically on personal, local, national and international levels, in both their mother tongue and in English, our global language.

21st century skills should be learned through a curriculum, which is interdisciplinary. That is, a project-based and language-based curriculum that integrates academic subjects by utilizing life skills.

This is why we need to apply CLIL

What is CLIL?

CLIL (Content and language integrated learning) has become one of the most talked about methodologies in ELT. It involves students learning subjects such as science or geography through the medium of a foreign language.

CLIL is all about integration and about students learning through collaboration, not competition. Through CLIL, students will become apt and eager to solve critical issues and hopefully make the world a better place to live in."

We believe that authentic education addresses the “whole child”, the “whole person”, and does not limit our professional development and curriculum design to workplace readiness.

21st century skills should be learned through a curriculum, which is interdisciplinary, a curriculum that integrates, is project-based, includes and is learned by utilizing life skills.

This is why we need to use CLIL

Objectives:

Contribute to the body of knowledge and practice in the field of CLIL and ELT in all its diversity

Raise awareness of the pedagogic advantages of CLIL, in terms of increased motivation, cooperative learning, development of thinking skills and learning strategies

Build cultural awareness, internationalisation, and language competence

Expose teachers of English to good practices and the latest developments in the area

Provide tools to prepare students for both study and work life.

Plenary Speakers

Philip Ball

What is CLIL, and how does it work?

Phil Ball works for the Federation of Basque Schools (Ikastolas), based in San Sebastián. He has a degree in English Literature and Language, a PGCE in English, and an MA in Applied Linguistics from Essex University. He began teaching in the late 1970s in an English Comprehensive School, moved to be Head of English at Markham College in Lima, Peru, then taught in Oman before ending the journey in Spain, where he has lived in the Basque region since 1991. He taught Phonetics and Linguistics at the University de Deusto for six years before moving into materials writing and teacher-taining for the Basque Government and then for the Basque Federation of Schools, and has been closely involved with their successful plurilingual project, ‘Eleanitz’, now up and running since its inception in 1991. He is also a distance tutor on the Funiber MA TEFL, and wrote the CLIL module as part of the degree materials. He has been involved in several European projects, has published several CLIL-based textbooks for the Basque and Spanish curriculum. His book about his early teaching experiences in an English Comprehensive was recently published in England (‘The Hapless Teacher’s Handbook’) and he is currently working on an adjunct scheme to publish English language materials which form a support syllabus for CLIL subject teaching.

Agustina Tocalli-Beller

CLIL: Going beyond the sum of its parts

Agustina Tocalli-Beller, holds a Ph.D. in Second Language Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. She has worked and published with Dr. Jim Cummins and Dr. Merrill Swain. Her research and writing interests include CLIL, vocabulary learning, language play and socio-cultural approaches to second language acquisition. She is a teacher trainer and an educational consultant for schools and publishing companies in Latin America. She is also the author of pedagogical bilingual songs and activities for language learners as well as an author of children’s book.

Norma Bustamante

CLIL and Bilingualism: what they have in common in ELL/ELT.

Norma Bustamante is at present Director of Education of ACCRESCO, a Non Profit organization dedicated mainly to further develop education in Peru. She was Headmistress of the Colegio San Jorge de Miraflores for 6 years. Prior to her appointment as Headmistress, Norma held the posts of MYP Coordinator and IB Diploma Coordinator in two Private Schools, Davy College in Cajamarca and Casuarinas College in Lima.

Norma holds the degrees of BA in Education and MA in Linguistics for English Language Teaching, and her career of over 40 years in education has taken her from her native Peru to Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica, Cuba, USA, France, The United Kingdom, and Turkey. She also holds a Diploma on Management and Business Administration in Education. Norma has also been Head of the Languages Department of the prestigious Instituto Pedagógico Nacional – Monterrico,in Lima, and is actively involved in the upgrading of English Teachers as a consultant and advisor in ELT.

Workshops:

Connie Nalvarte

The Role of Literary Works in the EFL Classroom

Connie Nalvarte Valdez was born in Lima, Perú. She holds a BA in Liberal Arts by Florida International University in Miami, Florida. She has passed the University of Cambridge’s Certificate of Proficiency in English. She also has a Diploma in Education granted by the Universidad de Piura and a Diploma in School Management and Administration awarded by Instituto Peruano de Administración de Empresas. She worked as an EFL teacher at Santa Margarita School, Lima for 6 years. Mrs. Nalvarte was also the English Coordinator at Vallesol School in Piura and is currently a teacher at the School of Educational Sciences at the Universidad de Piura, in which she teaches English Writing as well as American and English Literature. She is a full-time staff member at the Language Centre in the Universidad de Piura where she is also the Local Secretary for University of Cambridge EFL Examinations.

Cecilia Rosas

The What, How and Why of CLIL in the Classroom

Cecilia Rosas Delgado holds a BA in Psychology, an MA in Educational Psychology and Learning disabilities, an MA in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, and the RSA from University of Cambridge.

She has worked for the most prestigious language schools in the country, as well as local bilingual schools, holding coordination positions for the past 12 years. Her area of expertise includes EFL, ESL, bilingual education, cross-curricular programs, early literacy, and teacher training. She has traveled in and outside of Peru giving talks regarding the most current issues in ELT.

At present, she is the English Academic Coordinator of Casuarinas College.

· Plenary Sessions

What is CLIL and how does it work?

Phillip Ball

CLIL, going beyond the sum of its parts

Agustina Tocalli-Beller

CLIL and Bilingualism: what they have in common in ELL/ELT

Norma Bustamante

· Workshops

The role of literary Works in the English classroom.

Connie Nalvarte

The What, How and Why of CLIL in the Classroom

Cecilia Rosas

Timetable:

8:00 am to 8:30 am Registration

8:30 am to 8:45 am Opening Ceremony

8:45 am to 10:00 am Opening Session

What is CLIL and how does it work?,

Phillip Ball

10:00 am to 11:15 am Concurrent Workshops

The role of literary Works in the English classroom.

Connie Nalvarte

The What, How and Why of CLIL in the Classroom

Cecilia Rosas

11:15 am to 11:45 am Coffee Break

11:45 am to 1:00 pm Plenary Session

CLIL, going beyond the sum of its parts

Agustina Tocalli-Beller

1:00 pm to 2:15 pm Closing Plenary

CLIL and Bilingualism: what they have in common in ELL/ELT.

Norma Bustamante

2:15 pm to 2:30 pm Closing Ceremony

Date::

Saturday 01 October

8:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Venue:

Universidad de Piura, Campus Lima

Mártir José Olaya 162, Miraflores

Cost:

$ 25

Contact Information:

email: marketing@udp.com.pe

Teléfono: 614-8900 anexo 5149

Fax: 6148914
Organisers:

Universidad de Piura

University of Dayton Publishing

Sponsorship:

FUNIBER

Educational Projects

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