Monthly Archives: January 2006

Michael Coghlan’s Presentation on YM

Michael Coghlan is now presenting Hearing Online Voices in EFL/ESL on Yahoo Messenger for the BaW 06 Evo Session. 30 people present, among whom 3 Brazilians (Carla Arena, Erika Cruvinel from Brasilia and myself in Sao Paulo). Aiden is explaining … Continue reading

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Blogging from Scotland

Interspersing and sharing some of my own findings while surfing. MFLE is the online service from Learning and Teaching Scotland and Scottish CILT which supports anyone working with modern languages in Scotland, from foreign language assistants and trainee teachers to … Continue reading

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Weekend

After the party in Sao Paulo, I slipped to touchbase with the family so I missed the sessions on Saturday. Andrea Calvozo, from SP and Nahir Aparicio from Venezuela posted their conversation about what happened on the ELT forum. You … Continue reading

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Evo 2006 Opening Session

The Evo 2006 6-week free workshops online are about to start. If you have not yet signed up, please do so until tomorrow (deadline). The session announcement briefly describes each session. By clicking on the link of the session, you … Continue reading

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David Graddol’s conference

Julian Wing “blogged” David Graddol’s video-conference on the BC ELT Forum while Shaun has posted his impressions on his own blog. I am looking forward to your comments. Later in the evening, Mike and Barbara Thornton hosted a diner party … Continue reading

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New Year, New Blog

I have been buzzy, preparing and giving a workshop on blogs for the Hornby Summer School in Brazil. I have been experimenting with WordPress and have created both a Mother blog and a new personal one for the event. I … Continue reading

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Intercultural Competence

Margit introduced the Intercultural Competence strand this morning with 4 questions for reflection and organized a number of awarenes raising activities to illustrate these points. What is intercultural competence? How do we develop intercultural competence in our classrooms? How do … Continue reading

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Happy birthday

Today WordPress gave Sergio a birthday gift by sending him the long-awaited password so he was able to make his first post on the newly created blog. A date and an event to remember 🙂 Happy birthday, Sergio and wishes … Continue reading

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The role of language and critical literacy 2

Notes taken during Mario T. Menezes Souza presentation on the role of language and critical literacy. Critical Literacy Literacy as Social Practice and not as decodification of alphabetic script Reading as social practice – texts are read in contexts Each … Continue reading

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The Role of Language and Critical Literacy 1

Notes taken during Mario T. Menezes Souza presentation on the role of language and critical literacy. Lynn starts the talk by asking us to revise our pre-conceptions of education, culture and projects a picture of Robison Crusoe and Good Friday … Continue reading

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