TEACHING AND BEYONDANNUAL SEMINAR 2015

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Prof. Lic. Virginia López GrisolíaPresidentProf. Jorge GhenadenikVice PresidentProf. Lic. Romina NulhemSecretaryProf. Silvia TubioTreasurerProf. Cristian ColucciDeputy Treasurer

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WELCOME

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SCHEDULE

ABSTRACTS & BIODATA

OPENING PLENARY SESSION

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

SIGS’ CORNER

THEMATIC PANEL

CLOSING PLENARY SESSION

SPONSORS

CONTENTS

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Dear Participant,

APIBA is pleased to welcome you to our 2015 Annual Seminar, whose primary aim has always been since its foundation in 1971 to provide English teachers with a permanent forum where issues can be discussed. This traditional event held year after year has contributed to keeping teachers up-to-date by offering them the opportunity to discuss with specialists and colleagues the latest research and experiences in the teaching of English as a foreign language.

We hope this new issue of our traditional annual event comes up to your expectations and helps you get updated on the latest trends and therefore grow as ELT professionals.

Best wishes,

Virginia López GrisolíaPresident

WELCOME

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APIBA would like to thank:

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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SCHEDULE

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8.30 - 9.00 REGISTRATION

9.00 - 10.30 OPENING PLENARY SESSION

Claudia Ferradas, PhD: Ourselves - in English

10.30 - 11.00 COFFEE BREAK - Courtesy of

11.00 - 12.30

12.30 - 13.30 LUNCH BREAK

13.30 - 14.00

14.00 - 15.30 THEMATIC PANEL

Moderator: Leonor Corradi, MASpeakers: Prof. Cecilia Saavedra, Prof. Pablo Crovetto, Prof. Inés Porcel, Prof. Matías Ansaldo & Prof. Agostina Spinella TrapaniSharing Best Practices and Reflecting on the Theoretical Background behind them

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Prof. Lic. Mónica Gandolfo: Challenges at today’s state-run schools: How the NES can help

Prof. Nibia Yermos & Prof. Andrea Paradiuk: DO, RE, MI... The Sound of Music in our Classrooms

SIGS’ CORNER

APIBA SIGs: Come and find out what APIBA SIGs have been doing this year and their plans for the months to come.

15.30 - 16.00 COFFEE BREAK - Courtesy of

16.00 - 17.30 CLOSING PLENARY SESSION

Beatriz Pena Lima, MA: Poetry to walk in someone else’s shoes

17.30 - 18.00 RAFFLES & CERTIFICATES

OPENING PLENARY | 9.00 - 10.30

Claudia Ferradas, PhDOurselves - in EnglishOne of the central concerns of foreign language learning is how to communicate our hybrid, fluid identities in a language used to express worldviews different from our own.

In a context of growing international contact, virtual as well as face to face, intercultural competence has become paramount. This competence involves not only the capacity to understand the values and customs of others but also to be able to express our own meanings so that others can understand them. How can we find the words to express concepts, habits and perceptions which do not seem to have an equivalent in another culture? How can we find points in common that make communication possible? And how effective is English as the language of international communication to express local meanings?

This session explores literary (though not necessarily printed) texts in English in which intercultural encounters are highlighted and proposes activities and resources for the classroom which aim at crossing intercultural borders. The encounter with otherness can encourage reflection on how meanings can be communicated across cultures. Considering such products critically and comparatively and then finding ways to respond to them can contribute to developing the linguistic repertoire necessary to express our own meanings in English.

ABSTRACTS & BIODATA

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Claudia Ferradas is a graduate from I.E.S. en Lenguas Vivas

“Juan R. Fernández”, where she is a lecturer in Language and

Literature and is also “Regente del Nivel Superior”. She holds

an MA in Education and Professional Development from

the University of East Anglia, and a PhD in English Studies

from the University of

Claudia Ferradas, PhD

Nottingham. She also teaches on the MA programme in Literatures in English at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza.

She has run training sessions and participated in conferences in South America, the Caribbean, the USA, Europe and South East Asia.

Claudia often works as a consultant, materials designer and facilitator for the British Council and has co-chaired the Oxford

Conference on the Teaching of Literature on five occasions. She has also worked as Project Manager for the Penguin Active Readers

Teacher Support Programme. She is an educational consultant for Trinity College London and Oxford University Press.

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CONCURRENT SESSION 1 | 11.00 - 12.30

Prof. Lic. Mónica Gandolfo

Challenges at today’s state-run schools: How the NES can help

In this workshop we will be working on real episodes from everyday life in the classrooms of state high schools (classroom conflict, little or no development of the productive skills, difficulty with assessment, etc.)

Together, we will resort to the proposals in the NES to find alternative perspectives and procedures that can result in a need-satisfying classroom environment that can help us achieve our educational goals.

ABSTRACTS & BIODATA

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Mónica Gandolfo is a graduate from Instituto Superior de

Formación Docente “Bernardo Houssay”, Provincia de Buenos

Aires. She holds a degree as Licenciada en Educación and

Especialista en Nuevas Infancias y Juventudes, UNQ.

She teaches reading comprehension of academic

texts at the School of Philosophy and Letters (UBA), where she has coordinated the first level. She taught Inglés y su Enseñanza I and

III, and Espacio de la Práctica II and IV at Instituto Superior de Formación Docente “Bernardo Houssay” for 27 years and still teaches Inglés y su Enseñanza III and Practica IV at Instituto

Superior de Formación Docente “Próspero Allemandri”, Provincia de Buenos Aires. She has also been Profesora titular of Trayecto de

Construcción de la Práctica Docente Tramo II and Profesora interina of Trayecto de Construcción de la Práctica Docente Tramo I at Escuela Normal Superior en Lenguas Vivas "Sofía Broquen de

Spangenberg" and Profesora interina of El profesor de inglés y el maestro de grado at I.S.P. “Joaquín V. González.”

Prof. Lic. Mónica Gandolfo

CONCURRENT SESSION 2 | 11.00 - 12.30

Prof. Nibia Yermos & Prof. Andrea Paradiuk

DO, RE, MI... The Sound of Music in Our Classrooms

Music can be highly memorable and motivating and it can open pathways to the learning of a second language. As well as being an important part of students’ lives, it can improve cognition and creativity.

In this hands-on workshop, we would like to share with the audience a set of music-related tasks that have proved effective in classroom practice in fostering language acquisition through the blend of challenge, fun and the resulting enjoyment.

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ABSTRACTS & BIODATA

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Nibia Yermos is the Head Teacher at Liceo Cultural

Británico, Flores Branch. Former lecturer in Methodology at

CONSUDEC TTC and in Language I at I.S.P. “Joaquín V.

González,” Nibia has lectured extensively on Language and

methodological issues both in Buenos Aires and in several

provinces. She has coordinated APIBA’s Methodology SIG.

Andrea Paradiuk is an I.S.P. “Joaquín V. González” graduate

and holds a degree in Education from Universidad Nacional de

Quilmes. She has specialized in Didactics. She teaches

Didactics II, Práctica Docente II and IV, Inglés y su Enseñanza I

and III and Oral Expression IV at TTCs 24 and 83 in Quilmes. She

has coordinated APIBA’s Methodology SIG.

Prof. Andrea Paradiuk

Prof. Nibia Yermos

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SIGS’ CORNER

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APIBA SIGs enable teachers with similar interests to share ideas, network and grow professionally through regular meetings, newsletters and conference events. A SIG is neither a course nor a seminar nor a lecture – a SIG is a study group in which all members

SIGS’ CORNER | 13.30 - 14.00

APIBA SIGs

participate and exchange ideas and opinions; a SIG is a discussion forum in which teachers of English can develop as professionals. SIG activities are open and democratic and small projects are also welcome.

This year the APIBA SIGs are celebrating their 15th anniversary. Throughout all these years this forum for exchange among colleagues has undergone changes and mergers as well as given birth to new groups. Such is the spirit of the SIGs: flexibility and diversity.

We are very proud to show what they are currently doing and their future projects.

THEMATIC PANEL | 14.00 - 15.30

Sharing Best Practices and Reflecting on the Theoretical Background behind them

Moderator: Leonor Corradi, MA

Speakers: Prof. Cecilia Saavedra, Prof. Pablo Crovetto, Prof. Matías Ansaldo, Prof. María Inés Porcel de Peralta & Prof. Agostina Spinella Trapani

Four young graduate teachers will be presenting some innovative practice worth sharing with colleagues. Learning from peers and their successful teaching experiences can definitely be a very enriching path in your teacher growth. Let’s explore some best practices which may contribute to students’ learning, no matter their age or the setting (state-run or private schools, language institutes, adult education). Leonor Corradi will be introducing the panel and then will be in charge of setting the theoretical framework behind the best practices presented.

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ABSTRACTS & BIODATA

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Leonor Corradi is a teacher of English and holds a Master’s

degree in Education and Teacher Training from Surrey

University, UK. She is a tenured lecturer in Didactics at I.E.S en

Lenguas Vivas “Juan R. Fernández” and I.S.P “Joaquín

V. González.”

She is a coordinator of state plurilingual schools in the City

of Buenos Aires and a member of the Foreign Languages Team at the National Ministry of Education. She has run professional development

sessions in Argentina and abroad, and has presented extensively at national and international congresses. She has also worked at a State

Special Needs School, and has acted as educational consultant for the British Council and Ministries of Education in Latin America as

well. She has coordinated the creation of online materials for language teaching and has acted as an online tutor for different

seminars. Ms Corradi has been a member of the committee for CLE, and is the author of the Curriculum for Foreign Languages for the City of BA (English). She has written a number of articles and educational

materials and course books, and is an ELT author.

Leonor Corradi, MA

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Cecilia Saavedra is a I.E.S. en Lenguas Vivas “Juan R. Fernández” graduate. She is a teacher and coordinator at Interaction Language Studio, where she teaches Business English, General English, ESP and International Exam (TOEFL-IBT, FCE, CAE, BEC, IELTS, ICFE) courses to adult learners in-company. She is also a teacher trainer and Head of the Testing Department.

Pablo Crovetto graduated from I.S.P. “Joaquín V. González” in 2013, where he is currently specialising in English History. He teaches English to teens and adults at English 4 Every1 School of English and at Instituto Santa Cruz. He also teaches Politics at Colegio Santo Tomás de Aquino and History in English at E.N.S. en Lenguas Vivas Nº1 ‘Pte. Roque Sáenz Peña’ as part of a bilingual program. It is in this last context that he began using historical objects to teach. This has helped him inspire students when approaching history. By ‘doing archeology’ in the classroom students are invited to think critically, interpret and imagine, which strengthens their active role in the learning process.

Prof. Pablo Crovetto

Matías Ansaldo is a I.S.P. “Joaquín V. González” graduate and has worked in schools (Kindergarten and Primary Education) and in language schools of very well-known universities. He also holds a degree in Psychology from Universidad de Buenos Aires. He has delivered lectures in important institutions in Argentina (I.S.P. “Joaquín V. González,” U.B.A., Ministerio de Educación) and abroad.

Prof. Matías Ansaldo

Prof. Cecilia Saavedra

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María Inés Porcel de Peralta is a I.E.S. en Lenguas Vivas “Juan R. Fernández” graduate and she has worked at primary and secondary schools. She has specialized in Didactics and has been teaching Didactics 1 at I.E.S. en Lenguas Vivas “Juan R. Fernández” since 2012.

Agostina Spinella Trapani graduated from I.S.P. “Joaquín V. González" in 2014. She has taught private adult students and groups of teenage students at private institutes. During the period when she lived in New Zealand, she taught Spanish to local adults. Agostina has also worked for UTN, where she taught conversation and "survival English" courses to biologists at Microbiology Institute "Dr. Carlos Malbrán." In 2013 she began working at "Instituto Santa Cruz" high-school, where she has taught first through fifth years, at intermediate and advanced levels. Here, she has frequently tried the "Do-it-yourself" classroom, which encompasses a wide variety of practices that foster student autonomy in learning.

Prof. Agostina Spinella Trapani

Prof. María Inés Porcel de Peralta

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CLOSING PLENARY SESSION | 16.00 - 17.30

Beatriz Pena Lima, MA

Poetry to walk in someone else’s shoes

American Poet Laureate Billy Collins argues that when we read a poem we enter the consciousness of another, we loosen some of our fixed notions in order to accommodate to a culturally diverse lived experience. This is why poetry is often used in class to develop empathy and compassion, apart from the more strictly language and literary oriented uses it can lend itself to.

The five or six poems to be discussed today have been among my secondary school students’ favourite ones for many years. They are meant as examples of how, though short and lexically simple, poems can be the trigger for deep introspection, heated discussions and striking creative writing and reading practices regarding the task of living in a complex but fascinating world.

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Beatriz Pena Lima holds an MA in Literary Linguistics from the University of Nottingham, UK.She was a lecturer in British Literature and Literature in the Language Class at both I.S.P. "Joaquín V. González" and I.E.S. en Lenguas Vivas "Juan R. Fernández" for more than thirty years.

Beatriz Pena Lima, MA

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She has worked as a materials designer for the British Council and for Pearson Education. She's co-author of the Storyline series.Currently, she works as a teacher trainer at Moorlands School and at ESSARP.

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