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CHELTENHAM a turning point

CHELTENHAM a turning point . One week course for European teachers of English Sat 5 October- Sun 13 Oct 2013. Teaching Literature in the EFL Classroom – Graham Workman. Find someone who…. (literature) Poetry: “The couple upstairs” by H. Williams “Still I Rise” by M. Angelou

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CHELTENHAM a turning point

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  1. CHELTENHAMa turning point One week course for European teachers of English Sat 5 October- Sun 13 Oct 2013

  2. Teaching Literature in the EFL Classroom – Graham Workman • Find someone who…. (literature) • Poetry: “The couple upstairs” by H. Williams “Still I Rise” by M. Angelou “Mirror” by S. Plath “ A Martian sends a postcard home” by C. Raine • Creative Writing: musical stories making similes limericks • Short stories: “Indian camp” by E. Hemigway “I can play schools” by M.C. Jenkins “A message from the Pig-man” “Charles” by S. Jackson

  3. Shakespeare’s theatreLorna Smith • All’s Well That Ends Well: a word cloud silent reading circle reading acting in groups …………having fun

  4. Aspects of Life in Modern Britain through Literary TextsLorna Smith • Poetry: “The Lady of Shallot” by Lord A. Tennyson “London Breed” by B. Zephaniah “City Lilacs” by H. Dunmore • Fiction: “The Road Home” by Rose Tremain (from chp 2) “If nobody speaks of remarkable things” by Jon Mc Gregor (opening)

  5. Teaching English as a Foreign LanguageDiana Hicks • Priorities: why we are here • Language: BICS – CALP • Action Research • Learners’ styles • Teaching is about the process of learning • Teaching grammar, language chunks, reading, writing • Homework and assessment • Dyslexia • Changes in Language Learning/Teaching

  6. New Developments in the English LanguageDiana Hicks • English as a Lingua Franca • Flexibility • Comprehensibility • Contextualization • Literary texts

  7. Poetry café…Fred D’Aguiar

  8. Theatre • ‘To Sir with Love’, Everyman Theatre Cheltenham • ‘A Mad Worl My Masters’, a comedy by T. Middleton at The Swan in Stratford

  9. Sightseeing ………

  10. Making friends….

  11. ….. back to school • a folder with all the materials of the course in the language lab • a presentation on the school website • sharing materials for dyslexia and non with colleagues through the mailing list of DSA Cafis Uniromatre/ gruppo lingue straniere • maintaning contact with other teachers of the course www.facebook.com/groups/cheltenham2013 • experimenting new ideas and looking at things from a different point of view M. Rita Simeoni ritasimeoni@hotmail.it created 03. Nov. 2013

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