The structure of the Teachers Days included talks by Nigel Bwye, John Clegg, Helena Curtain (University of Wisconsin), Diana Lindsay, Sarah Phillips, and four workshops by John Asensi ('Multimedia And The Internet'), the International Center (Infant), Multilingual Experience in the Basque Country (Primary), M. Luisa Gurrutxaga and Phil Ball (Secondary).
According to the evaluation sheets, the most valued talks were the following ones: 'Integrating Language, Content And Culture: Focus On Content-Based Instruction' by Helena Curtain, Colin Granger, Nigel Bwye ('Once Upon A Time') and Itziar Hormaza's 'Geography In The Third Level'.
The summary of these Teachers Days could be as follows: using English as a means to learn other subjects rather than being an objective in itself seems to be the natural follow-up step to an early introduction of the language at Infant School. Meanwhile, the new technologies will more and more provide a useful tool in the hands of both teachers and learners that will improve and enhance the teaching/learning process of any kind of content. Also the Internet will play an important role in motivating our students to use English as a language for world wide communication and it will break the barriers of time and space. So the message of these Fifth BETEA Teachers Days was 'let us share content with other people in English throughout the whole globe!'.
In addition to the main activities we had the opportunity to see and enjoy the English TeachingTheatre Company and, once again, those who attended the official dinner had the chance to listen to Tim Bowley's fascinating stories.
The prizes for the raffles were donated by the various publishing companies which had the opportunity to present their newest material. |
