English as a Global Language:
Implications for Innovation in Teaching and Learning
Call for Applications for British Council Funded Place
English is now used across the world as the preferred language for international communication. The purposes for learning English in the classrooms of 2005 are much less to fit into a native speaker context and much more for improving our own world and learning about others.
Around the world educators are using materials in English to achieve a much broader range of objectives from teaching civic duties and responsibilities to examining their own society and discovering others. This Hornby Summer School will look at the ways in which English is being used in the world today and will examine the implications that this has for teachers and learners in schools, colleges and universities.
What is the Hornby Summer School?
It is a 10-day event (that will tace place in Sorocaba, in the State of Sao Paulo) for professionals involved in the teaching of English at all levels and in the private and public sectors. The event is an opportunity to network to build stronger ties across Brazil and Latin American and Caribbean region for the development in English Language Teaching. There will be lectures, workshops, seminars and lots of opportunity for informal exchange of ideas.
The programme was developed in collaboration with Hornby Educational Trust, which is funded by A.S.Hornby, the creator of the Oxford Advanced Learners’ Dictionary and supports the improvement of the teaching and learning of English as a Foreign Language.
What is the focus?
The program will focus on issues around English as a Global Language.
Funding
The British Council in Chile will fund the participation of two ELT Professionals (Course fees, accommodation, air ticket) that meet the criteria
Priority will be given to applicants who can demonstrate that they have already contributed in some way to ELT in their region by running seminars, leading groups, etc..
Criteria for Participants
Professionals in the field of education from both public and private sectors with:
a competent command of English, able to interact professionally and over a sustained period in EnglishSubmission of Applications
Interested ELT Professionals should complete the Application Form (you do not have to fill in the section on payment) and submit it to gabriela.silva@britishcouncil.cl before Monday 24 October 2006.
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