DISEMINARE CURS COMENIUS

Londra – 18-29 octombrie 2010

Prof. Velicu Magdalena Colegiul National “Grigore Moisil”

Onesti, jud. Bacau

Sprijin financiar primit din fonduri FSE-POSDRU

prin proiectul “ Schema de sustinere complementara a

mobilitatii europene a cadrelor didactice din invatamantul

preuniversitar” beneficiare ale Programului de Invatare pe Tot

Parcursul Vietii (Lifelong Learning)

Comenius Scholarship(mobilitati individuale

profesori)• A.N.P.C.D.E.F.P ( Agentia Nationala pentru Programe

Comunitare in Domeniul Educatiei si Formarii Profesionale) facilitates the access to European alternatives of continuous and active learning by encouraging teachers to attend courses aimed at improving the quality of education.

• Application deadline: 30th April 2010• 1000 candidates – 300 selected for different types of

courses all over Europe• All you have to do is to look for a course that interests you

in the Comenius catalogue, (http://ec.europe.eu/education/training), get the accept from the school abroad, be motivated and then fill in a form which you have to register on line.

Teacher Refresher CourseIn the Language of Tuition

English: The English Teacher Experience

Methodology Enhancement for the 21st Century

•for teachers who want to improve their knowledge of the English language, discover new methodology and learn

about the British Culture

Course reference nr. in the Comenius/Grundtvig catalogue:

UK – 2009 – 879 - 008

“EXCEL ENGLISH” - London• Private school accredited by the British Council situated

in a charming Edwardian suburb, on a hill in North London called MUSWELL HILL

• The name Muswell is believed to come from a natural spring or well said to have miraculous properties

• The traditional story tells that a Scottish king was cured of disease after drinking the water of the spring/well.

• Consequently, the area became a place of pilgrimage for healing during Medieval times.

• Today, the area is a residential one with many large family houses and it has the atmosphere of a village even though it is part of a great city. 

• It is one of the safest places to live in London, and it is very popular for its cafes, bars, pubs and restaurants, for its cinemas and interesting places to shop, and for the many sports centres where you can keep fit. It is also a very “green” part of London with a lot of parks and open spaces.

• It is very easy to get from Muswell Hill to the centre of London as the area is in zone 3 of the London transport system and there are many buses and underground stations to choose from.

• “Excel English” has a student-centered approach, all the activities of the school being designed to promote student satisfaction;

• The school aims to provide a very high standard of teaching and student care within a friendly and relaxed atmosphere;

• All teachers are nice, open-minded, helpful and they have a caring attitude towards everyone.

Session nr.7 – October 18-29th, the group consisted of 10 teachers from 5 countries: Romania(3), Poland(2), Germany(2), Turkey(2) and Lithuania(1).

• The course – dynamic and captivating – 48 hours/2 weeks• The two teachers – Kerry and Jules – got us all involved into lots

of interesting activities during the period of 2 weeks spent there.• Every day classes started at 8.30 and ended at about 14.15 (with

2 breaks)• Pair work, group work with a lot of competition between teams in

order to solve different types of tasks• It’s this spirit of competition that gives good motivation to

students to solve tasks successfully – they learn and remember things better when they actually take part in some kind of activity, and are not passive receivers of information and rules that have to be learned by heart.

• “Tell me and I will forget Show me and I will remember Involve me and I will understand” ( Chinese proverb)

Activities Overview

• Learning Styles• EFL Approaches Overview• Revisiting Dictation• Managing Mixed Ability Classes• The A-Z of British Etiquette• 21st Century Britishness• Warmers and Fillers• Pronunciation• Developing Reading and Listening Skills• Role Play and Improvisation in EFL

• ICT and Authentic Video/ DVD in EFL

• Encouraging Speaking Skills

• Error Correction

• Keeping Up with Phrasal Verbs

• Idioms and Slang

• The Lexical Approach and Collocation

• Task-Based Learning

• Collaborative Writing

• Up-to-Date Lingo

• Using Literature and the Arts

• Songs in EFL

It’s really worth it!• All the activities are extremely interesting, they

are student-centered and they will definitely give you a totally different perspective upon teaching English as a foreign language;

• You will receive lots of handouts which will be very useful to you, both in the process of teaching and as material for the different types of exams that you will have to take as teachers.

Why is it worth applying?

Because, by attending such a course, you will benefit from many points of view:

Professionally: • you will learn a lot of new and useful

things so that you might become a better teacher every day and always keep up with modern trends and cater for all types of learners;

• you will improve both your fluency in English and your vocabulary by coming into contact with native teachers of English

Culturally and personally: • You will find out a lot of things, not only about the British

culture and civilization, but also about other cultures and civilizations in the world, by getting into contact with various British customs and traditions or customs belonging to other peoples in the world (your colleague teachers’)

• You will improve your communication abilities and will have the chance to establish new contacts and make new friends

• You will have the long-awaited chance to visit the most important sights in London or other touristic attractions such as Oxford or Windsor.

(and, believe me, pictures and stories about London do not do justice to this magnificent city (you MUST visit it by all means!!!)

The National Galleries London Eye

St. Paul’s Cathedral Houses of Parliament

Buckingham Palace Big Ben

Windsor Castle

London Bridge

How can you apply?

• A.N.P.C.D.E.F.P www.anpcdefp.ro • – Programul de invatare pe tot parcursul vietii –

Comenius – Formare continua pentru personalul implicat in educatia scolara (Lifelong Learning Programme)

• Fill in a form, register it on line and send it, together with other documents, to the National Agency: Agenţia Naţională pentru Programe Comunitare în Domeniul Educaţiei şi Formării Profesionale, Bucureşti, Calea Şerban Vodă nr. 133, etaj 3, sector 4, cod postal 040205

AND………..

Once you are selected, you have to go through 3 stages:

• 1) The preparation stage when you have to get acquainted to the content of the course you are going to attend based on the materials given by the school, to prepare your own materials about your activity as a teacher and about the school you teach in, as well as about the educational system in your native country;

• 2) Attending the course in the foreign country;• 3) The assessment period when you have to draw up a

final report of your activity while attending the course and to make up a dissemination plan in order to put into practice the knowledge acquired by attending the course and to share it with your students, fellow-teachers and the local community.

Useful links:

http://www.anpcdefp.ro/

http://www.anpcdefp.ro/programe/llp/referinta/Apel_20

10/Apel_national_2010.pdf

http://www.anpcdefp.ro/programe/llp/comenius/formulare.html

http://ec.europa.eu/education/trainingdatabase/search.cfm

Acest material a fost realizat de prof. VELICU MAGDALENA MARIA de la C.N. “Grigore Moisil”, Onesti, cu

scopul diseminarii informatiilor ca urmare a participarii la acest curs de formare continua finanţat de Comisia

Europeană prin Programul sectorial Comenius şi Fondul Social European. Continutul acestei prezentari reprezinta responsabilitatea exclusiva a autorului si AN, OI POSDRU

si Comisia Europeana nu sunt responsabile pentru modul in care continutul informatiei a fost folosit.