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English Language Specialist Promotes Regional Security through Targeted Language Training for Ukrainian Border Guards Regional Caucasus Conference Promotes Professional Development, Regional Tolerance Cholodecki guided conference participants through classroom management techniques and basic language learning activities for this age group. At the end of this conference each teacher had a folder filled with age-appropriate stories, songs and activities to enhance their teaching and make the process of learning English more engaging. Ukrainian English Language Teachers Gather for Thirteenth Annual Convention The keynote presenters were Ms. Kristen Danek from the University of North Carolina who spoke on Strategies for Reaching a Higher Language Proficiency Level and Ms. Katherine Reynolds, a Fulbright scholar from Kharkiv, who shared her ideas on Easy Development of Interactive Activities. hspace=5 src="images/relo_events.jpg" align=right>TESOL-Ukraine, a Ukraine affiliate of TESOL International, continues to be the biggest professional association of teachers of English in the country. Annual national conference is the major event that brings the teachers together and allows to keep the network alive, to upgrade teachers' professional knowledge, to discuss burning educational national level issues, to listen to invited international speakers as well as to present themselves and share unique classroom experience. English for Ukrainian Border Guards The purpose of this workshop, led by the invited English Language Specialist Debra Lee, was to help develop a course outline for a three-month English language training course that all Border Guards will be required to take beginning in February 2008. Eight Border Guards currently working at border posts in different regions of Ukraine also participated in this workshop by providing accurate information about their English language needs on the border, and trying out training activities in demo classes. EL Specialist provides expertise on using technology in ESP classrooms The participants of the workshops were familiarized with terms like wiki, podcasts, blog, and open source course management systems. They were encouraged to use technology in their ESP classes to increase student motivation. Interactive workshops provided the teachers with basic strategies on how to create ESP materials using the free authentic resources on the Web. RELO-Sponsored English Language Summer Day Camp Promotes Communication Skills, Student Initiative Throughout the two-week day camp, Peace Corps volunteers and U.S. and Ukrainian trainers from the California-based NGO "International Outreach Coalition" led participants through an extensive series of activities that provided them with the English language skills needed for discussion and debate of local and global issues with larger audiences. At the end of the camp, outstanding participants were awarded small grants to carry on similar projects in their schools during the next academic year. Both participants and trainers at this Day Camp noted that one of the most important English language skills that participants learned during their two weeks together was how to support one's claims in a disagreement with logical and fair-minded discussion. Teacher Development Summer Institute on Academic Writing Throughout the week, Senior English Language Fellow Jennifer Herrin and Fulbright Scholar Lisa Morgan, based at Minsk State Linguistics University, led the participants through an extensive series of activities based on academic writing criteria at American universities. The goal of the course was to help them in turn develop more effective courses for their own students. Both trainers guided participants through techniques that help prevent plagiarism in the classroom. This included extensive input on standard forms of citation and rhetorical organization, as well as theory about submitting multiple drafts of written work for both peer and teacher evaluation before turning in a final product. 3d Regional English Teaching Caucasus Conference on Curriculum Development Senior English Language Fellow Kristine Fredrick from Chisinau, Moldova led participants in setting up a variety of interactive brainstorming activities, putting them in groups to develop materials and activities on topics of interest to all such as promoting communicative speaking and writing skills. Each group was then responsible for coming up with a long-term professional development plan that they could implement upon their return home. All participants expressed their appreciation for the opportunity to meet and work with each other, and stated that they would like this kind of event to be held every year. XII Annual English Language Teacher's Conference in Kyiv TESOL-Ukraine membership is growing steadily. Many young professionals attended the conference, and were able to join the community of associates, to upgrade their knowledge and to listen to the invited international and local speakers. Ukrainian Teachers Learn the Truth About Testing
Ms. Christine Canning, American Specialist on English language testing and assessment
from the Berkshire Community College, conducted a series of workshops and intensive
two-day trainings for tertiary and secondary level teachers. English language teachers
from Kyiv, Poltava, Lviv, Melitopol, Mykolayiv, and Odesa, as well as a group of
methodologists from the Ukrainian Center for the Quality of Education Assessment in Kyiv,
were introduced to qualities of language tests, to ways of creating effective
measurements, and preparing students for taking high stakes exams. Participants learned
how to use statistics to get information about their students' performance on a test and
to check the test's reliability. The following trainings were held throughout Ukraine:
April 17-18, 2007 April 19-20, 2007 April 21-22, 2007 April 24, 2007 50 English Teachers in Sevastopol Discuss Testing Reform, Helping Learners Learn They had a chance to learn more about Ukrainian language testing reforms intended to fight corruption in education, and motivating their students to learn English effectively. University professors and secondary school teachers of English were provided with an opportunity to gain exposure to innovative teaching techniques and classroom activities that their colleagues use. New Regional English Language Resource Center opens in Yalta, Crimea About 45 local officials, teachers of English, students, and media representatives gathered at the Crimean University for the Humanities to launch the center and to see the collection of English teaching materials, equipment and furniture, awarded to the University's library. The Rector of the Crimean University for the Humanities Alexander Gluzman and the Regional English Language Officer Lisa Harshbarger spoke at the ribbon cutting ceremony. The opening was followed by the methodology seminar "What Works in the English Language Classroom", conducted by RELO Lisa Harshbarger. Like other RELO supported English Language Resource Centers, the Yalta Center will function as a reading library and seminar room for teachers of English, students, and anyone interested in English language teaching. English Language Leadership Camp Teachers of English gather in Alushta for Second TESOL-UKRAINE and IATEFL Ukraine Joint Teacher Development Summer Institute The Institute consisted of three strands: Assessment, Teacher Development, and English for Specific Purposes. Teams of professional trainers from the U.S., Georgia, and Ukraine worked in these strands. In the Assessment strand, Dr. Christine Coombe, English Faculty/Assessment Leader (USA) and Ms. Olha Yashenkova, Professor and Associate Chair, Linguistics Faculty, Kyiv National University (Ukraine) focused on aspects of assessment such as the test development and specifications process, assessing the four skills, statistics, and test-taking strategies. Their work was based on the aims, objectives and content of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and its relationship to English language teaching in Ukraine. At the end of the Institute, Assessment strand participants made recommendations as to the content and format of the school-leaving tests that will be developed as part of Ukrainian testing reform. Participants in the Teacher Development strand became more aware of effective classroom management techniques and ways of incorporating writing and reading activities into the curriculum. The ESP strand focused on motivating students to learn English by focusing on their immediate need to communicate in English in professional contexts. The recently introduced university module system and ESP course design based on this system was also discussed. More pictures Regional English Language Office - Events - Archive 3d Regional English Teaching Caucasus Conference on Curriculum Development Senior English Language Fellow Kristine Fredrick from Chisinau, Moldova led participants in setting up a variety of interactive brainstorming activities, putting them in groups to develop materials and activities on topics of interest to all such as promoting communicative speaking and writing skills. Each group was then responsible for coming up with a long-term professional development plan that they could implement upon their return home. All participants expressed their appreciation for the opportunity to meet and work with each other, and stated that they would like this kind of event to be held every year. XII Annual English Language Teacher's Conference in Kyiv TESOL-Ukraine membership is growing steadily. Many young professionals attended the conference, and were able to join the community of associates, to upgrade their knowledge and to listen to the invited international and local speakers. Ukrainian Teachers Learn the Truth About Testing
Ms. Christine Canning, American Specialist on English language testing and assessment
from the Berkshire Community College, conducted a series of workshops and intensive
two-day trainings for tertiary and secondary level teachers. English language teachers
from Kyiv, Poltava, Lviv, Melitopol, Mykolayiv, and Odesa, as well as a group of
methodologists from the Ukrainian Center for the Quality of Education Assessment in Kyiv,
were introduced to qualities of language tests, to ways of creating effective
measurements, and preparing students for taking high stakes exams. Participants learned
how to use statistics to get information about their students' performance on a test and
to check the test's reliability. The following trainings were held throughout Ukraine:
April 17-18, 2007 April 19-20, 2007 April 21-22, 2007 April 24, 2007 50 English Teachers in Sevastopol Discuss Testing Reform, Helping Learners Learn They had a chance to learn more about Ukrainian language testing reforms intended to fight corruption in education, and motivating their students to learn English effectively. University professors and secondary school teachers of English were provided with an opportunity to gain exposure to innovative teaching techniques and classroom activities that their colleagues use. New Regional English Language Resource Center opens in Yalta, Crimea About 45 local officials, teachers of English, students, and media representatives gathered at the Crimean University for the Humanities to launch the center and to see the collection of English teaching materials, equipment and furniture, awarded to the University's library. The Rector of the Crimean University for the Humanities Alexander Gluzman and the Regional English Language Officer Lisa Harshbarger spoke at the ribbon cutting ceremony. The opening was followed by the methodology seminar "What Works in the English Language Classroom", conducted by RELO Lisa Harshbarger. Like other RELO supported English Language Resource Centers, the Yalta Center will function as a reading library and seminar room for teachers of English, students, and anyone interested in English language teaching. English Language Leadership Camp Teachers of English gather in Alushta for Second TESOL-UKRAINE and IATEFL Ukraine Joint Teacher Development Summer Institute The Institute consisted of three strands: Assessment, Teacher Development, and English for Specific Purposes. Teams of professional trainers from the U.S., Georgia, and Ukraine worked in these strands. In the Assessment strand, Dr. Christine Coombe, English Faculty/Assessment Leader (USA) and Ms. Olha Yashenkova, Professor and Associate Chair, Linguistics Faculty, Kyiv National University (Ukraine) focused on aspects of assessment such as the test development and specifications process, assessing the four skills, statistics, and test-taking strategies. Their work was based on the aims, objectives and content of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and its relationship to English language teaching in Ukraine. At the end of the Institute, Assessment strand participants made recommendations as to the content and format of the school-leaving tests that will be developed as part of Ukrainian testing reform. Participants in the Teacher Development strand became more aware of effective classroom management techniques and ways of incorporating writing and reading activities into the curriculum. The ESP strand focused on motivating students to learn English by focusing on their immediate need to communicate in English in professional contexts. The recently introduced university module system and ESP course design based on this system was also discussed. More pictures XI Annual English Language Teachers' TESOL-Ukraine Conference The conference brought together 280 teachers for their major event that allowed them to upgrade their professional knowledge, to discuss burning educational national level issues, to listen to invited international speakers as well as to present themselves and share unique classroom experience. More pictures Ukrainian Methodologists Begin Professional Training Program RELO and PAS Organize Enligsh Language Retreat for
Students and Teachers The retreat provided an enriching and educational experience for underprivileged young people in civics, healthy lifestyle, and community project planning. The program was supplemented with the parallel track for English language teachers of the participating youth. Ms. Corliss Payne, invited American Specialist, conducted an intensive practical training for the teachers, focusing on communicative methods of instruction and teaching 4 skills. Teachers were given numerous ideas and techniques on using songs, games, drama and poetry in the class. 2nd South Caucasus English Teachers Conference
“Sharing Across Borders” Approximately 150 teachers attended the conference. They had a chance to attend high-level seminars, workshops and two plenary sessions, delivered by Ms. Carolyn Graham and Mr. George Pickering. The conference brought together the expertise and knowledge of teachers of English from three neighboring countries, gave them another chance to share across the borders and plan future inter-Caucasus projects. Jazz Chants for Kyiv teachers and children
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