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Many of the best ESL/EFL teachers and ELT professionals from different parts of the world have been invited:
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Virtual Social Networking Conferences in November 2009
From November 5th to 8th, 2009, there will be an open-knowledge event, Social Networking, organized by AVEALMEC and ARCALL, two LatinAmerican associations, one based in Venezuela and the other one in Argentina, interested in promoting the use of ICT in the language classroom. It will be completely online and free, and its aim is to encourage practioners to reflect the role of communities of practice as social networks in ELT.
Many of the best ESL/EFL teachers and ELT professionals from different parts of the world have been invited:
- George Siemens -Canada
- Etienne Wenger -U.S.A.
- Vance Stevens - United Arabic States
- Nik Peachey - United Kingdom
- Charalambos Vrasidas and Maria Solomou - Cyprus
- Nicky Hockly - Spain
- Erika Cruvinel and Ronaldo Lima -Brazil
- Rita Zeinstejer and Paula Ledesma -Argentina
- Nellie Müller Deustch -Israel
- Carla Arena -Brazil
- Graham Stanley -Spain
- Jennifer Verschoor, Evelyn Izquierdo and Erika Cruvinel -Argentina, Venezuela and Brazil.
I think it will be a great experience to have the opportunity to discuss about the concepts and theories around social networks, communities of practice, the Web 2.0, experiences in the classroom, as well as about the use, advantages and drawbacks of social networking tools.
DON'T MISS IT!
- Use Social Media To Improve Your Language Skills
To really understand another language, you need to get to grips with the way it is used by its native speakers. Learning a language using a textbook is a good way to get to know the basics. What textbooks don?t do is help you to understand how people...
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- Language Social Networks - Don't Stop Learning!
Due to the globalized world we live in, many people decide to learn a foreign language for different reasons and purposes. The best opportunity to learn it is being immerse in the context the language is spoken but not everybody can afford to live in...
- Use Smartphones In Class, Say School Principals
The National Association of Secondary School Principals have been trying to make sense of the whirlwind that is Social and Mobile Technologies. They have just released a position statement, summarizing their thoughts on the matter ? and it is surprisingly...
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PARKER: Players of our country never perform well in football world cup. MERRY: I don?t think we should blame the players. They are product of selectors and trainers. PARKER: Why don?t they select talented players and train them...