Have a look at this blog by member Salvador Montaner from Alicante

http://salvadormontanerteacherefl.blogspot.com.es/

Salvador Montaner Villalba's EFL Blog

This Blog is aimed at sharing my didactic experiences in Teaching English with other English teachers. I will also focus on Teaching English through the ICT

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LUNES, 17 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2012

PODCASTS

The podcasts I will be publishing in a few days are about:

- Interactive White Board and its Didactic uses in Teaching English

- Creation of a Wiki

- Creation of a Webquest

I will begin with the first podcast on the didactic uses of the Interactive White Board

DOMINGO, 16 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2012

Interactive Whiteboard

This Section on "Interactive Whiteboard" (PDI, in Spanish) is aimed at explaining the IWB and the different didactic uses of it at Teaching English as a Foreign Language and, specifically, in Secondary Education, A-level (Bachillerato) and English Vocational.

I will begin by including a podcast in which I explain briefly some didactic uses of the IWB.

TRANSCRIPTION OF MY PODCASTING INCLUDED

MIÉRCOLES, 20 DE JUNIO DE 2012

About me

Hello! My name is Salvador Montaner, and I am an English teacher.

I got my degree, BA in English Studies, at the University of Valencia. I also received the Certificate in Teaching (C.A.P) in order to work in State Secondary Schools. I have been working now for at least 12 years, teaching English at Secondary, A-level (Bachillerato) and Vocational English (Ciclos Formativos). I began teaching when I ran my own language school for 5 years, from 1998 to 2002.

I also received a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language (same university and Cervantes Institute) and a Postgraduate Diploma in TEFL for General and Specific Purposes (ESP), University of Extremadura.

This academic year, 2012-13, I have begun specialising in Information and Communication Technologies in the Teaching of English as I am currently studying the MA in ICT in the Teaching of Modern Languages at the UNED .

With my teaching experience, I have learnt to develop social and personal skills such as being patient, feeling empathy with teenagers, understanding teenagers’ attitude, etc. This has made me mature professionally in order to become a professional English teacher. I am a very communicative person and I like working with my colleagues.

I got other skills such as Web Design, Translation, and mastery of languages such as German and Valencian.

Additionally, I am a member of APAVAC (Associació de Professors d’Anglès de València, Alacant i Castelló).

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Merry Christmas from British Council Madrid

Es nuestro deseo que pases unas felices fiestas en compañía de los tuyos y que el año nuevo haga realidad tus sueños.

            ¡Felices Fiestas!

Fwd: II APAVAC CONFERENCE GROUP PICTURE AND MEETING

Happy Winter Holidays!!!!!..... because we deserve 'em.... 

Dear members and membars ,

You can find attached a picture of all of us at the II APAVAC Conference. We must say we all look smashing as it should be. We are using it as a Xmas Card and to wish you a wonderful Holiday with lots of partying and very little marking. 

We are holding our General Meeting on January 23 , 2013, Wednesday at  IES Lluís Vives at 19.00. Agenda will follow.

Merry Xmas to you .

The Board

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SECOND APAVAC CONFERENCE

Dear members and friends of APAVAC , the Association of English Teachers of Comunidad Valenciana;

 Here we go again with our II Conference ready to start. This year's slogan is "KNOW HOW, KNOW WHO". 

That means that  we are focusing on hands-on everyday practice and on those foot soldiers who deal with students and survive.

 If you want to see the schedule click HERE .This year's Conference is being held at IES LLuís Vives(click) on 24 November 2012 . 

We are also holding a FLEA BOOK MARKET , So bring yours and swap. We would like to stress that you MUST HAVE REGISTERED  if you want to attend and remember that the conference is only for members. If you are not and want to become one click HERE.  There is a deadline for registration on 20 November or when we are booked up whatever happens first.

See you there !!!

BOOK FLEA MARKET

   
BOOK FLEA MARKET.

GET RID OF YOUR OLD BOOKS IN ENGLISH. SWAP THEM FOR NEW TITLES DURING II APAVAC CONFERENCE

PROCEDURE:

1-BRING YOUR USED AND READ BOOKS IN A BAG

2-GET TOKENS FOR AS MANY BOOKS AS YOU BRING

3-SWAP TOKENS FOR NEW TITLES FROM THE BOOK STAND

4-TAKE THEM HOME

AT THE END OF THE DAY ALL BOOKS NOT CLAIMED BY SWAPPERS WILL BE CLEARED FOR 1€ EACH , PROCEEDS  GOING FOR  APAVAC FUNDING

Molt Interessant; La nova Llei Wert ben explicada

Ens l'ha enviat una associada per difondre'l

Video que dura unos 14 minutos, pero explica lo que se nos viene encima.

La nova  Llei Wert ben explicada

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1Np6DHCoMZA

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Levante 21-October- 2012

II APAVAC CONFERENCE

<<KNOW HOW, KNOW WHO>>

<<Saturday, November 24 at IES Llüis Vives, Valencia >>

<<CALL FOR PAPERS>> 

Our second conference is in the oven. Bearing in mind that many members have suggested having a showcase of how we use our imagination and creativity in the classroom , now we invite you to show your know-how for an audience of colleagues.

We would like this conference to focus on what regular teachers use in their everyday teaching to motivate their students. We know all of you have a drawer full of excellent ideas and we are asking to share them and bring them to the conference. They don't  have to be   revolutionary  but just something that works well and you would  recommend to others, be it technological (digital boards, acoustics, electronics, uploading sound files ,etc), ESP and Vocational Training, class management, grammar games, wonderful websites, anything you consider might be of  interest to others. It could also be something you learnt  at a PALE  course and you want to share or what you learnt from a  Comenius project and want to disseminate.

The deadline for suggestions is October  21. Speakers will be assigned three 30 minute slots either before or after the break to give their talk to a different  audience every 30 minutes. There will be six speakers simultaneously so the audience will be able to attend up to six talks during the morning.

Come forward, show us yours ! 

The conference is free and only for members. If you want to become a member just click HERE

 Register 

HERE

a deaf student in my class

Dear colleagues, 

I am teaching CFGS Management and Finances this year and there is a deaf student in my class. She is very interested in learning English and she can read my lips and articulate the same phonemes (more or less). I wonder if you know if there exists any material adapted for people with these needs.(like for example, videos where you can see in the foreground a person speaking so that she would be able to read the speaker's lips... or an on-line dictionary where a "virtual person" pronounces the word so that you can see how the phonemes are articulated ...  I know I am not teaching ESO, but I would like to help her and we, as teachers, are used to adapting to our student's needs. 

Amparo Alberola Rosell
aalberola@isca.es

Estudio Europeo de Competencia Lingüística. Informe Español

Como responsable de la página web del Instituto Nacional de Evaluación Educativa, les adjunto los link del Estudio Europeo de Competencia Lingüística. Informe Español y de las tareas liberadas del mismo. Ambos temas  son de gran interés para los profesores de inglés y sirven de orientación y recursos para las clases.

http://www.educacion.gob.es/inee/Recursos-e-informaciones-de-inter-s/EECL.html

http://www.educacion.gob.es/inee/publicaciones/estudios-ie.html

Las tareas liberadas también están disponibles en el repositorio AGREGA del INTEF

http://agrega.educacion.es/visualizadorcontenidos/Portada/Portada.do;jsessionid=DAEEF3363444A8593B3234EFFEFA5CE5

También les hago llegar el enlace a nuestra página web

www.educacion.gob.es/inee

Un saludo y gracias de antemano por su colaboración.

 

Paloma González Chasco

Jefe de Servicio

Instituto Nacional de Evaluación Educativa

www.educacion.gob.es/inee

Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte

C/San Fernando del Jarama nº 14

Planta 1ª, despacho 115 

28002 Madrid

Ext. 73732  T. 917459239

paloma.gonzalez@mecd.es

Job Opportunity

From BC Malaysia , Through British Council Valencia we got the following job Vacancy to pass to members and supporters.

Sam Ayton | Director English Language Services | British Council | Malaysia
T +60 (0)3 2723 7925 | F +60 (0)3 2713 6599 | M +60 (0)12 260 0723

The British Council is the United Kingdom's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We are a registered charity; 209131 (England and Wales) SC037733 (Scotland). We create international opportunities for the people of the UK and other countries and build trust between them worldwide.

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We cannot find your details, Francisco Ramon Fayos Bonet

We seem to have misplaced details such as mail for the following new member 
Francisco Ramon Fayos Bonet, could you please come forward and let us know, please ?
Thanks

APAVAC at the British Council Valencia 5th Annual ELT Conference

Last Saturday September 29   APAVAC went to the 5th Annual English Language Teachers Conference organised by  the British Council Valencia. 

APAVAC was there

As last year, we were invited to talk about the Association and encourage English teachers to join.  We could also  enjoy a few of the very interesting workshops offered as usual by BC top of the league teachers .

Turnout  was a success

We would like to congratulate the British Council on another successful event devoted to teachers in Valencia. Turnout was huge and there were a few who drove all the way from Murcia !!


APAVAC  would  like to thank Tony Hubbard director of the British Council Valencia, Michael.O'Brien former director,  Roy Macavoy ICT Coordinator and Tom Stutter Senior teacher and coordinator for inviting us and all their help and support.

Help with a project; Survey on transition learners

British Council Madrid asked for our help with the following  survey. It is aimed at English teachers working with the 9-14 age group and  can be completed as a word document (attached with return instructions) or via the survey monkey link below and should only take 20 minutes.

British Council Madrid

Dear Primary/Secondary School English Teacher,

We would like your help with a project which is exploring what happens when pupils move from primary/elementary to secondary/middle school English language learning in classrooms around the world. This process is often called 'transition'.

The project is being run by the Centre for Language Education Research at Aston (CLERA) within the School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK and is funded by The British Council.

The aim of the project is to find out about teachers' experiences of teaching English as pupils move from the initial level (which we are calling Level 1) to the higher level (which we are calling Level 2), the challenges they face and the solutions they have developed. Results from the project will be used to help us to better understand transition issues in teaching English around the world. We will publish our findings with The British Council so that teachers can learn about each other's experiences and discover how the solutions to transition problems developed in one context may be effective in another.

There are two ways in which you can help. Firstly, by completing the questionnaire yourself if you teach English to young learners between approximately 9 and 14 who are in transition. Secondly, you can pass on this message to all your colleagues who teach English to transition learners.

The questionnaire will only take about 20 minutes to complete. Your answers are completely confidential and will be used only as summaries in which no individual's answer can be identified. You will find the questionnaire at

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TransitioninELT

If you cannot open the link, please complete the attached word version (level 1 or level 2) of the questionnaire and send it to Dr Juliane Schwarz (j.schwarz@aston.ac.uk).

You can find more information about the project at

http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lss/research/centres-institutes/language-education-research/news-and-events/transitions-between-primary-secondary-schools/

Thank you very much for your help.

Professor Anne Burns (a.c.burns@aston.ac.uk) Dr Fiona Copland, Aston University (f.m.copland@aston.ac.uk) Dr Sue Garton, Aston University (s.garton@aston.ac.uk) Dr Muna Morris-Adams (m.m.adams@aston.ac.uk)

Dr Susan Sheehan
Adviser Learning and Teaching
English and Exams, UK

British Council I Bridgewater House I 58 Whitworth Street I Manchester M1 6BB I United Kingdom

Tel +44 (0) 161 957 7436
Fax +44 (0) 161 957 7074

e-mail: susan.sheehan@britishcouncil.org

British Council in Madrid 9th Annual Teachers Conference

Hi All

As you know on Saturday 29^th September the British Council in Madrid will be holding our 9^th Annual Teachers Conference.  We’d like to invite you and your members to join us wherever you are so four of the talks will be available to view on livestream.

10am – 11am – Graham Stanley – Gamification: Practical Ideas for ELT

11.10am – Noon – Yvonne Moore – Having Fun Teaching the Skills in Primary Classes

12.40pm – 1.30pm – Bernie Maguire – Aptis :  A New and Exciting Language Test

1.40pm – 2.30pm – Samantha Lewis – Getting to Grips with Graphic Novels

(NB:  all times GMT+1)

To view these talks, you only need to click on the link below a few moments beforehand:

http://www.livestream.com/britishcouncilspain

Certificats curs DIGITAL STORYTELLING - IULMA

Benvolguts amics i companys:


Tal i com us indica l'enllaç que us vaig adjuntar amb tota la
informació per obtenir els certificats, l'expedició es fa a la
secretaria del Centre de Formació i Qualitat Manuel Sanchis Guarner,
en el tercer pis de l'edifici al carrer Serpis 29, en horari de 9:00
a 14:00 hores.

web d'informació: http://www.uv.es/sfp/lliure.htm

Salutacions


Tina

 The following members' mail addresses are being bounced back to us . That means we have no way to contact you. Could you please check what is wrong and let us know ??.

 komborera2@wanadoo.es

  jacarazo@ya.com

  cecaralda@telefonica.net

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL

Dear all,

Again your favourite association asks for your support as membership renewal is around the corner. Again our fee is 20€ that will go to support  a number of essentials and will enable APAVAC to carry on with our tasks. Remember our years go from October to October. If you have already subscribed to the standing order payment  you need not do anything else.

If you last used a wire  transfer we strongly recommend that you use  the standing order form (Domiciliació ) as it  makes things much easier for everybody. Be assured that it is perfectly safe as you have a period of time to refuse any withdrawals  without consent. 

This is the link to the standing order form     

 HERE

Of course wire transfers are still perfectly acceptable 

Make a deposit of 20 € with APAVAC as beneficiary and do not forget to write the full name of the member and the words  "Cuota APAVAC 2012-2013" under "concepto", .

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