February Courses - last places!

RT WEEK 2009

February 09 – 12

A rich selection of workshops to develop teaching and learning skills!

Workshop outlines

RT WEEK 2009	Monday 09 February	Tuesday 10 February	Wednesday11 February	Thursday 12 February
9 to 12	Upping the ante! - more advanced language! A brand new workshop on the latest in native speaker use.	Creating the person you want to be From a basis of the ontology of language, we look at how we can achieve the results we want in our professional and personal life.	The secret to inner drive and stamina How we can enhance the motivation and enthusiasm of our students.	Transforming authentic material Using models and ideas from the media and internet as springboards for language acquisition and practice.
	L u n c h	L u n c h	L u n c h	L u n c h
14 to 17	Neuroscience in action! Ways to maximise learning and the acquisition of language based on the discoveries of neuroscience research	Let’s take a swipe! Yet more advanced language A knowledge of culture can help us to understand subtle differences in the meaning of familiar words and expressions.	Observer or Doer? How to use some simple NLP techniques to start becoming the protagonist of one’s dreams.	Boosting motivation and creativity through drama An array of ideas that will inspire even the laziest and least artistic students.

Enrolment

Each workshop lasts three hours. AM: 9.00 - 12.00 PM: 14.00 - 17.00.

Venue: Gallardo 719, Versailles, Capital Federal.

Please enrol by phoning (005411) 4641-9068 or by e-mail: rtcourses@resourcefulteaching.com.ar

jamiearg@gmail.com or lauraszmuch@gmail.com

There are limited vacancies per workshop. Enrolment is only guaranteed by payment of fee.

Curso de Programación Neurolingüística

A cargo de: Resourceful Teaching

Directores: Laura Szmuch - Jamie Duncan

El curso intensivo comprenderá los módulos 1 a 6, y se dictará los días 9 a 14 de febrero de 2009. El curso equivale a los primeros seis módulos del curso Practitioner en PNL, para seguir siendo cursado durante el año, una vez por mes.

Módulos y temas a cubrir:

1. Conociéndonos más y mejorando nuestra comunicación

2. Canales sensoriales

3. Lenguaje preciso

4. Anclajes

5. Descubriendo los recursos internos

6. Concientizándonos de los mundos internos de nuestros alumnos y respondiendo a sus programas mentales.

Docentes a cargo del curso:

Laura Szmuch- Lilly Spillman- Jamie Duncan

¿Qué es la PNL?

La Programación Neurolingüística es una serie de principios, actitudes y técnicas que nos permiten lograr el máximo de nuestras potencialidades. La PNL describe la dinámica entre la mente (neuro), el lenguaje (lingüística) y cómo ellos influyen en nuestras decisiones y conductas. Comenzó en Estados Unidos en la década del 70 con Bandler y Grinder quienes exploraron cómo modelar excelencia en el campo terapéutico.

La PNL está siendo utilizada actualmente como entrenamiento de habilidades comunicativas en las empresas con maravillosos resultados. También en el campo del deporte y salud. Aplicada a la educación, es una herramienta espectacular para que el aprendizaje fluya en forma natural, y también en casos donde ciertos bloqueos emocionales o intelectuales impiden el normal desarrollo del proceso de aprendizaje. La utilización de las técnicas de PNL aceleran el logro de objetivos, ayudando a los alumnos a alcanzar metas que ellos mismos fijan en forma altamente eficaz.

Los resultados de la aplicación de la PNL a las clases son espectaculares, ya que combinan el trabajo del docente que sabe cómo aprende cada persona en particular y adapta su metodología de acuerdo a esto, con un alto nivel de motivación por parte del alumno. De esta manera se intensifica la capacidad innata que tenemos TODOS los seres humanos de aprender cosas nuevas, y, sobre todo,

¡disfrutar el proceso!

(adaptado del libro:Aprendiendo inglés y disfrutando el proceso de Laura Szmuch, Ed. Dunken)

Para más información: lauraszmuch@gmail.com

En febrero… ¡el curso que estabas buscando!

Curso de presentaciones eficaces

16-19 de febrero

En este intensivo de cuatro días para educadores, coaches, counsellors y todo aquel que habla en público, cubriremos tanto teoría como práctica para maximizar tu potencial como presentador efectivo.

Preparación de tu presentación - diferentes estilos y posibilidades.
Nutriendo la voz
Cómo redactor propuestas para congresos y otros eventos
Comunicándonos con diferentes tipos de audiencias
Conociendo y preparándote para un determinado tipo de público
Manejo de la tecnología
Cómo manejar situaciones inesperadas y situaciones temidas
Cómo optimizar tus estados internos
Movimientos y gestos
Uso del espacio
Uso del humor
Compartiendo el scenario
Entre otros…

Presentaciones eficaces

Temario

Objetivos de las presentaciones
Tipos de presentaciones (definición y distinciones)
El presentador efectivo y no efectivo
Aspectos de una buena presentación
Adquisición de recursos
Cómo escribir una biodata
Trabajo sobre la voz y la respiración
Llamados a ponencias
Propuestas para congresos
Material impreso para participantes
Preparación de la presentación: objetivos, selección de material, manejo de tiempos, pasos
Canales sensoriales, hemisferios derecho e izquierdo
Material durante la presentación: cuadernillos, powerpoint, etc
Presentaciones individuales o conjuntas
Diferentes tipos de audiencias
Trabajo interno sobre inseguridades en el escenario
Manejo del espacio, movimientos, gestos, contacto visual, lenguaje verbal y no verbal
Manejo de la tecnología
El uso del humor
Manejo de estados internos

El curso dura cuatro días. Tiene muchísima práctica, y, sobre todo, trabajo sobre uno mismo, percepciones, creencias, postura corporal, uso apropiado de la voz.

Ideal para docentes, coaches, counsellors, presentadores en congresos, talleristas, estudiantes, y todo aquel que en algún momento tiene que hablar delante de un público.
Fechas: 16-19 Febrero 9.00 – 17.00

Para más informes o para registrar:

cursospnl.laura@gmail.com

jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar

Creativity (Tony Buzan)

A video worth watching:


http://www.teachers.tv/video/5082

Last session of Keeping your English Alive

Friday 14 November – Creative Writing for you


Writing creatively is an excellent way to expand and develop our language and a means of expressing ourselves. In this session we will practice a variety of great ideas you can use for your own pleasure or in class.

To confirm your attendance
send me an e-mail lauraszmuch@gmail.com

The rights of the reader

This poster, based on a manifesto by French writer and teacher Daniel Pennac, has been a very popular talking point among educators and librarians around the world.
Josh Lacey in his review for the Guardian Books Review explains how Pennac describes the process of wanting to read and the reasons that we read or don’t choose to read. The main point Pennac makes is that people read because they want to and because it gives them pleasure. There are ways, he suggests, of coaxing people into reading as he has done with reluctant adolescent students. Among the techniques he uses is to read aloud to them to seduce them into the story and also to choose books that are not on the syllabus.
If you think there is something familiar about the poster, Quentin Blake illustrated the Roald Dahl books.

Reviews: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/oct/28/featuresreviews.guardianreview28
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2008/09/review-rights-of-reader-by-daniel.html

Keeping your English Alive for teachers!

5th session!!

6 sessions of language discovery and practice held in small groups and designed to give you lots of opportunities to use and develop your English in a fun way.

Fridays 18.30 – 20.30
Versailles, Capital Federal

Friday 10 October – Absolutely, positively postmodern!


What are the clichés and set phrases that native speakers are using these days? Do we know what they actually mean? How do they help conversation flow?

For more information or enrolment please contact lauraszmuch@gmail.com

Teacher`s Day and what it means to be a teacher

In Argentina it is customary to set aside days to remember and celebrate certain people or professions. We have the universally recognised Mother's Day and Father's Day and there are days for secretaries, newspaper vendors, architects, journalists, students and the different levels of teachers and lecturers. Apart from giving us an excuse to bring a cake to class or to receive presents, and also the possibility of having a holiday, teachers often email each other to wish their colleagues a happy day - all of which is a great display of solidarity. But in a year in which the profile of teachers has been more present than ever in the media due to acts of aggression against them in Argentine schools and strikes for higher wages and better conditions, do we really stop to reflect on what being a teacher means and implies?

Even if the practical steps to help teachers in their work are not always forthcoming, there is little doubt that in the world, teaching is still regarded as a respected profession and there is a recognition of how important a role teachers play in society. We know that this may not translate readily into the sort of support and remuneration that many teachers would like, but the acknowledgement of the job teachers do, at least exists.

While we may not be able to immediately shape the thinking of others as to our role in today’s society, we can clarify our own perception of our work. How many of us as teachers are fully clear as to our importance? Apart from teaching the subject we do, do we remember that we are also teaching by our sheer presence in the classroom, through our behaviour, the model of a person we display in what we say, think and do in front of our ‘audience’?

Teaching is a very public profession. We have many eyes on us constantly. It is a profession which demands responsibility and commitment. We teachers are a significant part of our students’ lives simply by being present and are very often instrumental in their future development.

Therefore, to do our job effectively, it is not only important to know our subject area, to be able to communicate well and to be able to create the conditions for learning in our students, but also to be human beings who act with thoughtfulness, discernment and from the basis of positive moral values.

Then, we can feel that we are working to be the best teacher that we can and celebrate that fact. Then, we have the criteria to show the rest of society that who we are and what we are doing deserves a high degree of recognition. Then we know that we are living up to the faith and trust placed in us.

When we do our job in this way, which any professional should do, we get the rewards and gratitude that we have no doubt been receiving in the last few days. We also provide the foundation upon which the merit of our work can be evaluated and, if necessary, revalued.

Presentaciones eficaces, en febrero 2009