Teaching Teachers in the Botanic Gardens

The Macmillan Publishing company will be holding its 29^th Teachers’ Day in Valencia for Infant and Primary Teachers on Saturday 6th March 2010 in the Botanic Gardens C/ Quart, nº 80. Once again top names in the world of English language teacher training will be in Valencia in the exotic surroundings of Valencia’s famous Botanic Gardens.

The purpose of the event is “to provide a forum for teachers to meet and recycle knowledge and skills by attending interesting and varied workshops that give relevant and practical ideas for the classroom”.

The Macmillan team will be there to give teachers a warm welcome and will present their new materials, including digital course books as well as materials for the bilingual classroom and other book-based resources.

To make registration easier, they have a new online registration process. You can reserve your place by visiting the ‘Teacher Training Events’ section of the Macmillan website (www.macmillanelt.es) and completing the online registration form. This will pop up when you click on the map for your area. Once the process is complete, you will receive an email to confirm a place has been booked for you. Alternatively, you can phone, fax or email the local office. To avoid disappointment, we encourage you to use the online registration process.

Tel:      96 341 27 33 (Please use one contact only)

Fax:     96 341 72 79

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The timetable is as follows:

9.30-10.00      REGISTRATION Salón de Actos

Plenary

10.00-11.15   

MARK ORMEROD

A celebration of festivals and techniques (General Primary)

A dialogue, some mime, a book, a game, a story, a cut-out, some drama and something cross-curricular. In this session we celebrate not only the typical festivals but also the diversity of techniques that, as primary teachers, we can employ with our pupils - techniques that, when appropriate, can be transferred to lessons throughout the year, festival day or not.

11.15-12.00    COFFFEE BREAK & BOOK EXHIBITION

Sala Cavanilles Infants & 1st cycle Primary     

12.00-13.15   

JOSIE DELGADO Once upon a time …(3 to 7-year-olds)

Stories provide meaningful experiences for children. Not only can the purpose for language learning and meaning become clear, but they can inspire, arouse curiosity and foster creativity. In this session we take a simple story and demonstrate how we can achieve this through a range of activities that engage children both physically and mentally in language learning, build on prior knowledge and help them to discover more about the world around them.

Josie is an experienced language school teacher, having taught learners of every level of English. She worked as a teacher and teacher trainer for International House in Huelva for 18 years. She has given talks at IH conferences and acted as tutor on the International House Certificate for Young Learners.  She currently works as a teacher trainer for Macmillan ELT.

Mark Ormerod Powerpoint in class

Salón de Actos  2nd & 3rd cycle Primary (8 to 12-year-olds)

As a teacher, I don't feel an urgent need to use new technologies in the classroom - I was and am happy teaching with a blackboard, some chalk and a lot of imagination! But I have to recognise that Powerpoint has added a new dimension to my lessons that the pupils respond positively to. It's not for every day, but it has become another useful tool in my teacher's toolkit. ... In this session, I will demonstrate some of my pupils' favourite games and activities using Powerpoint, activities that can also be adapted to classrooms that are not equipped with computer technology.

Mark currently teaches young learners at International House in Barcelona.  He is also a teacher trainer and EFL materials writer, regularly giving workshops and extensive courses to teachers around Spain, and contributing articles to EFL journals.  Mark is the co-author of the new Primary course Find Out! He is the author of the holiday workbook series, Holiday Time and The Super Bus Festivals and Celebrations Pack, all published by Macmillan ELT.