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Weaving paintings and language in the EFL kindergarten classroom

posted 19 Feb 2012 08:24 by APrIR Comisión Directiva   [ updated 19 Feb 2012 08:47 ]

 
We are kicking off our activities of the year with this lecture by APrIR member Prof. Florencia Viale, who will later be travelling to Glasgow to present at the IATEFL 2012 Conference .
 
 
 

Abstract

This presentation will discuss the use of paintings and fiction in the EFL kindergarten classroom to encourage the young learners’ capacity for defamiliarisation with the unknown world by freeing their flow of imagination within the linguistic context of storytelling. A pilot experience tried out at Saint Patrick’s Bilingual school (Rosario) will be debriefed on the light of current theoretical approaches to child graphic development and creative thinking. 
 

Biodata

Florencia Viale is an EFL teacher graduated at IES Nº 28 “Olga Cossettini,” where she also obtained her post-graduate degree in the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language. She has been working at all levels – from kindergarten to Proficiency – since 2001. She works at Saint Patrick’s Bilingual School, where she has been teaching 4 and 5 year-old learners. She is a Psycholinguistic and Language lecturer at IES Nº 28 as well. She trains students for the Cambridge CAE and CPE exams at Asociación Rosarina de Cultura Inglesa. She has been a presenter at different conferences throughout the country both in Spanish and English, her main field of research being the use of literature in the EFL kindergarten classroom, the topic of languages in contact and the psycholinguistic processes embedded in the reading and writing skills among others. 
 
 
Where? St Patrick's School -  Salta 2643
 
When? March 1st, 6 pm
 

Enrolment

APrIR Members: free of charge
Non-members: $ 40
Students: $ 20
 
Fill in this form and pay on site
 
 
 
 

Convocatoria Asamblea Anual Ordinaria

posted 11 Feb 2012 14:33 by APrIR Comisión Directiva

 

 

Por la presente tenemos el agrado de convocar a nuestros socios a la Asamblea Anual Ordinaria de la Asociación de Profesores de Inglés de Rosario (APrIR) el día sábado 21 de abril de 2011 en la sede institucional, Corrientes 1323 (P.B.) de la ciudad de Rosario, siendo el primer llamado a las 9.30 horas y el segundo llamado transcurrida media hora, para tratar el siguiente
 

ORDEN DEL DÍA

1. Lectura y aprobación del acta anterior

2. Lectura Memoria 2011

3. Lectura informe de Tesorería y Comisión Revisora de Cuentas

4. Elección de la Comisión Directiva 2012-2014

5. Determinación de la Cuota Anual

6. Planificación de actividades para el ejercicio 2012

7. Designación de dos Asambleístas para refrendar el Acta
 

Recordamos que pueden participar con voz y voto en las asambleas los socios que tengan antigüedad mayor a 6 meses y estén al día con la cuota anual 2011.

Plazo para saldar deuda 2011: 29/2/2012.
 
Los asociados que tengan interés en presentar una lista para la elección de Comisión Directiva podrán realizar sus consultas sobre procedimientos y padrón de socios al Órgano de Fiscalización de la Asociación al correo electrónico beasolina@gmail.com  hasta el 30 de marzo de 2012.
 

Encarecemos a Uds. confirmar recepción de esta convocatoria completando el siguiente formulario http://tinyurl.com/aprir-asamblea2012  

 
Sin más, los saludamos cordialmente.

 

María Rosario Di Mónaco (Secretaria)                                                           Graciela I. Castelli (Presidente)

 

We wish you ....

posted 28 Dec 2011 21:57 by APrIR Comisión Directiva   [ updated 29 Dec 2011 06:33 ]

We would like to thank you for your support throughout the year. In this presentation, we have tried to summarise our 2011 activities. Remember you can also check Newsletters 2011  and Photos to "get the picture".
 
If you like what you see and you are a qualified teacher of English, why don't you become a member next year? It's a way to give your Association a "thumbs-up".
 
Remember, APrIR is the association of teachers, by teachers, for teachers.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 Please, take a minute to see Greetings from our members and More greetings as well, and feel free to send yours.
 
 
 
 
 

More greetings

posted 22 Dec 2011 19:18 by APrIR Comisión Directiva   [ updated 29 Dec 2011 10:01 ]

Our apologies if we haven't published your greeting.
We are trying to get around doing it!
 
Why don't you post yours on our Facebook page straightaway?
 
 
Thank you, María!
 
 
 
 
Thank you, FAAPI EC!
 
 
 
 
Thank you, English and Fun!
 
 
 
 
Thank you, Move Up!
 
 
 
 Thank you, ACPI!
 
 
 
 Thank you, Dirección Operativa de Lenguas, CABA!
 
 
 
Thank you, Feedback Idiomas, for your message:
 
Dear all, thank you for your season´s greetings- and for your stirling sustained efforts to make our profession better.
 Warm regards,
Marta Bazet & Eleonora Caviglia
FEEDBACK Centro de Idiomas
 
 
 
 Thank you, ISSB!
 
 

Greetings from our members

posted 15 Dec 2011 07:59 by APrIR Comisión Directiva   [ updated 28 Dec 2011 21:30 ]

Thank you, Nora!
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thank you, Rita, for your message!
 
 
 My most heartfelt wishes for a flourishing, creative, jolly 2012 to ALL the members in the wonderful APrIR staff...
With love,
Rita
 

 
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Disertación sobre James Joyce

posted 3 Nov 2011 08:10 by APrIR Comisión Directiva   [ updated 3 Nov 2011 08:16 ]

En el marco de su Ciclo de Literatura Irlandesa, la Asociación Católica San Patricio ofrece la disertación
 

El concepto de amor en el personaje Molly Bloom de James Joyce. Un enfoque cognitivo

 
a cargo de la

Prof. Lic. Cecilia Acquarone  

 
 
 
La entrada es libre y gratuita, pero es necesario inscribirse previamente completando este formulario
 

 
A la finalización de la disertación se abrirá el Pub para consumiciones.
 
 
 
 

Happy Mother's Day

posted 16 Oct 2011 08:46 by APrIR Comisión Directiva   [ updated 16 Oct 2011 09:14 ]

 
 


“A mother's heart is the child's classroom.”
 
To the teacher in every mother and the mother in every teacher
 
  
 
 
 
 
APrIR wishes you all the best, and reminds you of our two October activities
 
 
 
 

October Chatting Meal

posted 16 Oct 2011 08:37 by APrIR Comisión Directiva

 Come join us for a hearty laugh, good food and great company!
 
October 27th at Ristretto Café (Paraguay and Tucumán)
 
Moderators: Julieta de Zavalia and Maria del Carmen Fernandez Beitia.
Book your seat in advance by filling in this form - first come, first served.
 
 

 

We are going mobile!

posted 7 Oct 2011 15:52 by APrIR Comisión Directiva

Scan this Quick Reader with your smart phone and enter APriR’s site automatically.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Unveiling the Art Behind Picture Book Illustration

posted 28 Sep 2011 18:49 by APrIR Comisión Directiva

A workshop with Prof. Ma. Cristina Thomson de Grondona White
 
 
 


Possibly because there´s a tendency in us adult readers to concentrate on reading words rather than reading pictures, we sometimes envision picture books as being simple, univocal texts whose sole purpose is to teach children literacy skills. Though this may be true with alphabet, counting and concept books, there´s a plethora of other innovative picture books which invite us to engage in new ways of reading and interpreting them on account of the innovative, complex relationships between their artwork and words.

The purpose of this talk will be three-fold: first, to share with colleagues a bird´s eye- view- on how to technically read and understand the language of pictures; second, to show these techniques in action through examples ; third, to reflect on how these quality picture books may contribute to motivate older readers to open up their interpretive perspectives and creatively express their personal responses to reading.

Mrs Grondona White will offer practical guidance in working with real story-books.


Venue: UCEL, Av. Pellegrini 1342

Date: October 29th , 9.30 to 12.30

Fill in this form to enrol and pay on site http://tinyurl.com/aprir-unveiling

People enrolled for August Seminar: Free of charge- Just fill out the interactive form

Members and Students not previously enrolled: $20

Non-Members: $50
 
 
 
 
 
Former APIBA and FAAPI president, Ma. Cristina Thomson de Grondona White (graduated from Instituto del Profesorado de Rosario), has had extensive professional practice as a teacher educator in leading tertiary institutions in Bs As. She currently coordinates in-service courses in literacy, children´s literature and storytelling. An expert oral storyteller, Cristina frequently visits schools where she delights in storytelling with children and adolescents.
 
 

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