ENGLISH TEACHING - Universidad del Pacífico

sponsored by:
:
Fourth Annual Congress
TEACHING
ENGLISH for specific purposes
Saturday, October 16th, 2010
Centro de Idiomas de la Universidad del Pacífico
http://idiomas.up.edu.pe
19.
A portfolio: Living history of a teaching-learning
life.
By María Esther Linares
gresses,
it is a good idea to document those episodes in order to
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María Esther holds an M.A. TEFL from University of Reading,
UK; the DOTE from the RSA, UK and a degree in Education from
UPCH. She has 30 years as an EFL teacher including 15 as a
Teacher Trainer, has given lectures and workshops in Peru and
abroad and is an Oral Examiner for the University of Cambridge.
Currently she prepares students taking the FCE at Salcantay
School and is an MA TEFL Tutor at Funiber-Universidad de Piura.
20.
Business English, an open door towards a career
development.
By Liliana Mantilla
world vocabulary.
business setting.
Liliana Mantilla holds a BA in Education, with a Major in Foreign
Language-English teaching granted by Universidad Nacional
Mayor de San Marcos. She is currently the Foreign Language
Program Coordinator at the Global Business Administration School
the Translation and Interpretation School at Universidad Ricardo
Palma. She is a member of the oral exam board of the Diplomas in
21.
Conquering the fear of speaking.
By Patricia Medina
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dialogues.
should improve students’ communicative skills, because, only in
international lectures, workshops and seminars. She is ANUPI-
TESOL International Representative. She participated as Panelist
in the TESOL International Convention, New York.
23.
Wherever you want to go, the TOEFL can get
you there.
By Gina Pinasco
education institutions and employers seek individuals with the
our mission is to train our students and show them how to apply
readers, listeners, speakers and writers in a very short time. This
Gina Pinasco has been involved in the ELT world for over 25
years. She has plenty of experience as an EFL and ESP teacher
in prestigious schools, institutes and language centers, and as an
ELT consultant and manager of OUP, Peru. Currently she is work-
24.
Teaching effective learning strategies.
By Sabina Piscoya
some important strategies that can turn our students into more
Sabina Piscoya is a 15-year experience English teacher and
teacher-trainer. She holds two degrees in Sociology and Education
both from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and a
Diploma of Second Specialization in TEFL from PUCP. She has
led EFL teacher- training programs at UNMSM and PUCP. She is
currently working as an ESP and a Spanish teacher for foreigners
teacher at Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas- UPC. Ms
Piscoya is a candidate for the International Master Program in Applied
Linguistics to Spanish Teaching at FUNIBER.
25.
Learning strategies for the 21st century student.
By Cecilia Rodríguez
and achieve success in an increasingly competitive world. This
positions for the past 12 years. Her area of expertise includes
EFL, ESL, bilingual education, cross-curricular programs, early
literacy, and teacher training. She has vast experience in teaching
children, secondary students and adults, and has traveled
in and outside of Peru giving talks regarding the most current
issues in ELT.
She has been the English Academic Consultant for San
Pedro and Villa Caritas Schools. At present, she works as
Academic Services & Technology Coordinator for Macmillan
Publishers S.A.
28.
NO MORE PAIN! Reinforcing the receptive skills:
listening and reading.
By Andrew Sheehan
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activities.
After working as a teacher, teacher-trainer and regional adviser
in state primary education in the UK, Andrew Sheehan became
involved in ELT. After working as an ELT consultant in Mexico for
six years, he joined the British Council as an ELT consultant and
worked as trainer-trainer, mentor-trainer, and teacher-trainer in
Eastern Europe and Kazakhstan.
From 2003 – 2006 he was the Senior ELT consultant with the
Chilean Ministry of Education’s English Opens Doors Programme
ence,
he was responsible for almost all the major innovations in
ELT policy which have been implemented, including: the development
and support of the English teacher networks; the English
language & ELT Pedagogy programmes for teachers of English;
and the Mentoring Projects.
He left the Ministry in August 2006, and now works as a freelance
ELT consultant on a wide variety of projects that range from the
GO BEYOND YOUR
TEACHING SKILLS
the social and cultural rules appropriate in each communicative
circumstance.
how to speak in the best way possible, some speaking activities
are going to be provided that can be applied to our classroom
language.
Patricia Medina has been a teacher of English for almost 26 years.
She studied at ICPNA and Universidad San Martín de Porres.
She worked for the Air Force system as an English teacher and
Coordinator, and she was also Coordinator of the English Language
Distance Department.
She holds a degree in English from Universidad Federico
Villarreal. She also participated in the APPI and San Marcos
Conventions.
After all those years of teaching English as a foreign language in
several well known schools and institutions, she joined NUTESA
where she is currently working as an Academic Consultant.
22.
Content based instruction: CLIL, ESP and EAP; is
there a link?
By Flor Mellado
Content-based instruction is designed to provide second lan-
Flor Mellado de Bromley is an English Professor and Academic
Coordinator at Ricardo Palma University. She holds a Licentiate in
TEFL, an M.A. in Education and she is also a Lawyer. She is Anglo
Peru ELT Academic Consultant and has delivered national and
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Cecilia holds the RSA COTE, a degree in psychology and a
Master in higher education. She has also followed marketing
and sales courses at ESAN, Sagros and IPAE and is currently
pursuing a degree in Education. She worked as a teacher for
ACPB for 4 years and as a teacher, teacher trainer and coordinator
of the English Language Department for Ricardo Palma
University for 17 years.
She is Learning Solutions Coordinator and Academic Consultant
for Pearson Longman and a Professor at the School of Medicine
for Ricardo Palma University.
26.
Better in Black and White: The art and joy of
good writing.
By Enrique Rojas
and innovative ideas on what to do to master this elusive but
essential ability.
Graduated in Journalism at the PUCP, Peru, Enrique Rojas holds
an MA in Journalism and MA in Inter American History from Southern
Illinois University, USA; an MA in Literature from University
of the Americas, Mexico and a BA in Education from Universidad
in English both from Cambridge University and the University of
Michigan. He has worked as a professor in universities in Peru,
Mexico and the United States; as a newscaster and a producer in
radio and television stations in the United States and Mexico, and
as a writer and editor in daily newspapers of the same countries.
He has been in the staff of Centro de Idiomas de la Universidad
tional
Exams, English for Business, ESP and Teacher Training.
27.
Reading skills: The key to successful learning.
By Cecilia Rosas
This presentation aims to share practical strategies to use in order
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Mrs. Cecilia Rosas Delgado holds a BA in Psychology, an MA in
Educational Psychology and Learning disabilities and an MA in
Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
She has worked for the most prestigious language schools in the
country, as well as local bilingual schools, holding coordination
production of teacher-training DVDs for university programmes
to a ‘Shared Reading’ project with pre-kinder children in a private
school in the south of Chile. In the last few years he has made
several visits to Peru, working on various ELT projects.
29.
Assessing speaking doesn’t need to be a nightmare.
By Giorgio Stojnic
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Universidad de Lima graduate with a major in Communication
Sciences. Has dedicated himself to EFL teaching since 2000.
Has acquired a vast experience in teaching, especially teenagers
and adults, working for several language institutions which
Diploma for EFL Teachers graduate and Teacher Trainer for
CIDUP for the last year.
30.
Being a learner and teacher in the next century
is a challenging experience!
By Nelly Vargas Machuca
Ms. Nelly Vargas Machuca V. has been an English teacher
versidad
Catolica del Peru. She holds a degree of Teaching
English as a Second Language from Cambridge University,
worked for SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION as an
English Department Coordinator in the South of Peru and for
Centro de Idiomas de la Universidad Católica as a Teacher
for advanced courses. She has also been Coordinator of
well-known schools and institutions in Lima. After all those
years of teaching English as a foreign language, she joined
NUTESA where she is currently working as an Academic
Consultant and Teacher Trainer.