Intl Conference 2008: The Presence of Culture and values in the English class

The Presence of Culture and values in the English class

María Ester Vilca
Eva Alicia Vilca

María Ester Vilca. Profesora de Estado en Ingles - Universidad de Chile Magister in the teaching of EFL - Universidad Arturo Prat(UNAP) Magister en Ciencias de la Educacion - UNAPDocente Directivo (Directora de Ciclo) en Colegio Ingles y Academico en DFT de UNAP (Iquique)

Eva Alicia Vilca. Traductora Ingles Español, UNAP. Profesora de Estado en Ingles. UNAP. Magister en Educacion Superior. UNAP. Docente Colegio Ingles. Academico de Universidad del Mar, Iquique.

PRESENTATION ABSTRACT
The objective of this workshop is to share what we learned in two different events for English teachers during this year. One of them was held in Temuco, in January. The topic was Indigenous English Language Program, by Professor Sue Barfield. The USA Embassy organized this event which was addressed to teachers of English with indigenous ascendance. We represented the Aymara ethnia. There, we could share and enjoy interesting and amusing activities for EFL classes with some Mapuche descendent teachers. The second event was held in Washington DC in June, organized by The Holocaust Memorial Museum where some techniques to teach the Holocaust were shown and practised in workshops for teachers of English and History of USA and other countries. We were in both cases kindly invited by the USA Embassy. First we have selected some interesting material that can be useful to get a better EFL learning by following a new protocol to improve lesson planning proposed by the SIOP Model (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) presented in the the book “ 99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP Model” by MaryEllen Vogt and Jana Echeverria.We only chose materials that can be used in all levels from PK through Adults. It is the teacher’s job to gradate it according to the audience he has.

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