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Prva Regionalna konferencija sa ciljem razmene mišljenja

Izvestilac: Dijana Kisić

Prva regionalna konferecija EAQUALS punopravnih i pridruženih članova koja je imala za cilj razmenu iskustava održana je od 17-18 maja 2003. godine u Solunu.

Inicijator i organizator ove konferenije je gosp. Hari Nikolaides, punopravni član EAQUALS-a i direktor privatne škole '' Lord Byron School '' .

Održane su sledeće prezentacije i radionice:

1. EAQUALS- Garancija kvaliteta putem ''jedinstva u raznolikosti''

(EAQUALS – Quality Assurance through 'Unity in Variety' )

Upoznali smo se sa srednjoročnim programima i mogućnostima učestvovanja u

projektima ECML ( Evropski centar za savremene jezike Saveta Evrope).

(Dr. Laura Muresan - generalni sekretar EAQUALS-a)

2. Teorija višeslojne inteligencije u procesu usvajanja stranog jezika

(The Multiple Intelligence Theory in the EFL Practice)

Teorija o postojanju višeslojne inteligencije sve učestalije se primenjuje u učenju stranih jezika kako bi se razvile uporedne strategije u svim aspektima usvajanja jezika.

Opisana je svojstvena primena ove teorije na sadašnju praksu u oblasti nastave engleskog jezika kao stranog i kako postignuti rezultati mogu da nam pomognu u poimanju učenja stranih jezika. (Virdžinija Evans – pisac)

3. Zadaci i suština : dublji pristup leksici i strukturi

(Tasks and Depth: Deepening Grasp of Lexis and Structure)

Opisane su pretpostavke o povezanosti: kvaliteta znanja, kvaliteta pripreme i kvaliteta našeg angažovanja u odnosu na način na koji oblikujemo i organizujemo leksičke i gramatičke zadatke za učenike srednjih i viših kurseva. ( Bob Obi – pisac)

4. Učenje putem glume

(Teaching through drama)

Kako zainteresovati učenike u procesu učenja istovremeno kreirajući prijatno i zabavno okruženje. Angažujući učenike stranog jezika na fizičkom, emotivnom i kognitivnom planu nastavnici primenjuju više-senzorni pristup u procesu usvajanja stranog jezika. (Dženi Duli – pisac)

5. CEF i ALTE

(The Common European Framework and ALTE)

Dat je opis CEF nivoa, istovremeno uporedjujući kako se oni podudaraju sa ALTE nivoima i ESOL Kembriđž ispitima. (Ana Gibson – ESOL Trainer)

6. Aktivno, Holističko i Humanističko Učenje(Active, Holistic and Humanistic Learning)

Koje osnovne osobine treba da sadrži jedan uđžbenik kako bi pomogao učenicima da usvoje željeni jezik , istovremeno vodeći računa o njihovim različitim stilovima učenja? (Maria Pepanides – Viši edukator nastavnika)

7. Razvijanje i podsticanje pozitivnog odnosa u procesu učenja na mlađem uzrastu

( Creating and promoting a positive Learning Experience at primary level)

Koje se ideje i aktivnosti mogu primeniti sa ciljem razvijanja i očuvanja podsticajnog okruženja za učenike osnovnoškolskog uzrasta.

(Dženi Duli – pisac)

Dvodnevna konferecija bila je veoma uspešan početak uključivanja naše zemlje u programe sa ostalim zemljama iz regiona. Omogućila je svim učesnicima da se upoznaju sa postojećim i planiranim programima u okviru kojih i sami mozemo da učestvujemo.

The 1st Regional Colloquy Conference

by Dijana Kisić

The first Regional Colloquy Conference of EAQUALS full and associate members was held in Thessaloniki from 17th to 18th May 2003. The conference was initiated and organised by Mr. Harry Nikolaides, director of the '' Lord Byron School '' – Thessaloniki / Greece, an EAQUALS full member.

The conference included the following presentations and workshops:

1. EAQUALS – '' Quality Assurance through 'Unity in Variety'

A quick glance was given of the medium – term programmes and opportunities for involvement in ECML projects. (The European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe). ( Dr Laura Muresan – EAQUALS General Secretary Designate)

2 . The Multiple Intelligence Theory in the EFL Practice

Gardner's Multiple Int. Theory is increasingly being applied in the field of foreign language learning in an attempt to develop parallel coping strategies across the whole spectrum of language skill areas. This presentation discussed the specific application of M.I. theory to current EFL practice and how the results reached can aid our understanding of second language acquisition. ( Virginia Evans – author)

3. Tasks and Depth: Deepening Grasp of Lexis and Structure

This presentation explored the notions of: depth of knowledge, depth of processing and depth of engagement in relation to how we shape and structure vocabulary and grammar tasks for students at intermediate level and beyond.

(Bob Obee – author)

4. Teaching through drama

How to involve students in the learning process creating a fun environment.

By involving second language learners physically, emotionally and cognitively

teachers employ a multi-sensory approach to language acquisition.

(Jenny Dooley – author)

5. The Common European Framework and ALTE

An outline of the Common European Framework and Common Reference levels was given illustrating how the Framework relates to ALTE scales and the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations.

(Ann Gibson – ESOL Trainer)

6. Active, Holistic and Humanistic Learning

What essential features should a coursebook have in order to help learners aquire the target language while at the same time catering to their different styles of learning?

( Maria Pepanides – Senior Teacher Trainer)

7. Creating and promoting a positive Learning Experience at primary level

What ideas and activities can be used for developing and maintaining a stimulating primary class environment. ( Jenny Dooley – author)

The two day conference was a very fruitful beginning for our country's future cooperation with the countries from the region. It gave us all the opportunity to discuss all the present and forthcoming projects and programmes developing further our possible involvement.

GENERALNA SKUPŠTINA EAQUALS-a u PRAGU
4-5 APRIL 2003

Izvestilac: Biljana Barna

4. i 5. aprila 2003 imala sam čast da prisustvujem Generalnoj skupštini EAQUALS-a u Konferencijskom centru Češkog ministarstva obrazovanja u Pragu. Sve je bilo izuzetno izuzev snega. Bili su prisutni predstavnici i redovnih i pridruženih članica iz 12 različitih zemalja.

Konferencijske sesije su se bavile temama razvoja povelje kvaliteta za e-učenje i metodologije ocenjivanja CEF nivoa. Na radionicama je obrađivana revizija šeme inspekcije EAQUALS-a i marketing koncepcije EAQUALS-a

Ovaj događaj je pobudio veliko interesovanje u Češkim školama, kojima je predstavljena filozofija EAQUALS-a, a organizovana je i konferencija za štampu. Bila sam ponosna zbog činjenice DA je YALS jedna od njegove 82 članice i da sada možemo da uspostavimo kontakt i sa zemljama van Evrope.

Obavešteni smo da će naš promoter Dr Laura Muresan iz Rumunije postati novi generalni sekretar EAQUALS-a. Bilo je interesantno primetiti da će naš region biti zastupljen u EAQUALS-a sa još dvoje ljudi – Ludkom Kotarskom iz Poljske za inspekciju i Zoltanom Rozgonijem iz Mađarske kao potpredsednikom.

Bila sam okružena sa mnogo pažnje i ostvarila sam kontakte sa velikim brojem ljudi iz regiona koji su bili izuzetno rasdpoloženi da učestvuju u događajima koje će YALS organizovati u sledećem periodu.

EAQUALS GENERAL MEETING IN PRAGUE,

4-5 APRIL 2003

by Biljana Barna

On 4-5 April, 2003, I had the honour of attending the EAQUALS General Meeting in the Czech Ministry of Education Conference Centre, Prague. Everything was superb except for the snow. There were representatives from 12 different countries, both of full and associate members.

The conference sessions dealt with the topics of development of a quality charter for e-learning and the methodology of assessing CEF levels. The workshops covered revision of EAQUALS inspection scheme and marketing the EAQUALS concept.

The event aroused a lot of interest among the Czech schools, who were presented with the EAQUALS philosophy, and a press conference was organized. I took pride in the fact that YALS is one of its 82 members and that now we can make contacts with countries outside of Europe as well.

An announcement was made that our promoter Dr Laura Muresan from Romania is to be the new Secretary General of EAQUALS. It was interesting to notice that our region will be presented in EAQUALS Board with two more people – Ludka Kotarska from Poland for Inspection and Zoltan Rozgonyi from Hungary as Vice-Chair.

I was surrounded with a lot of attention and have made contacts with a great number of people from the region who showed a lot of enthusiasm for attending events to be organised by YALS in the forthcoming period.

PONOVO NA YALS-OVOM SEMINARU SA DŽONOM RODŽERSOM I MILADOM ŠEVOM

Izvestilac: Mirjana Ljiljak-Vukajlovic

14.12.2002, u OŠ Veljko Dugošević u Beogradu, imali smo zadovoljstvo da pohađamo YALS-ov seminar i da se ponovo okupimo zajedno sa Džonom Rodžersom I Miladom Ševom na sesijama ‘’Božićna radionica sa obrtom’’, ‘’Večiti i bezvremeni’’ i ‘’Radionica iznenađenja’’. Bilo je upadljivo više učesnika u odnosu na prethodni YALS-ov seminar I mogla su se videti mnoga poznata lica, što je jasno pokazalo da su oba edukatora zadobila poverenje učesnika u pogledu kvaliteta izvođenja I da su YALS-ovi seminari zadobili poverenje nastavnih krugova.
Iako većina nas uživa u božiću i posvećuje posebnu pažnju njegovom adekvatnom obeležavanju, naročito sa malim polaznicima, još uvek je bilo dosta aktivnosti koje su bile nove i aktuelne, naročito one u vezi sa savremenom engleskom humorističnom I satiričnom poezijom čiji su predstavnici Bendžamin Zefanaja i Rodžer Megau. Bilo je očigledno da prilično zaostajemo u praćenju najnovijih trendova u Britanskoj kulturi I da je ovo bila dobra prilika da uhvatimo korak sa nekima od njih. Sesija ‘’Večiti i bezvremeni’’ se fokusirala na pobuđivanje interesovanja mladih za temu starih ljudi pomoću interesantne kombinacije leksičkih, strukturalnih I komunikativnih aktivnosti. Kada sam se vratila u Valjevo, prva stvar koju sam uradila bila je priprema zbirke slika starih ljudi, koju mogu da koriste sve kolege u mojoj školi da bi obezbedile uspešnu govornu vežbu sa grupom bilo kog uzrasta.
Milada Ševa nas je razmrdala izvođenjem brojnih dramskih simulacija i ostalih dramskih aktivnosti. To nije bilo dovoljno za njen temperament; ubrzo smo upali u kovitlac takmičenja za vrednu nagradu u vidu rečnika. Delotvorno joj pomagala mlađa profesorka iz njene škole. Radionica iznenađenja je bila prirodan nastavak njene ranije sesije u kojoj je akcentovana improvizacija sa ciljem da se časovi pretvore u plodno i dragoceno iskustvo kako za polaznike tako i za nas same. Milada je pripremila I veliku količinu korisnog materijala I velikodušno podelila sa učesnicima svoje bogato iskustvo praktičara.

AGAIN ON A YALS TEACHER

TRAINING SEMINAR WITH JOHN ROGERS AND MILADA ŠEVA

by Mirjana Ljiljak-Vukajlovic

On 14.12.2002 in Veljko Dugošević Primary School, Belgrade we took pleasure in attending the YALS Seminar and reuniting with John Rogers and Milada Ševa in Christmas Workshop with a Twist, Ageless and Timeless, and Surprise Workshop. There were conspicuously more participants than during the previous YALS seminar and a lot of familiar faces could be recognized, which clearly showed that both trainers had won the trust of participants with regard to the quality of performance, and that YALS seminars had gained respect of the teaching circles.

Even though most of us enjoy Christmas and give special attention to marking it in the proper way, especially with very young learners, there were still quite a few activities that were new and topical, especially those connected with modern English humorous and satirical poetry represented by BenjaminZephaniah and Roger McGough . It was obvious that we lag behind the latest trends in the British culture and that this was a good opportunity to catch up with some of them. Ageless and Timeless Session focused on how to make the topic of old people interesting for younger students through an interesting combination of vocabulary, structural and communicative activities. When I came back to Valjevo, the first thing I did was to prepare a collection of old people’s pictures that can be used by all other colleagues in my school in providing a fruitful speaking practice with any age group.

Milada Ševa stirred us up by conducting a lot of role play and other types of drama activities. That was not enough for her temperament; we were soon taken in by a whirl of competing for a valuable dictionary prize. She waseffectively helped by a younger teacher from her school. The Surprise Workshop was a logical sequel of her previous session which made a point of improvising for the sake of making our classes an effective and rewarding experience both for students and ourselves. She also prepared a large number of useful handouts and lavishly shared her rich practitioner experience with the participants.

IZVEŠTAJ SA KONFERENCIJE EAQUALSA ODRŽANOG U GRACU,

22. i 23. novembra 2002. godine

Izvestilac: Milada Ševa

Predavanja su se održavala u zgradi ECML centra u Gracu.

Konferenciji su prisustvovali pored 4 člana predsedništva, 32 učesnika, (stalni članovi), 14 ( pridruženi članovi) i 15 ( gosti).

Prvi dan, 22.12.2002

Prvi deo bio je posvećen marketingu i problemima vezanim za medjunarodne promocije EAQUALSa za nove članove, članskom paketu, predlozima za novi website i slično.

Drugi deo sastojao se iz paralelnih predavanja tako da bi bilo dobro kad bi na ovakva okupljanja išla bar dva člana Yals-a kako bi mogli da prate sva predavanja. Ja sam prisustvovala predavanju ‘’Primene CEF-a na planiranje I realizaciju kursa’’ koje je održano Dejvid Van.

On je davao primere pravljenja materijala za kurseve kad se ne koriste knjige jer je rok kratak i kako je na nastavnicima da procene nivo znanja. Piter Braun je dao okvirno broj časova potrebnih za nivoe. Po njemu za nivo A1 potrebno je minimum 40 sati ( od 60 minuta), za A2 80 sati, B1 120 sati, B2 120 X 2 sati, 120 sati za C1 i 120 sati za C2, sto znaci 5-6 godina.

Sledeće predavanje održao je Frenk Hejvort : Praktični prilazi ocenjivanju I testiranju ( u odnosu na ELP ).

On je predložio dokument koji bi odgovorio na pitanje šta mi to nudimo i sastojao bi se od tri dela:

Prolazni standardi 1 (osoblje)

Prolazni standardi 2 (ocenjivanje)

Prolazni standardi 3 ( određivanje nivoa)

Razgovarao je i o portfoliju kao i o testiranju.

Posle ovoga imali smo prezentaciju dva nova buduća pridružena člana. Jedna je Trinity Exams, Rodžer Bauers sa izvanrednom prezentacijom, brošurama i ostalim materijalom. Drugi je Pitman Qualifications/City & Guilds, Glyn Jones koji je u detalje ispričao sve o svojoj organizaciji. Impresivno naravno. Ove dve organizacije su sa iskustvom od mnogo, mnogo decenija i već tako priznate i uticajne da je bilo zadovoljstvo slušati ih.

Drugi dan, 23.12. 2002.

Plenarno predavanje bilo je interesantno jer je David Njubi pričao o projektu ‘’UNIDISS’’ u organizaciji i sa finansijskom podrškom Univerziteta u Austriji, ogromnog projekta na unapređenju kvaliteta nastave fokusiranom na 4 univerziteta.

Sledeće plenarno predavanje bio je Izveštaj o napredovanju ALTE doprinosa radu Saveta Evrope na usaglašavanju jezičkih ispita sa Zajedničkim Evropskim okvirom, od strane Dr. Pitera Hargrivza, Direktora Cambridge ESOL-a.

Sam naslov pokazuje o čemu je govorio.

Prvo prepodnevno predavanje bilo je na nemačkom i neverovatno je da, kad poznajete temu, razumete pola od onoga što se priča na jeziku koji uopšte ne znate. Dakle, Profil Deutsch , Gabi Gauler iz Geteovog instituta bio je o primeni CEF-a na nemačkom i uz sve prezentacije uradjenog sve je delovalo veoma profesionalno i impresivno.

Drugo predavanje bilo je o testovima dostignuća koje je Ministarstvo Madjarske priznalo. Zoltan Rozgoni iz International House, Budimpešta, izneo je neke podatke o testiranjima i način na koji su uradili svoje testove.

Treće predavanje je bila prezentacija CD ROM-a ‘’Vodiča za kvalitetne resurse’’ od strane Laure Muresan iz Rumunije, koja je veoma angazovana u Eaquals-u, sa veoma ambicioznim i skoro potpuno gotovim odličnim radom.

Prvo poslepodnevno predavanja je držala Cherry Gough pod naslovom

‘’Ne samo engleski’’ da pokaže kako se Britanski savet širom sveta trudi da pomogne širenju ne samo engleskog nego i drugih jezika i koliko je BS angažovan i upoznat sa CEF nivoima.

Drugo predavanje koje nije bilo inovativno, ali je svakako bilo interesantno održao je James Banner o ‘’Pitanjima međukulturne saradnje’’.

I u petak i u subotu imali smo zajedničke večere na kojima je atmosfera mnogo opuštenija, otvorena i prijateljska, pa se saznaju još mnoge stvari iz svakodnevnog života i rada naših kolega širom Evrope.

Moje mišljenje je da je prisustvo na ovim konferencijama za udruženje YALS-a neophodno. Predlog je da svaki put ide neko drugi iz udruženja da bi svi osetili važnost ovakvih okupljanja. Sledeći sastanak je u Pragu, 4. i 5. aprila.

Oni koji su redovno dolazili na ove konferencije kažu da je ova bila jedna od najbolje organizovanih tj. najinformativnijih. Ja se slažem da je bila veoma raznovrsna i pokrivala niz aspekata vezanih za ocenivanje, testiranje, sastavljanje programa i sl.

Ovo su adrese na kojima možete da pogledate detaljnije izveštaje ako vas nešto više interesuje.

josef.huber@ecml.at

verein.efsz@ecml.at

Galya Mateva koleginica iz Bugarske

galyamateva@hotmail.com

James Banner koji vodi Hilderstone College ima adresu

jamesb@hilderstone.ac.uk

REPORT ON THE CONFERENCE OF EAQUALS IN GRATZ,

22/23 NOVEMBER, 2002

by Milada Ševa

The Conference was held in the building of ECML Center in Gratz.

It was attended by 4 members of Presidency, 32 participants (full members ), 14 representatives ( associate members) and 15 guests.

1st DAY

The first part was about marketing and problems connected with international promotion of EAQUALS for new members, membership package, suggestions for a new website for EAQUALS and other technical issues.

The second part consisted of parallel lectures .

The first I chose was by David Vann on Applications of CEF to Course Design.

He gave the example how his school made their own data material for the short term courses when it is impossible to use coursebooks since these courses last from 2 to 12 weeks and then it is a difficult task for the teachers to evaluate the level. He showed how it was possible to make evaluation and the main subject in these matters was, of course, the teacher.

Peter Brown gave his comment suggesting that from his experience the level A1 requires minimum 40 hours (60 min.), A2 80, B1 120, B2 120, C1 120, as well as C2 which all together comes up to 5-6 years.

The next session was by Frank Hayworth, ‘Practical approaches to assessment and testing ( with reference to ELP)’.

He suggested introducing a document that would give the answers to the questions of what we offer, which would consist of three parts:

Passing Standards 1 ( staff)

Passing Standards 2 ( assessment)

Passing Standards 3 ( placing)

He also talked about Portfolio and Testing.

After that we had two presentations of future members.

One was Trinity Exams, presented by Roger Bowers. His interesting presentation included brochures and a lot of material showing good quality and a long tradition his organization had in education.

The other presentation was by Glyn Jones of Pitman Qualifications / City & Guilds. He gave the detailed picture about his organization which was very impressive. These two presentations of educational institutions with a long tradition, recognition and influence were worth coming to the Conference for.

2nd DAY

Plenary Session was interesting because David Newby talked about the project UNIDISS which is organized and financially supported by the University of Austria. It is a huge project and its aim is to improve the quality of teaching being focused on 4 universities. The project is a long term one, with lots of research work and statistics.

The next plenary session was Progress Report on ALTE input into Council of Europe work relating language examinations to the Common European Framework, by Dr. Peter Hargreaves, Director, Cambridge ESOL.

The first afternoon session was in German; Profil Deutsch by Gabi Gauler from Goethe Institute. It was about the implementation of CEF levels in German language. She presented material and work they had done, which all seemed highly professional and outstanding. The interesting thing for me was that I, knowing the subject, understood almost everything with no knowledge of German.

The following lecture was about achievement tests, recognized by the Ministry of Hungary, published by the International House from Budapest and presented by Zoltan Rozgonyi. He talked about the form of their tests and the way they organized them. He was very pleased and pleasantly surprised by public recognition and big interest.

The third lecture was the presentation of CD ROM Guide to Quality Resources by Laura Muresan, from Romania. The almost completed job about this CD ROM was very ambitious and successful.

The first afternoon session was Not Just English by Cherry Gough from the British Council. It was to show how BC representatives all over the world put a lot of effort to encourage learning and popularizing not only English but other languages as well. She also talked about CEF levels which BC supports and is fully aware of.

The second lecture was not new but certainly interesting about Cross Culture Issues by James Banner.

On Friday and Saturday nights we spent a couple of hours in very nice restaurants where we exchanged our experiences in teaching and some new ideas. It was really good to talk to colleagues from all over Europe in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.

Ovaj bilten je zvanicno izdanje Jugoslovenske asocijacije skola stranih jezika.
Bilten priredila Lingva, Valjevo.

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