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N&V-L Digest 447 - 3 December 1998
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There are 3 messages in this digest.
1. Upcoming Linguistics Conference, Chile
2. Some comments on APIBA
3. Praise for the list
**
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1. Upcoming Linguistics Conference, Chile
-----------------------------------------
The Universidad de Santiago de Chile will be hosting the
12th International
Congress of the Asociacion de Linguistica y Filologia de la America
Latina
(ALFAL), August 9-14, 1999.
Contact avalenci@entelchile.net for details.
Posted by: Miguel Farias
mailto:mfarias@lauca.usach.cl
**
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2. Some comments on APIBA
-------------------------
Why a professional association? Why APIBA?
How many times have you been told "My daughter is
also a teacher of
English, she has a 6th year certificate from Such-and-Such Institute
of
English? Have you had difficulty in persuading this well-meaning
person
that this is not quite the same as being a graduate teacher who
has worked
towards a teacher's degree that involved a great number of subjects
and
final exams as well as teaching practice?
The lack of respect with which the profession of teacher,
and particularly
the profession of teachers of English is regarded is, at the very
least,
saddening.
As I discussed in an article in the News and Views Teacher
Development
Supplement in March 1997, and Andrew Brown takes up in the most
recent EL
Gazette (he has been appointed as project director to set up a
new
Institute of ELT for professionals in the area in the UK), the
existence of
a professional association is central to the definition of a profession.
A professional association has entry criteria and a code
of practice, and
it represents the needs and interest of those professionals. It
provides
information to the members of the profession and the world at
large, and it
provides support in the form of professional development. It also
provides
a form of guarantee to those outside the profession that its members
are
interested in progress within the profession, in being up-to-date.
It is a
forum for discussion of current trends in the profession, for
the purpose
of which it organises workshops, seminars and conferences.
Another crucial role of a professional association is that,
in its legal
and professional capacity, it negotiates before educational authorities
the
approval of regulations related to the practice of profession.
As such a
professional association lobbies the relevant authorities in the
passing of
laws and regulations that pertain to the profession and the remuneration
of
its members.
It goes without saying that an association is what its
members make it, not
more, not less. APIBA, the Asociación de Profesores de
Inglés de Buenos
Aires (as opposed to the planned Institute of ELT in the UK) has
a long
standing tradition of nearly three decades (it was founded in
1971), but it
is nothing without its members' support.
If you still have doubts about the role of APIBA, think
back to the
original example, and how you might answer as a member of a professional
association.
If you are not already a member of APIBA or have fallen
back on your dues,
now is the time to do something about it. Join us at the End-of-Year
toast
on Decembre 17th , 7 p.m. at Lenguas Vivas.
Posted by: Cristina Banfi
Member of the APIBA Committee
mailto:banfiday@ssdnet.com.ar
**
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3. Praise for the list
----------------------
It is somewhat difficult to think of something that has
not already been
said or written about the end of the year.Almost without wanting
to, we
suddenly find ourselves repeating the old familiar words of the
Season. For
one thing, 1998 was a happy one.
When Editor Martin Eayrs started the edition of News &
Views through
electronic mail, probably he was not fully aware of the far reaching
effect it would have among us, teachers of English of the cono
sur.
Throughout the year, we have been in touch with old friends and
met new
ones. This E-mail exchange has been so enjoyable that it has
made us
forget our bad moments and celebrate the fact that we are not
only teachers
but above all good friends.
Season´s greetings to all N&V friends,
María Susana Chambouleyrón Liliana Williams
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Departamento de Inglés- U.N.C.
mailto:marisuch@logos.uncu.edu.ar
mailto:williams@logos.uncu.edu.ar
**
end
Thought for the day:
A doctor from the Middle Ages visiting a hospital today
would
be astonished and amazed beyond belief ... A teacher from the
Middle Ages visiting a classroom today would feel perfectly
at
home. Discuss.
From 'American Language Review'
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N&V-L Digest 448 - 6 December 1998
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There are 7 messages in this digest.
1. News from the new ESP Interest Section
2. Language query - 'aporte irrevocable'
3. VII Jornadas de Ensenanza Leng Ex Nivel Superior
4. Christmas Greetings
5. 1999 Nexus Educational Fair
6. Teaching positions in Argentina
7. ELT acronyms and abbreviations
**
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1. News from the new ESP Interest Section
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Hi all:
This is an invitation to participate in the new ESP (English for
Specific
Purposes) Interest Section.
These are our goals:
Petition Form: English for Specific Purposes Interest Section in Argentina
The undersigned, members of TESOL, ESP practitioners, program
developers,
consultants and researchers, interested in the design and delivery
of
courses for individuals with identifiable academic and professional
goals
wish to establish an ESP IS in Argentina.
The primary goals and activities of this Interest Section will be:
* Encourage sharing expertise and specialized curricula
among
ESP practitioners
* Foster communication between ESP practitioners and researchers
* Promote research into the spoken and written discourse involved
in ESP areas
* Provide a centralized forum within TESOL for the exchange of
information on ESP issues
* Foster the recognition of ESP language training as a professional
/academic discipline
* Promote ethical and high professional standards of instruction,
administration and employment practices in ESP programs
* Identify persons within the ESP community who may serve as resources
to others
* Advocate for the professional concerns of the members and the
individuals they teach/train
* Mentor, advice and train members with regards to professional
concerns
* Represent the needs and concerns of ESP professionals
* Ensure viability and continuity of TESOL by training and encouraging
practitioners in ESP-IS to become officers
* Cooperate with other organizations addressing the needs of ESP
learners in order to achieve common goals
WE will be discussing our governing rules next December
11th at 10:30 a.m.
to 12.30 a.m. Puan 470, Room # 228 UBA (University of Buenos
Aires). You
are all invited to participate.
Each of the members of the interim Governing Board can answer
your
questions and accept suggestions. They are welcome.
Liliana Orsi rainboworsi@arnet.com.ar
Messina Elida ebmessi@overnet.com.ar
Sue Anne Spath Hirschmann <mailto:syohir@wamani.apc.orgsyohir@wamani.apc.org
Maria Elena Levalle <mailto:casoc@satlink.com.arcasoc@satlink.com.ar
Mercedes Rossetti" <mailto:mrossetti@mayo.com.armrossetti@mayo.com.ar
Susana Trabaldo <mailto:bridge@sminter.com.arbridge@sminter.com.ar
Posted by: Mercedes Rossetti"
mailto:mrossetti@mayo.com.ar
**
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2. Language query - 'aporte irrevocable'
----------------------------------------
Dear colleagues:
I´d appreciate your help in providing the English
term for "aporte
irrevocable". I am helping some of my students draft a contract
for a
business presentation and we are going for "non-refundable
contribution" or
"irevocable contribution" unless something more accurate
comes up.
Tks, my friends
Posted by: Patricia Orsi
Telefax: (54-1) 243-6570
Phone: (54-1) 292-7495
mailto:rainboworsi@arnet.com.ar
**
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3. VII Jornadas de Ensenanza Leng Ex Nivel Superior
---------------------------------------------------
The deadline for submission for papers for the VII Jornadas
de
Ensenanza de las Lenguas Extranjeras en el nivel superior at the
Universidad Nacional de Cuyo on 15 - 17 April 1999 has been extended
till 10 February. Th eevent will take place in the West of Argentina,
in the Province of Mendoza.
Those interested in submitting a paper or finding out more should
contact the English Department at <ingles@logos.uncu.edu.aror
the
French Department at <defran@logos.uncu.edu.ar.
As the email has not been working well at UNCU you can
also try
Margarita B de Zarco at <tormo@lanet.com.aror Samiah Hassan
at
<gufe@satlink.com.
Forwarded by: List editor
mailto:me@interlink.com.ar
**
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4. Christmas Greetings
----------------------
The List Editor has received several messages with requests
to
post Christmas greetings to the list from individual members.
While appreciating these sentiments and far from being
a Scrooge
it is the policy of this list to keep postings at all times on
topic.
Failure to do so is the best way to destroy a list, as members
of
other lists may have observed.
Therefore Christmas greetings from list members will not
be posted
on the N&V-L list. In this case it is suggested that list
members
mail their seasonal saludations directly to their fellow list
members.
Sorry, but it is for the benefit of the list.
Posted by: List editor
mailto:me@interlink.com.ar
**
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5. 1999 Nexus Educational Fair
------------------------------
Now may be the time to make a note of the dates and details
of
the 1999 Nexus Educational Fair to be held in Buenos Aires,
Cordoba and Mendoza (Argentina) next August and September.
The Nexus EXPO-ESTUDIANTE event held this year in Buenos
Aires
and Cordoba was attended by 8,383 people (Buenos Aires) and
5,691 people (Cordoba) with exhibitors from Australia, Canada,
the United States, Finland, France, Britain, Ireland, Mexico,
New Zealand, Switzerland and the Ukraine.
The event was sponsored by national newspapers' La Nación',
the
'Buenos Aires Herald' and 'La Voz del Interior' and was declared
"de interés cultural" by the Secretariat for
Culture and recognised
by the national Ministerio de Cultura y Educación. Similar
sponsorship
is expected for next year.
Dates for next year's EXPO-ESTUDIANTE are as follows:
ARGENTINA
25/26 August 1999 - Córdoba
28/29 August 1999 - Buenos Aires
1 September 1999 - Mendoza
For further information please contact Spencer Hawkes
at Nexus c/o <spencer.hawkes@virgin.net
**
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6. Teaching positions in Argentina
----------------------------------
This is the time of year when people and schools are thinking
about finding or changing teaching positions.
Several teachers of English have now posted details of
their services
in the Jobs wanted section of the ELT Jobshop Argentina and Argentine
teaching Institutions have also posted details of jobs on offer.
Remember this service is completely free. If you want to
find a job
teaching English in Argentina or if you have a school and you
are
looking for teachers why not have a look at our web page at
http://www.eltnewsandviews.com.ar/jobshop/jobshop
Remember this is a new serice and it will grow. Remember
too it is
absolutely free and is not limited to list members, so please
tell
all your colleagues if you think they may be interested.
Posted by: List editor
mailto:me@interlink.com.ar
**
---------------------------------
7. ELT acronyms and abbreviations
---------------------------------
Over the weekend I have added another 400 acronyms and
abbreviations
to the list on our website. Most of these are connected with ELT
and
education but I have also put in some common terms from Linguistics
and other basic IT and Internet terms teachers are likely to find
when online.
Visit the site at:
http://www.eltnewsandviews.com.ar/acronyms/acronyms.html
Comments, corrections and additions will be welcome - like
the job
shop it is intended that this should grow, for the benefit of
all.
Apologies for the mistakes and repetitions you will undoubtedly
find - this is very much a work in progress.
Posted by: List editor
mailto:me@interlink.com.ar
**
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N&V-L Digest 449 - 9 December 1998
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There are xx messages in this digest.
1. Upcoming talks in Buenos Aires
2. Discounts on January teachers' courses in the UK
3. Masters programme by email
4. Previous N&V-L Digests
**
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1. Upcoming talks in Buenos Aires
---------------------------------
Oriel Villagarcia will be giving a presentation on "Ideas
that work" (mental telepathy, TPR exercises, guessing games
and pedagogical songs) at SBS (Flores) on 11 December at 17.30.
Susan Hillyard will be giving a presentation on "If
Music
be the food of love, play on" (using music in the language
classroom) at KEL (Belgrano) on 12 Dec at 09.30.
These talks are free and further information can be obtained
from T: 776-3681, F 779-0872 or <ssargelt@comnet.com.ar
Posted by Elida Messina
mailto:ssargelt@comnet.com.ar
**
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2. Discounts on January teachers' courses in the UK
---------------------------------------------------
January teachers' courses: places now available at discounted fees
The University College of St Mark and St John (Marjons)
Plymouth, England.
Places on the following short courses for teachers and teacher
trainers are
still available. Discounted tuition fees may be available in certain
cases.
Teacher Development (for secondary and tertiary teachers)
Jan 3 - 30 1999
Teaching English to Young Learners
Jan 3 - 16 1999
Trainer Development (for teacher trainers)
Jan 3 - 30 1999
For further details, please contact
(Ms) Ross Lynn
Deputy Director
International Education Centre
The University College of St Mark & St John
Plymouth
Devon, PL6 8BH, England
tel: ++44 (0) 1752 636821
fax: ++44 (0) 1752 636802
e-mail: intec@lib.marjon.ac.uk
Posted by: Ross Lynn
mailto:intec@lib.marjon.ac.uk
**
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3. Masters programme by email
-----------------------------
The University of London runs a Masters programmes for
teachers
of English worldwide by email.
If you would like more information please contact Anita
Pincas
at<a.pincas@ioe.ac.uk.
Forwarded by: List editor
mailto:me@interlink.com.ar
**
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4. Previous N&V-L Digests
-------------------------
If you missed any of the N&V-L Digests in November
you can
consult them at our website:
http://www.eltnewsandviews.com.ar/listpage/digests.html
This is a very primitive, text only version and unfortunately
we
do not have the time to link all the email,addresses and URLs.
However, if you missed any digests you can find all of them here.
In time we hope to get earlier digests up but this is not
a priority.
However, in future all postings will go up once the month is over.
Posted by: List editor
mailto:me@interlink.com.ar
**
end
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N&V-L Digest 450 - 12 December 1998
-----------------------------------
There are 5 messages in this digest.
1. Policy re 'commercial' postings
2. 'Extreme' adjectives
3. Looking for Viviana Botti Barnet
4. Who's going to TESOL New York ?
5. TESOL 99 Fairs: 2nd Call for proposals
**
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1. Policy re 'commercial' postings
----------------------------------
Errare humanum est. I feel a little like President Clinton
in
having to grovel before my constituency, although our enormities
are perhaps of a different weight.
I have in the last 72 hours received several mails from
countries
outside Argentina outraged at a posting made in the last N&V-L
Digest offering discounted courses in the United Kingdom for
teachers of English.
I hesitated before making the posting, attempting to weigh
the
relative balances of passing on 'useful information' to teachers
of
English in South America and comitting the heinous sin of allowing
'commercial' messages on the list. In the end I decided to let
it go
in, not realising the implications.
But I was wrong, and like Clinton have to come terms with
the public
(read list members). Jill Grimshaw wrote on this list earlier
this year:
The key point is to have a policy for ELT News &
Views
which is consistent across all service providers, whether
publishers, language schools, exam boards, etc.
The key word is 'consistent' and I apologise to those who
have sent
me indignant (and humorous) reminders of this fact.
As I have said before the only way to maintain a lean and
useful list
is to prevent spam and irrelevance and it is the moderator's job
to do
this on behalf of the list members. This is not to belittle the
posting
referred to, which was certainly not 'spam' and was sent in good
faith:
it is not the poster but the list editor who carries the responsibility
of deciding what to include.
So please accept my apologies and my assurance (again like
Clinton's)
that I will do my best to ensure that this breach of responsibility
will not occur again. Sorry too for the prolix posting, but I
felt the
explanation was necessary
Posted by: List editor
mailto:me@interlink.com.ar
**
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2. 'Extreme' adjectives
-----------------------
Dear Listers,
Is there any fixed list for "extreme adjectives"? The
adjectives I have in
"my own list" are: BRILLIANT, FREEZING, EXHAUSTED AND
...??????
In case anybody has more words to add to this list, please e-mail
me!
Thanks a lot in advance.
Posted by: Norma Hipperdinger
<mailto:normah@alphapampa.com.arnormah@alphapampa.com.ar
**
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3. Looking for Viviana Botti Barnet
-----------------------------------
Please Post
I need to get in touch with Ms. Viviana Botti Barnett from
the London
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Examinations Board. Could somebody
send me
her e-mail address, please? Thanks a lot!
Posted by: Susana B. Tuero
mailto:sbtuero@mdp.edu.ar
**
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4. Who's going to TESOL New York ?
----------------------------------
If anyone in Argentina (preferably in Buenos Aires) is going to
the TESOL
Convention in New York next year could they get in touch with
me ? Thanks.
Posted by: Martin Eayrs
mailto:me@interlink.com.ar
**
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5. TESOL 99 Fairs: 2nd Call for proposals
------------------------------------------
[This is an abbreviation of the orginal posting - see websites
at
end of this section for more information - List editor]
CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE THREE TESOL '99 ELECTRONIC VILLAGE FAIRS
List members are invited to submit a proposal for participation
in one or
more of the TESOL '99 Fairs. Windows and Macintosh equipment will
be
available at no charge, along with CD ROM drives, Internet connections,
and
(for the Showcase only) projection equipment. If your proposal
is accepted,
you should plan to bring a minimum of 100 handouts per Fair/Showcase
acceptance slot -- these are very popular events!
WHAT HAPPENS AT THE FAIRS:
Presenters have approximately 20-30 minutes to demonstrate their
material.
Participants walk around and drop in and out of demonstrations,
thus
precluding highly structured presentations. A demonstration may
be repeated
a second time (an additional 20 to 25 minutes), if interest warrants
and
space allows.
WHAT HAPPENS AT THE SHOWCASE:
There is one presenter at a time, demonstrating her/his program.
Seating is provided for the audience.
DETAILS OF THE EVENTS:
INTERNET FAIR (formerly Web Fair), Event #3011
Electronic Village
Tentative: 4:00-4:45pm Wednesday, March 10, 1999
Send Proposals to: SUZAN MOODY
Email: <smoody@cuhk.edu.hk
Internet Fair is a TESOL event intended for demonstrations by
teachers or
teacher-developers who have used Internet-based programs, websites,
or
activities with students. Demonstrations may highlight student
projects or
activities or curriculum created for students or educators.
SOFTWARE FAIR, Event #3478
Electronic Village
Tentative: 9:30-11:15am Thursday, March 11, 1999
Send Proposals to: Janel Hinrichsen
Email: <janel@falcon.cc.ukans.edu
The purpose of the Software Fair is to allow teachers to
show how They use
different types of software in English instruction for in-class
or
out-of-class activities. The software may be used as a part of
the
classroom time, computer lab time, or as a homework activity to
supplement
English language instruction. In the past, presenters have shown
how they
have used prepackaged Software such as Word Attack, Grolier Encyclopedia,
Testmaster, or Phraze Craze for increasing skills in vocabulary,
reading,
writing, and speaking & understanding. Presenters will need
to bring the
software they are demonstrating.
DEVELOPERS SHOWCASE (formerly Authors Showcase), Event
#3314
Time and Room: TBA
Send Proposals to: Phil Hubbard
Email: <phubbard@stanford.edu
The CALL Developers' Showcase is an expanded version of the Authors'
Showcase, which has been a popular annual event at International
TESOL for
the past few years. It is one of several ways in which the CALL-IS
disseminates information about computers and computer-assisted
instruction
to the ESL/EFL professional community. The Developers' Showcase
provides an
opportunity for the designers of ESL/EFL software to display their
work,
and for potential users and software developers to examine and
react to
work in progress at the sub-commercial or pre-commercial stage.
This year
we are including materials in the following two categories: 1)
disk-based
software, including floppy-disk, hard disk, and CD-ROMs. 2) web-based
software, including both programs that can be accessed directly
from the
web and those that can be downloaded. Only work that is not yet
on the
market will be accepted. Software that is already contracted with
a
publisher is considered to be on the market and as such is not
acceptable.
On the other hand, new shareware offerings are welcome.
Further information on:
CALL-IS Website:
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~call/
Convention information updated regularly from the TESOL website:
http://www.tesol.edu/
Fairs/Showcase Information:
http://www.tesol.edu/conv/t99/call/callcall.html
Condensed from forwarded message from: Liliana & Patricia
Orsi
mailto:rainboworsi@arnet.com.ar
**
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N&V-L Digest 451 - 16 December 1998
If you were born today, 16 December, you are in good company.
Also born on 16 December were:
1770 Ludwig von Beethoven
1775 Jane Austen
1863 George Santayana
1899 Noel Coward
1901 Margaret Mead
1917 Arthur C. Clarke
1939 Liv Ullmann
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N&V-L Digest 451 - 16 December 1998
-----------------------------------
There are 3 messages in this digest.
1. Sporting terms
2. Extreme adjectives
3. Change of address
**
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1. Sporting terms
-----------------
It is not hard to work out where terms such as volleyball,
football and
basketball come from. Athletic disciplines and other sports often
simply
use the term from their chief piece of equipment, such as the
javelin, pole
vault, or fomr the activity, for example swimming, and so on.
Rugby, we know, takes its name from the school where a
certain young man
picked up the football and ran with it. Likewise Eton fives takes
its name
from that school in Britain... but what are the "fives"
? The five fingers
used instead of a racquet ?
And where does the term "golf" come from ?
Richard Dain
Santiago de Chile
mailto:rdain@grange.cl
**
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2. Extreme adjectives
----------------------
There is an exercise on this type of exercises that appears
in New headway
Intermediate.
The lists go as follows:
Base adjective Strong adjective
big - enormous, huge
hot - boiling
tired - exhausted
cold - freezing
tasty - delicious
interesting - fascinating
bad - horrid, horrible, awful, terible, disgusting
good - perfect, marvellous, superb, wonderful, fantastic, brilliant
dirty - filthy
surprised - astonished, amazed
angry - furious
funny - hilarious
frightened - terrified
pretty, attractive - beautiful
clever - brilliant
There is an additional explanation that says that we can
use very, quite
and really with base adjectives. And absolutely and really with
strong
adjective.
Hope it helps
Estela I Fernández
estela@netex.com.ar
**
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3. Change of address
--------------------
Please make a note of the following changes concerning
N&V-L and ELT
News & Views.
All phone and fax numbers in Argentina are changing on
24 January,
1999. Until then our numbers are as follows:
Before 24/01/99 Tel. (54) 1 371-7705
Fax: (54) 1 375-3944.
After 24/01/99 Tel: (54) 11 4371-7705
Fax. (54) 11 4375-3944)
As ELT News & Views has now registered its own domain
we are also
changing our email numbers as follows:
Before 26/12/98: <me@interlink.com.ar
<N&Vadmin@interlink.com.ar
After 26/12/98: <me@eltnewsandviews.com.ar
<admin@eltnewsandviews.com.ar
The 'admin' numbers should be used for ELT News & Views
advertising
and subscriptions only - all other correspondence should be addressed
to 'me' (Martin Eayrs).
Our postal address remains unchanged at:
Uruguay 782-3º,
(1015) Capital Federal,
Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
Finally, please note that our Buenos Aires office will
be closed between
23 December 1998 and 10 February 1999. Correspondence will not
be dealt
with until we reopen in February. The N&V-L list will not
operate during
that time.
The N&V-L web page stays the same, and can be consulted
at
http://www.eltnewsandviews.com.ar/elist.html
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N&V-L Digest 452 - 26 December 1998
-----------------------------------
Born on 26 December:
1792 - father of the computer, Charles Babbage
1891 - 'Tropic of Cancer' author Henry Miller
1893 - author of the Little Red Book' Mao Tse Tung
There are 5 messages in this digest.
0. Housekeeping
1. FAAPI dates, 1999
2. Shakespeare Conference in Buenos Aires
3. ExpoUniversidad 1999
4. Other coming events
**
---------------
0. Housekeeping
---------------
This will be the last message on N&V-L during 1999.
Please note
that the list will be closed until approximately 10 February 1999.
Sincere best wishes to all list members able to enjoy a
change of
scenery over the festive period (and to those unable to travel
too).
Martin Eayrs
List Editor.
--------------------
1. FAAPI dates, 1999
--------------------
It has been announced that the 1999 FAAPI conference will
take
place in Villa Giardino, Province of Cordoba, on 18 - 20 December.
Yes, those dates are righht, it IS over the weekend.
The event will be organised this year by the FAAPI central
committee
rather than any local teachers' association.
For further information, contact the FAAPI President, Maria
Cristina Thompson Grondona de White at <mcthom@einstein.com.ar.
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2. Shakespeare Conference in Buenos Aires
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You may also may wish to take note of the following event
to take
place in September 1999. This will be a conference on 'Shakespeare'
and it is hoped to make this an international event for specialists
in the area.
The event will take place in the city of Buenos Aires.
The dates
have not yet been confirmed but for the ease of presenters and
exhibitors it is hoped that will dovetail with those of the
FAAPI conference (18, 19 and 20 September 1999).
I shall post further details in due time. The event is
being
organised by Susana Marchetti and Susana Groisman who can be
contacted by fax at 00541-863-3905 (after 24 Jan 05411-4863-3905).
It seems that neither has email but no doubt this will soon be
sorted
out.
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3. ExpoUniversidad 1999
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The Fourth Argentine International Universities and Higher
Education Fair, Expo Universidad, will take place from 3 - 5
September 1999. The International event will take place in
parallel with the Argentine National Fair for Universities
and FE/HE institutions.
In 1999, for the first time, there will be an additional
sector
devoted to 'Corporate Training' as well as the national and
International Educational Sectors.
(Quoting from publicity material), Expo Universidad has
announced
1998 statistics as follows:
Visiting Public...........................50,607
Teaching staff and educational directors...2,919
Workshops for career advising.................81
Conferences, briefings and presentations.....170
The visiting public (1988) was estimated at 52% secondary
school
students and school leavers and 48% undergraduates, graduates,
Training and Corporate Resources Managers.
The 1998 Fair also hosted some 240 local and foreign educational
institutions.
The 1999 Fair is being conceived of as a much larger event,
and is
likely to be the largest and most important Fair of its kind in
Southern South America.
Further information from Liliana Taboada at:
Lavalle 472 (Suite 214)
(1047) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Email: <campusmagazine@canopus.com.ar
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4. Other coming events
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Brief details of coming conferences and major events connected
can
be found on our website at
http://www.eltnewsandviews.com.ar/calendar/calemdar.html
and more detailed information in our publication, ELT News
& Views,
available by subscription only.
For details of how to subscribe to ELT News & Views
mail us at
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