PRE-PROGRAMME

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TIMETABLE
Thursday 12th February - Hotel Dazzler Montevideo
Enrolments & Registration

8.15-9.00

Old challenges,new solutions:

how to make our students
shine in the classroom

9.00-10.25

Silvia Rovegno

10.30-12.00

Twinkle, twinckle little stars:

how to make your students
shine in classroom
Elena Modzelewski &
Florencia Romero

Helping our learners shine at high

levels

Helping our students achieve a star

pronunciation

Laura Chiarino

Vernica Jara

Sprinkling musical stardust onto

our lessons

Reaching for the Iron Throne:

lessons based on Games of
Thrones

Teresa Gallette & Fiorella Daz

12.00-13.00

Lunch

13.00-13.15

Patys Welcome

13.15-14.30
14.30-14.45
14.45-16.00
16.00-16.30
16.30-17.45

James Bloomfield

Empowering students to write like stars

Andrea Cabrera

Julio Churi - TESOL Presentation

Awakening the star whithin

Karen Capel

Coffee break

The stars in our classrooms: why our students are the greatest teaching resource we have
Alastair Grant

Dazzler Montevideo: 21 de setiembre 2752 esquina Luis de la Torre

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WOKSHOPS
SPRINKLING MUSICAL STARDUST ONTO OUR LESSONS
Having fun while learning is our students lifelong ambition! - and ours as well. Come to this
workshop to share some ways to spice up your lessons and learn the benefits of using songs
and videos as class activities and take home a new collection of ideas and activities that can be
used with students of different ages and levels.
Target Audience: Teachers of all levels.

TERESA GALLETTE & FIORELLA DAZ

Teresa is an ESOL teacher since 1986. CEELT (UCLES), TESOL Certificate (Trinity College
London), DELTA A (Dickens Institute), On-line Tutor Training Courses (UCLES) and recently
finished LTCL Diploma (Trinity College London).
At present she works at Dickens as a teacher, teacher trainer, schools coordinator and is
Testing Team Senior Administrator. She has also worked as a free-lance teacher trainer for
Oxford University Press and presented at several seminars in Uruguay, Argentina, Chile,
Colombia and Paraguay. She has done research on portfolio assessment with children and
young adolescents and also on the implementation of ICT in the classroom.
Fiorella Daz has been an English teacher since 2004, teaching a variety of levels and ages at
schools, high schools, companies and language institutes. In addition, she has collaborated as
a test writer at Dickens where she has been working for almost 4 years. She is very committed
to teaching English to teenagers and adults, especially (but not only) for international exams
(Trinity College & Cambridge).

OLD CHALLENGES, NEW SOLUTIONS:

HOW TO REACH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND MAKE THE SHINE!
Every year with every new group of students, teachers face challenges in an ever changing
classroom. In this workshop well look at some typical challenging situations in terms of
classroom management and special educational needs and well analyse and discuss novel
ways to deal with them and help our students shine in their English studies.
Target audience: Teachers of English at a variety of contexts, especially concerned about
integrating students with learning difficulties.

SILVIA ROVEGNO
Silvia Rovegno is a Teacher, Teacher Trainer/educator and Licensed Psychologist. She is a
Methodology and Teaching skills tutor at the Certificate in TESOL and the LTCL Diploma in
TESOL from Trinity College London at Dickens Institute and a Cambridge Oral Examiner for FCE,
CAE and Proficiency. She has worked in primary and secondary bilingual school as well as
language schools, teaching students at all levels. She holds a Diploma in TEFL, also DELTA 1 and
is currently an MA in TESOL candidate at the University of Manchester, UK.

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HELPING OUR LEARNERS SHINE AT HIGHER LEVELS
Do you teach higher levels? Have you started teaching them but still feel a little unsure?
Teaching higher levels can be an exciting challenge we need to be well aware of what it takes
to help our learners shine on their own. So, lets face this challenge, discover together what our
learners need and come up with different ways to help our learners become more independent
in their learning process.
Target Audience: Teachers of intermediate to advanced levels.

LAURA CHIARINO
Laura Chiarino Herrera has been teaching English for 24 years. TEFL (Dickens Institute), Trinity
College Licentiate Diploma, On-line Tutor Training Courses (Cambridge), Foundation Certificate
for Teachers of Business English (LCCI)
At present she works at Dickens Institute as a teacher, CertTESOL and LTCL Dip tutor, Level
Coordinator of the Testing Team and Ceibal Remote teacher. She is also a freelance Public
Translator (English and Portuguese UDELAR)

HELPING OUR STUDENTS ACHIEVE A STAR PRONUNCIATION

Pronunciation is one area of teaching that is usually neglected, which is why it is sometimes
considered the Cinderella of ELT. More often than not when planning our lessons, we tend to
place too much emphasis on grammar and vocabulary, overlooking the fact that pronunciation
is a key element of a language. As a matter of fact, there are some pronunciation mistakes that
might lead to misunderstandings and thus a breakdown in communication. This can be very
frustrating for students, especially those who may have a very good command of grammar and
lexis but have difficulty in being understood and, apart from that, in understanding what others
(native and non-native speakers) say. In this workshop we will evaluate different ways in which
we can deal with pronunciation as an integral part of our lessons rather than as an add-on. We
will also look at some techniques and activities that can be easily implemented in our lessons,
regardless of our students level and age, which will certainly provide students with more tools
to become effective users of the language not only in the classroom but, above all, in the real
world.
Target Audience: Teachers of all levels.

VERNICA JARA
Vernica Jara has been teaching English at schools, high schools, companies and language
institutes for eight years now. She has worked with many levels and age groups ranging from
very young learners to adults. She has been working at Dickens for six years now and she is
currently working here as a teacher, schools coordinator and test writer. She joined the EED in
2013 where she provides academic assistance to external teachers and schools regarding
International Examinations. She holds a TESOL Certificate from Trinity College London, the
FTBE from the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the PCELTS from Trinity College
London and she has recently completed the LTCL DipTESOL course at Dickens.

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TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STARS:
HOW TO MAKE YOUR STUDENTS SHINE IN CLASSROOM
We all want our little stars to glow. But what does it take to make them do so? During this
workshop we will revise the main features that should be taken into account when planning a
successful lesson plus activities that will surely help you along the way.
Have you got little stars in class? Allow us to share our ideas with you!
Target Audience: Teachers of young learners.

ELENA MODZELESKI & FLORENCIA ROMERO

Maria Elena is a Cert TESOL graduate who has worked as a primary and a Secondary Teacher.
Apart from that, she works at Dickens Institute where she currently teaches students who are
at the B1 level. She delivered the TKT and TKTYL Saturday course for two years and she has
been in charge of the English Med course for the last two years. Besides this, she is part of the
testing Team and she is a coordinator at schools. She has completed the Dip TESOL course and
as from 2015 she will be the coordinator in the Transition, Children, J1 and J2 levels at Dickens
Institute.
Florencia is a CertTESOL graduate who has worked as a Secondary school teacher and as an
external teacher for Dickens preparing national and international exams. At the institute, she
has been teaching Transition, Children, Juniors and Adults levels for the last four years. She is
also a remote teacher at Dickens for Plan Ceibal en Ingls and is an oral examiner at the
institute. In addition, she is part of the Dickens testing team and has completed the DipTESOL
Course.

REACHING FOR THE IRON THRONE:

LESSONS BASED ON GAMES OF THRONES
The purpose of this workshop is to show the practical application in our lessons of the popular
TV series Game of Thrones. It is directed to Social Studies, History and Literature teachers and
to anyone interested in cultural matters.
Target Audience: Teachers interested in cultural matters.

JAMES BLOOMFIELD
James Bloomfield is a Licenciate in Historical Sciences, UDELAR. He has been committed to
teaching English, History and Social Studies for over 15 years. James has been teaching at
Dickens since 2008.

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PLENARIES
AWAKENING THE STAR WITHIN
There is not doubt we are all different. Each human being is a unique individual and that means
having different intelligences and capabilities. Our role as teachers is to find a way to reach all
students, to motivate them and get them to perform to the utmost of their abilities by
presenting them with engaging activities which cater for their interests and needs. Let's explore
some ideas on how to make our teaching memorable and effective...while having fun!

KAREN CAPEL
Karen Capel, Academic Coordinator of Juniors, International Exams and ESP courses at Dickens
has been a teacher for more than a decade, having taught a variety of levels and ages,
including Business Studies (IGCSE). She has been a test writer for Dickens since 2007 and a
materials writer for ICFE (International Certificate in Financial English) for the Cambridge ESOL
Teacher Support Website. She has authored the Oxford Trinity B1 Students Book for Oxford
University Press, as well as a series of articles for Coordinators and Directors of Study for OUPs
blog. She holds a TESOL Certificate, FTBE and Cambridge International Diploma in Business, as
well as being a University Technician in Administration (EDA CCEE UDELAR).

EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO WRITE LIKE STARS

How important should the teaching of writing skills be in our ELT programmes? How early in
the learning process should we include it? What approach should we use? What kind of
feedback encourages our students skills development? Lets try to find some answers together
so that our classrooms can provide learners with enriching opportunities for the development
of the writing skills.

ANDREA CABRERA
Andrea Cabrera has been teaching English for over twenty years, first as a Dickens private
teacher, and then at state and private secondary schools, as well as at Dickens Institute at
different levels. She is interested in the area of assessment and has worked as a test designer
for ten years. She has worked as a coordinator in the Dickens Coordinated Schools
Department, visiting schools in order to support teachers practices. She has been a tutor at
the Cert. TESOL programme at Dickens Institute for the last two years and is currently Head of
the Dickens External Examinations Department.
Andrea holds the TESOL Certificate from Trinity College and the Foundation Certificate for
Teachers of Business English from The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry. She also
holds a Post Graduate Diploma from Universidad de Jaen, Spain and has finished her studies of
the Master in TEFL programme, in which she wrote a thesis on the topic of assessment.

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THE STARS IN OUR CLASSROOMS:
WHY OUR STUDENTS ARE THE GREATEST TEACHING RESOURCE WE HAVE
We teachers know that it can be challenging to keep todays students both engaged and
educated: we are always given new ideas and materials to deal with this, without really finding
that special key to make it all work. But are we looking at it the wrong way round? Are the very
people we are trying to find resources for the ones who are actually the greatest resources in
themselves? In this session, we will be looking at the many ways in which you, as a teacher, can
learn strategies and techniques to develop your own students ability to become creative and
invaluable resources to achieve all of their ELT goals, from learning grammar and vocabulary to
producing spoken and written work which will at once engage and educate them, giving them
more motivation for the English studies and many useful tools for the wide English-speaking
world outside the classroom.

ALASTAIR GRANT
Alastair Grant is an English teacher and Director of Studies at International House Montevideo.
He holds an Honours Degree in English Literature and Philosophy from the University of
Warwick in the UK, has completed the International House Certificate of Advanced
Methodology and all modules of the Cambridge Delta.
Alastair organises and delivers sessions in teacher training both in-house and at local schools,
institutions, and conferences, including the I.H. Director of Studies conference in London. His
special interests are developing students receptive skills as well as studying Process Writing
and Discourse Analysis.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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