Conference:
Approaches to Teacher Education
in English as a Foreign Language

November 24 - 29, 1996

Details

• Conference Description

  This conference will concentrate on the variety of teacher training models being used in various countries where English is taught as a second language. How does the increased importance of English as a second language affect the kind of materials that teachers should be trained to use? If interest in learning English is shifting from learning primarily because of interest in the United States to the practical need to develop competence for the purpose of international communication, what are the implications for materials, teaching methods and the training of teachers? These and related questions will be pursued through presentations and discussion. Participation is limited to 40 persons. The keynote speakers are Donald Byrd, Sherry Fetzer, and Joy Reid.

• Video Used in This Workshop

  The movies shown as an evening activity in this workshop are Driving Miss Daisy and Mississippi Masala. A paper containing ideas on using film in the classroom is available, and includes questions and answers about movie production as well as.

Conference Resources

Internet Research Tools

• Gopher Sites: ERIC, TESL at CUNY and ETS
  A Gopher is a web site without pictures. It is all text. Many gophers are linked together. Once at one gopher, you can often connect to others in your interest area. Do not be afraid to explore! This page contains links to three Gopher sites for you to explore: AskERIC (Educational Resources Information Center), TESL at the City University of New York (CUNY), and the Educational Testing Service (ETS)
• Web Search Tools
  Use these sites to search for information.
  • Alta Vista
  • Yahoo!
  • InfoSeek

Other Web Sites of Interest

• Educational Resource Websites
  Links to eight sites useful for American secondary school teachers.

For further information, contact the United States Information Service in your country of residence and/or Martha Gecek, Associate Director, The American Studies Center of the Salzburg Seminar, Schloss Leopoldskron, Box 129, A-5010 Salzburg, Austria.
Telephone: +43 (662) 839 830;
Fax: +43 (662) 825 269 / 825 346 / 824 689 / 839 8366