EFL Workshop
In-service Training for Teachers of EFL:
Purposes and Techniques of Organizing Workshops

October 30 - November 8, 1996

Participants pose on the steps of the Schloss terrace.

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Details

• Workshop Description

  This is a workshop to establish teacher training targets, to set up practical curricula for in-service courses, and to determine effective workshop techniques for motivating and assisting teachers to develop better methods of dealing with special classroom needs. In addition, this workshop will focus on developing teacher trainer skills. Special presentations will explore the principles, purposes and value of continuing education requirements and systematic in-service teacher training programs. Participants will have an opportunity to examine and use traditional as well as new sources of materials including multimedia, interactive materials and those that may be accessed from the Internet. This session will also explore the use of Digital Conferencing for teacher training by linking with one or more U.S. institutions using such equipment. The faculty includes Betty Soppelsa, Jeffra Flaitz and John Wheeler.

• 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.

Workshop 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.
• Electronic Journals
  Links to ten journals, including elementary and secondary school cyber-publications.

For further information, contact the United States Information Service in your country of residence and/or 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

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