Paran, Entre Rios

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Asociación Paranaense de Intercambio Cultural
Argentino Norteamericano

• Paraná, Entre Rios
• Argentina
• November 2008

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Enjoy with us this week

• Monday In-House Training Course Storytelling
  by Mónica Gallino
• Tuesday Teacher at APICANA telling a story.
• Wednesday Drawing Contest
• Celebrations
• . Tuesday Exhibition of languages at UNER
• . Friday Burritos, Guacamole and a lot more

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MONDAY I.E.W. Sharing our culture with the
world In-House Training Course Speaker Mónica
Gallino Student-Teacher On-Line Course UMBC 2007
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The Challenge of Teaching Young Learners
Storytelling Reflexion Cho
osing a theme that attracts a childs attention
is not an easy task planning a thematic
unit integrating language instruction with
instruction in the content areas is even more
difficult but putting all together to make
connections without knowing when to stop is a
Great Challenge.
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General Outline 1- Introduction 2-
Characteristics of young learners 3- Rationale
for using stories 4- Some tips 5- Getting
ready 6- Post-storytelling Activities 7- A
Storytelling Plan 8- Conclusion
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Conclusion A- Being exposed to language in a
funny context, students practice vocabulary,
grammar and use their limited amount of English
creatively- B- Students have a shared social
experience through pair work and then present
their work to the class- C- Students are
involved in a cooperative and communicative
class.-
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TUESDAY After the Training Course A teacher
from A.P.I.C.A.N.A. will read the story to the
students and put into practise everything learnt
in the course.
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WEDNESDAY

• Students Drawing Contest
• Celebrations

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Tuesday
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Friday

• Cooking, Eating and sharing
• Hunter Smith
• BA Musical Theatre Performance at Wgner College
  (20049
• Bartending College graduate Denver, CO (2009
• East Denver High School graduate (2000)
• CEA (Certificado de Español Avanzado) UBA

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• A.P.I.C.A.N.A.
• Participates in the Threads of Understanding
• An International Quilt
• Organized by the English Language Center (ELC)
  and the New Media Studio of the University of
  Meryland, Baltimore County ( UMBC) . The
  intention is to promote understanding among
  peoples from different countries.
• Visit the websites www.umbc.edu/elc
  www.umbc.edu/studio-