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06SANSALVADOR265
2006-02-01 21:23:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy San Salvador
Cable title:
DVC EVALUATION - "GOING BEYOND WITH PRACTICE"
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UNCLAS SAN SALVADOR 000265
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IIP/G/WHA-JMANES, WHA/PDA-RQUIROZ, WHA/CEN-
PDEGLER
AMEMBASSY SAN JOSE FOR PAS-RELO MRUDDER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KPAO ES
SUBJECT: DVC EVALUATION - "GOING BEYOND WITH PRACTICE"
WITH ESL EXPERT DIANE LARSEN-FREEMAN.
UNCLAS SAN SALVADOR 000265
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IIP/G/WHA-JMANES, WHA/PDA-RQUIROZ, WHA/CEN-
PDEGLER
AMEMBASSY SAN JOSE FOR PAS-RELO MRUDDER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KPAO ES
SUBJECT: DVC EVALUATION - "GOING BEYOND WITH PRACTICE"
WITH ESL EXPERT DIANE LARSEN-FREEMAN.
1. SUMMARY: On January 26 the Regional English Language
Office (RELO) in San Jose, Costa Rica sponsored a successful
interactive DVC between speaker Dr. Diane Larsen-Freeman in
San Jose and audiences in El Salvador, Guatemala, and
Panama. Fifty English teachers and professors from
universities and high schools in San Salvador, Santa Ana and
San Miguel attended the conference entitled "Going Beyond
with Practice". END SUMMARY.
2. SPEAKER'S BACKGROUND: Diane Larsen-Freeman (Ph.D.,
Linguistics, University of Michigan) is a Professor of
Applied Linguistics in the Language Teacher Education
Department at the School for International Training (SIT) in
Brattleboro, Vermont. She was in San Jose to take part in
part in a conference for Central American Teachers of
English as a Foreign Language. She is the author of several
books ("Discourse Analysis in Second Language Research,"
"The Grammar Book: An ESL/EFL Teacher's Course," "Techniques
and Principles in Language Teaching," and "An Introduction
to Second Language Acquisition Research," as well as the
series director for "Grammar Dimensions," a four-level
English grammar series.
3. EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM AND SPEAKER: Dr. Larsen-Freeman
based her presentation on the value of practice in language
learning. Historically, the meaning of "practice" has varied
according to the teaching methodology in vogue. She
maintained that practice that is psychologically authentic
can help learners "go beyond" what they know and help them
to create new language resources and techniques.
Dr.Larsen-Freeman's engaging and well-organized presentation
was followed by a question and answer period, allowing all
audiences to reflect on ways to improve their teaching
practices. Audiences were encouraged to utilize techniques
that focus on the students rather than the teacher.
4. RELO SUPPORT: Good. Post thanks RELO Michael Rudder and
his staff for organizing this DVC.
Barclay
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IIP/G/WHA-JMANES, WHA/PDA-RQUIROZ, WHA/CEN-
PDEGLER
AMEMBASSY SAN JOSE FOR PAS-RELO MRUDDER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KPAO ES
SUBJECT: DVC EVALUATION - "GOING BEYOND WITH PRACTICE"
WITH ESL EXPERT DIANE LARSEN-FREEMAN.
1. SUMMARY: On January 26 the Regional English Language
Office (RELO) in San Jose, Costa Rica sponsored a successful
interactive DVC between speaker Dr. Diane Larsen-Freeman in
San Jose and audiences in El Salvador, Guatemala, and
Panama. Fifty English teachers and professors from
universities and high schools in San Salvador, Santa Ana and
San Miguel attended the conference entitled "Going Beyond
with Practice". END SUMMARY.
2. SPEAKER'S BACKGROUND: Diane Larsen-Freeman (Ph.D.,
Linguistics, University of Michigan) is a Professor of
Applied Linguistics in the Language Teacher Education
Department at the School for International Training (SIT) in
Brattleboro, Vermont. She was in San Jose to take part in
part in a conference for Central American Teachers of
English as a Foreign Language. She is the author of several
books ("Discourse Analysis in Second Language Research,"
"The Grammar Book: An ESL/EFL Teacher's Course," "Techniques
and Principles in Language Teaching," and "An Introduction
to Second Language Acquisition Research," as well as the
series director for "Grammar Dimensions," a four-level
English grammar series.
3. EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM AND SPEAKER: Dr. Larsen-Freeman
based her presentation on the value of practice in language
learning. Historically, the meaning of "practice" has varied
according to the teaching methodology in vogue. She
maintained that practice that is psychologically authentic
can help learners "go beyond" what they know and help them
to create new language resources and techniques.
Dr.Larsen-Freeman's engaging and well-organized presentation
was followed by a question and answer period, allowing all
audiences to reflect on ways to improve their teaching
practices. Audiences were encouraged to utilize techniques
that focus on the students rather than the teacher.
4. RELO SUPPORT: Good. Post thanks RELO Michael Rudder and
his staff for organizing this DVC.
Barclay