AY 2007-2008 Projects - Americas

Country                       Costa Rica
City                              San Pedro
Host Institution           Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano

Project Description
The EL Fellow will be of great assistance in furthering English language teaching goals in Costa Rica. Keeping in mind the need to maximize resources and multiply the effect of such a valuable professional, the EL Fellow will be requested to focus on programming that trains the trainers and will be asked to carry out the following duties at the Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano (CCCN): organize and conduct ET seminars and workshops for new and experienced teachers at the CCCN; work on curriculum development projects to improve the language teaching and learning in Costa Rica, including assessment tools for existing CCCN programs, such as English Now Integrated Skills (the largest program the CCCN offers) and English for Call Center Representatives, among others; capitalize on the CCCN’s Reaching Out program; and working with the five Regional English Language Advisors from the Ministry of Education and teacher mentors at the CCCN.  The EL Fellow will organize a teacher training course for five groups to provide them with enhanced tools in teaching English as a foreign language. To be offered once every two months, the course will utilize the current teacher training course offered by the CCCN, supplemented by the new Shaping the Way We Teach English materials, and will provide teachers with the fundamentals of language teaching practice as well as practical training through lesson planning, teaching demonstration, task analysis, etc.

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