AY 2007-2008 Projects - Central Asia

Country                       Kyrgyzstan
City                              Bishkek
Host Institution           NGO Lingua

Project Description
The EL Fellow will establish collegial working relations with teachers of English at host-institution through class observation and team-teaching; establish working relations with the Forum English Language Association through Saturday meetings and discussions with English Language teachers (2h/week); conduct English language methodology classes for students of Teacher Training educational Institutions (2h/week); assist in Methodology workshops for the Academy of Education with the trainers from Lingua and Forum Association (2h/week); conduct regional workshops for teachers from rural schools on English Language teaching (2h/month); assisting in curriculum and teaching materials development for Teacher-training institutions; present on American culture and values at American Corners in Kyrgyzstan (2h/month); support and develop Forum Association through conducting different Conversation Clubs, Methodology Clubs for junior English language teachers, networking with regional English language teachers, assisting in development of Forum newsletter; assist in organization and participate in national and regional English Language conferences; assist with the Debate or Civic Education Club at Lingua school (2h/week). The responsibilities will take 10-14 in-class hours on regular basis and the remainder is preparation and participating in secondary projects.

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