TEFL final pdf

(students from 3 to 12 years old)
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1994: E.T.I. schools (beginning of full time 1st Cycle schools – English
as extracurricular subject is one of the subjects which was required
by most school communities) nowadays nearly 97% of Madeira’s 1st
Cycle schools are full time (E.T.I.);
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2001/2002: creation of a project (Pedagogical Intervention Project to
the learning and teaching of Foreign Languages – 1st Cycle) and a
team to support teachers teaching English in 1st Cycle due to their
diverse academic background (English was an extracurricular
activity in 1st Cycle schools);
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2005/2006: English as a curricular subject to all 1st Cycle, by Official
document (Despacho n.º 108/2005 RAM);
Project renamed – Edu-LE (Educar – Línguas Estrangeiras);
Project ‘s support to the teaching of English in Preschool;
Definition of the 1st Cycle English teacher profile in Madeira
(DRAE);
Guidelines released .
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2007/2008: renewed Edu-LE team (present team).
Carla Ferreira
Paula Freitas
Ana Soares
(Coordination)
(2nd Cycle)
(Preschool)
Renato
Carvalho
Luís
Cardoso
(1st Cycle/ICT)
(1st Cycle)
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Nearly 140 1st Cycle teachers;
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130 public and private 1st Cycle schools;
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106 1st Cycle schools including teaching
English in Preschool;
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20 Preschool teachers;
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17 Preschools – 20 rooms;
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13 2nd and 3rd Cycle schools;
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28 2nd Cycle teachers – 40 classes;
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2 3rd Cycle teachers – 4 3rd Cycle classes.
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to guide and assess the approaches of
teaching an FL in Preschool;
to guide, assess and evaluate an FL in 1st
Cycle;
to develop pedagogical guidelines to
teach an FL in both Pre-school and 1st
Cycle;
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to promote in-service teacher training;
to encourage the use of a folder in FL
teaching in Preschool;
to develop and assess the Portfolio’s
methodology in both 1st and 2nd Cycles;
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to articulate methodologies amongst 1st
and 2nd Cycles;
to organize school visits and diverse
workshops.
  In-service
  School
teacher training;
visits;
  Workshops:
- Edu-LE (team, DRE, external);
- S.E.T.E.;
- S.E.E. & T.E.A.;
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Portfolio
  E.R.A.
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to develop linguistic, cultural, social,
intercultural, affective and psychopedagogical dimensions;
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to support cross-curricular teaching;
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to increase pedagogical differentiation;
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to apply portfolio’s methodology (1st, 2nd
and 3rd Cycle);
to uphold motivating and pedagogical
activities capable of potentiating the
development of different Intelligences.
  Teachers
develop didactic and diverse activities
adequate to their school’s own context and
content (FL)
  Teacher
apply pedagogical and various strategies
like: singing, dancing, drama, games, stories, writing,
reading, retelling, arts and crafts;
  “Minimum
English Contents for 1st Cycle” (former
Guidelines are currently being revised);
  Portfolio’s
  ERA’s
methodology;
(English Report in Action).
  Main
assessment tool;
  Diagnosis
instrument;
  Develops
research and organisation techinques;
  Promotes
self-assessment;
  Develops
  Reflects
the students’ metacognition;
the students’ linguistic and learning
growth;
  Reveals
the students Multiple Intelligences and
Learning Styles.
  Metacognition;
  CEFR;
  Documentation
  Process
Portfolio;
Portfolio;
  Showcase
Portfolio.
  S.E.T.E.
(Sharing Experiences to Teach English) –
workshops.
S.E.T.E. team
S.E.T.E. preparation meetings
Marisa Correia
EB1/PE Ribeiro Domingos Dias
Rui Osório
EB1/PE da Serra d’Água
Resources Centre
(creating examples adapted
to schools reality)
Music
(creating lyrics and new
tunes)
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E.T.C. (English Teachers Community) – an
online community of all Edu-LE’s teachers
teaching in 1st Cycle in RAM. The
community promotes the creation of a
common identity and a true sense of
belonging and sharing of information and
strategies/activities
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eT.E.A.M. (eTeaching English As Magic)
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groups of Edu-LE’s teachers (2 to 5 teachers);
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different private or public schools and, sometimes,
different regions;
sharing experiences, strategies, materials;
promoting the exchange of
messages amongst their students;
materials
experiences are reflected in the eTEAM blog.
and
2007/2008
(B.E.L.T.
–
Blog
of
the
Edu‐LE
eTEAMS)
h/p://edule‐belt.blogspot.com
2008/2009
(E.T.C.)
h/p://edu‐le.ning.com
  ePortfolios
– an experience to develop an
electronic-portfolio in 1st Cycle schools with eleven
Edu-LE’s English teachers (eleven 4th grade classes),
a 2nd Cycle English teacher and a 6th grade English
class – creating a cooperative and collaborative
community of teachers and students.
http://eportfolio.educatic.info/
REPE
  2nd
P.E.E.K. (2nd Portfolio Experience in English
Knowledge) – pilot experience.
- 13 schools (private and public);
- 28 teachers (2nd Cycle and 3rd Cycle);
- over 40 classes;
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Main goal is to assess the relevance of the
introduction of portfolio methodology in English
classes in the 2nd Cycle, as well as:
To promote in-service teacher training to the
teachers working with portfolio;
To develop dissemination tools concerning the use
of portfolio;
To
articulate
methodologies,
pedagogies amongst cycles.
contents
and
  Peek-a-boo
- an experience with Preschool
teachers (3 to 5 years old) teaching English to
their groups of children.
- 17 schools (private and public)
- 20 teachers
- 20 rooms
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experience is based on promoting the
Preschool teachers language skills and
adjusting methodologies and strategies of
specific teaching of an FL to a very particular
audience.
  Aims
as well to help to prepare 1st and 2nd
Cycle teachers to teach with these levels.
  http://peek-a-boo.ning.com
Edu-LE’s email: [email protected]
Phone: 291 708 478 (direct)
291 708 420 (general)
Personal Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]
THANK YOU!