Report on workshops for bilingual geography teachers, Oct 2007
Ola Zaparucha sent in this report on CLIL Geography in Poland
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Sorry for not keeping you informed on what is going on
in CLIL in Poland. There is so much going on there is no time for
reflection. In August we held workshops for bilingual geography teachers.
Bilingual Geography - aims, methods and challenges. The event took place in Toruń between 20th and 23rd August 2007. The workshop was conducted by Olivier Mentz - Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg and Daniela Schmeinck - Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe, who both specialise in bilingual education. The aim of the workshop was to exchange teaching experience, present available materials and integrate those involved in teaching geography through English. The participant completed the questionnairies which will enable to see the position of bilingual education in Poland. Moreover, all the papers presented during the meeting willl be published in the book of proceedings. Moreover, there is an initiative to set up a working platform and forum to exchange ideas and educational materials connected with teaching geography in English. It is still in preparation. The workshop is going to be organised on a regular basis. The next meeting is being planned for October 2008. During the workshop a new publication was presented - the geography workbook, part one, for middle school, which has been translated into English. Other initiatives in terms of translated materials include the books on HISTORY (volume two for high schools has been finished and is waiting for printing) and the third part of the GEOGRAPHY textbook for high schools. More information is available from the SOP website: http://www.sop.torun.pl/. Inquiries regarding the publications are to be directed to sop@sop.torun.pl As soon as the new publications are available I will
let you know.
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| You can also see the English medium course books which Ola and team have written on the web link above. |
18th Oct 2007
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