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Mixed-Ability Teaching Workshop
 

The British Council is collaborating with the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Graz-based European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) on a workshop to be held in Nicosia in November 1999. The theme is 'foreign languages', but we expect a heavy emphasis on ELT. The workshop is a logical outcome of last year's Review of ELT in Cypriot Schools led by Costas Markou of the Ministry and Roger Bowers, with Council support. ELT professionals, and those with a general interest in the subject, might wish to look up the fascinating Bowers/Markou 'Talking Shop' in the current English Language Teaching Journal (ELTJ), vol. 53/2, April '99.

The Teaching and Learning of Foreign Languages in Mixed-Ability Classes

Participation: Open to delegates from all member states of the ECML. The ECML shall cover the travel costs for one delegate from each of the following countries; Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Malta, Romania, the "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia".

Dates: 9-13 November 1999

Venue: Nicosia, Cyprus.

Coordinator: Costas Markou, Ministry of Education and Culture, Cyprus.

Participant Profile: Foreign language teachers at secondary level.

Working Language: English.

Aims:

  • to promote effective international co-operation in the theory, research and practice of mixed-ability teaching
  • to enhance existing perceptions and experiential knowledge regarding teaching in mixed-ability classes
  • to examine the concept of evaluation/assessment in mixed-ability classes.
Further details from the national (Council of Europe) Nominating Authority, or from:

Costas Markou
Ministry of Education and Culture

Tel: +357 2 800637
Fax: +357 2 305514

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