ვირტუალური კურსი წერაში ამერიკულ უნივერსიტეტთან

უკვე ძალიან პოპულარული ინგლისური ენის მასწავლებლებში ონლაინ ჩატებს და სემინარებს უკვე აქტიურად უერთდება და იკავებს თავის შესაფერის ადგილს საგანმანათლებლო აქტივობებბის რიგში ვირტუალური კურსები, რომელსაც მსოფლიოში ცნობილი უნივერსიტეტები და მათი პროფესორები სთავაზობენ ინტერნეტის მომხმარებნლებს.

SYLLABUS

College Writing 2.2x, English Grammar and Essay Writing

Maggie Sokolik, Ph.D., Instructor

Course Description

College Writing 2.2x is the second part of a 3-part course (2.1x was offered previously.) It is not necessary to complete part 1 in order to take part 2. There are no prerequisites except that you must know English well enough to take a course taught entirely in English.

In this part of the course, you will focus on proofreading and self-editing; revision vs. editing; common errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling; understanding tone and diction; vocabulary development. The course materials will be offered via readings, videos, and various types of homework assignments. There are suggested optional textbooks for additional writing work. You will participate in online discussions as well as peer review of your writing. You will complete one full essay for this part of the course.

CETE/TESOL 6th Annual Conference

"Teaching English Through Innovative Approaches”.

 Ilia State University,

Tbilisi

December 27,2014

CETE(Center For English Teaching excellence), TESOL Affiliate in Georgia

With Ilia state University organizes

Sixth Annual International Conference at

Tbilisi, Ilia State University, Building ‘G’106 (Kakutsa Cholokashvili Ave 3/5)

Schedule of Events

27/12/20

9:30	Registration
10:00-11:00	‘Developing Effective Instructor Evaluations’	Mark Algren  University of Missouri. International Center For English Language Learning
11:00-12:00	‘Research-Based Practices to Enhance Teaching Effectiveness’	Dr. Delwyn L. Harnisch Professor of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education University of Nebraska-Lincoln
12:00-13:00	Workshop: ‘Using NLP in ELT’	Manana Khvichia Director of Studies/CELTA Trainer International House
13:00- 13:30	‘On the Importance of Developing Thinking Skills’	Nana Kutateladze Public school #116     Tbilisi
13:30-14:00	Lunch, networking
14:00-14:30	‘Simulation games – Ideal for Students’ Professional Development’	Tamar Jangulashvili Associate professor; Tbilisi Teaching University
14:30-15:00	‘Problem-based learning’	Tamta Nadirashvili PhD Student,  Telavi State University
15:00-15:30	Closing of  the  conference, networking & evaluation  of the conference

At the end of December I was fortunate to be invited by Nino Chachanidze, the organizer and the executive, to attend The Sixth Annual International Conference of CETE (Center For English Teaching Excellence) and TESOL Affiliate in Geoprgia at Ilia State University. As always, the schedule of participants and the subjects of their presentations looked very inspiring, and made a good purpose of attending.

The first guest, Mark Algren from University of Missouri, was switching online directly from  the USA, nevertheless, the audience was undoubtedly  captured  by the description of The Instructor Evaluation Programme  that has been used for the effective evaluation of Teachers of English around the world.

The CEA (Commission on English Language Program Accreditation ) Standards for English Language Programs and Institutions comprise 44 individual standards in 11 standards areas. They were developed initially by a committee that took into consideration the various English language program standards that existed in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. The standard areas are based on those required by U.S. Department of Education regulations for accrediting agencies that seek recognition by that agency. The individual standards throughout the standard areas reflect what is considered good practice in the field of English language teaching and administration.

Standard on Assessment of Teaching :The program or language institution describes to faculty clearly and in writing the performance criteria and procedures for evaluation at the onset of the evaluation period; conducts faculty performance evaluations that are systematic, regular, fair, objective, and relevant to achieving program or institutional goals; and conveys evaluation results to faculty in writing in a timely manner.

This programme must demonstrate an open-minded, developmental and reliable evaluation of faculty. Effective evaluation methods are marked by an appropriate notification that people know that they are going to be evaluated with appropriate frequency from administration know how often it is going to happen in consideration of multiple sources of data.

The standard seeks to discourage capricious or unplanned evaluation, evaluation procedures that rely on single methods and sources of data, procedures that do not allow the faculty input, or that do not allow faculty members to respond to their evaluation.

Following Nino’s advice to ask a question personally, I tried not to miss the opportunity to express my deepest concern with the greatest importance of the subject as the  teacher evaluation is viewed at the moment, and Mark has admitted that the priority for the evaluation is the teacher itself.