Newsletter No. 45 - December 2012

From the President Dear APIBA Members and e-group subscribers, As you will see in this Newsletter, APIBA had an eventful second semester. Below you will read all about the SEEDS Project, APIBA at FAAPI 2012 Conference, APIBA Annual Seminar in memory of Prof. Ana María Armendariz, the Call for Applications to the APIBA “Prof. Ana María Armendariz” Scholarship, the launch of “APIBA Junior”, “APIBA Senior” and “APIBA Mentorship” programmes, the Second APIBA Unconference by APIBA SIGs and our End-of-Year Toast.

More is in store for next year with the FAAPI 2013 Conference in Buenos Aires.

Now, time to wind down and recharge batteries. Do enjoy the festive season and your well-deserved holidays!

Warm regards,

Analía Kandel APIBA President presidente@apiba.org.ar

Thanks to Volunteer Martina Griffi for designing APIBA’s New Year e-card

FAAPI 2013 Conference

38th

FAAPI Conference

Buenos Aires

26-27-28 September 2013

UCA – Universidad Católica Argentina, Puerto Madero

Roots & Routes in Language Education

How do languages, cultures and identities interact in 21st-century classrooms?

Bi/Multi/Plurilingualism, interculturality and identity

in the areas of:

Language Education - Language Teacher Education - Language Policy -

Assessment and Evaluation - Literature - New Technologies - Research

More information to be announced soon

APIBA Annual Seminar 2012 In Memoriam Prof. Ana María Armendáriz

The APIBA Annual Seminar brought together ELT professionals to honour Prof.

Ana María Armendáriz’s legacy. Our aim was to link, develop and support English

Language Teaching professionals as well as to pay homage to one of the leading

figures in our professional field. Programme, Tribute Video & Photos here

Funds raised through this Seminar will be used to launch the

“APIBA Prof. Ana María Armendáriz Scholarship” which offers professional development on the above-mentioned academic fields.

Call for Applications HERE Deadline 28 February 2013

APIBA AGM, SIGs Unconference & End-of-Year Toast

Saturday, December 1, 2012 - INSPT-UTN

APIBA AGM

At APIBA’s 2012 Annual General Meeting the Executive Committee informed

Members of the Association’s accounts and of 2011-2012 and future activities.

See the 2012 Annual Report.

A special thanks to Paula Miniño,

María Luisa Ghisalberti, Claudia

Naom & Gabriela Madera, outgoing

APIBA Executive Committee Members,

for their work and commitment towards

the Association. Here is part of

Gabriela Madera’s farewell letter:

“Me voy, pero no demasiado lejos. No las abandono, sólo me aparto para

que otras colegas puedan experimentar lo que significa brindarse a la

profesión y dejar una huella que marque el camino que espero muchos

otros puedan transitar con el mismo amor que APIBA instauró

definitivamente en mi corazón.” Read more

A warm welcome to Corine Arguimbau, Cecilia Cicolini, Mariángeles Portilla

and Laureana Moreno. Here’s the 2012-2013 Executive Committee:

President: Analía Kandel

Vice-President: Corine Arguimbau

Secretary: Belén Tur

Treasurer: Cecilia Cicolini

Deputy Treasurer: Laura Karina López

Members:

Laura Renart

Mariángeles Portilla

Valeria Kharsansky

Laureana Moreno

In accordance with legal regulations for “Asociaciones Civiles”, the APIBA

Executive Committee is composed of elected Members of the Association

(see APIBA Statutes, Article 8) who perform their duties pro bono.

APIBA SIGs Unconference & APIBA End-of-Year Toast

On Saturday, December 1st APIBA SIGs held an Unconference to close this year’s

meetings. It was the first time a Closing Event had had this format, and it was

welcomed by all the participants. All the

SIGs (Language & Phonology, e-Teaching

and Learning, Literature, Methodology,

Young Learners, Professional Issues) had

the chance to share this year’s work through

posters and presentations in charge of SIG

members. Some SIGs also invited special

guest speakers, who highly contributed to

making this event memorable. See APIBA

SIGs Unconference Programme HERE

Our special thanks to all SIG members and Coordinators for their invaluable help throughout the year, to all the special guest speakers for their generosity in sharing their knowledge with us, to APIBA Executive Committee for their unfailing support and, last but not least, to the authorities of INSPT-UTN for their hospitality and for sharing our End-of-Year Toast. APIBA SIGs provide their members with a great forum for professional development in a genuine atmosphere of comradeship, mutual respect and a shared passion for our profession. We do hope you can join us next year! Very best wishes, Viviana Myslicki and Romina Arena APIBA SIGs Liaison Officers

AGM, SIGs Unconference & End-of-Year Toast Photos HERE

FAAPI Conference 2012 (APIZALS)

APIBA would like to congratulate

APIZALS and FAAPI for an

outstanding FAAPI 2012

Conference. The beauty of the

scenery that surrounded the venue in

San Martin de los Andes added to the

success of the event. Congrats!

There were 25 Members representing APIBA! See their names and APIBA's

FAAPI 2012 Photo Album here

New APIBA Programmes

APIBA Junior Programme is aimed at teacher trainees who are at

the last stage of their course of studies and would like to network with

graduate teachers to start off their career. Read more

APIBA Senior Programme aims is to give senior APIBA Members

support when needed, opportunities to socialise with other

Members by having tea once a month or by organising interesting

outings; to make use of their expertise by participating in the

Mentorship programme; to carry out or support research; to give

talks for APIBA or to engage in any other project. Read more. Senior APIBA

Members who wish to attend a meeting in March 2013 can contact APIBA

Member Claudia Naom at senior@apiba.org.ar

APIBA Mentorship Programme aims to

provide guidance in matters concerning

our profession and is coordinated by

APIBA Member María Inés Cambiasso.

Read more For further information or to

request an interview, please write

to mentorazgo@apiba.org.ar

SEEDS: Sowing Experience from Evoking Diversity in Schools

SEEDS of intercultural and plurilingual education

In the schools of the

City of Buenos Aires

there is a growing

awareness of the

cultural and linguistic

diversity of the student

population. Teachers

are not always

equipped to deal with

this diversity or exploit

its potential from an intercultural and plurilingual perspective. English language

teachers are ideally placed to foster intercultural and plurilingual reflection. This

project, aimed at novice and prospective teachers (both foreign language and

mother tongue), hopes to encourage reflection and contribute to the work that can

be done in this area. It focuses on fostering community service to promote

crosscultural understanding across communities.

The course consisted of four face-to-face sessions, complemented with

autonomous online work, on intercultural bilingual education (26 Sept, Dora

Bordegaray), the linguistic characterization of the context and languages involved

(17 Oct, Silvia Iummato), the nature of community and volunteer work (26 Sept,

Laura Copteleza), and the principles of materials design for the classroom (14

Nov, Silvia Prati).

This course was run by APIBA thanks to a subsidy from the US Embassy,

with the support of the Dirección Operativa de Lenguas Extranjeras,

Ministry of Education of the City of Buenos Aires.

APIBA wishes to thank the D.O.L.E., Ministry of Education, CABA; US Embassy;

Cristina Banfi, APIBA former President; Alfredo Daniel Nuñez, Districts 19 - 21

Supervisor and APIBA Member; Laureana Moreno and Mariángeles Portilla,

APIBA Members; Rodrigo Chavero, CECIE 19 D.E. 19 Director, for making this

enriching professional development experience possible.

See the SEEDS Progress Report; a Buenos Aires Herald interview

with Cristina Banfi on the SEEDS Project; M. Portilla & L. Moreno’s

SEEDS presentation at “Jornada Buenos Aires y sus Idiomas

2012” and the SEEDS photo album here

To APIBA Members: Academic Writing & A.J.A.L.

FAAPI will implement a course on Academic Writing and would like to

find out about the interests and preferences of the Members of its

Teacher Associations. APIBA Members are kindly requested to fill in

this questionnaire

FAAPI has launched A.J.A.L., Argentinian Journal of Applied

Linguistics. APIBA Members are encouraged to visit

http://www.faapi.org.ar/ajal/home.html to register for more

information and to see the instructions for authors.

Mother Goose says… Pay your 2013 dues

2013 dues

Thank you, Alfredo Grondona White!

APIBA Best Graduating Average Award ENS S.E.B. Spangenberg

APIBA former President Stella Schulte was proud to hand

out APIBA Best Graduating Average Award at ENS LV Sofía

B de Spangenberg on 4 September 2012. The winner of the

one-year membership was Cecilia Docón, who has already

become a Member. Congratulations and welcome!

Thanks to SBS for donating a book to this year's winner.

APIBA Members’ Help & Contributions

Thanks to APIBA Members Graciela C. Moyano and Cinthia P. Smith for

sharing with us their article LAS TAREAS PASIVAS DOCENTES. Cómo

transformarlas en una acción saludable. Read their article HERE You can

send comments or queries to Graciela Moyano graciela.moyano@gmail.com or

Cinthia Smith cinpatsmith@gmail.com

Thanks to APIBA Member María Gabriela Di Gesú for sharing a letter about her

enriching experience at the University of Clark, Worcester, USA, where she is

working on her PhD thesis. Read her letter HERE

Thanks to Mariela Enrici for sharing with us a chapter about bullying from the

book La comunicación con los padres (Troquel, 2007), by Rolando Martiñá,

who kindly authorized sharing it through APIBA. Read the chapter HERE

APIBA Members are welcome to send their contributions to

info@apiba.org.ar

Letters to the Editor - Articles - Classroom Tips & Ideas -

Anecdotes - Reflections

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NEW!

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APIBA Members with their dues up to date have a free publication service through APIBA monthly Calendar of Events. Those who wish to publish, please complete this e-form: http://tinyurl.com/APIBACalendarEvents Information that fits the criteria established by APIBA and has been completed in the e-form by the 25 of each month will be published in the following Calendar of Events at the beginning of each month. The APIBA Executive Committee wishes to thank APIBA Volunteer, teacher trainee Héctor Cuccarese, APIBA Calendar of Events Editor.

Social News from APIBA Members

Congratulations to APIBA Members:

María Cristina Thomson, on the publication of her book Relatos (In)Mortales.

Stella Schulte, on the wedding of her daughter, Paula.

María Laura García, whose project was chosen among the top ten entries in the

ICT in Action competition organized by the British Council and Macmillan

Florencia Perduca, on the birth of her son, Manuel.

Patricia Simeone, who has been appointed Rectora at ISP "Joaquín V González"

APIBA Members, Share your news through the APIBA quarterly Newsletter HERE

Institutions

APIBA wishes to congratulate

APIBB on their 35th Anniversary

APrIR on their 36th Anniversary

AATI on their 30th Anniversary APIBA supported ASPI Santa Fe Tribute to their Members María Isabel Recamán & Daniel Fernández. APIBA wishes to thank APIBA Member Graciela Moyano sociales@apiba.org.ar for contacting APIBA Members and Institutions to offer condolences, thank-you’s and congratulations.

Welcome all 2012 New APIBA Members!

(in chronological order, date of membership)

Silvina Oldach, Alejandro De Angelis, Debora Baguez,

Valeria Campione, Rosario Arando, Nora Insirillo,

Marcelo Videtta, Alejandra de Picciotto, Mariángeles Portilla,

Eleonora Peimer, Gisela Zóccola, Camila Abad,

Luciana Cantando, Claudia Pennacchini, Valeria Martinez,

Miriam Cuff, Laureana Moreno, María Laura García,

Luciana de Bartolis, Liliana Simón, Laura Tubio,

Matias Ansaldo, Marcela Engemann, Cecilia Bonardi,

Nora Natalia Lerena, Mónica Rodriguez Salvo,

Mercedes Foligna, Carolina Ravelo, Cecilia Docón,

Fabiana Parano, Sarah Hillyard, Rosana Luverá,

Luciana Ianisevich, Ailén Morginstern,

Soledad Colombo, Cristina Magno

Hace a la profesión

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