They present new strategies to enhance the teaching of English to children

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The fifth version of the International Seminar “Expanding Opportunities” featured speakers from England and Uruguay and workshops by prominent national academics.

Generating instances that allow teachers and managers to learn new ways of teaching English was the main objective of the International Seminar “Expanding Opportunities”, an activity organized by the Oportunidad Educational Foundation and the University of La Serena, through the Pedagogy program. in English, and which was carried out on the state campus.

english seminar2The activity included presentations by Susan Hillyard, founder and director of the SHELTA English academy, and Gabriel Díaz, director of the Ludus Center for innovation and pedagogical experimentation at the Catholic University of Uruguay, who addressed new forms and the importance of teaching English to students from an early age.

For the Dean (s) of the Faculty of Humanities of the ULS, Carlos Ramos, it is important that these activities are carried out, focused on improving the teaching practices of professors. “The English language has been the common language worldwide for decades; That is why learning this language is a fundamental necessity to face the challenges of the XNUMXst century. “This seminar constitutes a valuable and first-class experience so that teachers can analyze the best practices for teaching English in the classroom,” he said.

For her part, the president of the Oportunidad Educational Foundation, Claudia Peirano, indicated that, as a foundation, it is relevant to generate these spaces to contribute to improving teaching practices. “It is very important to be able to work with other academics and build collaboratively, and we feel that this is a space that contributes to that. Contributing from a part to children's learning is vital, but we know that this must be reinforced with greater spaces for pedagogical reflection in English, so creating spaces where this happens is essential for us,” she indicated.

Along with the talks by international experts, teachers presented to their peers experiences that have allowed them to teach English to children in various contexts, in addition to holding workshops on the importance of the work of management teams for the development of English in schools.

Written by Tomás Rodríguez, DirCom

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