U.S. Embassy resources for English teachers

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U.S. Embassy resources for English teachers

• Joëlle Uzarski
• Regional English Language Officer

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Specialists/Speakers

• English Language Fellows (ELFs)
• Currently in Manaus, Campinas, Londrina
• In 2009 in Manaus, Belém, Belo Horizonte,
  São Paulo
• Academic specialists up to two weeks, with
  cost-sharing. Multiple cities preferred.
• Regular speaker program for specific seminars
  or programs

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Fulbright commission

• Scholar programs
• Foreign Language Teaching Assistants (FLTAs)
• English Teaching Assistants (ETAs)
• www.fulbright.org.br

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Book Donations

• Ad-hoc donation of books by American authors for
  university and school libraries
• Portuguese or English (preferably English)
• Small grants to purchase books
• Often using end-of-year funds

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Texas InternationalEducation Consortium (TIEC)

• Scholarships for EFL teachers to participate in a
  two-week study program in Austin, Texas
• Objective of the study program
• strengthen English teaching skills
• present new ideas regarding pedagogy and
  methodologies using U.S.-content teaching
  materials
• foster a better understanding of the U.S.
• to establish ongoing connections between English
  teachers in the region and the U.S.

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Colloquia on American Studies

• Intensive eight-day seminar for 20 teachers
• Themes vary each year inter/multidisciplinary
• Two this year (2008) one for teachers of
  literature/culture and English language, and
  another for teachers in the social sciences
• Instructors two American professors one
  necessarily a historian
• Last year, participants were from Argentina,
  Chile, Peru, and Brazil

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Shaping the WayWe Teach English

• Teacher training program 14 modules
• Currently being used in public school teacher
  training programs at some BNCs (Brasilia,
  Campinas)

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Other program (new)

• English Access Microscholarship program
• Non-elite 14-16 year old students
• Two years (minimum of 200 hours) of English,
  cultural exposure, community service, and
  computer skills
• This year, in Recife, Salvador, São Paulo, and
  Porto Alegre

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Contact

• Helmara Moraes, São Paulo
• MoraesHF_at_state.gov
• (11) 5186-7428

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U.S. Embassy resources for English teachers

• Joëlle Uzarski
• Regional English Language Officer