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2004 English as a Foreign Language Institute
for Moroccan Teacher Trainers

Partnership for Learning Conference

Rabat, Morocco   February 28 -- March 2, 2005

Sponsored by United States Department of State:
Bureau of Cultural and Educational Affairs

List of Conference Participants   

Monday, February 28
     
9:00 -- 9:10   Opening Remarks: Daoud S. Casewit MACECE Executive Secretary
9:10 -- 9:20   Terry White CAO , PAS, US Embassy
9:20 -- 9:30   Aziz Nahya Chef de la Division de la Coopération, MNEJ
9:30 -- 9:50   Jennifer Gibson, US Department of State
9:40 -- 9:50   John Scacco, RELO PAS, US Embassy
09:50 -- 10:00   Baerbel Schumacher, University of Delaware P4L Program Manager
10:00 -- 10: 30   Coffee Break
     
CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
     
10:30 -- 12:00   Using Drama to Teach a Tale (CPR)
Nezha Belkachla
workshop proposal
workshop demonstration
handout (.pdf)
PowerPoint presentation
10:30 -- 11: 30   Benefits and Potential Risks of Including Western Cultural Components in Teaching EFL (Inspectors)
Russell Barczyk
11:30 -- 12:00   Games as Tension-Free Activities ( Inspectors)
Abderrahim Biare
12:00 -- 13:30   LUNCH
     
CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
     
13:30 -- 15:00   Use of Authentic Film and Video Activities (Inspectors)
Mohammed Dahbi/Abderrahim Saadouni
13:30 -- 14:00   Classroom Observation: A Step Forward in Teacher Training And Teacher Development (CPR)
Abdelouahab Senhaji
handout
PowerPoint presentation
14:00 -- 15:00   Standards-based Education (CPR)
Mohammed Benhadouche
15:15 -- 16:30   Vygotsky for the Classroom Teacher, Dr. Deryn Verity
     
Tuesday, March 1st
     
09:00 -- 10:30   Drama Activities for Language Teaching, Dr. Deryn Verity
10:30 -- 11:00   Coffee Break
     
CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
     
11:00 -- 12:30   Using the Scenario to Enhance Students' Communicative Competence (Inspectors)
Abdelouahab Senhaji
handout

PowerPoint presentation
11:00 -- 11:30   IGFA: Interactive Grammar-Focused Activities (CPR)
Mohammed Mokhlis
11:30 -- 12:00   Follow-up Activities to Reinforce Lexis (CPR)
Mohammed Benhadouche
12:00 -- 12:30   Designing and Implementing Communicative Tasks in the EFL classroom (CPR)
Nezha Belkachla
12:30 -- 14:00   LUNCH
     
CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
     
14:00 -- 15:30   Fads for Effective EFL Teaching (Inspectors)
Bahsine Ouacha/Youssef Najah/My El Hassan Abou Abdelkader
14:00 -- 15:30   Reflective Teaching Communities: Improving Our Teaching Collaboratively (CPR)
Brigitte Miller
Goal Setting for Reflective Teachers
Individual Demonstration -- option #2
     
CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
     
15:30 -- 16:00   Going Beyond the Textbook -- Revisited (CPR)
Mohammed Dahbi
15:30 -- 16:00   Learning Centers (Inspectors)
Abderrahim Saadouni
16:00 --16:30   Coffee Break
Evaluation and Feedback
     
Wednesday March 2nd
     
CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
     
9:00 -- 10:30   Jazz Chants -- description (CPR)
Jazz Chants -- PowerPoint presentation
Mohammed Mokhlis/Abderrahim Biare
9:00 -- 10:30   Ethics of Teacher Training (Inspectors)
My El Hassan Abou Abdelkader
10:00 -- 10:30   Teaching Pronunciation (Inspectors)
Youssef Najah
11:00 -- 12:30   Using IT for Communication ( Inspectors)
Bahsine Ouacha
10:30 -- 11: 00   Coffee Break
11:00 -- 12:30   Using Textbooks Creatively, Dr. Deryn Verity
12:30 -- 14:00   LUNCH and farewell
     

Sponsored by the United States Department of
State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs