Talk show-uri

22 martie 2006- Club TV- Clubul oamenilor de afaceri, emisiune moderata de Marius Pavel.
Tema: Certificatele de competenta lingvistica si educatia adultilor

17 martie 2006- AXA TV- Tema: Proiecte Comenius

10 ianuarie: TL Plus - Orasul care invata

Dissemination
January 10th , 2006
TL Plus Baia Mare
Program : The Learning City

Moderator : Corina Sandor
Guest : Mariana Hudrea, teacher of English, coordinator if international projects and director, SC Info Project SRL. www.infoproject.nvn.ro
Topic: European Projects (conditions pf participation, benefits) , the importance of the study of foreign languages in a common Europe

January and February are two months in which the coordinators of European projects are very busy as February 1st is the deadline for Comenius projects and March 1st is the deadline for Grundtvig projects.
R: What kind of projects are being made and which are the benefits?
01:31- This program could be an invitation for teachers to submit project proposals
The structure of the European projects: Socrates (Comenius, Grundtvig ,etc.) , Leonardo da Vinci and Youth.
Comenius projects are dedicated to pre-university education while Grundtvig projects are dedicated to adult education.
04:02 - Presentation of the project Borderline- http://borderlin-com1.blogspot.com and http://cnme-borderline.blogspot.com
04:27 –R: How can the European programs be accessed? Why are there schools without projects?
05:16 – Benefits?
The opportunity to present your own country abroad.
The opportunity to improve the image of your country abroad.
The possibility of traveling abroad and learning things and discovering new countries.
06:00 – Description of the project Comenius Borderline; partners’ description; project reunion in France, November 2005.
Benefits for the school: the director had the opportunity to visit a modern school in France. He saw the Documentary Center, the organization of the school.
Another benefit is the teamwork.
08:00 – All the partners come to better know their own countries and the partner countries.
10:10 – The us of the Blog as a didactic tool- the possibility of publishing the students’ essays on the Internet.
Language of communication: English.
10:58 – The promotion of the study of foreign languages in Europe: the European citizens must learn foreign languages. The citizens from Eastern European countries speak very well several European languages.
11:45- In a common Europe we have to communicate among us
12:15 – I advised the French students to learn several foreign languages.
12:40 – Presentation of the project TIC-TAC (http://g2project.blogspot.com), language of communication: French. Cooperation with CJAPP and AJOFM. The aim of the project is to study how ICT can help unemployed people to find a job.
13:20 – Ioana Pop will participate at the project meeting from Rome.
14:05- Project meeting in Cherbourg. TIC TAC G2 project.
14:17- preparations for the project meeting from Italy.
So far we have elaborated a study addressed to people searching for a job to see if they use computers for finding a job.
Partners in the project are CJAPP and AJOFM.
15:35- There will be promoted a course for unemployed people in the second year of the project.
16:10 Grundtvig 1-ITEM- This project has a solid practical aspect as we are involved in producing an online course for ICT specialists.
Following the study developed in 2004- 2005 regarding the level of English as a communication tool we have discovered that the ICT specialists need such a course to improve their communicative skills in English.
Daniela Buda and Claudia Lupoian are collaborators in this project.
How are the collaborators selected? According to their wish to dedicate time to a new experience.
The partners come from Bulgaria, Hungary, Great Britain and the Check Republic.
18:30- The course piloting- May 2006
R:Which is the contribution of GB?
Linguistic expertise.We are sure we will produce a high quality product.
19:25- R: Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania are countries in which English is a foreign language. How is it to produce a an English course?
In these countries there are very good specialists in English, appreciated by the British Council.
20:01- The coordinator is from Hungary.
20:10 – Kate Fazekas is coordinating large teams of specialists in several projects.
20:25- the site of the project is very good.
20:45- The work for G1ITEM helped Daniela in learning how to use AEL program in her school.
21:19- another benefit is the team work

21:28- the description of the school from Ravoire, France and the way money is directed to schools in France . In the last 15 years in France there have been built very modern schools. Both students and teachers are calm and with smiling faces, compare d to Romanian teachers who have financial difficulties.
23-40 – But teachers are dedicated to their profession and they try to do their job.
In the French school the students read everywhere: on the staircase, in study rooms or in the Documentary Centers.
The students have their meals in the canteens together with the school staff. The local authorities sponsor the meals. There is a very well organized self-service system.
R: What didn’t you like in France?
I visited France during the riots in the suburbs. The explanation came that in school with parents belonging to the middle class, with a stable job, there are no problems. But in families of unemployed or in families with problems, the children have problems in their turn.
28:00 – By participating in European projects one learns a lot of things: how to travel, how to manage lost luggage problems, how to adapt to the customs of each country.
22:50 – Smoking is forbidden in all means of transport in France.
The strong relationship between school and family. The parents are strongly involved in the education of their children.
31:50 In Romania there have been created students’ associations. This partnership was active during the teachers’ strike in November 2005.
The message is that the whole society is invited to support school and education.

35:00 Leonardo da Vinci project- Evaluation Tools in Vocational Education.
There is a difference in perception of the term in Romania where the technical education is not included in vocational education while all over Europe it is.
Info Project is a subcontractor in the project having the task of disseminating the project. Last year we elaborated a study on the way the modern evaluation tools are known and to what extent they are used in the schools from Romania.
On the site of the Romanian Ministry of Education there are very good things. In theory the Romanians are very good.
Via the Analysis Study we realized that all the teachers who had participated in training courses are aware of the new tendencies in evaluation, while the others know practically nothing about that.
36:50- The team coordinating the Leo project is the same team that coordinated the G1-ITEM project.
37:00 – we are just involved in dissemination
We will continue the dissemination activities by participating at a new Congress, in Istanbul, organized by Istanbul University. In May 2005 we participated at a Congress in Istanbul where we presented the European projects. The interest was big, as these projects have been recently launched in Turkey.
Will teachers be able to use these new evaluation tools?
The product is being made exactly for this purpose.
What subjects could use such tools?
All subjects.
39:20_ The coordinating institution from Hungary organizes courses of ICT for disabled people, for example. We visited this school in 2003 and we were impressed by it.
This project meets the requirements in modern evaluation today.

40:00- Grundtvig 2 projects- The history of the project at the School of Arts from Baia Mare, a follow up of a previous G2 project. The same thing happened with Patre Dulfu County Library from Baia Mare which is also involve d in a G2 project as a continuation of the previous G2 project coordinated by us: “Active involvement in Nationl and European projects of retired or newly retired people”.
43:25_ Esperando Association, as association for disabled people also benefited of consultancy from Info Project.
43:35: we offer consultancy for European projects to all the people interested.
44:14- R: How can be written good projects?
44:28 - The secret is to speak foreign languages and to use the computer as a communication tool.
45:44 – These projects are not only for teachers of foreign languages. A good example is the European Schoolnet where one can see projects developed by teachers of Math, Physics, and Chemistry. I had been involved in an evaluation team for E-Awards and I noticed that there are many Romanian teachers of different subjects involved in creating websites.
47:28- We organize courses of foreign languages
47:43- There are 3 centers of foreign languages in Baia Mare: ECHO. EDUCONS and INFO PROJECT.
48:08 – Info Project has established a partnership with ECHO for promoting TOEIC and TFI tests.
In cooperation with the French Cultural Center from Cluj Napoca we organize courses of French for people willing to go to Canada.
48:36- Today, the learning of foreign languages is a must.
We do not mean only English. The European citizens must learn French and other European languages.51:00-R: As a conclusion, the Learning City is also learning through projects and foreign languages.

Blended Learning

Utilizarea BLOGULUI ca instrument didactic

După organizarea pentru prima dată in România a unei Tabere Internaţionale Multimedia ( iulie 2000) urmată de alte patru ediţii, care de care mai reuşite, culminând cu obţinerea Certificatului European pentru proiecte inovatoare din domeniul predării si învăţării limbilor străine : EUROPEAN LABEL 2003 , am lansat, in cadrul Colegiului Naţional Mihai Eminescu din Baia Mare o noua premiera: utilizarea Blogului didactic la clasa, prin metoda Blended Learning.
Acesta e utilizat in proiectul Socrates Comenius 1 „BORDERLINE (Frontiera: ţinut al nimănui, cale de trecere, pod si bariera intre popoare, tari, povestiri)”, proiect care a început in luna august 2005 si se va derula pe o perioada de doi ani.
In cadrul proiectului sunt implicati peste 300 de elevi, coordonaţi de profesorii de limba română, biologie, limbi străine, istorie, desen.

Primele produse realizate sunt:
- Materiale documentare despre ţările partenere: Franţa, Italia, Liechtenstein , Polonia, Slovacia.
- Materiale documentare despre poluarea transfrontalieră
- Materiale documentare despre istoria poporului roman, despre impactul schimbării graniţelor asupra familiilor care trăiesc de o parte si de alta a lor.
- O colecţie de fotografii şi texte despre portul popular şi obiceiurile locuitorilor din zona de frontieră a Maramureşului.
- Documente ale Uniunii Europene despre drepturile grupurilor minoritare
- Desene care reprezintă imaginar graniţele intre tari, popoare ; graniţele intre oameni sau in comunicarea interumană.
Limba de comunicare a proiectului fiind limba engleză, elevii au posibilitatea să-şi îmbunătăţească competentele de exprimare in aceasta limba atât in cadrul orelor cât si prin intermediul grupului electronic de discuţii: borderline_students@yahoogroups.com.
Metoda de predare blended learning este una din cele mai moderne metode de predare utilizată pe plan mondial. Este o îmbinare perfectă intre învăţarea directă ( face to face) şi învăţarea prin intermediul Internetului: e-learmimg. Elevii au acces la informaţii despre proiect fie in discuţiile cu dascălii lor la clasa, fie prin intermediul Internetului. Ei îşi pot exprima liber părerile despre probleme care frământă societatea românească / europeană în pragul integrării României in Uniunea Europeană prin intermediul grupului de discuţii.
Noutatea constă în publicarea eseurilor trimise de elevi prin intermediul listei de discutii, pe Blog.
Maturitatea şi seriozitatea cu care abordează problematica României, a toleranţei sau a poluării transfrontaliere, ma fac sa cred că valoarea educativă a proiectului va depăşi cu mult efectul scontat iniţial.
Entuziasmul elevilor şi al profesorilor Colegiului Eminescu nu fac decât să dovedească, o data in plus, că obţinerea Certificatului Şcoala Europeană 2004 nu a fost o întâmplare.
Educaţia europeana la nivel de secol XXI se face cu pasiune in aceasta şcoală de elită a învăţământului românesc.

Sper ca numarul vizitatorilo sa cresaca iar Blogul

Proiecte europene

In emisiunea "Accente culturale" din data de 10 ianuarie 2006 de la televiziunea Canal 7, Baia Mare, realizata de Corina Sandor, mi s-a oferit prilejul de a prezenta proiectele europene pe care le coordoneaz.
- Socrates Grundtvig 2 TIC TAC-
- Socrates Grundtvig 1-ITEM
- Leonardo Evaluare
Cu acest prilej am facut o trecere in revista a importantei implicarii in proiecte europene pentru integrarea Romaniei in Uniunea Europeana.
Am facut referiri si la proiectul Socrates- Comenius Borderline a Colegiului National Mihai Eminescu.

Educatia adultilor

In data de 27 noiembrie 2005 , in cadrul emisiunii "Clubul de afaceri" realizata de dl. Marius Pavel la Club TV, am facut o scurta prezentare a importantei educatiei pe tot parcursul vietii.
Site-uri recomandate:

• Educatia adultilor
• Cadrul european al limbilor moderne
• Portofoliul european al limbilor moderne
• Teste de competenta lingvistica TOEIC/TFI , TEF
• Programe Socrates: Grundvig 1 si Grundtvig 3

Reuniune de proiect Socrates Grundtvig 2 TIC TAC

Info Project - Centru International pentru Educatia Adultilor din Baia Mare deruleaza un proiect de parteneriat european Socrates Grundtvig 2: TIC-TAC Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication - Technologies Adaptees aux Chertcheurs d'emploi.
Partenerii Info Project sunt institutii de educatie a adultilor din Franta, Belgia si Italia.
In cadrul acestui proiect, pentru acest an, sunt prevazute 3 reuniuni de proiect in Franta, Italia si Belgia.
Prima reuniune s-a derulat saptamana trecuta la Cherbourg, Franta.
A fost prima intalnire a partenerilor. Cu acest prilej au fost prezentate cele 6 institutii implicate si au fost stabilite detaliile de colaborare pe parcursul celor doi ani ai proiectului.
Pe parcursul sederii in Franta reprezentantii Info Project au reusit sa transmita o imagine pozitiva despre Romania.
Partenerii din Belgia si Franta au afirmat ca a fost pentru prima data cand au avut prilejul sa intalneasca persoane din Romania altfel decat cele pe care le intalnesc zilnic inspre si de la locurile lor de munca.
Din pacate, dupa 15 ani Romania este inca perceputa de multi europeni ca patria orfanilor si a cersetorilor.
Contributia echipei romane a fost apreciata in mod deosebit de catre toti participantii, inclusiv media locala, careia i s-a acordat un interviu legat de activitatile din cadrul proiectului.
Pentru reuniunea de la Roma, din februarie 2006, Info Project studiaza posibilitatea participarii, pe langa coordonatorul proiectului , si a unei persoane implicate in cursuri de initiere in domeniul TIC a persoanelor defavorizate.
Astfel se va putea face un schimb de idei legat de metodele de lucru utilizate in Romania si in celelalte tari partenere.
Participantii au acceptat invitatia echipei romane de a organiza reuniunea finala de proiect din 2007 in Baia Mare.
Cu acest prilej se va organiza o Conferinta Internationala cu tema utilizartii TIC in educatie.
Un prim produs al proiectului va fi o pagina WIKI interactiva care va fi publicata in scurt timp.

Mariana Hudrea
Coordonator proiect Socrates Grundtvig 2 TIC-TAC

Curs online gratuit de limba engleza pentru IT

S.C. Info Project S.R.L., Centru internaţional pentru educaţia adulţilor din Baia Mare, prin Universitatea Populara Rivulus Dominarum , a fost de curând acceptat ca partener în cadrul unui proiect Socrates- Grundtvig1 „ITEM-Curs Multimedia Online de Engleză pentru IT”.
Proiectul este coordonat de ISZTI, o instituţie vocaţională din Ungaria: http://www.item-project.hu/
Pe langa reprezentantii din Romania si Ungaria, la parteneriat se adauga instituţii din Bulgaria şi Marea Britanie. Rezultatul muncii la acest proiect se va concretiza într-un curs online care se adresează atât specialiştilor IT, cât şi profesorilor de limba engleză interesaţi să înveţe şi să predea engleza pentru scopuri specifice (ESP) şi care doresc să-şi îmbunătăţească nivelul de cunoştinţe în domeniul calculatoarelor şi al tehnologiei moderne într-un mod relaxant şi accesibil.
Cursul, conceput pentru a servi cerinţelor unor diverse grupuri de utilizatori, va oferi variante adaptate profesiei acestora precum şi diferite moduri de aplicare. Fiind conştienţi de aşteptările ridicate ale publicului, echipa care lucrează la realizarea acestui produs va face tot posibilul ca designul, interfaţa, elementele media, exerciţiile, jocurile etc să fie cât mai atractive, mai inovatoare şi mai utile.
Cursul online va fi pilotat incepand cu octombrie 2005, iar în forma sa finală va fi lansat în 2006.

Informatii la telefon: 0744808765 sau 0262220896.

Donatie de materiale informative

18 Martie 2005

Institutul International de Educatie de la Budapesta a facut o donatie Bibliotecii Judetene Petre Dulfu din Baia Mare. Cu prilejul acreditarii Info Project ca Centru Autorizat de Testare TOEIC, d-na Zsofia Horvath, director TOEIC la IIE din Budapesta, a vizitat Biblioteca Petre Dulfu. Placut impresionata atat de constructia foarte moderna cat si de personalul bibliotecii, a promis ca-i va convinge pe colegii sai sa faca o donatie acestei institutii. Materialele informative cuprind reviste, pliante si CD-uri DEMO, cu informatii despre obtinerea burselor de studiu in SUA precum si informatii referitoare la obtinerea certificatelor de competenta lingvistica TOEFL si TOEIC.

Moment aniversar

Conferinta interactiva

"Importanta invatarii limbilor straine pentru

integrarea Romaniei in Uniunea Europeana"

Baia Mare, 18 Martie 2005

Biblioteca Judeteana "Petre Dulfu" din Baia Mare, in colaborare cu Info Project, a organizat o Conferinta prilejuita de aniversarea unui an de la infiintarea Info Project si de la debutul activitatii Universitatii Populare Rivulus Dominarum.

Info Project, prin Universitatea Populara Rivulus Dominarum, ofera publicului un pachet de cursuri de initiere in scrierea proiectelor, comunicare prin Internet cu ajutorul Blogurilor si a listelor de discutii , precum si cursuri de initiere pentru obtinerea certificatelor de atestare lingvistica TOEIC, pentru limba engleza , respectiv TEF pentru limba franceza.

Conferinta interactiva "Importanta invatarii limbilor straine pentru aderarea Romaniei in Uniunea Europeana" a fost un bun prilej de a atrage atentia publicului asupra unui domeniu foarte important.

Expertii din Uniunea Europeana au identificat opt competente cheie care sunt o condiţie esentiala pentru performanta personala in viaţa, în munca şi in invatarea ulterioara:

- comunicare in limba materna
- comunicare intr-o limba straina
- deprinderi de calcul matematic si competente de baza in stiinte si tehnologie
- abilitati privind utilizarea tehnologiei informatiei si comunicatiilor
- a invata sa inveti
- competente civice si interpersonale
- antreprenoriat
- constiinta culturala

Educatia non-formala poate sa contribuie in mod activ la dobandirea acestor competente intr-o economie si societate bazate pe cunoastere.

Interventiile participantilor au scos in evidenta necesitatea invatarii nu numai a limbii engleze ci si a altor limbi vorbite in Europa.

Succesul conferintei i-a determinat pe organizatori sa initieze un ciclu de dezbateri pe aceasta tema la nivel de judet si in judetele limitrofe.

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Martisoare

Ce frumos a inceput ziua de astazi!
Desi afara e ger, oamenii stiu sa te faca sa te simti inconjurat de caldura.
Cel mai frumos martisor mi l-au facut Sorina Pop de la Liceul de Arta Baia Mare, Oana Ungurean de la Biblioteca Judeteana "Petre Dulfu"si Daniel Filipas de la Asociatia Esperando, care au finalizat proiectele Grundtvig 2 pentru institutiile lor.
Tot un martisor am primit de la Gabriela Grimacea si Sorin Cheval, care si-au facut primele bloguri la indemnul meu.
Sunt fericita si le doresc tuturor o primavara frumoasa.

Chestionare ICT English

In cadrul proiectului Grundtvig 1 "ICT English", menit sa elaboreze un curs de limba engleza pentru persoanele care lucreaza in domenii in care accentul principal se pune pe utilizarea computerului , a fost elaborat un set de chestionare cu scopul de a afla informatii despre :

1. Materiale multimedia pentru studiul limbii engleze disponibile pe piata romaneasca
2. Predarea limbii engleze cu ajutorul tehnologiei computerizate
3. Cerintele pietii in ceea ce priveste nevoia de materiale multimedia pentru studiul limbii engleze

Daca dati click pe aceste trei linkuri se vor deschide pe rand cele trei chestionare.
Raspunsurile voastre ne-ar fi de mare ajutor in obtinerea unei imagini clare asupra situatiei existente in Romania.
Aceste chestionare au fost aplicate in Bulgaria, Cehia si Ungaria, tari care formeaza parteneriatul Grundtvig 1.

Va mulltumim pentru sprijin.

What Next?

The fascination of the world of computers is given by the fact that it is so challenging.
You can learn new things everyday. It is a continuous struggle for progress, for proving yourself you can do it.
Today I discovered the way you can activate Link Fields.
You need courage to enter Templates, make changes. Mostly after having had an unpleasant experience before, when I managed to damage the aspect of the entire blog trying to introduce the links to Haloscan.
Another discovery this morning was how to work in HTML.
This used to be a thing that scared me whenever I came across.
I have managed and now I have reasons to feel satisfied with myself.
What next ?

Ping-uri si Tehnorati Tag: RoBloggingTips

Cred ca tag-urile mi-au creat cea mai mare problema de cand invat cum sa construiesc un blog.
Si mai ales cum sa-l valorific mai bine.
Cu ajutorul Gabrielei am reusit. A fost o adevarata aventura. Am experimentat predarea Online. Am lucrat amandoua pe Messenger. Ea la Luxemburg iar eu in Baia Mare.
Pana la urma am reusit si sunt foarte mandra de mine.
Dar mai ales recunoscatoare celei care m-a indrumat cu multa rabdare.
As putea spune ca ziua de astazi s-a numit ziua Ping.
Dar, dupa ce le-am trimis colegilor ping-uri, unde erau tag-uri, am incercat sa trimit o insemnare pe Technorati Tag:RoBloggingTips
Alta bataie de cap!
Ei bine, cand credeam ca m-am "specializat" si voi reusi fara probleme, am descoperit ca iar s-a lasat ceata.
Pana la urma tot Gabriela si Carmen m-au ajutat.
Acuma, cand mai e putin pana la miezul noptii, cred ca pot spune ca sunt mandra de mine. Purtata de mana , ca un copil de gradinita, am reusit sa ma plimb, cu folos, in lumea blogurilor romanesti.
Daca maine apare link la acest comentariu pe RoBloggingTips, voi declara ca am mai facut niste pasi.
Si totusi nu-i usor.
Trebuie mereu sa-ti pui mintea la contributie, sa faci tot felul de asocieri. Asa imi imaginez eu ca e ingineria.

Publicarea fotografiilor

Desi nu-mi vad capul de treburi, intrand pe blogul meu am constatat ca mi-a disparut fotografia.
Banuiesc ce s-a intamplat.
De cate ori deschideam PC-ul imi aparea invitatia de a intra pe site-ul unde imi incarcasem prima fotografie din Profile.
Am declinat invitatia iar astazi , in locul fotografiei am gasit un x.
Dar nu m-am lasat. Cum am o singura fotografie care imi place cat de cat, am facut un slalom pana am reusit sa o republic.
Neavand fotografia in acest PC am mers pe profilul din Yahoo si am copiat-o.Cand s-o introduc direct , era prea mare. Am incercat sa o public in Flicker si a parut doar un colt.
Asa ca am dedus ca e prea mare.
Mi-am trimis-o prin e-mail, am salvat-o,am micsorat-o si acuma e acolo.
Cred ca am mai facut un pas.
Un al doilea a fost cel in care mi-am resetat blogul. Am dat click pe unde ma crezut si nu vad nici o modificare. Precis ca am stricat ceva , dar nu conteaza. Nimic nu e de nereparat.
Sa ne incepem ziua cu zambetul pe buze.

Teaching TOEIC Courses

I first heard about TOEIC in November 2005. It was during the RATE Conference in Bucharest.
When I decided to join this project it did not cross my mind what a rewarding experience it could be.
In December, my company, INFO PROJECT, became an Authorized TOEIC Center and in January IIE Budapest accredited it. My team and me successfully passed the test.
I started the campaign of advertising and now more and more people get interested.
I started to work with a group of young adults using the TOEIC Practice Course being a little bit worried at the beginning.
When you use a totally new teaching tool it is not that easy.
Last week we had the listening practice exercises and this week we started some reading practice.
Because TOEIC consists in testing listening and reading comprehension I have decided to develop the speaking skills of the participants as much as possible.
Todays's topic: Offices and Personnel.
We had very nice long conversations about the content of the course, about them, about their jobs, about their desire to improve their skills in English.
The atmosphere was extremely friendly and at the end they said I had opened their minds and challenged them to learn English; they passed a great time together and at the end they felt relaxed and happy.
They enriched their vocabulary and their grammar knowledge.
As a whole, today’s class was a real success.

Teacher or Student?

People say I have always been a very demanding and severe teacher.
And now, that I am in the position of an e-learner, I am not very satisfied with me.
I am not doing my tasks in time.
I have not suceeded to learn eveything that has been taught to us.
My conclusion is that it is easier to be a teacher than a student.
At least for me:):):):)
I am feeling quite guilty right now.

Online Courses

When I registered for Gabriela's course in November, I did it for the sake of curiosity. It was a new topic and as I am a curious person, ready to learn and discover new things, I decided to be in.
It was an introductory course in Blogging.
As I am not a specialist in the field of technology, just a user, at a certain moment I started to feel overwhelmed. There was so much information!
Luckily, Gabi proved to be a very patient person and did not push us too hard. She left us all follow our own rhythm. She interfered from time to time but she realized we were making progress everyday. She looks quite proud of us. Her online students !
It is so good to know somebody cares for you.
Then I registered for a second course, a course for teachers of English.
I am so happy I did it.
Had I not had Gabi’s introductory course before, I might have given up. It is not easy to get so much information in such short time!
By the end of it I hope to know how to use blogging in class teaching.
I am sure I will succeed.
I am sure because yesterday, while reviewing Gabi’s course, I had a revelation.
Little by little things find their place in the Puzzle.
Thank you Gabi!
Thank you Bee, Graham, Anne, Aaron and all....
I will manage. You will see!
One step at a time.

Seasons

I have noticed I love all seasons.
I love the green of springtime. I love Easter days.
I love summer, especially when it is warm enough and I can swim in a mountain lake not far from my city.
I love the color of the woods in autumn.
And I love winter when it snows.
Everything is white outside. It is not too cold now. It is great having walks while the snow is falling down from the sky.
In the evenings the snowflakes look so beautiful in the light of the electric bulbs.
From the window of my office I have a splendid view.
I am happy because yesterday there were almost 100 people in the Conference room at Petre Dulfu Country Library where I presented the TOEIC and TEF.
There were good presentations in the news bulletins at the local TV stations and very good articles in the newspapers today. Many reasons to be happy.

Sad news

I am so sad!
I lost all the comments to my postings that I had received from my friends.
I do not know what I did while working in Templates.
I am pretty sure I will not be able to get them back.
I am feeling very much frustrated.

Snow

It snowed so beautifully last night. When I got up everything was white.
I had a nice walk to my office and back.
In the evening I had another walk in the fresh winter air. I felt so well !
That is why I have been so productive and managed a lot of improvements on the blog.
I am happy!

TOEIC Courses

Tomorrow I will meet the first TOEIC students.
I do not know many things about them.
I assume they will be 5.
I have planned the class to be something very special.
I am sure they will be delighted or maybe confused, as people are not accustomed to the communicative approach .
We will begin with short introductons.
Then I will give some technical instruction about the course.
They will have to fill in a background questionnaire.
The general overview of TOEIC will be in PowerPoint. I am quite sure it will be the first PP in their life.
Afterwards we will pass to some listening practice exercises.
They will have to circle the right answers on grids.
I have prepared leaflets, handouts, slides and I will buy a new CD-player tomorrow morning .
I am looking forward to this new teaching experience.