Tools for Teachers Winter Holidays Workshops

1. CONTEMPORARY COLLOQUIAL AMERICAN ENGLISH AS HEARD ON TV SITCOMS AND SOAP OPERAS
Wednesday, 6 August, 11:00 to 14:00 at SBS PALERMO, Coronel Diaz 1747, Buenos Aires. Fee: $35
This workshop will focus on a number of items not often introduced in advanced language textbooks despite the frequency with which they are heard in colloquial English, in particular the American English variety. An analysis of well over two hundred hours of recorded language reveals a substantial gap between the language the student is exposed to and the one which he will hear in contemporary or recent sitcoms and soap operas. Lexical items such as lame, blow off, tad, bail, or cave are not normally presented in the way they are used in colloquial language, nor are other contemporary expressions, even though possibly short lived such as off the hook, in a New York minute, or the slangy uses of words such as bag, rat, etc.

2. VULGAR ENGLISH
Wednesday, 6 August, 15: 00 to 18:00 at SBS PALERMO, Coronel Diaz 1747, Buenos Aires. Fee: $35
In this workshop we broach the subject of taboo words, vulgarities and insults. We discover the hidden meanings of innocent looking words and we reflect on how languages differ when expressing violence, anger and some biological processes. We attempt to answer the often asked question “How do you say...” which lots of students put to us. We will listen to a comedian elaborating on the seven words you cannot say on the radio or TV. Participants will receive a full set of exercises, an answer key, and an annotated bibliography.

If you do BOTH sessions (morning and afternoon) your fee is $60

REGISTRATIONS
Only if you are sure to attend by sending an email to newtoolsforteachers@yahoo.com.ar with your full name, phone number, and postal address. Please indicate which options you have chosen. You can then pay the admission fee before the workshop takes place. You should receive an acknowledgment of PRE-REGISTRATION indicating that there are still vacancies for the workshop of your choice.  .

Limited vacancies on a first come, first served basis.

Both  workshops will be conducted by ORIEL E. VILLAGARCIA, profesor en inglés Magna Cum Laude, Univ. Nac. de Tucumán, British Council and Fulbright Scholar, post graduate studies, University of Texas, M.A., University of Lancaster. He has taught at the Univ. Católica de Salta, Univ. Nac. de Rio Cuarto, and Univ. Nac. de Santiago del Estero. In the past few years he has devoted a large part of his time to the study of mind-body therapies and he is a certified practitioner of massage, Breema, reflexology, and Jin Shin Jyutsu. He is also an Instructor of Esferodinamia Terapéutica

FURTHER INFORMATION:
Send  an email to newtoolsforteachers@yahoo.com.ar