Bibliography 2010 for Cambridge ESOL Courses

Bibliography Cambridge Esol 2010[1]

Make-Up Dates and Fees March 2010

Our last newsletter for 2009!!

Here's our last newsletter for 2009. As usual, click on the picture for a better view!

Season's Greetings!

TKT Online 2010

LABCI: A review by Pete Sharma

Hello everyone,
Follow this link to find Pete Sharma's review of his stay in Argentina for the LABCI Congress.
Hope you enjoy it!

AACI at UTN's Anniversary Conference

AACI was present at UTN's 'Jornada Académica del Profesorado en Inglés e Inglés Técnico' with a talk on E-learning. Here's the slideshow of the talk . You'll soon find more about AACI's Online activities at AACI Online's upcoming blog.

Who's afraid of e-learning?

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Enjoy the slide show!

New books: Success

Here's a link to Longman Pearson's site for Success, the book we will be recommending as of next year for Senior 4, 5 and 6.
By exploring this site, you can start getting familiar with it and the options it offers.

Cheers!

Happy Halloween!!

Here's a great website where you can find Halloween materials.

Enjoy it!!

The DAE Team

October's Newsletter

Suggested Bibliography 2010

CHANGES IN SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR 2010

Dear Teachers,

Remember that we are recommending new Textbooks (Success Intermediate and Upper- Intermediate, Pearson Longman) for Senior 4, 5 & 6. Final exams for these levels will be based on the new bibliography as from November 2010. If you are preparing students to sit for Senior 4, 5 & 6 in July 2010, bear in mind the exams will still be based on the old books.

All the best,

Clara Nasta

DAE SUBSCRIPTION 2010

Dear All,

As previously announced, we are planning to implement an online subscription service to Departamento de Alunmnos Externos in 2010. We believe this new tool will help us enhance efficiency and ensure you get quick access to practice tests, handouts distributed during DAE Seminars and all the material you need to work with your students throughout the year. Resources are also being developed so that we may have the possibility of running online workshops and professional development sessions, which will give more teachers the chance to take part in these enriching events. We will give you more details of how the system will work at the end of the year. In the meantime, do send us your current e-mail address to pedagogic@aaci.org.ar.

Thanks a lot,

Clara Nasta

British Culture News

Hilary Mantel ganó el Man Booker

La escritora británica se alzó hoy con el premio literario de ficción más prestigioso del Reino Unido con su aclamada novela "Wolf Hall", que narra la trayectoria del político Thomas Cromwell en la corte de Enrique VIII.

HILARY MANTEL. Nacida en Glossop, en el condado de Derbyshire (norte inglés), la autora trabajó como asistente social antes de trasladarse a vivir a Botsuana y Arabia Saudí, de donde regresó al Reino Unido en la década de los 80.
Para la sorpresa de muchos Mantel, de 57 años, resultó elegida de un grupo de seis finalistas para el Man-Booker, entre los que destacaba el sudafricano John Maxwell Coetzee, ganador del Nobel de literatura en el 2003, que aspiraba a lograr su tercer Booker con Summertime, tercer volumen de su autobiografía novelada.El escritor, que ya se adjudicó el galardón en 1999 con Desgracia y en 1983 con Vida y época de Michael K, pudo haber hecho historia si, como vaticinaban algunos comentaristas, hubiera ganado también este año.Pero, a pocas horas de la entrega del prestigioso premio en una ceremonia en el centro de Londres, las casas de apuestas daban como favorita a Mantel, cuya obra histórica sobre la época Tudor, en la Inglaterra del siglo XVI, ha sido descrita por la crítica como "una novela inglesa verdaderamente sensacional".Nacida en Glossop, en el condado de Derbyshire (norte inglés), la autora trabajó como asistente social antes de trasladarse a vivir a Botsuana y Arabia Saudí, de donde regresó al Reino Unido en la década de los 80.Mantel pasó cinco años escribiendo la novela ganadora de esta edición del Booker, de la que ya ha vendido 48.000 copias en Gran Bretaña y para la que prepara una secuela.Los otros cuatro candidatos al galardón de este año, todos británicos, eran A.S. Byatt, con su obra The Children's Book; Adam Foulds, con The Quickening Maze; Simon Mawer, con The Glass Room; y Sarah Waters, con The Little Stranger.Según el presidente del jurado, James Naughtie, elegir al vencedor no fue fácil dada la calidad y diversidad de las obras de los finalistas, dos de los cuales -Byatt y el propio Coetzee- ya habían obtenido el Booker en pasadas ediciones.Naughtie señaló que el debate había sido "apasionado", y destacó de la obra seleccionada que "cuesta trabajo", pero si se le dedica la atención que merece ofrece "fantásticas recompensas".Fundado en 1969 y dotado con 50.000 libras (unos 54.000 euros), el "Man Booker" fue a parar el año pasado al autor indio Aravind Adiga, que triunfó con la obra "The White Tiger".El Booker premia a la mejor novela de los últimos doce meses escrita por un autor británico, irlandés, o de la Commonwealth (Mancomunidad Británica de Naciones).En ediciones pasadas, este galardón se lo han adjudicado escritores tan conocidos como el anglo-indio Salman Rushdie, o la canadiense Margaret Atwood.

Fuente: EFE

Thank you!

A 'Souvenir' from LABCI

We hope you enjoy this video with selected images from this event.

DAE Seminar

You're all welcome to attend our next DAE Seminar. Click on the image to view it more clearly.

See you then!

The DAE Team

Administración de Exámenes Noviembre/Diciembre 2009

Estimados Profesores y Alumnos:

Debido a reformas que deben realizarse en el edificio Casa Central de AACI, los exámenes para Alumnos Externos del turno Noviembre / Diciembre 2009 en Capital Federal se administrarán en AACI Caballito y AACI Barracas. La inscripción, como todos los años, se realiza en Casa Central (Suipacha 1333).

Muchas gracias

Dpto. de Alumnos Externos

Happy Teacher's Day!

Dear DAE Teachers,

Have a wonderful day this coming Friday!

All the best,

Clara

LABCI News

You are all invited to LABCI's Open Ceremony and Plenary Sessions. Pick up you invitation at AACI.
See you then!

DAE Seminar August 28th

Here's the presentation of the second session. Coming soon: part one!

Enjoy it!

Assessing Writing

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The final countdown!

LABCI is coming!! Just one week to go!! Here's the latest newsletter.

See you at the Panamericano!

Resources for writing

In our last seminar, some of you asked us about where to find resources for writing. Here are a few links to get started.

Scholastic Teaching Resources
The Teacher's Corner
Writing Fix

We hope you and your students find them useful!

Cambridge Day at AACI!

Don't miss this chance to catch up on the latest in exam preparation!

See you then!

LABCI 2009 - Newsletter 15

Here's the latest news on LABCI. For a larger view, click on the image!
See you around,
The DAE Team

Exam fees

Here are the fees for the November / December exams. For a larger view, click on the poster.

Cheers!

The DAE Team

Now online!!

Exam Dates (November / December 2009)

Dear all,
Find attached the dates for the November / December exams. As usual, should you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at pedagogic@aaci.org.ar or dae@aaci.org.ar

See you @round!
The DAE Team

Book your date for exam administration!

Schools and Institutes in Capital Federal, Greater Buenos Aires and the Provinces,

Do contact DAE as soon as possible to book a date for exam administration in your School or Institute. Remember our telephone number is 4393-2004, extension 323. You can also e-mail us at pedagogic@aaci.org.ar

We hope to hear from you soon!

Clara Nasta

August Postal Mailing

Dear All,

Just a quick note to tell you that this month's postal mailing will be reaching you soon. We are including information about coming seminars, exam dates and fees, and online registration for exams. We hope you find this information useful.

Best wishes,

Clara Nasta

New DAE Seminar

Our new DAE Seminar will be held on Friday, August 28th. Click on the image for more details!
We look forward to meeting you then!!

The DAE Team

LABCI for you!

As you know, LABCI Argentina, to be held last July, had to be postponed because of the sanitary emergency declared by the Government due to the swine flu outbreak. We are now happy to announce the new LABCI dates: September 17th to 19th. Besides, enrolment has been reopened and there is a Special Academic Fee available to our subscribers.

We look forward to meeting you then!

Welcome to the DAE Blog!

Hello everyone and welcome to this 'virtual' meeting place. We hope this tool will enable you to quickly access important information related to DAE exams and activities as well as interesting and useful ELT links. We look forward to thriving and growing along with you.

Feel free to leave your comments below!!

See you 'e-round'!

Clara Nasta
DAE Area Manager