Centre Regional Chapter News:
Regional Seminar: Demystidying the Competency Based Approach to ELT
Thursday 29 November 2012, CAMELTA Centre chapter had its seminar at College La Retraite. This heavily attended seminar was presided at by the Inspector Coordinator in charge of Bilingualism, representing the delegates for Basic and secondary Education of Cameroon. The theme for this session was: ELT in Cameroon today and tomorrow: The Competency Based Approach from Basic Education to Secondary Education. The choice of this theme was motivated by the recent and abrupt introduction of a number of changes in our educational system and the reaction of teachers to this, especially their inability to master the basic tenets of the CBA. The seminar aimed to demystify the CBA by taking a more practical look at the approach.
Given that the Ministry of Basic Education adopted the CBA five or so years ago, their experience was vital defining a way forward for secondary education. The keynote speaker was the Inspector of Pedagogy for Bilingualism in the Ministry of Basic Education who gave participants an overview of the CBA and its practicalities. His rich presentation clarified a number of doubts on the CBA. This was followed by practical sessions on teaching real life speech, language functions and authentic notions facilitated by Florence Forchu, Emma Mojoko, Florence Muluh, Moukoury Rosemary among others.
CAMELTA Centre benefits from US Embassy Webinar Series on 'Trace Effects.'
On Thursday 13th December, CAMELTA centre regional chapter participated at a workshop launching an ELT resource website, American English and an enthralling interactive language game, ‘Trace Effects’ at the American Embassy in Yaounde-Cameroon. The website can be accessed at here. ‘Trace Effects’ is a 3D multimedia video game for learners of English. It is an impressive way to use learners’ interest areas and attachment to modern tech positively. To propagate the use of this game, the US embassy has been/will be running a series of online webinars (8 in all) intended for teachers of English all over the world. The 45-minutes sessions will take place every other Tuesday at 10.00am and 4.00pm EST time. That will be about 3pm and 9pm Cameroon time (GMT+1).
Next sessions:
Tuesday January 15
Tuesday January 29th
Tuesday Feb 12
Tuesday Feb 26
Tuesday March 12.
Participation Requirements:
You do not need to register for the Trace Effects webinar series. To participate, log in here as guest, or go to http://goo.gl/zhr8B.
Other news:
CAMELTA Centre are also currently working on the next issue of the CAMELTA Centre Newsletter (The CAMELTA Drum) which is going to carry the last seminar presentations and other articles and tips for the language classroom.
Next sessions:
Tuesday January 15
Tuesday January 29th
Tuesday Feb 12
Tuesday Feb 26
Tuesday March 12.
Participation Requirements:
You do not need to register for the Trace Effects webinar series. To participate, log in here as guest, or go to http://goo.gl/zhr8B.
Other news:
CAMELTA Centre are also currently working on the next issue of the CAMELTA Centre Newsletter (The CAMELTA Drum) which is going to carry the last seminar presentations and other articles and tips for the language classroom.
