On November 14^th, profesors of RESEC participated in a seminar about “The Competency-Based Model”.
The seminar was given by Rigoberto Castillo, who holds a Ph.D in Foreign Language Education from the University of Texas at Austin. He has published a book on learner autonomy and another on strategic knowledge and language learning. He has also published articles in international and national journals. In 2003, he received from the Colombian Association of Teachers of English the annual Award for his contribution to the profession. He teaches and conducts research at Universidad Distrital in Colombia.

The objectives of this seminar were:
-    to train teachers in framing their curriculum design, their methodology and their assessment in competency based-learning.
-    to familiarize participants with the IMPLEMENTATION of levels and descriptors of the Common European Framework for teaching, learning and assessing foreign languages (CEF).

Considering that the UTPL has chosen to use a competency based model for teaching in learning, this was an opportunity to be able to receive information that applies directly to their field.

Ecuador Loja Internet-based Test

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                                 Friday, Dec 12, 2008

By  César Ochoa
caochoa@utpl.edu.ec

El día Jueves 18 de septiembre de 2008 los profesores principales de
inglés General II del RESEC mantendrán una reunión de trabajo Jonathan
Turner representante de Editorial Cambridge , de 09:00 a 11:00 a.m. en la
Sala del RESEC.

Jonathan Turner is a teacher, teacher trainer, centre manager and
researcher with over 14 years’ experience in ELT. He has worked in ELT in
Spain, the UK, Central Africa and Ecuador in a range of challenging
environments that cover the ELT spectrum. Currently Jonathan is working as
Academic Director for Cambridge University Press Ecuador, where he fulfils
a number of functions, including teacher training, curriculum development,
academic research and sales presentations. Jonathan Has also taught at
Master’s degree level and is actively involved in the Cambridge suite of
exams, having taught TKT and being a Cambridge examiner. Jonathan has a
degree in English literature, the RSA Diploma (DELTA) and an MSC in TESOL
from Aston University in the UK.

Ecuador Loja Internet-based Test

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                                 Sat., Nov 22, 2008

By  César Ochoa
caochoa@utpl.edu.ec

 El miércoles 30 de Julio nos visitó Juanita Delgado y el nuevo Director Regional de Pearson Education Sr. Guillermo Rivas, quien es el Director General de la Región Pacífico.

El propósito de su visita fue conocer nuestro campus y mantener una reunión con las autoridadese de la UTPL. Cabe mencionar que Pearson Education, es una de las editoriales de textos más importantes con las que trabaja la UTPL. El RESEC tiene relación con esta editorial, porque hacemos uso de sus productos y también por las frecuentes oportunidades que nos brinda para conocer autores de textos y otras personas destacadas en el área de enseñanza de Inglés.

El programa de enseñanza y aprendizaje para docentes y personal administrativo comprende tres fases, las mismas que están detalladas en la siguiente presentación.

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El día jueves 3 de julio en la Cafetería UTPL se dio inicio al Club de Inglés, con la finalidad de motivar a toda la comunidad utepelina interesada en adquirir y poner en práctica sus conocimientos en el idioma.
Mucho interés se demostró por parte de los asistentes quienes opinaron que este espacio les permite además de practicar el idioma, hacer nuevos amigos y compartir sus experiencias.
Se contó con la participación de estudiantes de las carreras de Ingeniería Civil, Electrónica, Gestión Ambiental, y con docentes pertenecientes a Dirección  General Académica, ILFAMM/Misiones, EDUCITTES y RESEC.
La invitación a seguir participando y formar parte del club está abierta a toda la comunidad, éste espacio tendrá lugar en la Cafetería UTPL todos los días jueves en horarios de 10:00 a 11:00 a.m y 17:00 a 18:00 p.m.

In order to encourage the UTPL community to practice their English, the English Club started on Thursday, July 3, at the UTPL cafeteria.
The participants were very interested and said that besides practicing English, they could also make friends and share their experiences.Students of the Civil Engineering, Electronics, Environmental Management Schools and professors from The Office of Academic Affairs, ILFAMM/Missions, EDUCITTES and RESEC participated in this event. 
The UTPL community is invited to continue participating and become a part of the club The meetings will be held every Thursday at 10:00 to 11:00 am and 17:00 to 18:00 pm.

If you need to take the TOEFL iBT test, the following dates are available for our center:

- Saturday, Jun 28, 2008
- Saturday, Aug 02, 2008
- Saturday, Aug 16, 2008
- Saturday, Sep 20, 2008

Just remember that registration closes 7 days before your test date.
 

By  César Ochoa
caochoa@utpl.edu.ec