Vrijdag 5 april was ik op een conferentie van Nederlandse en Vlaamse universitaire taalcollega’s in Antwerpen. Titel van de conferentie was “Macht en pracht van taal”. NUT staat voor Nederlandse en Vlaamse Universitaire Talencentra en het 25-jarig bestaan van de vereniging werd gevierd. Met keynote: “Mythes over leren en onderwijs; wat zegt de wetenschap?” door … More Engels in het Nederlands Onderwijs
Afgelopen oktober hebben de eerste twee groepen leerkrachten van diverse basisscholen in Nederland het Cambridge CELT-P certificaat (Certificate English Language Teaching – Primary) ontvangen. Dit is een nascholingstraject van 10 maanden waarbij leerkrachten zich, in een blended learning opzet, bekwamen in deze specifieke lesmethodiek om kinderen van 6 t/m 12 jaar en vanaf een -0- … More Teaching English – Primary
As the academic year at the British School is drawing to a close, at the BSN Language Centre we are still busy with the Summer Intensives for adults and the Summer School for children until the end of July. Every year we welcome many children from age 5 – 16 from the Dutch community and … More English is booming!
In my continued search for the position of English in Dutch education and what the needs are for professional development in English teaching, I visited some more conferences in March and April. This time about developments and leadership in VO (Secondary Education) and in MBO (Vocational Education). On 30 March I attended the VO Congres … More English in Dutch Education 2
In my pursuit to meet the learning needs of teachers of English in all levels and stages of education in the Dutch education system for our Teaching English Programmes , I am attending a variety of conferences about (language) learning these months. We are offering professional development courses that Cambridge English developed for non-native teachers of … More English in Dutch Education 1
