With the support of
APIBA ANNUAL EVENT 2005
Date Friday, October 14th & Saturday, October15th, 2005 Venue UMSA, Av. Corrientes 1723. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.
October 14th New Writing in the UK: reading group facilitated by Blake Morrison This workshop is not for not more than 50 people. Make sure you book in advance.
Biodata: Blake Morrison was born in Skipton, Yorkshire, in 1950. He was educated at the University of Nottingham and University College, London. He worked for the Times Literary Supplement between 1978 and 1981 and was then literary editor for both The Observer and the Independent on Sunday. He is Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a former Chairman of the Poetry Book Society and council member of the Poetry Society, a member of the Literature Panel of the Arts Council of England and Vice-Chairman of English PEN. His non-fiction books include And When Did You Last See Your Father? (1993), an honest and moving account of his father's life and death that won the J. R. Ackerley Prize and the Esquire/Volvo/Waterstone's Non-Fiction Book Award; As If (1997), about the trial of the two young boys convicted of killing the toddler James Bulger in Liverpool in 1993; and Too True (1998), a collection of essays (and stories). His poetry includes the collections Dark Glasses (1984), winner of a Somerset Maugham Award, and The Ballad of the Yorkshire Ripper (and Other Poems) (1987). A selection of his poems, Pendle Witches, was published in a special edition in 1996, illustrated by the artist Paula Rego.Blake Morrison's first novel, The Justification of Johann Gutenberg, a fictional portrait of the 15th-century printer and the inventor of movable type, was published in 2000. His new book, Things My Mother Never Told Me, a memoir of his mother, was published in 2002. Blake Morrison lives in London.
October 15th Critical Discourse Analysis: A Wholesome Reading of Reality by Juan Ferretti Abstract: Within the domain of humanistic approaches to education, this workshop is aimed to explore Critical Discourse Analysis. A context-sensitive textual examination, CDA presents an integrated analytic method, as it interrelates three different levels of analysis: the text, the discursive practices that create and interpret that text, and its larger social context. The model presented in this session is aimed to unveil and analyse the ways in which dominant forces in a society construct textual versions of reality that favour their own interests. After a brief exploration of the basic postulations, the workshop participants will be encouraged to conduct a critical discourse survey of news articles and ELT materials. Conclusions will finally be drawn concerning the importance of CDA in ELT practice. Biodata: Juan A. Ferretti holds an M.K in TESOL and Applied Linguistics (University of Leicester, UK). He teaches English Language / Academic Writing at UTN (Licenciatura), 2O Century Culture at UTN (Teacher College), Language I and Language IV at CONSUDEC Training College (Buenos Aires), Language III and Language IV at 25 de Mayo College (San Isidro, Buenos Aires). His main interests are Academic Writing, the Language-Culture Interface and Critical Discourse Analysis.
Exploring Recent Fiction in English by Susana Groisman
Abstract: This exploration attempts to place some fiction published in English in the last five years in its social and historical context with a focus on the structure of narrative. Special reference will be made to fiction by J.Barnes, J.M.Coetzee, H. Dunmore, K.Ishiguro, I.McEwan, S.Monk Kidd, C.Shields, A.Tan and R.B.Wright. The criteria of choice will be discussed and extracts from some of the works will be provided as illustration. Biodata: Susana Gullco Groisman, Profesora Nacional en Inglés. Distinction in British History and Literature. Instituto Superior Del Profesorado “Dr. Joaquín V.González”. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Gold Medal. British Council Prize. Training Course in the Dynamics of Groups of Learners. Argentine Association of Psychology and Group Therapy. University of Cambridge, England. Summer School in English Literature. Director of Studies: Jem Poster MA PhD. University of Cambridge, England. Participant in the Seminar on Contemporary British Writing . British Council Scholar.