Newsletter
Issue 10, June 2001
Table of Contents
From the President The highlight of the first half of the year was the Jornadas de Iniciación al Campo Laboral y Académico about which you can read more on this page. It is important to mention that the inspiration of Graciela Moyano conceived this idea and her hard-work and perseverance made it possible. Thank you, Graciela! We hope that this event will become a regular feature of APIBA’s activities as the advanced students and recent graduates present at the event showed a great interest in the information shared and the points clarified by the panelists. All our energies are now focused on the FAAPI 2001 Conference. As you will learn from this Newsletter, we have a host of activities prepared for all participants, including Pre-Conference events, renowned guest speakers, opportunities to see plays, an exclusive showing of the PBS series “The Human Language”, and many other surprises that are being prepared at present. As you can tell from the listing in this Newsletter, APIBA has acquired a considerable number of new members. These, together with those existing members who have once again become active by paying their dues, are a great incentive to us all. We hope that this is not a passing interest brought on by the forthcoming Conference and that these members will become actively involved in the Association. One opportunity for such involvement is the Annual General Meeting that will take place after the FAAPI Conference. At the AGM, all participating members will learn about the activities carried out within the Association in the past year, and will be able to voice their interests, suggestions and other comments. It will also be an opportunity for those interested in participating more actively to join the Executive Committee. This time seven positions within the Executive Committee will be up for grabs, so get involved and get elected!
Dr. Cristina Banfi
Jornadas de Iniciación This event was held on May 5, at the E.N.S en LV “J. F. Kennedy”. The discussion centred around matters concerning further training and working conditions of teachers, an area usually overlooked in training courses. The speakers included Dr. María Teresa Viñas Urquiza, Prof. Beatriz Seveso, Prof. María Rosa Mariani, Prof. Silvia Luppi, Ms. Lía Romero and Prof. Graciela C. Moyano.They touched on issues related to the legal rights and duties of language teachers, how to join the state education system in the city of Buenos Aires and the province of Buenos Aires, the public school sector and oppportunities for professional development. The audience participated very actively asking the most varied questions of all panel members. This showed not only the interest in the topics proposed, but also the responsible concern that students show for their future profession. A summary of the presentations has been included in APIBA’s website, in the events section. There you will also find pictures of the panellists and distinguished audience. This is a perfect excuse to visit other sections of our “events” section, including pictures of APIBA’s 2000 annual toast: a beer bash at the Three Lions pub. Efforts have been made to include pictures which do not embarrass our members, who on that night substituted pints of Guinness for green pens and uncorrected student writings. A most enlightening “state of the bar” exhibition!
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From the President APIBA new members Jornadas de Iniciación FAAPI 2001update FAAPI 2001 APIBA scholarships APIBA SIGs APIBA website updates Still Crystal clear Phonetics seminar in Chile
Thank you! APIBA would like to thank: • ENS en Lenguas Vivas "J. F. Kennedy", for offering their premises for APIBA events • Speakers at the Jornadas de Iniciación Laboral: Dr. María Teresa Viñas Urquiza, Beatriz Seveso, María Rosa Mariani, Silvia Luppi, Lía Romero, Viviana Mysliscki and Graciela C. Moyano • Librería Rodríguez and Librería KEL for offering their premises for APIBA’s work and FAAPI 2001 organization
Office Hours Please note APIBA’s office hours. APIBA Office: M.T. de Alvear 1369 (KEL Ediciones), Wed. 2pm to 6pm Conference Office: Sarmiento 835 - 1st floor (Librería Rodríguez), Tues. & Thurs. 10.30am to 4.30pm
Crystal for the masses Our first batch of casettes with the conferences David Crystal offered last September in BA sold out. Don’t despair! We have made more copies of these two fascinating tapes. The cost for the two tapes is 10$. For information, mail us at info@apiba.org.ar.