Newsletter No. 48 - December 2013 From the President Dear APIBA Members, I feel most honoured to have been elected APIBA´s new president. Our dear Association has always been part of my personal and professional life. Back in 1989, as a very young graduate teacher, I became a Committee member and acted as Treasurer for a two-year term. In those days, Jorge Ghenadenik was President and our dear friend and colleague Daniel Reznik - forever in our hearts - was Secretary. Now Jorge, who retired last May after more than 40 years as a distinguished teacher trainer, has kindly agreed to join APIBA once again, 22 years after. As for me, I joined APIBA´s Executive Committee for a second time at the end of 2005 and acted as Treasurer once again till October 2011. It feels like I’ve never left, just like home. Before the end of this very eventful year, in which APIBA hosted the successful FAAPI 2013 Conference, I would like to express my immense gratitude to the outgoing president, Analía Kandel, who did such an outstanding job during her four years as president. APIBA is not the same after her incredible work towards the modernization of our dear Association and its expansion in terms of membership and visibility in the virtual world. And FAAPI 2013 was the icing on the cake, no doubt! Great job, dear Analía, and the rest of the Committee: Corine Arguimbau, Belen Tur, Cecilia Cicolini, Laura Karina López, Mariángeles Portilla, Laura Renart, Valeria Kharsansky and Laureana Moreno. I wish you all the best for this NEW YEAR which is just about to start. Let’s take a welldeserved rest and meet again in February, with renewed energy and lots of ideas to put into practice. Your feedback and suggestions are most welcome. Best regards, Virginia López Grisolía APIBA President presidente@apiba.org.ar
Annual General Meeting: 30 Nov 2013 On 30 November 2013 APIBA held its Annual General Meeting, where the Executive Committee presented an exhaustive account of the year’s activities and finances. See Memoria 2013
There were thank-you’s to the outgoing Committee and APIBA Volunteers.
APIBA is pleased to announce its newly-elected Executive Committee: President: Virginia López Grisolía Vice-President: Jorge Ghenadenik Secretary: Romina Nulhem Treasurer: Cecilia Cicolini Deputy Treasurer: Cristian Colucci Members: Diana Schcolnicov Mariángeles Portilla María Luisa Ghisalberti Laureana Moreno In accordance with legal regulations for “Asociaciones Civiles”, the APIBA Executive Committee is composed of elected Members of the Association (APIBA Statutes, Article 8) who perform their duties pro bono (ad honorem)
SIGs Closing APIBA SIGs rounded off an eventful 2013. Many thanks to SIGs Liaison Officers Romina Arena y Viviana Myslicki, to Iberia Denegri, for her invaluable help, and to the 2013 SIGs Coordinators: Language & Phonology SIG Coordinators: Adriana Mizrahi & Celia Nieto e-TL SIG Coordinators: Claudia Antinori, Marcia Balda, Cintia García & Silvana Lopardo Literature SIG / Reading Group Coordinators: Cecilia Weber & Sofía Masutti Methodology SIG Coordinators: Anabella Herfert & Andrea Paradiuk Professional Issues SIG Coordinators: Débora Bagüez & Graciela Moyano Young Learners SIG Coordinators: Belén Tur, Lucía Pérez Peña & Sabrina Funes
End-of-Year Toast At the End-of-Year toast we all raised our glasses to this year’s achievements and to a very happy and successful 2014 for APIBA. Viviana Myslicki dedicated a beautiful and heart-felt song to Analía Kandel as a token for the years they shared in APIBA.
Historian Dr. Raymond Day made a presentation of the APIBA History reedition (see below). APIBA is grateful to Ray Day for his generous and disinterested pro bono work in support of our Association’s mission.
APIBA History: 40 Years Day, R. A. (2002). Thirty Years of Teaching English: APIBA 19712001. A History of the Asociación de Profesores de Inglés de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires: APIBA. ISBN 987-20307-1-7 Day, R. A. (2013). Forty Years of Teaching English: APIBA 19712011. A History of the Asociación de Profesores de Inglés de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires: APIBA. ISBN: 978-987-20307-2-8 Preface to the Second Edition In 2001 APIBA commissioned me to write a history to commemorate their thirtieth anniversary. In 2011, after another decade of determined activity in the face of complicated historical and social circumstances in Argentina, I was asked to do an update of the history for the fortieth anniversary. This update, like the original history, aims similarly to describe APIBA’s work and achievements in the last decade, and provide some critical appraisal of how the association met the challenges it was facing in 2001. Also, as in the original, it is intended as a basis for further discussion about the association’s future role.
As in the first edition, significant space has been allotted to the reflections of former presidents, in this instance, Cristina Banfi, Sandra Revale, Stella Schulte, and AnalĂa Kandel (the incumbent at the time of writing). APIBA presidents, past and present, offer a fascinating insight into the identity of the association, because they are themselves, generally among the most dedicated and long serving members. As there are no earnings, little power, and not much prestige involved in the job of APIBA president, those who take it on generally do so as a duty rather than a reward, based on perception of civic obligation rather than professional ambition. Unsurprisingly, they come from the same core membership that has perpetuated the association through the upheavals of forty years of Argentine history. Times have changed and this edition comes out on the internet rather than in print. This, in itself, is indicative of the new historical context in which APIBA now finds itself. There has been a digital revolution in the last decade and APIBA has moved on from workshops and newsletters to tweets, blogs, and webinars. It has taken advantage of new technologies to increase ‘its visibility’ in the words of the current president. But innovation in communication media has been part of a broader trend in the last decade that can generally be summed-up as a sustained effort to reach out to the young. This theme is pervasive in the account that follows. Raymond A. Day, Bs. As. 2012
More information and APIBA History on video at apiba.org.ar/quienes-somos/historia
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Virtual Platform: videos & materials Did you attend FAAPI ’13? Do visit the FAAPI ’13 Virtual Platform 17 videos of Keynote Presentations & Panels as well as materials from many other sessions are available from the Platform. Read more Access the FAAPI ’13 Virtual Platform here NOTE: If you forgot your password, click on the link and a new one will be sent to you. Enquiries: info@apiba.org.ar
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News from FAAPI: A.J.A.L. Read AJAL Vol. 01, No. 02 (Nov 2013) HERE FAAPI invites contributors to submit their manuscripts to AJAL’s special issue: “From the oral tradition to electronic literature: theory, criticism and teaching.” This special issue seeks submissions of research articles, reviews and how-to-do-it writing based on teaching experience. More information HERE Deadline: 30 January 2014
“Sharing ELT theory and practice: Writing for an academic journal Workshop and Q&A session • March 2014
ELT Journal Editor, Graham Hall, and a group of Argentinian authors will share their experiences in March 2014. As English language teachers, we constantly encounter ideas and suggestions about how we might teach. We are often encouraged to 'engage with theory' and to share good practice as part of our professional development. One way of doing this is by reading and writing for publication in "academic" journals. In this workshop, we will examine why you might want to get published in an "academic," peer-reviewed journal, and how to go about it. When?
On Thursday 13 March 2014, 5.30 to 8 pm
Where?
At I.E.S. LV “Juan. R. Fernández, Av. Carlos Pellegrini 1515, Buenos Aires
Who?
ELT Journal Editor Graham Hall AJAL Editor Darío Luis Banegas APIBA Members Cristina Banfi and Melina Porto THIS EVENT IS FREE OF CHARGE CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE WILL BE ISSUED Click here for online registration. Limited space available!
For information on the Rio Negro (APIZALS) and Santa Fe (ASPI) events, see www.faapi.org.ar/ajal/faapinews.html
FAAPI 2014 by APISE Santiago del Estero
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