Szanowni Państwo,

W imieniu Pana Dziekana, uprzejmie informuję, że istnieje możliwość ubiegania się o roczne stypendium na rok akademicki 2007 / 2008, finansowane z Funduszu im. Profesora Władysława Kuraszkiewicza.

Podania i dokumenty należy składać w Dziekanacie - pok. 105 B - w terminie do dnia 10 października b.r.

Podanie doktoranta powinno zawierać opinię opiekuna naukowego lub promotora, opis projektu badawczego oraz wykaz publikacji.

Podanie studenta powinno zawierać opinię kierownika seminarium, opiekuna roku, opis własnych pomysłów badawczych, ewentualnie wykaz dotychczasowych osiągnięć itp.

Decyzje o przyznaniu stypendium zostaną podjęte pod koniec października 2007.

Proszę o pilne przekazanie powyższej informacji doktorantom i studentom.

Z poważaniem

Agnieszka Mikołajczak

Dziekanat Wydziału

The second of a series of four ELT presentations / workshops organized by the Center for English Language Teaching Materials will take place on

Friday, March 23rd, 2007 at 16:00, room 601A.

The presentation will be given by dr Jacek Rysiewicz

Title :Teaching Integrated Skills for Non-professionals. A crash-workshop for beginners.

The workshop is primarily meant for those of us who have been entrusted with teaching EFL courses against their explicit wish or implicit hope, and often perceive the task as a chore, a kind of sacrifice that must be made only to be able to apply themselves to a more worthwhile of many a scholarly endeavors. Acknowledging this fact makes the workshop's agenda easy to predict. The workshop, in general, will look into obvious solutions to obvious problems. Specifically it will go into practical ways of making the teaching more meaningful. And, to be even more specific, it will suggest how to teach the GE component of PNJA and be pleased with yourself, your students and the system that put you there, in the first place.

Attendance is obligatory for all PNJA teachers and for doctoral students at IFA, but everyone concerned about their professional development is welcome as well.

Submitted by Iwona Łęska-Drajerczak

The first of a series of four ELT presentations / workshops organized by the Center for English Language Teaching Materials will take place on

Friday, Feb 23^rd 2007 at 4 p.m. room 601A.

The presentation will be given by dr Aleksandra Jankowska, the Head of the Teacher Training College in Poznań

Title : ‘Teaching is not a dirty word'

In recent years the focus of ELT methodology has shifted from the teacher to the learner. We are no longer looking for the best methods of teaching, instead we are told to facilitate the learning process and create opportunities for the students to use the target language in real-life situations. As it often happens, however, things can be taken too far. Michael Swan warns: "In the present intellectual microclimate it is actually possible, without the absurdity being apparent, to criticize language teachers for concerning themselves with language. .... Teaching can certainly be too form-focused and too teacher-centered; but if we have reached a point where language teachers are supposed neither to teach nor to concern themselves with language, it is perhaps time for a change of direction" (2005: 398).

Attendance is obligatory for all PNJA teachers and for doctoral students at IFA, but everyone concerned about their professional development is welcome as well.

Submitted by Iwona Łęska-Drajerczak