Calendario Anno Scolastico 2023/24

A partire da quest'anno, per la sessione dedicata alla lingua inglese, non organizzeremo più corsi specifici per le classi dell'Academy of Distinction, come fatto negli anni precedenti. Abbiamo deciso che un seminario in lingua inglese rivolto a tutte le classi fornirà preziosi spunti, favorirà connessioni globali e arricchirà l'esperienza accademica complessiva. Ciò faciliterà l'organizzazione degli eventi. La rivista Distinction Insight, dedicata all'Academy of Distinction, rappresenterà un'ottima opportunità per gli studenti di tutte le classi, e consentirà loro di scoprire in anticipo il contenuto del webinar e di conoscere meglio lo speaker.

 

 

Gennaio 2024, h.15.00 -1st Webinar from Tokyo, Giappone

Prof. Charlie Browne; 

Zoom Link con registrazione e data: Coming soon

 

Title: Words for Success, Words for Life: The New General Service List Project

 

Abstract:

 

The NGSL Project (New General Service List Project) is an open-source collection of 7 corpus-based lists of essential words for second-language learners of English. Each word list was developed to offer the highest coverage in the world of any word list in that genre, and we also offer a large and growing collection of free online tools for learning, teaching, and using these lists. 

 

This presentation will briefly introduce the NGSL wordlists and the science behind them, and then discuss and demonstrate some of our online learning tools. Three of the learning principles that have guided the development of learning tools include (1) learning words from authentic contexts, (2) learning through spaced repetition, and (3) gamification. All resources are available from the NGSL Project Website (www.newgeneralservicelist.com) including a link to my TEDx talk that introduces the NGSL wordlist.

 

At the end of the session, there will be time for questions, answers, and discussion as well as for an explanation of the follow-up assignment.

 

NOTE: After the presentation, each classroom will be invited to try out the NGSL wordlists and online learning tools and to submit a group reaction back to me within a month of my presentation (a short 3-5 minute video will be fine). I will then view your video reactions and respond to each group, also by video. It is hoped that this added level of interaction after my presentation will help you to better understand and utilize these great learning tools and lists!

 

Bio:

 

Dr. Browne is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Meiji Gakuin University as well as Director of the English Department's MA and PhD Program and creator of their EFL teacher-training program. He is an internationally-renowned public speaker having given more than 50 plenary or keynote addresses at academic conferences around the world as well as a TEDx Talk on his main area of research, second language vocabulary acquisition. Dr. Browne is also a US State Department English Language Specialist, helping governments around the world with tailor-made teacher training programs that promote cross-cultural understanding and excellence in teaching. 

 

In addition to his work in creating many important new corpus-based word lists and a wide range of free online tools to teach, learn, and create texts based on these lists, he has also developed countless free online ER/EL and vocabulary learning sites, tools and apps, working hard to share this knowledge through presentations, seminars and hands-on workshops around the world. 

 

He is also CEO of Charlie Browne Company (www.charlie-browne.com), consulting for online language learning companies, and helping them to develop science-based learning platforms, gamified teaching approaches, and content.

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Febbraio 2024, h.15.00 -2nd Webinar from Atene, Grecia

Prof. __________________; 

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Marzo 2024, h.15.00 -3rd Webinar from Derry, Irlanda del Nord

Prof. __________________; 

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Aprile 2024, h.15.00 -4th Webinar from Bucarest, Romania

Prof. __________________; 

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Maggio 2024, h.15.00 -5th Webinar from New York, USA

Prof. __________________; 

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