Workshop: Testing to teach or teaching to test? , by Ms. Ezia Valenzuela Giovanetti, held on Thursday August 16, 2012, from 16:00 to 19:00 am in the Instituto San Fernando.
About the speaker: Ms. Ezia Valenzuela Giovanetti graduated in 1986 from Universidad Católica de Valparaíso with a degree in English Language Teaching and obtained a Master’s Degree in Educational Planning and Management in 2005. Ms. Valenzuela has taught in a number of educational institutions where she has worked as academic coordinator and professor. Currently she works as Teacher Trainer at Universidad de Los Andes and Universidad SEK.
About the workshop: One of our deepest concerns when teaching, deals with evaluation and we forget that it is just part of our teaching-learning process. This workshop helped teachers clarify many doubts and solve problems related to this important matter. Teachers were invited to participate actively in order to share their experiences and concerns, also, examples and materials were provided by the Publisher Books and Bits.
Representatives from the seven English Teachers Colleges of the Commune of
San Fernando and surrounding communities participated. Even a young native of Singapore, who is supportive in a Municipal School Program by the Ministry of Education "English Opens Doors”, attended the workshop. From Instituto San Fernando were present Cecilia Parra Ferrari, Patricia Maureira, Gaby Huerta, Nicolás Crocce Becerra and Carlos Acuña Fonollá.