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MATE
1st Middle School Seminar
9-10
March, 2007 at Centre d’accueil des jeunes, Marrakech
"Middle
School Teacher Development: Towards Better Practice"
Venue & Date Rationale Theme & Content Our Partners Participation & Fees Board & Lodging Organising Committee Speakers Programme List of Participants
Centre d’accueil des jeunes, Al-Harthi (Next to Alharthi Stadium), Marrakech, Morocco, 9-10 March, 2007
Rationale & Objectives After introducing English in the 9th grade in the Moroccan educational system, Middle school teachers of English have become focal points and a major concern for MATE national. Accordingly, servicing this population of the Moroccan ELT community has become one of our priorities. This year, the Moroccan Association of Teachers of English (MATE), in collaboration with the department of curricula, the national coordination of Inspectors and the ‘delegation’ of Marrakech Mnara, organizes the first middle school seminar for teachers of English under the title: “Middle School Teacher Development: Towards Better Practice” on 9-10 March, 2007 at ‘Centre d’accueil des jeunes’, Marrakech.
The main objectives of this seminar is to provide further practice opportunities for teachers at the junior high school level on basic issues in ELT in order to enable them to meet the requirements of the curriculum as well as the expectations of the students, the parents and the community at large. MATE is also open to all suggestions on how it may provide its services. It can, for example, organize documents sharing and exchange of information and experiences among these teachers.
Theme and content of the seminar The seminar will focus on the following areas: 1. Competency-based Education. 2. The four skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. 3. Group Work and Project work. 4. Textbook / materials development. 5. Teaching through games and songs. 6. Assessment. MATE organizes the 1st National Middle School Seminar in collaboration with: - the Ministry of National Education, Directorate of Curricula, - the national coordination of Inspectors - the regional Academy of Marrakech-Tensift-Alhouz, - the Delegation of Marrakech-Menara, - the British Council and - RELO-US Embassy.
For material and organisational restrictions, there will be 90 participants: 70 residents and 20 non-residents. Acceptance has be based on 2 criteria: a. First applied first served b. Geographical distribution of the participants.
Fees of the seminar As far as the fees are concerned: - Residents: 250dh (including: participation fee, 2 nights, 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 1 dinner + MATE membership card), 200Dh if you have a membership card.
- Non-residents: 200dh (participation fee + MATE membership card), 150 dh if you have a membership card. Resident participants will be hosted at Centre d’accueil des jeunes and Youth hostel. They will spent two nights (the night of Thursday/Friday and the night of Friday/Saturday): Check-in will be on Thursday afternoon (or Friday morning for residents and non-resident late comers), check-out will be on Saturday afternoon for non-residents.
Meals will be served at Centre d’accueil des jeunes (if otherwise, announcements will be given in due time).
- Mustapha Blibil - Abdellatif Laklida - Elmadani Fahmi - Ahmed Chaibi - Mohammed Hassim - Noureddine Bendouqi - Ahmed Chaibi - Larbi Bounsir - Mohamed Hammani - Fahmi Elmadani - Abdelkrim Mabchour - Abdellatif Laklida - Nezha Belkachla - Abdelkrim Aghlam - Noureddine Bendouqi - Fatima Tahir - Elarbi Imad - Abdelmajid Bouziane - Rachida Guelzim - Rajae Zreq
- Fatima Chraa
- Mohammed Hassim
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