The British Council Uruguay would like to hear from the following organisations involved in English Language Teacher (ELT) education with a special interest in learning technologies, and interested in being part of an innovative project to teach Uruguayan secondary and vocational learners using high-end videoconferencing equipment:
• UK universities
• Further Education Colleges
• British Council accredited private English language schools,
The Ceibal secondary and vocational English project offers students aged 12 and above, along with their local English teachers, the opportunity of a weekly language and cultural exchange in order to further their English language skills and intercultural knowledge of the English speaking world.
The programme is a natural extension of the Ceibal Primary English programme, being managed by Plan Ceibal in partnership with the British Council using remote teachers in London, Montevideo, Argentina and the Philippines to teach 8-11 year-olds English where they do not have the opportunity of an English teacher in the classroom.
We are now looking for potential University providers interested in providing teachers from April to November 2018. Apart from experience of teaching remotely, there also exists the opportunity to carry out research into this new way of teaching languages.