Võru County English Teachers Board meeting 2012

Võru County’s Teachers of English Board in August 2012

I Overview of last school year's events:

• Internet Quiz - successful on 2nd attempt, 53 participants. Starting from now on all quizes done through language centre's blog to avoid technical hitches.

 

• Form 8 Translation Competition - there were 50 participants, took a lot of time to mark. A preliminary round needed at every school so that only 2 or 3 best translators would represent each school. Last year's text can be used for the preliminary round. Overview of translation problems.

• Form 6 Puzzle Quiz -  22 3-membered teams, still popular event, stuggle with time limit - needs prehand testing, problems with handwritng - must be legible, team names on the task pages!!

• Secondary School Speech Contest - 22 participants, more than one topic is a great idea, continuing with the assessment grid.

• Board Game competition for Form 9 - too few participants, didn't work out, students don't want to take responibility, some great game ideas but takes too much time to make a clean draft. Maybe test some other time.

•  Crossword solving competition for Form 7 - successful event, maube make the crosswords topical, problem - careless copying from crossword to answers' sheet.  Hamdwriting is very bad!!!

II Maila Vilu's overview of Võru Kreutzwald Gymnasium's entrance test  and its results in English:

194 students took the test, average score 62.5. Highest score 95 points, lowest 14!
Biggest problems with principle verb forms.


III  Election of the new chairperson:
Out of the 10 proposed candidates, 3 most popular were Eve Unt, Merle Paat and Ly Kõiv.  The final decision was a compromise for Eve Unt to take up the job for a year.

Congratulations EVE!

IV Events in the new school year:

• Internet Quiz - topic: England, November 8
• Short Plays Festival for Basic School - November 24
• Form 8 translation competition - final round December 6
• Local preliminary round of English Olympiade (for secondary school students) - December 7
• Form 6 Puzzle Quiz - February 2
• Speech Contest  - February 28
• Form 7 Crossword Competition - April 6

All teachers who would like to share their experiences and hold seminars are welcome to inform Eve Unt of their wishes.
Contact the new chair at eve@vkg.werro.ee.

PS! If you wish to visit the Languages Centre after the lessons, please inform Maila Vilu at least one day in advance by emailing her at maila@vkg.werro.ee. By doing this, we can make sure that someone is there to meet and serve you.

Have a nice new school year!