1. Report on ETRC events in December 2011
According o our plan in December were supposed to be 4 seminars. All of them were successfully organized.
Date Topic Presenter Attendees
Cristina Nazaru, “Ion
01.12.2011 Shopping: ready-made lesson 11
Creanga” University
Vera Tabureanu, Moldova
08.12.2011 Tips on Classroom Management 13
State University
Irina Pomazanovschi,
Talent Show: All the Truth about Santa
15.12.2011 Larisa Guzun, Calin around 30
Clause (concert)
Buruiana
Body Language: ready-made lesson
22.12.2011 + Larisa Guzun, IRIM 8
Christmas Potluck party for teachers
The concert planned for December 15th was a celebration of the end of the semester. This event united
Pedagogical University students, students from Institute of International Relations and high school students
from Budeshti lyceum. Students performed on the stage of the Festivity Hall demonstrating their talents in
singing, dancing and acting. This was ETRC first experience in organizing staged performances. In the future,
more support from the partners would be of great help.
Fridays in December were dedicated mostly to students who want to practice their speaking skills in English.
We ran debates, where Andrei Fiodorov (director of TOEFL center in Chisinau) sometimes assisted and helped
with judging, and FACE club sessions with native speakers Matt and Brynn Adamson. The attendance of these
events was rather stable.
Date Debates Attendees/ Topic FACE Club Attendees / Topic
8 persons 12 persons
02.12.2011
Money rules our lives. What’s the news?
14 persons
11 persons
09.12.2011 Young teachers are better than old
All about St. Andrew’s
teachers.
Cancelled due to the beginning of winter 14 persons
16.12.2011
examinations Christmas Potluck Party
On December 23rd, we went to Comrat for an
outreach seminar for 26 Gagauzia teachers of
English. We told them about ETRC and what they
can find in our center, we also shared with them
several issues of the FORUM magazine and
delivered 2 seminars each on the following
topics:
Teaching Writing (Guzun Larisa)
Teaching Speaking (Guzun Larisa)
Raising Difficult Children: Brats
(Pomazanovschi Irina)
Moldova: the image of the country
(Pomazanovschi Irina)
In the end we received very positive feedback and were highly appreciated.
The advisory Board is planned on December 28th at 13:00. All the members were announced in advance.
Due to the fact that the activity of the university will decrease because of winter holidays, ETRC will be closed
from December 30th till January 16th.