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actualización lingüística y didáctica

English translation: Updating in linguistic and didactic skills

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Spanish term or phrase:actualización lingüística y didáctica
English translation:Updating in linguistic and didactic skills
Entered by: Eileen Brophy

20:51 Sep 28, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
Spanish term or phrase: actualización lingüística y didáctica
Actualización lingüística y didáctica del profesorado. This standard phrase crops up often in ESL/EFL teacher training courses. It refers to the fact that the teachers will update and improve their speaking skills on the one hand, and their teaching techniques and strategies on the other. How could I render this in a clear and simple way?
Thank you for any assistance.
Marian Martin (X)
Spain
Local time: 00:54
Updating of teachers/professors in linguistics and didactic activities
Explanation:
Does this help?
Selected response from:

Eileen Brophy
Spain
Local time: 00:54
Grading comment
Thanks. Eileen. I've finally used updating in linguistic and didactic skills.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3Professional development in linguistics and teaching
Patricia Rosas
5Updating of teachers/professors in linguistics and didactic activities
Eileen Brophy
4updating/upgrading/refresher course in linguistics and didactics
Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
4Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
David Ronder
3Developing Linguistic Knowledge and Teaching Skills
Darius Saczuk


Discussion entries: 1





  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Updating of teachers/professors in linguistics and didactic activities


Explanation:
Does this help?

Eileen Brophy
Spain
Local time: 00:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40
Grading comment
Thanks. Eileen. I've finally used updating in linguistic and didactic skills.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jenni Lukac (X): if personally prefer skills to activities, but agree with updating.
3 mins
  -> Thanks Jenni
disagree  Liliana Galiano: I find it very unlikely for a course title, at least among teachers.
5 days
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Developing Linguistic Knowledge and Teaching Skills


Explanation:
A suggestion

Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 18:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 525
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your answer, Dariusz.

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Professional development in linguistics and teaching


Explanation:
This is what these sorts of courses are usually called in the States, with the idea of "updating skills" implicit in it.

Online Professional Development for Adult ESL Educators
http://www.cal.org/CAELA/esl_resources/digests/pdQA.html

Patricia Rosas
United States
Local time: 15:54
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 90
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your answer Patricia. I finally opted for Eileen's suggestion as it would be more easily understood by teachers in our context.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  A Garrett Robertson
3 mins
  -> thank you!
agree  liz askew
1 hr
  -> thanks, Liz!
agree  Marjory Hord: Good!
6 hrs
  -> gracias, Marjory...que lindo tu huipil!
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
updating/upgrading/refresher course in linguistics and didactics


Explanation:
Así lo diría yo.
Para "updating course in" hay muchos resultados en Google.
Para "upgrading course in", el doble casi.
Para "refresher course in", ya nos vamos al millón y medio de resultados.

[PDF] P A R T I G E N E R A L R E V I E W O F A C T I V I T I E S
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
<bb>eight-week upgrading course in teaching methods. A team of two staff members from the Regional Office and one consultant visited Indonesia i n ...
repository.searo.who.int/bitstream/123456789/.../rdr72_PHA.pdf - Similar

Christian (NoHiddenPath79) on Twitter
He/She needs 2 take a refresher course in didactics. Just sayin'...about 17 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to kani92; RT @qikipedia: The smell the earth ...
twitter.com/NoHiddenPath79 - Cached - Similar

Babu Suthar - SOUTH ASIA STUDIES
Teacher's Refresher Course in Linguistics with focus on Sociolinguistics (three weeks), Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad 1996 ...
www.southasia.upenn.edu/sas_pages/people_fbq_babu.html - Cached - Similar

Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
Spain
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 88
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your answer, Alejandro.

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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)


Explanation:
That's definitely what it's called in the UK.

You probably wouldn't need to translate "lingüística y didáctica" because it's all included in the concept of CPD. These days ESOL teachers (which I was until December last year) have to log their CPD and gain a certain number of credits per year to maintain their professional status.

http://www.beds.ac.uk/departments/schoolofeducation/cpd

http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/page.aspx?o=130052

And here's an ad for a teaching job in a private language school offering CPD as part of the package:

http://southampton.gumtree.com/southampton/12/42302412.htm








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Note added at 13 hrs (2009-09-29 10:40:46 GMT)
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See if this works better for the last reference:

http://southampton.gumtree.com/southampton/12/42302412.html

David Ronder
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your answer, David. I think Eileen's suggestion will be more easily recognisable by the teachers in my specific context.

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