British Council & UP Likhaan Sponsor Reading Workshop

BRITISH COUNCIL AND U.P. LIKHAAN SPONSOR READING WORKSHOP
by Arvin Abejo Mangohig

What do literature teachers do during their spare time?

The British Council has Alan Pulverness to offer. The internationally acclaimed reading specialist will deliver five lectures in the Philippines for free between October 19 and 27 and the UP Likhaan: Institute of Creative Writing will host him on October 26, 9am to 5pm, to talk about “Teaching Language through Literature: Reading Across Cultures” at the UP College of Arts and Letters Audio-Visual Room, Faculty Center, UP Diliman.

Alan Pulverness is a freelance teacher trainer, materials writer, and an Associate Trainer with the Norwich Institute for Language Education. His areas of special interest are culture and the teaching of literature. He has a degree in Comparative Literature and Applied Linguistics from the University of East Anglia . He has edited and advised for several new volumes on new fiction and worked on an award-winning course on Macbeth.

Pulverness was part of the Reading Reputations, 20th annual British Council Conference on the teaching of literature and Animating Literature, the British Council regional seminar held in Prague , among others.

In the Philippines , his itinerary includes:

19 October “Using Literature in Teaching Content Areas” In-Service Training for Teachers - Cluster 1 ( Luzon );

22 October “Using Literature in Teaching Content Areas” In-Service Training for Teachers - Cluster 1 (Visayas-Mindanao) ;

25 October “Theory and Practice in Language and Literature: A Revisit and Re-vision” with Council for Department Chairs in English and the College English Teachers' Association;

26 October “Teaching Language through Literature: Reading Across Cultures” with the UP Likhaan: Institute of Creative Writing

27 October “Boogie by the Book (main lecture): Teaching Language through Literature: Reading Across Cultures"

For more information and confirmation of the lectures, please contact Eva Garcia-Cadiz at 922-1830 or the British Council at 914-1011 to 14 or e-mail the British Council at britishcouncil@britishcouncil.org.ph or visit websites: http://www.britishcouncil.org/ philippines and panitikan.com.ph