Pour l'année scolaire 2019-20, le Colegio Rochester a adopté plusieurs nouvelles séries de manuels d'anglais créées par National Geographic Learning (NGL), une partie de Cengage Learning, afin de mieux aligner notre programme d'anglais sur les meilleures pratiques en matière d'enseignement de l'anglais, et de soutenir notre engagement en faveur de la durabilité et de la citoyenneté mondiale. Ces ressources d'enseignement et d'apprentissage soutiennent notre approche interdisciplinaire parce qu'elles intègrent l'apprentissage de la langue avec le contenu du monde réel lié à la science, à la géographie, à l'histoire, à l'art et à d'autres sujets. Cette méthode aide les élèves à établir des liens qui développent la pensée critique et la résolution créative de problèmes dans le cadre de leurs expériences de vie, ainsi qu'à développer leurs compétences linguistiques en anglais pour leurs études et carrières futures. Les unités de ces livres se concentrent sur le développement de la langue et des autres compétences dont nos élèves ont besoin pour être des citoyens du monde heureux, responsables et performants au XXIe siècle.
In 2020, National Geographic Learning decided to develop a new textbook series, Lift, to prepare multilingual teenagers with the academic language and literacy skills they need to study cross-curricular subjects and literature from around the world, participate in academic discussions, and apply themselves in and out of the classroom. The development of Lift included academic advisors from prestigious educational organizations, such as the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Center for Global Education, International Baccalaureate, Vanderbilt University’s School of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, and Wisconsin Center for Education Research. After the initial draft was created, they sought expert reviewers from Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, Europe, and the United States. NGL invited Ms. Dana, our Academic Director for Grades 4-12, to represent Latin America and provide feedback and recommendations on how to improve the quality of the content, teaching strategies, and assessment practices. One of her several recommendations was to ground each unit in Essential Questions to promote student inquiry. The series was just released in print and acknowledges Dana and Colegio Rochester for their contribution to this international publication. Furthermore, National Geographic Learning is entering Lift into the British Council ELTons Awards for innovation in English language teaching (ELT). This year marks the 20-year anniversary of the ELTons, the only international awards celebrating the latest innovations in English language learning and teaching, and the creators behind them. The publisher requested permission from Ms. Dana to use some of her feedback for their application:
“I value that the Lift series recognizes the importance of instilling global competence and connects it to service learning projects inspired by National Geographic Explorers. From my experience, teaching and developing global competence is in its infancy stage in many programs. Most schools have service learning as part of their programs, but many only scratch the service at a global citizenship level.†We are very proud of Dana’s effort and achievement, and for launching Colegio Rochester’s name onto the international stage related to English language teaching.
Guiselle Rincón Grade 6 Real World English Teacher and Grade 8 Family Coordinator
Resumen:Para el año académico 2019-20, el Colegio Rochester incorporó varias series nuevas de libros de texto de Inglés, creados por National Geographic Learning (NGL), una parte de Cengage Learning, para alinear mejor el currÃ
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