Nr:  2002/2

English in England 1998 - 1999

Forfatter:  Stenersen, Josephine

ISBN:  82-7824-041-8

Pris:  100,-

This report covers two summer courses. The contents of the two reports are based on comments from teachers from sixth-form colleges in Nordland, Troms and Finnmark, who attended the summer course for teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL) at University College, Worcester, England. The course is a collaborative enterprise between the college and the Department of Learning and Teacher Education (PLP) now ‘the Department of Education’, University of Tromsø. The courses were financed by the three Education Offices in the three counties.

The reports tell about the participant’s evaluation of their experiences, but they are also a record of who attended, their personal aims for attending and their views about what is required to help keep a teacher an up-dated and inspired teacher of English. The contents of the two reports also give valuable information about what schools are like in England and there is a chart comparing the schools that participants visited in the report fro 1998. It is hoped that the information included in the reports will help with the continuation of network building between teachers and institutions in Norway and England.

For those who have attended the course this material is also a thorough document of what was experienced, as answers to the seven questions participants were asked to answer are mainly based on the logbook contents that each participant kept during the course. It also contains a photo of participants.

The report is also an important source of information with regard to the organisation and running of a longer intensive course in the UK, for adult learners. It documents the importance of the social aspect of a course of this length, and fulfils a need with regard to updating in connection with school reform work.