A rewarding surprise

 Today I found a wonderful surprise in my inbox. Tinta Fresca was advertising my book "Light Up" in their mail. 

I wrote the book in 2019 and, from today's perspective, I can appreciate the great work we did with people from Pearson. All the different teaching angles have been covered and teachers have a valuable tool for developing their lessons. Students can study at their own pace and they can even enjoy learning through games especially deviced for the teaching purpose.

Here I reproduce what was sent to me

Con Light Up, aprender un idioma es una experiencia única y personal para cada estudiante.

 

Light Up apoya firmemente el hecho de que aprender un idioma es una experiencia única y personal para cada estudiante. Proporcionar a los estudiantes una variedad de entornos de aprendizaje puede abrirles todo un nuevo mundo de oportunidades. Apelar a diferentes estilos de aprendizaje y atender a las necesidades individuales puede facilitar definitivamente su adquisición del idioma. Creemos que los estudiantes deben tener la oportunidad de aprender a su propio ritmo. El aprendizaje combinado puede resultar un aliado en este sentido, ya que ayuda a superar ciertas limitaciones de tiempo y ofrece a los estudiantes la posibilidad de aprender en cualquier momento y lugar. También se ha demostrado que la tecnología fomenta el aprendizaje autónomo. ¿Cómo es Light Up? Desarrollo de habilidades del siglo XXI. La colaboración, la comunicación, el pensamiento crítico y la creatividad son una parte integral de la serie. Uso significativo del idioma. Los estudiantes usarán el inglés en contextos significativos y con propósitos reales de comunicación mediante proyectos de unidad paso a paso que culminan en resultados grupales. Fomento de la autonomía del estudiante, a través de un descubrimiento guiado de su propio aprendizaje y de cómo se construye ese aprendizaje. Educación integral. Hay numerosas oportunidades para el desarrollo de habilidades intra e interpersonales mediante la reflexión sobre aspectos sociales y emocionales (SEL), la inclusión (IC), los valores, entre otros. Componentes Libro Integrando Student's Book + Workbook Teacher's Book Test de nivelación digital: Pearson Level Test Aplicación digital de práctica: Mondly by Pearson Recursos y Materiales descargables: Descargá el PDF que te permite acceder a los audios, el teacher´s book, Test B, Answer Key, Assesment Guide + GSE y Recursos extra.         And what called my attention was to see the video in which Pearson describes the book components.  I want to make it clear that I didn't adapt the book. I actually wrote the Students' book and the Teachers' Book from scratch, following the organization of a book I had previously adapt: "What's Up?" Here I attach the video for you to enjoy it.

Pround and Honoured of this great nomination

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Af61kgodX/

🌍 Global Curriculum in Mother Tongue – A New Era of Rural Education

Empowering Rural Students with World-Class Learning

We are creating a Global Curriculum delivered in regional mother tongues so that every child, regardless of location or language, can access high-quality, future-ready education.

📘 Our Vision

To provide globally aligned, locally delivered education that empowers rural students with the skills, values, and knowledge needed for the 21st century.

📚 What Makes Our Curriculum Global?

Aligned with:

UNESCO Education Framework

UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

National & State Board Syllabus

21st-Century Competencies

Our curriculum includes:

Climate Action – SDG 13

Health & Wellbeing – SDG 3

Global Citizenship Education (GCED)

Creativity & Problem-Solving

Digital Literacy & Sustainability

Project-Based & Skill-Based Learning

🌱 Starting from Rural Bengal, Expanding to the World

The model will be implemented in:

Physical Classrooms

Hybrid Learning Environments

Low-cost Digital & Smart Class Formats

The goal:

A global curriculum accessible to every rural student, in every country.

👩‍🏫 Global Educators Welcome

Educators, mentors, and professionals from all around the world are invited to join this mission.

You can contribute through:

Mentorship

Content Development

Teacher Training

Global Learning Sessions

Language is not a barrier—only the quality of content matters.

ASPI PRACTICAL ISSUES 2025

 On August 23rd we had the traditional ASPI event.

This year, as on many other ocassions, I had the honour to be one of the speakers together with Viviana Regodesebes and Abigail Cernotto.

The President of ASPI, Andrea Gaitan, opened the event and introduced the first speaker, Viviana Regodesebes, who showed us how she prepared a revision session for her students at the Teaching Education Programme using "Genially" to device a "Scape Room" game.

I hope many teachers take the idea to make their lessons more fun while still demanding.

After a short break, Abigail Cernotto presented her perspective as regards teaching adults and how she tries AI to build confidence in her adult students.

There was an interesting exchange of points of view.

After the coffee break, I worked with an enthusiastic audience on trying ways of raising students awareness as regards the benefits and risks we face when using AI. I also emphasized the importance of teaching our students the efficient, effective and ethical use of AI.

A bit of theory introduced tasks which kept the audience busy. From time to time, we also laughed a bit.

I thank dearfully this marvellous audience for their active participation in the tasks. A workshop is  successful only if the participants engage in sharing their ideas.

There was full house and the event finished with raffles to give out books, dictionaries and teaching material offered by publishing houses and bookshops.

One of the things I value the most about these events, together with the possibility of getting envolved in Professional Development, is the chance we have to meet colleagues, many of whom are former students, and feel their passion for teaching.

Thanks ASPI for this invitation to enjoy the love of teaching once more.

An ipod of my Paper on How to Teach Phonetics to Rioplatense Students

 Academia.edu has published an ipod on my paper on How to Teach Phonetics to Rioplatense Students I had published some years ago.

Here I add the link for you to listen to it.  https://www.academia.edu/ai_podcast/47039385 

My Participation at the Online Training Cap Season 6

 Last Saturday 28th June I participated as a speaker at the Online Training Camp Season 6 organized by EOPG. Ms Shumaila Waqas, CEO of EOPG, invited me to be one of the invited speakers. This is the 6th year I participate in the events organised by this important academic organization.

I spoke online for many educationists who participated activily giving the event a great rythm. I thank them dearly for their collaboration, which made my presentation livelier.

Here I add the video for you to watch the presentation.

Hope you find it useful.

My Presentation at the International Event in Georgia

 Last Thursday, I had the honour of being a guest speaker at the International Conference organized by the  Teachers Community Georgia.

It is a real pleasure to see how this teachers community work hard to keep up their professional development. The audience was absolutely respectful and showed great interest in the presentations.

My special thanks to Dr Inga Kharchilava for her invitation.

Here I attach my presentation in case you'd like to watch it. You'll have the chance to listen to my CV in Georgian language.

Hope you like it.

An interview by an Egyptian colleague

Yesterday, I was interviewed by Shahida Banday, an Egyptian colleague, who is a facilitator at Rehan School India campus.

We talked about my teaching story and perspective. 

The conversation flowed smoothly in a respectful atmosphere.

Here I share the video.

Hope you enjoy watching it.