Book Reading Competition

Reading can be fun and entertaining and also a tool for language learning. One of the best wasys of learning English or any language is by reading literature. To give the opportunity of reading world literature in English in a simplified way, UKBET in partnership with British Council is going to run 'Book Reading Competition' for primary, secondary, higher secondary and university level students through the following activities:

• Reading books
• Writing reviews
• Taking part in the final evaluation test.

Certificate and prizes will be given at the end of the competition on the basis of the performance. Interested institutes are requested to contact UKBET by 15 March 2012.

Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) training

UKBET in partnership with the British Council is organising a10-day TKT
(Teaching Knowledge Test) training course for teachers of English at secondary level school.

TKT is a test developed by Cambridge ESOL for teachers of English. It tests teachers' knowledge of:

• Language and use of language.
• Background to language and learning.
• Practice of language teaching and learning.

The TKT consiits of seven modules and this course will focus on Module 2: Lesson planning and use of resources for language learning. The 10-day course (four hours per week for ten weeks) will take place on 10, 17, 24 Feb, 2, 9, 23, 30 Mar and  6, 13 & 20 Apr 2012. A total of 15 teachers from schools in Sylhet, Sunamgonj and Moulvibazar districts are attending the course.

A groundbreaking project celebrates its first year!

The "Preparing for Life in the UK" project aims to support the integration of women from Bangladesh who are planning to settle in the UK. In its first year, more than 50 women from Sylhet, Beanibazar, Bishwanath and Goalabazar Upazilas have benefited from this free pilot programme delivered by UKBET, acquiring valuable information and skills to help them to take an active part in life in Britain.

The workshops covered issues such as using public transport, money & shopping, health, leisure, learning opportunities, employment, household chores and travelling to the UK. The workshops were facilitated by UKBET-trained teachers with support from UK volunteers. Certificates were presented to the learners after the workshops.

Stakeholders, especially the workshop participants and their guardians, were very enthusiastic about this innovative project. Most of the guardians felt that their daughters would have an easier time settling and living in the UK as a result, and they themselves now had fewer anxieties about their daughters’ futures.

The second year of the project is going to start soon. Anyone interested in further details should contact UKBET!

Md Eahtashamul Karim, Director, UKBET, June 2011

 

Presentation of certificates

A speaker at the ceremony

Exploring a learning styles approach to teaching & learning

Workshop: Two 3-hour long  “Exploring a learning styles approach to teaching & learning” workshops were held on 2nd and 3rd January 2011 respectively in Balagonj and Sylhet. The workshops were conducted by two trainers from the UK:  

Beth Kelly
Programme Director for Skills for Life Development in the Workplace
Community & Workforce Development Division
LLU+, London South Bank University

Tessa Giffin
Family Learning Division 
LLU+, London South Bank University

The first workshop was held at Mangal Chandi Nishi Kanta (MCNK) High School at Tajpur. A total of 29 teachers from different schools and madrashas ofrom the Balagonj Upazila attended the workshop and gave hugely enthusiastic feedback. In fact there was such interest in this workshop that additional teachers were squeezed in due to requests from local headteachers.

The second workshop was held at the UKBET resource centre. A total of 25 resource centre users attended the workshop. According to resource centre users more workshops like this would be tremendously helpful in making the resource centre more active.