English Language Teaching November 1946 [antikvár]

Notes Summer Courses for Teachers A number of courses were held during the summer in Great Britain and in several countries in Europe. By invitation of the British Council and through the cooperation of the University College, Southampton, and the Southern Regional Committee for Adult Education, sixteen Austrian teachers spent two weeks in August at Bassett, near Southampton. Most of them were secondary school teachers. The course enabled them to renew their acquaintance with British life and thought. A small party of teachers from the French- and German-speaking districts of Switzerland attended a vacation course from July 29th to August 17th at Birmingham. This was also a part of the British Council's programme of international exchanges. Seventy-five Swedish teachers, attended a summer school at Newcastle, arranged by the University of Durham and the British Council, from July 4th to 23rd. Lectures were given on education, art, literature, drama, and aspects of British life. The governors of the Stratford Memorial Theatre and the British Council cooperated with the University of Birmingham in presenting a special series of lectures at the British Council Centre, Stratford-upon-Avon, from August 17th to August 24th. The lectures presented the problems which arise in translating Shakespeare into other languages, and dealt with Shakespearean productions and studies in some European countries during recent years. A summer course for Portuguese teachers of English was held at Lisbon during the first half of August. The course was arranged by the British Council staff and the lectures were given by the Council's lecturers. Summer courses have been held in Sweden since 1940. Since 1942 the courses have been organised by the British Council's office in Stockholm. There were well over 600 applications for the senior course in 1944. This summer, too, there has been a very successful course. A summer school for Belgian teachers of English was held at the Normal School, Laeken, from July 26th to August 10th. It was organised by the British Council with the collaboration of the Ministry of Public Instruction. Lecturers included the Council's staff in Belgium and several visiting lecturers from Great Britain. 30