Talking shop: from aid to partnership

Rod Bolitho ^[1] ; Péter Medgyes ^[2]
1. [1] Eötvös Loránd University
  
  Eötvös Loránd University
  
  Hungría
2. [2] College of St. Mark & St. John Plymouth
Localización: ELT journal: An international journal for teachers of English to speakers of other languages, ISSN 0951-0893, Vol. 54, Nº 4, 2000, págs. 379-386
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- Since the fall of communism, over ten years ago, there has been a huge increase in British support for ELT in Central and Eastern Europe. This has brought opportunities for visits in both directions, for professional exchange and for joint initiatives. In this dialogue, we explore some of the issues that have arisen through this period of intense activity from our individual perspectives. Péter Medgyes, director of a Hungarian teacher training institute, the Centre for English Teacher Training (CETT) at E#x00F6;tvös Lorand University, Budapest, has travelled Widely within and beyond the region; and a ‘Brit’ whose institution has been extensively involved in projects throughout Central and Eastern Europe since 1991. We chose the dialogue format for conference presentations at lATEFL Edinburgh, and at the British Council's Annual ELT Meeting in Constanta, Romania, in order to accentuate our different perspectives, and to encourage audience participation. We attempt to reproduce here some of the ‘cut and thrust’ of these live events, and to focus on four main issues: British and Local Priorities, Language, Teacher Education, and Mutual Learning. We hope that a retrospective view might help us to learn some lessons from the past, and to set some useful priorities for the future.