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Česko-americký vládní program posílá rodilé mluvčí do středních škol v regionech

Deset čerstvých absolventů amerických vysokých škol bude v roli asistentů pomáhat zlepšovat angličtinu českých středoškoláků v regionech. Jejich působení v České republice umožnilo vládní stipendium česko-amerického Fulbrightova programu.    

S „Fulbright English Teaching Assistants“, zkráceně ETA, se letos budou moci setkat studenti na středních školách v Benešově, Českém Těšíně, Holešově, Chotěboři, Kolíně, Ostravě, Prostějově, ve Starém Městě, Tišnově a Vsetíně.

Fulbright ETA na srpnovém školení v Brně

„Při výběru škol se zaměřujeme na školy mimo Prahu, protože si uvědomujeme, že je pro ně problém najít rodilého mluvčího, který by obohatil výuku a zvýšil motivaci studentů. Pro školy je tento program výhodný v tom, že za asistenta nemusí platit, protože jeho pobyt je kompletně hrazen vládním stipendiem. Bohužel zájem ze strany středních škol výrazně přesahuje možnosti program, takže nejsme schopni asistenty nabídnout všem školám, které o něj mají zájem,“ vysvětluje fungování programu jeho koordinátorka Andrea Semancová z Komise J. Williama Fulbrighta, která má Fulbrightovy stipendijní programy v České republice na starosti.

Více informací o programu asistentů a formulář žádosti pro školy najdete na stránce Fulbrightovy komise.

Na školení připraveném ve spolupráci s Masarykovou univerzitou se asistenti pilně chystali na svou pedagogickou roli
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Seznam amerických asistentů ve výuce 2014-2015


Benešov, Gymnázium Benešov
Thomas Morris, Villanova University

Český Těšín, Gymnázim Český Těšín
Molly Suzanne Sievert, Washington University

Holešov, Gymnázium Ladislava Jaroše
Kaley Nicole Cook, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Chotěboř, Gymnázium Chotěboř
Griffin Miller Canfield, St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Kolín, Gymnázium Kolín

Arica Brittney Sue Jeffery, Seattle University

Ostrava, Obchodní akademie a VOŠ sociální

Marie Catherine Valek, University of Texas

Prostějov, Reálné gymnázium a základní škola
Trishia Marie Mudd, University of Cincinnati

Staré Město, Střední odborná škola a gymnázium
Amy Clare Strada, Bates College

Tišnov, Gymnázium Tišnov

Chloe Skye Weiser, City University of New York

Vsetín, Střední průmyslová škola strojnická
Samuel Jonathon Glenn, University of Dayton

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