Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
actualización lingüística y didáctica
English translation:
Updating in linguistic and didactic skills
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Eileen Brophy
Sep 28, 2009 20:51
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Spanish term
actualización lingüística y didáctica
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Education / Pedagogy
Actualización lingüística y didáctica del profesorado. This standard phrase crops up often in ESL/EFL teacher training courses. It refers to the fact that the teachers will update and improve their speaking skills on the one hand, and their teaching techniques and strategies on the other. How could I render this in a clear and simple way?
Thank you for any assistance.
Thank you for any assistance.
Proposed translations
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Change log
Oct 4, 2009 12:22: Marian Martin (X) Created KOG entry
Oct 4, 2009 12:22: Marian Martin (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/688852">Marian Martin (X)'s</a> old entry - "actualización lingüística y didáctica"" to ""Updating in linguistic and didactic skills""
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Eileen Brophy
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Specializes in field
Spain
The Right Word Used in the Right Context
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
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40
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Updating of teachers/professors in linguistics and didactic activities
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Jenni Lukac (X)
: if personally prefer skills to activities, but agree with updating.
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Thanks Jenni
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Liliana Galiano
: I find it very unlikely for a course title, at least among teachers.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks. Eileen. I've finally used updating in linguistic and didactic skills. "
6 mins
Darius Saczuk
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
The Slanguage Buff
Native in: Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: Polish to English, Spanish to English, English, and 4 more.
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Developing Linguistic Knowledge and Teaching Skills
A suggestion
Note from asker:
| Thanks for your answer, Dariusz. |
+3
8 mins
Patricia Rosas
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
servicios para autores académicos
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
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90
Professional development in linguistics and teaching
This is what these sorts of courses are usually called in the States, with the idea of "updating skills" implicit in it.
Online Professional Development for Adult ESL Educators
http://www.cal.org/CAELA/esl_resources/digests/pdQA.html
Online Professional Development for Adult ESL Educators
http://www.cal.org/CAELA/esl_resources/digests/pdQA.html
Note from asker:
| Thanks for your answer Patricia. I finally opted for Eileen's suggestion as it would be more easily understood by teachers in our context. |
Peer comment(s):
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A Garrett Robertson
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thank you!
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liz askew
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thanks, Liz!
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Marjory Hord
: Good!
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gracias, Marjory...que lindo tu huipil!
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Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Spain
Sworn & legal. Contracts & CVs. PhD
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish
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88
updating/upgrading/refresher course in linguistics and didactics
Así lo diría yo.
Para "updating course in" hay muchos resultados en Google.
Para "upgrading course in", el doble casi.
Para "refresher course in", ya nos vamos al millón y medio de resultados.
[PDF] P A R T I G E N E R A L R E V I E W O F A C T I V I T I E S
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
<bb>eight-week upgrading course in teaching methods. A team of two staff members from the Regional Office and one consultant visited Indonesia i n ...
repository.searo.who.int/bitstream/123456789/.../rdr72_PHA.pdf - Similar
Christian (NoHiddenPath79) on Twitter
He/She needs 2 take a refresher course in didactics. Just sayin'...about 17 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to kani92; RT @qikipedia: The smell the earth ...
twitter.com/NoHiddenPath79 - Cached - Similar
Babu Suthar - SOUTH ASIA STUDIES
Teacher's Refresher Course in Linguistics with focus on Sociolinguistics (three weeks), Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad 1996 ...
www.southasia.upenn.edu/sas_pages/people_fbq_babu.html - Cached - Similar
Para "updating course in" hay muchos resultados en Google.
Para "upgrading course in", el doble casi.
Para "refresher course in", ya nos vamos al millón y medio de resultados.
[PDF] P A R T I G E N E R A L R E V I E W O F A C T I V I T I E S
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
<bb>eight-week upgrading course in teaching methods. A team of two staff members from the Regional Office and one consultant visited Indonesia i n ...
repository.searo.who.int/bitstream/123456789/.../rdr72_PHA.pdf - Similar
Christian (NoHiddenPath79) on Twitter
He/She needs 2 take a refresher course in didactics. Just sayin'...about 17 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to kani92; RT @qikipedia: The smell the earth ...
twitter.com/NoHiddenPath79 - Cached - Similar
Babu Suthar - SOUTH ASIA STUDIES
Teacher's Refresher Course in Linguistics with focus on Sociolinguistics (three weeks), Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad 1996 ...
www.southasia.upenn.edu/sas_pages/people_fbq_babu.html - Cached - Similar
Note from asker:
| Thanks for your answer, Alejandro. |
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David Ronder
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Linguistic flair and an eye for detail
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, English
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
That's definitely what it's called in the UK.
You probably wouldn't need to translate "lingüística y didáctica" because it's all included in the concept of CPD. These days ESOL teachers (which I was until December last year) have to log their CPD and gain a certain number of credits per year to maintain their professional status.
http://www.beds.ac.uk/departments/schoolofeducation/cpd
http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/page.aspx?o=130052
And here's an ad for a teaching job in a private language school offering CPD as part of the package:
http://southampton.gumtree.com/southampton/12/42302412.htm
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See if this works better for the last reference:
http://southampton.gumtree.com/southampton/12/42302412.html
You probably wouldn't need to translate "lingüística y didáctica" because it's all included in the concept of CPD. These days ESOL teachers (which I was until December last year) have to log their CPD and gain a certain number of credits per year to maintain their professional status.
http://www.beds.ac.uk/departments/schoolofeducation/cpd
http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/page.aspx?o=130052
And here's an ad for a teaching job in a private language school offering CPD as part of the package:
http://southampton.gumtree.com/southampton/12/42302412.htm
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Note added at 13 hrs (2009-09-29 10:40:46 GMT)
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See if this works better for the last reference:
http://southampton.gumtree.com/southampton/12/42302412.html
Note from asker:
| Thanks for your answer, David. I think Eileen's suggestion will be more easily recognisable by the teachers in my specific context. |
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