Dear Colleagues and Friends,
We can think about the recent LABCI held in Montevideo in numbers: more than 500 participants, 70 concurrent sessions, 10 plenaries, more than 15 sponsors, over 20 nationalities and countries present, 30 years of LABCI, 15 conferences and the 3rd time held in Uruguay. Impressive, indeed, but the recent LABCI experience in Montevideo goes beyond numbers, because there is an inherent qualitative element in LABCI that can only be described with adjectives such as astonishing, enlightening, thought-provoking and many more.
The LABCI conference spanned two and a half days, but its echoes will reverberate for much much longer. As Jeremy Harmer stated in his brilliant closing plenary: “every ending is a new beginning”. That new beginning is the time for reflection and for putting things into perspective and practice after the conference. All the ones who attended the conference have somehow or other been touched by the experience, and that will surely be reflected in their teaching practice. That is the main value of a conference of such magnitude.
The Anglo being a very proud member of LABCI would like to thank all the ones who participated in this conference for making it possible.
The Anglo Team
CONFERENCE - ABOUT LABCI
The “Culturas”- the British Cultural Institutes in Latin America with the exception of Buenos Aires, founded in 1927, were all founded at about the same time, and for the same reasons.
- There are “Culturas” (Association of Latin American British Cultural Institutes) in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Together they have around 250,000 students.
- The Beginning: in the early 80’s a British Council Director brought together a small group of British Institutes in Latin America to explore possibilities of co-operation.
- The First Conference: as a result of that meeting plans were laid for the first conference, which took place in Montevideo in 1985, and was a success.
- Consolidation and Growth: regular meetings between institute directors began to take place and the conferences became recognized as a major ELT event.
The LABCI Conference
Every two years LABCI holds an ELT congress in a member country. The conferences attract good numbers of teachers and academic coordinators, and for this reason sponsorship from publishers and other ELT suppliers.
Previous Conferences
| 1985 Uruguay | 1999 Uruguay |
| 1987 Brazil | 2003 Mexico |
| 1989 Mexico | 2005 Chile |
| 1991 Chile | 2007 Brazil |
| 1993 Argentina | 2009 Argentina |
| 1995 Paraguay | 2011 Paraguay |
| 1997 Peru | 2013 Peru |
LABCI Mission Statement
We are the Association of Latin American British Cultural Institutes. We represent our members in the United Kingdom, and we support their teaching and other cultural activities throughout Latin America.
We help them to realise their full potential, to the benefit of their respective countries and the United Kingdom.
LABCI Philosophy
– We enhance and facilitate our members’ promotion of cultural understanding and co-operation between their respective countries and the United Kingdom.
– We value the free exchange of information, knowledge and expertise between our members.
– We believe that our unity and shared experience are our greatest strength. We consider that our members’ countries and the United Kingdom share equal responsibility for cultural interchange between them.
– We look to influence providers of ELT goods and services to meet our members’ needs.
– We encourage our members to look upon the United Kingdom as the prime source of their educational technology, including certification, teaching materials and staff.
– We welcome opportunities for co-operation with ELT professional associations and other relevant bodies for the furtherance of our members’ aims.
– We provide a range of unique services to our members to support their growth and development.
– We regard the continuous development of our members as essential to the achievement of excellence in their activities.
PROGRAMME - INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS
“These are some of the renowned speakers who will be sharing their knowledge and expertise at LABCI 2015”
PRESS
Nota en Portal Net Uruguay : ‘Montevideo será sede del mayor encuentro internacional para el debate de la enseñanza de inglés en el continente’
Nota en Portal Net Uruguay : ‘Ministra de Educación y Cultura, inauguró el mayor encuentro internacional para el debate de la enseñanza de inglés en América Latina’
Nota en El Observador : ‘Uruguay tiene un buen nivel de inglés; debieran estar orgullosos’ Mr. Saúl Nassé and Ms. Mercedes Muratorio – Cambridge English. ’
Nota en República.com.uy ‘Montevideo será sede del mayor encuentro internacional para el debate de la enseñanza de inglés en el continente’
Nota en Infonegocios ‘The best students: 1 de cada 210 uruguayos rinde un examen de inglés en Cambridge’
Nota en Montevideo Portal ‘Around the language – Montevideo será sede del mayor encuentro internacional para el debate de la enseñanza de inglés: Latin American British Cultural Institutes (LABCI) 2015.’
Nota en El País ‘Salvar no puede ser la meta final’ Mr. Saúl Nassé and Ms. Mercedes Muratorio – Cambridge English.
Nota en Radio Montecarlo Mr. Gerardo Valazza, Director General – Instituto Anglo
Nota en Alfa FM Mr. Gerardo Valazza, Director General – Instituto Anglo
Nota en Canal 10 Mr. Gerardo Valazza, Director General – Instituto Anglo
