Wow !! It´s Spring again and... Love is in the air. Too old for Love ? Too young for Love ? Too busy for Love ? Too tired for love ? Never. A real teacher knows how to give love even if he or she knows he or she cannot expect anything in return. Your bones ache ? You´re too "stout" to sit on the grass and have a picnic like in the good old days ? Don´t worry this is still the best season of your life :

1.- On Tennis and Love.

2.- A very Musical Invitation from "Friends".

3.- Good News from APIBA.

4.- I´m a Blonde Bimbo Girl in a Fantasy World.

5.- Licenciaturas : A Waste of Time ? 2nd Round.

6.- III Congreso Latinoamericano de Traducción.

7.- Oxford University Press Update.

8.- More on Teaching Adults.

9.- Examinations or Trials of Strength ? .

10.-Traductores del Oeste Announce.

11- Bernieh´s Corner.

12- Awful Authors.

13.-Necochea Congress.

14.-Scholarships for Teachers.

15- October and November with Longman.

16.- Beware of Virus Alert

17- Sailing on Rough SEA.

18- Our Teacher´s Day Message.

Why do they say "love" instead of "zero" in tennis?

Tennis used to be a sport for ladies and gentlemen. But in recent years we've seen championship caliber players cursing the linesman and throwing both their rackets and temper tantrums on the court. "Love" was hardly the point: tennis had become war.

Not that tennis terminology such as "love" ever had anything to do with being polite. In fact, substituting love for zero was a way of saying that the player with no points had laid an egg, and that's not being very nice. The French, who popularized tennis, thought the zero on the scoreboard resembled an egg. French for egg is "l'oeuf," which is what they called zero. When tennis crossed the pond, Americans also called zero "l'eouf." They just slightly scrambled the

pronunciation. And that's the story of love.

Good for you, Yanina ! Keep on SHARING

(2) A VERY MUSICAL INVITATION FROM "FRIENDS"

A very dear SHARER and neighbour Cristina Maggi, Head of Friends´ School of

English friends@ciudad.com.ar, sends us these kind words and invitation. Thank you, Cristina and congratulations on a great initiative.

"Dear Omar and Marina

Everybody at Friends' enjoys, talks and very often uses some of the material in your SHARE´s, congratulations to you both.

I'd like you to include in your next issue that Friends' School of English has just started its own choir. I wish you and your readers could share this new project in the near future.

It's a free activity for those who are eager to sing and make new friends.

Choir members meet on Fridays from 8 to 10 pm at Spiro 992 Adrogue (2 blocks from the station)

María Cristina Maggi

(3) GOOD NEWS FROM APIBA

A dear SHARER, Analia Kandel, sends us the following information on behalf of APIBA - Asociación de Profesores de Inglés de Buenos Aires :

APIBA Annual Seminar and Annual General Meeting

Saturday, October 21st, 9 - 15.30

at IES LV "J.R.Fernández", Carlos Pellegrini 1515, Ciudad de Buenos Aires.

"Hot Debates in ELT"

Free for APIBA members and trainee teachers. All others: $25

Tentative Programme - Moderator: María Teresa Viñas Urquiza

Registration. 9 - 9.30

Debate 1: Teacher Training Colleges should only train for state schools. 9.30 - 10.30 - Silvia Stagnaro - Daniel Reznik

Debate 2: Literature is essential for teachers and learners. 11 - 12

Claudia Ferradas de Moi - Susana Groisman

Asamblea Anual Ordinaria de APIBA 12:00 / 12.30

Debate 3: Topic and speakers to be announced. 14 - 15:00 hours

FAAPI 2001 - Call for Papers

FAAPI´s Annual Conference will take place in Buenos Aires on 20, 21, 22 September 2001. Proposals are invited for

poster presentations,

Submissions on any topic related to the teaching of English, including but not limited to: Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Phonology, Literature, Computers & Technology, ESP/EAP, Testing, Materials Design, Educational Reform, Teacher Training, Postgraduate Education, Curriculum Design, Language & Culture, Young Learners, International Examinations, Teaching Content in a Foreign Language, Writing, (Self-) Assessment, Research are welcome.

The contributions MUST be original and should not have been presented or published elsewhere. Papers from teachers working in other Latin American countries are particularly welcome. Given equivalent academic merit, papers from members of FAAPI Associations will be given preference. Submission deadline is May 1, 2001. For further information e-mail faapi2001@hotmail.com

APIBA Special Interest Groups Timetable (updated on September 20)

*Phonetics / Phonology SIG*

Co-ordinators: Roxana Basso - Isabel Santa

Date: Saturday, September 30 -- Time: 9 to 12

Venue: IES LV Carlos Pellegrini 1515, Room 17 (Edificio Matriz), Buenos Aires

Co-ordinators: Virginia López Grisolía - Alicia Perera

Date: Tuesday, October 3 -- Time: 10.30 - 12.30

Venue: Interaction Language Studio, Av. L.N. Alem 424 - P.B., Buenos Aires

*Grammar / Linguistics SIG*

Co-ordinators: Patricia Jacobs - Fernanda Velazquez

Date: Friday, October 6 -- Time: 18.30 to 20.50

Venue: IES LV Carlos Pellegrini 1515, Room 23 (Edificio Matriz), Buenos Aires.

Co-ordinators: Nora Lizenberg - Pablo Toledo

Date: Saturday, October 7 -- Time: 10 - 12.30

Venue: Av. Cnel. Diaz 1745, Buenos Aires

Co-ordinators: Viviana Myslicki - Daniel Reznik

Date: Saturday, October 7 -- Time: 10 - 13

Venue: Cultural Inglesa de Buenos Aires, Viamonte 1475, Buenos Aires

*History / Civilisation SIG*

Co-ordinators: Cristina Bardeci - Paula Lopez Cano

Date: Thursday, October 19 -- Time: 19 to 21

Venue: IES LV Carlos Pellegrini 1515, Room 17 (Edificio Matriz), Buenos Aires

Co-ordinators: Alicia López Martín - Cristina Thomson de Grondona White

Date: Friday, October 20 -- Time: 17 - 19

Venue: ENS LV "J. F. Kennedy", Juncal 3251, Buenos Aires

Co-ordinators: Silvia Luppi - Roxana Viñes

Date: Friday, October 27 -- Time: 18.30 - 21

Venue: Language Two School of English, Av. Gaona 1846, Buenos Aires

Co-ordinators: María Valeria Artigue - Alfredo Jaeger

Date: Saturday, November 4 -- Time: 10.30 - 13

Venue: Av. Cnel. Diaz 1745, Buenos Aires

Paid-up members of APIBA or other FAAPI Associations or students of Colleges of Education : free of charge. All others: $10 contribution per session.

For further information on APIBA SIGs, visit www.geocities.com/apibasigs/ or contact Analía Kandel, APIBA SIGs Liaison Officer, at apibasigs@hotmail.com

(4) I´M A BLONDE BIMBO GIRL IN A FANTASY WORLD

The title is part of the lyrics of "Barbie Girl" the famous song by Acqua. Two SHARERS and great friends Ana Maria Gomez from Banfield and José Luís

Garcia from Catamarca send us these two stories about blonde bimbos.

She was so blonde that ...

She thought a quarterback was a refund.

She tripped over the cordless phone.

She put lipstick on her forehead because she wanted to makeup her mind.

She told someone to meet her at the corner of WALK and DON'T WALK.

She took a ruler to bed to see how long she slept.

At the bottom of the application where it says "sign here" she put Sagittarius.

If she spoke her mind, she'd be speechless.

When she heard that 90% of all crimes happened around the home, she moved.

A Most Inexplicable Accident

A blonde had just totaled her car in a horrific accident. Miraculously, she managed to pry herself from the wreckage without a scratch and was applying fresh lipstick when the state trooper arrived.

"My God!" the trooper gasped. "Your car looks like an accordion was stomped

on by an elephant. Are you OK ma'am?"

"Yes officer, I'm just fine!" the blonde chirped.

"Well, how in the world did this happen?" the officer asked as he surveyed the wrecked car.

"Officer, it was the strangest thing!" the blonde began. "I was driving along this road when from out of nowhere this TREE pops up in front of me. So I swerved to the right, and there was another tree! I swerved to the left and there was ANOTHER tree! I swerved to the right and there was another tree! I swerved to the left and there was. . ."

"Uh, ma'am", the officer said, cutting her off. "There isn't a tree on this road for 30 miles. That was your air freshener swinging back and forth.

(5) LICENCIATURAS : A WASTE OF TIME ? 2nd ROUND

A dear SHARER an most respected colleague Ana Maria Bergel writes to us concerning our posting in SHARE 37 :

Dear Omar Villarreal,

I don´t think we have ever met, but I suppose we know each other's work and career. I notice you care about the plight of tertiary-degree holders. I am publishing an Editorial about the article you mention in SHARE in September's issue of "Idiomanía", where I edit The ELT Supplement for English Language Teachers. I believe the Minister's statement to the effect that people who attended Licenciaturas will have wasted their time is outrageous. As a coordinator of one of these Licenciaturas, I can say our students have been keen learners who never came just to obtain a certificate.

This is just to let you know I share your concern.

Ana María R. de Bergel

Thank you, Ana Maria for your comment. With the resignation of Lic, Juan José Llach to his position as Minister of Education and the appointment of

Dr. Hugo Juri, currently President of the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

(to be sworn in next Monday) we might expect a few changes.

The change of minister will probably not affect the fate of infamous article 39 of the Higher Education Act which since it is now Congress that will have to pass the amendment. Anyway, I know of at least one University that is already offering an M.A course to tertiary graduates without a Licenciatura (I am not referring to "Universidad de San Andrés" which is running a different kind of programme) .

If the article is changed we will certainly see a rush of more than one state-run or private University to offer the coveted M.A. to teachers from Profesorados without a stopover at Licenciatura level. A very generous

(6) III CONGRESO LATINOAMERICANO DE TRADUCCION

Our friends and SHARERS from Colegio de Traductores Públicos de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires announce theird 3rd Latin American Congress to be held at “Palais Rouge” Salguero 1441 in the City of Buenos Aires from 23^rd to 25^th April 2001. A Call for Papers will soon be published.

Further information can be requested from 011 4371-8616 / 4372 / 2961 or to info@traductores.org.ar

(7) OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS UPDATE

Our dear friends from OUP send us information about this coming event :

Helping young learners learn for life

Children have an amazing ability to absorb language through play, but it is our job to bring out the best of them turning the English class into an enjoyable experience.

Speaker : Roxana Viñes

ISP Joaquín V. González graduate . Methods lecturer at INSP J.V. Gonzalez and INES en Lenguas Vivas Juan R. Fernández.. She currently manages her own language school.

Roxana’s workshop will be followed by the presentation of the Happy Series. Happy House and Happy Street 1-2 are the first levels of OUP’s new five level course developed for Argentine classes with extended exposure to English.

“Welcome to the Happy Series”
Speakers : Silvia Kosaruk/Marcela Castagnino

Date & Time : Saturday 30th September 9:30 to 12:30
Venue: Colegio Misericordia, Auditorio, Cabildo 1333, Belgrano.
Registration: Phone: 4717-5760 ext 102 – 4312-7300 ext. 230, 272

In related news, OUP informs the new e-mail addresses for their representatives in Córdoba, Mendoza, Rosario and Tucumán which have been changed to :

The e-mail address for information in Buenos Aires remains the same: elt@oup.com.ar . OUP have also launched a newsletter to which you can subscribe by sending an e-mail to oxfordupdate@oup.com.ar and simply writing SUBSCRIBE, your full name and city.

(8) MORE ON TEACHING ADULTS

Our very dear friend and SHARER, Susana Trabaldo sends us this note in reference to the article we published in our last issue about “Teaching Adults” :

I really found the excerpt on Adult Learning very interesting. During the week I visited a web site, http://odin.indstate.edu , which is from Indiana State University and where you will find a Resource Guide on Adult Learning Theory compiled by Teresa Crafton. It contains many links to literature, journals and resource organizations on the topic.

I hope you find it useful. And ... keep on working on SHARE ! A wonderful sharing space for teachers ! See you all in Necochea !

A very dear SHARER from GeneralVillegas, La Pampa Edith Kosarinsky sends us these two stories. Can they be true ?

STORY 1 : One professor at school had a strict policy that the hourly examinations were done at the bell and anyone who kept writing on their exam after the bell would take a zero on the exam. One guy kept writing on his exam for a while after the bell and then confidently strode up to turn it in.

The professor looked at him and said "don't bother to hand that paper in ... you get a zero for continuing after the bell."

The guy looked at him and said, "Professor, do you know who I am !!"

The professor replied, "No, and I don't care if your dad is president of the United States ... you get a zero on this exam."

The guy, with a enraged look on his face, shouted, "You mean you have no idea who I am???"

The professor responded, "No, I've no idea who you think you are."

With that, the guy said "good," plunged his exam into the middle of the stack of other students exams, and did a hasty retreat from the examination room !!!

Student: Sir, I have a complaint. I don't believe I deserve a zero on this exam.

Professor: Neither do I, but it's the lowest grade I can give.

Our dear SHARER Ana María Paonessa, President of the Círculo de Traductores Públicos e Intérpretes de la Zona Oeste writes to us to announce the following calendar of events :

The Pervasive Language of Figures and Trends

By Prof. Sergio F. Rodríguez

October 7 and 14 from 10 to 12 a.m.

By Prof. Sergio F. Rodríguez

October 21 and 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Legal Texts & English

By T.P. Silvana Salvo

October 7, 14 and 21 from 3 to 6 p.m.

Translating Humour: Cross-cultural and Linguistic Difficulties

By T.P. María Dolores Salgado Loureda

October 28 from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m.

The Language of Finance and Capital Markets

By Prof. Sergio F. Rodríguez

November 4, 11, 18 and 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Translation of Colloquial Phrases and Idioms

ByT.P. María Dolores Salgado Loureda

November 4 from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m.

By T.P. Silvana Salvo

November 11, 18 and 25 from 3 to 6 p.m.

Venue for all seminars : Cangallo 612, Ramos Mejía

For further information call 4372-0068 or write to cirtrad@mail.com

(11) BERNIEH´S CORNER

Our Internet specialist , Bernieh buck@mail.pccp.com.ar , strikes back. This week he´s taking us on a fascinating tour of e-books :

“It's Friday 4 a.m., and I still cannot stop continue reading the most

comprehensive account of the sinking of the Titanic I've found in my whole

life! This is a second by second, first-hand account of this tragedy, from

the start of Titanic's maiden (and only) voyage to the conclusion of a

subsequent U.S. Senatorial investigation.

This 319-page book "Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters",

written by Logan Marshall in 1912, is made up of interviews and reports

from the very survivors and other actors of that time. If you felt moved

when watching baby-faced Leonardo Di Caprio telling her loved one "My heart will go on", or you just like History, then this book is for you. The good news is: it is free !, courtesy of University of Virginia's eBook Library.

"Sinking of the..." comes in three flavors:

a) as a 749-page eBook (384 kB) that you can download and read offline,

b) as a long webpage containing the whole book plus photos (351 pages,

around 1.1 Mb) that you can also download, save in your hard disk and read

c) as a set of smaller webpages (one chapter each) that you can read

online (or download individually to your computer).

Get any of these at:

http://etext.virginia.edu/ebooks/lit/MarDann.lit

s/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=all

(make the above just one single line)

http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/MarSink.html

Caveat: to read the "eBook version" you'll need to download previously the

free Microsoft Reader, from:

http://www.microsoft.com/reader/

eBooks from Microsoft are the latest cry on electronic reading. This

software lets you to download and read books directly on your PalmPC or

portable PC (if you're rich and can afford those) or on the screen of your (and mine) humble home computer. When using eBooks, you can set bookmarks, highlight words, phrases or sentences, take notes or make drawings in the "electronic" pages. You can also search for words or phrases, and/or copy selected portions to the clipboard. By dowloading a companion free "Encarta Pocket Dictionary", you can lookup the meaning of the words you're reading just by clicking the mouse. The bad news is, Microsoft Reader's installer weighs around 7 Mb, so it will take a long time (near one hour, I think) to download it from the Internet. Encarta's Pocket, in turn, is an eBook by itself and weighs around 2.5 Mb.

Goods news is, once you've spent (let's say) $3 in phone bills and a

couple of hours of your time, you can start quickly downloading a lot of

freely available eBooks that are being published in the Internet. For

instance, University of Virginia's eBook Library,

http://etext.virginia.edu/ebooks/ebooklist.html

has already published 1200 titles (both as eBooks and as plain webpages),

and a few dozen additional eBooks are available at Barnes & Noble,

http://ebooks.barnesandnoble.com/ms_reader/

(click on the Free eBooks link).

Back to "Sinking of...", whatever its flavor, in my humble opinion it

makes excellent reading, both for personal enjoyment or as an enticing

reading material for your intermediate/advanced English learners.”

(12) AWFUL AUTHORS II

Our very dear SHARER , Adriana M. Benvenuto, who is working towards her M.A. at Soka University of America adrianabenvenuto@hotmail.com ,

sends us her second series of “Awful Authors” :

The Void by M. T. Ness

Journey Across The Desert by Mustapha Kamel

On Bended Knee by Neil Down

Less Than A Quarter by Nicola Dime

Dog's Dinner by Nora Bone

D-Day by Norman D. Landing

The Unexpected by Oliver Sudden

Clementine by Omar Darling

Primitive Transport by Orson Cart

The Debtor by Owen Munny

Don't Give Up by Percy Vere

Two Yankees in Mexico by Peregrine Gose

A Visit To The Dentist by Phil McAvity

The Cavalryman by Rhoda Norse

The Bouncing Bullet by Rick O'Shay

Crime Does Pay by Robin Banks

Continental Breakfast by Roland Coffy

The Female Ghost by Sheila Peer

Where's My Hat? by Sonia Head

How To Be Noticed by Stan Dout

Spring by Theresa Green

Bliss by Trudy Light

You're a Big Boy Now by Tyrone Laces

Rocks Ahead by Vera Way

Triumphal Procession by Victor E. March

Fitted Carpets by Walter Wall

All My Travels by Wanda Lust

Tolstoi by Warren Peace

The Man On The Ledge by Willy Jump

Archery by Bowen Arrow

The Trojan War by Helena Troy

Going Ape by Bab Boone

What's For Breakfast? by Hammond Eggs

American Patriotic Songs by Homer D. Brave

Don't Ask Me by Howard I. Know

How I Got Rich by Jack Potts

Arithmetic Simplified by Lois Carmen DeNominata

Will He Or Won't He? by Mae B. Sew

The Big Parade by Marsha Long

Morning Call by R. U. Upjohn

A Plumber Is Needed by Rufus Leaking

Streaking by Running Bear

Round The Mountain by Sheila B. Cummin

How To Apologize by Thayer Thorry

The Accused by Watts E. Dunn

Well done, Adri ! Keep on SHARING and studying hard !

(13) NECOCHEA CONGRESS

Our very good friend Pierre Stapley has designed and implemented a Web page for the Congress of Teachers and Students of English to be held in

Necochea. Pcia de Buenos Aires from 12^th to 14^th October

You're going to love the Necochea page on my web site. Here is the URL to

http://www.dunnandstapley.20m.com/events/necochea2000.html

Thank you, Pierre. You´re a real SHARER !!

(14) SCHOLARSHIP FOR TEACHERS

Our friends from the Buenos Aires Herald write to us :

“Do you know about the scholarship you could be awarded by the Escuela de

Educación of the Universidad de San Andrés, The British Council in Argentina and the Buenos Aires Herald?

Read all about it at www.udesa.edu.ar - click on the box titled "contest" in

the section Escuela de Educación.

For further details, contact The Buenos Aires Herald Tel.: (54 11) 4342 8476 - Fax: (54 11) 4343 6860 edu@buenosairesherald.com

www.buenosairesherald.com

Our dear friends from Pearson send us their calendar of events for the second fortnight in October and the month of November. All events are admission free.

Sat 21st October - 9:30hs to 12:30 hs

Nurturing Teenager Motivation in Learning EFL

Rafael Nuñez 4555 - Cerro - Córdoba

Registration : Dean Funez 395 - Tel: (0351) 4237172

Sat 21st October - 10:00hs to 12:30 hs

Nurturing Teenager Motivation in Learning EFL

Registration : Pearson Education S. A. - Av. R. Patricios 1959 -

Tel: 4309-6112/ 4309-6100 - Fax: 4309-6112/ 4309-6199

Sat 21st October - 9.30hs to 18.00 hs

GRAN BUENOS AIRES ZONA OESTE

Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom

"5th English Book Fair 2000" Instituto Superior Cultural Británico

D' Elia 1564/1566 - San Miguel

Registration : D' Elia 1564/1566 . Tel: 4667-0446 - Tel/fax: 4451-1657

Sat 28th October - 9:30hs to 12:30 hs

Nurturing Teenager Motivation in Learning EFL

GRAN BUENOS AIRES ZONA OESTE

Colegio Don Bosco - Av. De Mayo 1902 - Ramos Mejía

Registration : Pearson Education S. A. (see details above)

Sat 28th October - 10:00hs to 12:00hs

Nurturing Teenager Motivation in Learning EFL

Asoc. Pampeana de Cultura Inglesa

Oliver 246 - Santa Rosa

Registration : Oliver 246 - Santa Rosa Tel: (02954) 428474

Sat 25th November - 9:00hs to 12:00hs & 15.30hs to 18.30hs

Nurturing Teenager Motivation in Learning EFL

Stories in the Language Classroom- the Password to Effective Learning

CHACO - Sala Telecom - Juan B. Justo 40 - Resistencia

Registration : Librería First - Juan B. Justo 380- Resistencia - Tel/Fax: (03722) 434543

(16) BEWARE OF VIRUS ALERTS

The following is an excerpt of an article entitled "Sobre Miedos , Creencias y Supersticiones" written and circulated by Centro de Comunicaciones de la Universidad Tecnológica Nacional as a contribution tio the safe and effective use of the technologies of communication and information.

Sobre miedos, creencias y supersticiones

Quienes utilizamos el correo electrónico como medio de comunicación, solemos recibir frecuentemente apocalípticos mensajes acerca de determinados virus que accederían a nuestra computadora por ese medio. Anuncios como: "NO LEA EL MENSAJE SI DICE..." o "ESTA ADVERTENCIA FUE ENVIADA AYER POR MICROSOFT..." suelen llegar hasta nuestra Inbox...

....En primer lugar dediquemos un instante a explicar qué es un virus informático ... se trata de un programa cuyo objetivo es perjudicar a quien involuntariamente lo ejecute. El grado de perjuicio puede ir desde un inofensivo mensaje en la pantalla, hasta la destrucción total e irreversible de toda la información almacenada en el disco rígido de nuestra computadora.....

La pregunta es entonces: ¿Puede la simple lectura de un mensaje recibido por correo electrónico infectar mi computadora?, y la respuesta es por demás simple y tranquilizadora: Definitivamente NO.

Pero existe un caso en el cual las indicaciones anteriores resultan insuficientes: Se trata de los archivos generados con modernos procesadores de textos como por ejemplo el Word, más conocidos como archivos con extensión .doc (documento). Si bien se trata de textos, no son tan inofensivos como los textos incluidos en el cuerpo del mensaje ya que este tipo de programas (los procesadores de textos) incluyen una funcionalidad denominada macro que consiste en un programa incorporado en el texto convirtiéndolo, por lo tanto, en una potencial fuente de virus.

En este caso también vale la recomendación antes mencionada con respecto a la utilización de programas antivirus pero existe también una protección adicional. Los procesadores de texto poseen la funcionalidad (configurable por el usuario) de preguntar al usuario antes de ejecutar una macro evitando de este modo la infección de la computadora....

Una última recomendación:

No se haga eco de alertas de virus sin antes verificar la veracidad de su contenido. Es muy común que alguna gente distribuya mensajes falsos y le pida que los redistribuya entre todos sus conocidos. El objetivo de dicho comportamiento es ... insensibilizar a los usuarios volviéndolos vulnerables a los ataques reales....Siguiendo estas simples indicaciones es altamente improbable, por no decir imposible que un virus ingrese a su computadora por medio de un correo electrónico. Si recibe mensajes con alertas de virus, responda con este mensaje. La información es la mejor arma contra el miedo a lo desconocido.

(17) SAILING ON ROUGH SEA