2 weeks
Course Length
Mon to Fri
Lesson Days
15 a week
Lessons
English
Language
B1
Minimum Level
Overview
Language Development and Teaching Skills Course is suitable for teachers who want to build their own expertise and use of English for classroom teaching and life outside the classroom.
Through the training, you will also gain ideas that you can introduce to your classroom. The course focuses on improving language skills through revision of grammar, pronunciation and reading.
Some of the teaching skills that you gain will help you to evaluate, select and adapt published and authentic materials for classroom use, to use different techniques for correcting oral and written learner errors.
Completing this course will help you:
- To develop understanding of English language for teaching objectives
- To enhance accuracy of classroom language
- To develop an awareness of classroom principles and methods
- To look at your teaching context and apply the learnt knowledge in your lessons
- To practise using classroom language and obtain feedback.
Who is the course for?
For teachers who want to develop an awareness of the English language for teaching purposes and improve the accuracy of classroom language through lessons focused on enhancing language and teaching skills.
Course Sample programme
| Week 1 | Course Content |
| Monday | Review and clarify grammatical areas |
| Tuesday | Extend lexical range, e.g. phrasal verbs and idiomatic language |
| Wednesday | Improve pronunciation at word and sentence level |
| Thursday | Develop reading and listening skills through the use of contemporary materials selected from TV, films, magazines/newspapers, songs and the internet |
| Friday | Classroom language for setting up and managing classroom activities |
| Week 2 | |
| Monday | Approaches and techniques for introducing and practising a new language |
| Tuesday | Techniques for correcting oral and written learner errors |
| Wednesday | Adapting teaching approaches and techniques to learners with specific needs and to different ages, e.g. business, teenagers |
| Thursday | Using different media |
| Friday | Peer-to-Peer Learning |
*Please note that the course content may be subject to change due to latest methodology trends updates.
1 lesson=45mins
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