Teacher Development
Course
In Canterbury
Description
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Type
Course
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Location
Canterbury
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Duration
2 Weeks
To help teachers improve their language and develop their professional skills. The programme includes dissemination and transfer of teaching experiences as well as different theories to investigate and discuss. Suitable for: Non-native teachers who are teaching English to children, adolescents or adults.
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These courses are aimed at non-native teachers who are teaching English to children, adolescents or adults. Courses are specifically designed to help teachers improve their language and develop their professional skills. The programme includes dissemination and transfer of teaching experiences as well as different theories to investigate and discuss.
Teacher Course in Summer
- Two week intensive course
- 25 hours per week
The summer courses take place at Christ Church University College, in the centre of Canterbury. During the morning, emphasis is placed on language improvement and in the afternoon there are Teachers' Workshops.
Morning classes include
- Looking at tenses
- Appropriacy
- Functional language
- Language awareness
- Improving listening
- Spoken English
Afternoon workshops include
- Focus on songs and games
- Topic vocabulary
- Listening task
- Dictogloss/student-centred dictations
- Motivating learners
- The lexical approach
Class Size Generally 8-10 students, maximum 12 students
09:00 - 10:30 Language Development (for higher levels this may include a focus on teaching approaches)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Language Development (for higher levels this may include a focus on teaching approaches)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:00 Seminar, chosen from list below
15:00 - 15:15 Tea Break
15:15 - 16:15 Seminar, chosen from list below
Examples of seminars available:
- Teaching at Primary/Secondary levels
- Vocabulary (collocation, idiomatic language)
- Exploring British life and culture + changing customs
- Approaches and material for teaching Business English
- Communicative grammar practice activities
Additional information
Teacher Development