Teacher Development

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