The Liverpool School of English
Description
The Liverpool School of English offers top quality English language training in the UK. We offer a wide range of English language courses for students of all ability levels, at any time of the year. We pride ourselves on our flexible approach in meeting your needs. We offer a wide choice of specialist courses including General English, IELTS and Cambridge Exam Preparation courses.
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Courses for Teachers of English
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Course Factfile Length: 2 weeks Age: 16+ Tuition: 25+ Levels: Intermediate+ Start Dates: Any Monday Price: £200 Teacher Training for Overseas Teachers of English
Price includes:
- Tution
A course for teachers of English to observe, reflect and
study different approaches to teaching English, this
course is for groups only. Combining observation of
multinational classes with sessions from qualified
teacher trainers, teachers will look at different
approaches to teaching.
This course is a chance for teachers to reflect on their
teaching style and look at methods and approaches,
including communicative language learning, task based
learning, direct method, content based learning (CLIL)
and others. The course will also look at using media,
songs and texts in language teaching and teaching the
four skills, as well as grammar and vocabulary
The course is available to run at any time of the year, for one
or two weeks.
This programme is offered as an in-service
teacher development programme for non-native
teachers of English. Teachers may receive EU
funding to participate in these courses. Funding
is available under the Grundtvig, Lingua,
Socrates and Comenius programmes. This course
runs several times a year subject to minimum
numbers taking part, or can be arrangedon
demand for a group of 10 participants or more.
Contact the school for dates.
The syllabus includes advanced language
awareness and practical teaching techniques
for pronunciation and fluency, as well as
current methods of learning and teaching.
The programmes are two weeks long and
50 hours in duration, with educational and
cultural excursions included. All materials
and didactic resources are included.
There will be a pre-arrival preparation
programme on confirmation of the booking,
and a post-course reflection and evaluation
element. By the end of this course,
teachers will have reflected on their own
didactic methods and re-evaluated their
teaching techniques, having the tools and
skills to further develop their professional
careers. Teachers will take the University of
Cambridge Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT)
which will give a recognised international
teaching certificate in three modules.
This will take the form of 3 written exams
marked by the Cambridge ESOL exam board.
SAMPLE 2 WEEK PROGRAMME:
50 hours lessons –
- Language and background to
Language Learning
- Lesson planning and use of resources
- Managing the teaching and Learning
progress.
- Methodology and Techniques
Social programme –
- 2 days of afternoon activities –
cultural and educational
- 1 day cultural excursion
Cambridge Teaching Knowledge Exam
This page was last updated by The Liverpool School of English on 10 Jan 2012. Please check the The Liverpool School of English website for latest course information before enrolling on a course.
