Teaching Skills for Teachers

Grundtvig Reference Number: UK-2012-1637-018

This course is available in our Plymouth school only

Description:

It is aimed at teachers and trainers in adult education, who are required to teach their subjects in English. The course focuses on enhancing and improving the participants' language and teaching skills. In addition, participants will be exposed to British culture while staying in an English host family. The teaching element concentrates on specific classroom language usage, management, teaching and learning styles and general English.

• There are 1 and 2 week courses available (Monday – Friday) - Arrivals/Departures are at weekend
• These programmes are also eligible for EU funding through Grundtvig [2]
• Applications should be made minimum one month before the course starting date
• The maximum group / class size is 8 and the minimum 3
• The minimum language level required is Intermediate/B1

Application Deadlines:

30th April 2012 (courses starting 1 September 2012 - 31 December 2012)

2012 course dates:

14.05.2012
18.06.2012
09.07.2012
17.09.2012
08.10.2012
05.11.2012

The course package includes:

• Tuition
• Enrollment fee
• Training and workshops
• Course materials
• Private Home Business class half-board accommodation
• Free internet use
• Orientation tour of Plymouth

The price does not include local bus pass, cultural programme, airport transfer or upgraded accommodation (For other types of accommodation, please contact us).

Funding

Teachers from the European Union, Switzerland, Norway, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Turkey and Iceland applying for this course at Meridian Plymouth English Centre, are eligible for EU Lifelong Learning funding.

This programme is also eligible for EU funding through GRUNDTVIG.

Who can apply?

We are providing In-Service Training for Teachers and trainers in adult education, adult learners, counsellors and careers advisors for adult learners and senior volunteers.

GRUNDTVIG

Local authorities, non-governmental organizations, vocational and non-vocational organizations, charities, and community groups.

How to apply?

You can apply directly to your national agency within Lifelong Learning Programme within Grundtvig. Click here http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/national_en.html [3] to find your national agency website.

Essential Preparation for the Course

Course participants are kindly asked to write a 250-word essay (minimum), in which they describe the following:

• Their most memorable learning experiences, both positive and negative

These tasks, which will be kept anonymous, will lay the foundation for the first methodology workshop. Prior to the course, we will send each confirmed participant an electronic questionnaire to ascertain their needs, so that we can adjust the course accordingly. Participants will be continuously evaluated and adjustments made in response to the evaluations.

Methodology

Wherever possible, the participants are divided into multi-national groups so that they can practise their English communication skills. An important part of the course is based on workshops, focusing on various aspects of teaching and learning styles, introducing the various techniques in use, the challenges involved and their solutions through discussion, role play, team work and assignments. The methodology, along with the techniques used, aim to search and improve ways in which students at home can be supported to benefit from their lesson as much as possible.

Targets

• Improvement of language skills
• Boosting confidence in teaching subjects in English
• Revision / introduction of transferrable teaching techniques, e.g. multiple intelligences, editing and structuring reading texts, reinforcement and different approaches to teaching.
• Gaining insights into British culture
• Encouragement of sharing best practices, ideas and materials between colleagues within the EU

Expected Outcomes

• Acquisition of practical language to be used in the classroom
• Heightened awareness of different classroom techniques
• Acquisition of new techniques, ideas, sources of materials and new contacts
• Enhanced personal language skills
• Boosted confidence in teaching other subjects in English
• New insights into British culture

Feedback and Follow up:

Towards the end of the course, each participant will be provided with a private session with the tutor(s), so that feedback can be obtained and advice for further development given. Also, each participant will receive a certificate at the end of the course.

Airport transfer: [4] We can assist with airport transfer.

Contact:

• For all your registration enquiries, please contact Product Manager Lenka Stracinova – lenkas@tellusgroup.com [5] or call +44 (0)845 673 3 007