COURSE SUMMARY:
This is a practical 1-week training programme in Language Teaching Methodology which covers a broad span of teaching ideas and activities to enliven lessons and make them more motivating and interesting. This course is suitable for language teachers and educators in secondary, vocational, tertiary and adult education.
TARGET AUDIENCE:
This course is ideal for teachers of English and other languages, and educators working in the secondary, tertiary and adult sectors. Participants need to me on at least B1 level.
PREPARATION:
After registration, partcipants on this course programme will receive:
- A pre-course questionnaire which will enable trainers to learn about the participants' teaching backgrounds
- Information about the Europass Mobility Certificate
- A recommended reading list to prepare participants for various aspects of the course
- Information about Malta to prepare teachers for their cultural experience
OBJECTIVES:
- To enable a better understanding of Language Teaching and expand and build on previous knowledge, using a range of practical methodologies
- To introduce new areas of teaching methodologies and accompanying techniques, using hands-on experiental methods
- To help teachers reflect on their own teaching methods and contexts and develop teaching skills
- To introduce an awareness of technology and ICT in the classroom today
- To exchange pedagogical information and knowledge in a multi-cultural context
- To further develop participants’ own language skills
- To experience the cultural heritage of Malta with its bilingual linguistic environment
METHODOLOGY:
During this course you will cover a range of teaching ideas and activities such as learner styles and multiple intelligences, using cuisenaire rods, songs, multimedia and modern technology to enliven lessons and motivate students. Some sessions will include a focus on technology in the classroom. You will also explore the use of multimedia for teaching purposes. The course provides you with an opportunity to review your own approach to teaching today’s students. This course is taught interactively and encourages trainee participation in workshops, activities and group work. You are encouraged to take an active role in all sessions, improving your fluency and command of English. We will also explore a number of websites and online tools which you include in your everyday teaching. During the course, you are asked to reflect upon the course content, come up with your own Personal Development Action Plan, and select activities which you would like to try out in your own classes.
FOLLOW UP:
- The course ends with an evaluation session, where teachers are asked to reflect upon the value of the knowledge gained on the course and its usefulness to them.
- They are also encouraged in this session to come up with a Personal Development Action Plan, and select activities which they would like to try out in their own classes or projects.
- They are invited to join the our Teacher Training Facebook community, which allows networking and contact with the trainers and fellow colleagues, and with participants from other courses.
- Participants are also encouraged to join communities for the POOLS Projects, and other related EU Projects, such as METHODS (Communicative Language Teaching Methods), TOOLS, and CLIL4U.
- In addition, participants are given a post-course 3 month subscription to our e-Learning online site to further develop their language knowledge and skills.
SAMPLE PROGRAMME:
1) Monday
- Engaging the Learner: What motivates today’s students?
- Get them Talking! Encouraging your students to speak
- Learner Styles and Multiple Intelligences
2) Tuesday
- The Chemistry of Words - Collocation
- The Dictation Revival
- Using Concordances and Dictionaries for Vocabulary
3) Wednesday
- Setting up Online Activities
- Using Computers – Exploiting the Internet
- Co-operative Learning
4) Thursday
- Using Videos and DVDs
- Grammar Practice Activities
- Songs and Music and their Learning Potential
5) Friday
- Tell me a Story! Using stories in the classroom
- Cuisenaire Rods and Language Learning
- Catch up and Course Evaluation
PROGRAMME FEES INCLUDES:
- Tuition /Training (1 week) over 5 training days
- Social Programme including Half Day Guided Tours (to Malta’s Capital City Valletta / to the old Medieval City of Mdina)
- Airport Transfers : Shuttle Airport Transfers Arrival + Departure; from/to Malta Airport to /from Accommodation (when booked through our school only!)
- Mobility Euro Pass Certificate
- End-of-Course Certificate
OTHER INFORMATION:
- The School will be closed on public holidays. The schedule for the week including a public holiday will be adjusted to make up the lost training hours on the public holiday on that particular week.
- A social programme including weekly cultural guided tours will be confirmed every Monday. Participation on any activities is optional.
- Classes normally runs from 9:00-14:30 with two brakes. Number of lessons: 22,5 hours (1 lesson=60 min) + 2.5 hours of E learning self- study (5 homework on-line links; lessons about Malta, to cover the cultural aspects) + cultural tours. Therefore thw certificate lists 25 hours/week. If someone misses any lessons, eg 1.5h, it will show ‘ 23.5 hours out of 25 hours.
Przykładowe zajęcia dodatkowe:
diving *, golf *, mountain hiking
boat cruises *, city tour/walk, conversation practice, country walk/trekking, cultural activities, guided city tours, international evenings, orientation tour, pub and restaurant evenings, sightseeng
Valetta *, Megalithic temples *, Hypogeum Temple *, Mdina *, The Three Cities *, Blue Grotto *, Marsaxlokk *, Gozo *
* zajęcia dodatkowo płatne
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