The Creative Classroom: Tools and Tips for Language Teachers is a 2 week teacher training seminar. The course has been created for English language teachers and teachers of other languages who want to learn more about effective student centered teaching methods and develop their knowledge about current language teaching approaches. Participants will learn more about incorporating Communicative and Creative Language Teaching methodologies into their lessons and participate in pair and group work. Teacher observation will take place through language teaching videos. Emphasis will be placed on Task Based Learning (TBL), Content Based Instruction (CBI), Content Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), and the use of authentic materials. There will also be a focus on how storytelling, movie-making, drama and class publications can enhance your language lessons and make your classroom activities more interesting and fun. Teachers will also learn more about learning through specific contexts, student versus teacher roles, classroom management, and reflective teaching practice.
The targeted audience are: language teachers (primary, secondary, vocational, adult, special needs); language teacher trainers; careers officers, educational guides and counsellors; headteachers; principals; managers of schools/organisations offering language education.
By the end of the course, teachers will have acquired more knowledge about maintaining student motivation and creating an effective learning environment. Particular attention will be given to the sharing of different teaching experiences and practices.
SAMPLE PROGRAMME
MONDAY:
- Welcome
- Presentations
- Course Introductions
- Warm-up Game
- What works and what doesn’t work in your classroom? Pair and group work activities
- Student versus Teacher centered classrooms.
- Journal reflection and questions
TUESDAY
- Communicative Language Teaching (CLT);
- Is your classroom communicative and interactive?
Teaching Activities Communicatively;
- Contextualized Language Teaching
- Journal reflection and questions
- Florence Guided Tour
WEDNESDAY
- Authentic Materials and Realia
- Task Based Learning (TBL)
- TBL Framework and presentations.
- Journal reflection and questions
THURSDAY
- The Creative Classroom: Storytelling for language learning
- Practicing Storytelling.
- Journal reflection and questions
FRIDAY
- The Creative Classroom: Drama Pedagogy for language learning
- Practicing Drama.
- Journal reflection and questions
SATURDAY
- Full Day Excursion
MONDAY
- The Creative Classroom: Movie–Making for language learning
- Practicing Movie-Making.
- Journal reflection and questions
TUESDAY
- The Creative Classroom: School or Class publication (Magazine/Newspaper/Newsletter)
WEDNESDAY
- Content Based Instruction (CBI) and Content Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) games in your classroom
- Error correction.
- Journal reflection and questions
THURSDAY
- Managing a Communicative Classroom
- Instructions, Monitoring, Rapport, Feedback
- Managing large classrooms and seating.
- Breaking Bad Teaching Habits
- Journal reflection and questions
FRIDAY
- Reflective Teaching
- Professional Development
- Certificates of Attendance;
- Course Evaluation
- Closure Ceremony.
All our courses in Florence include 2 City Guided Tours of Florence and a 1 day Tuscan Excursion (usually on Saturday). Other free time, optional, activities include:
- Afternoon tea and talks with teachers attending different courses, to exchange opinions on relevant education topics (which lead to partnerships and/or projects).
- 1 Meeting about ERASMUS+ opportunities for schools, teachers and learners. Those meetings have produced several EUROPEAN LLP and ERASMUS+ Partnerships among schools in the last 10 years.
Przykładowe zajęcia dodatkowe:
cycling *, mountain biking *, tennis *, tango milonga *
art and craft workshops, bicycle tours *, boat cruises *, city tour/walk, cooking lessons *, country walk/trekking, guided city tours, guided museum tours *, guided walks, joga, museum visits *, orientation tour, walking tour, hiking tours
Pisa *, Chianti *, Venice *, Cinque Terre *, Museo dell’Opera del Duomo *, Medici Villas *
* zajęcia dodatkowo płatne
