COURSE SUMMARY:
The course aims to provide participants with a range of practical skills to help ensure an engaging and student-centred classroom, focusing on how to help learners meet their learning objectives.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
Min. B1+ level of English.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND INTENDED SKILLS:
By the end of the course, participants will:
- have observed experienced teachers and reflected on what constitutes good classroom practice
- have improved their board work skills
- be able to use instruction cycles clear and consistently
- have widened their repertoire of activities for use in the classroom and for homework
- be able to provide a higher quality of feedback to their students
- have an action plan for their continued development post-course
SAMPLE PROGRAMME:
1) Monday:
- Principles of planning
- Classroom dynamics
- Effective instructions and task setting
- Using your voice
- Using the whiteboard
- Peer teaching assignment set
2) Tuesday:
- Teaching language systems
- Conveying and checking meaning
- A more studentcentred approach
3) Wednesday
- Giving feedback
- Correction techniques
- Revision
- Reevaluating homework
4) Thursday
- Resources and materials
- Games and activities
- Peer teaching assignment final "question and ask"
5) Friday
- *Peer teaching assignment
- Creating a Feedback, final discussion and action plans
EXAMINATION REGULATIONS, ASSESSMENT AND GRADING:
*Peer teaching - will be assessed by our resident tutors and grading is as follows:
- Homework task 40%
- Assignment – action plan 20%
- Peer teaching 40%
TEACHING METHODS:
Workshops, group work, peer teaching. Additional reading, homework tasks and assignments.
Przykładowe zajęcia dodatkowe:
bowling *, diving *, extreme sports *, horse riding *, surfing *, water sports *
boat cruises *, cinema afternoon/evening *, city tour/walk, country walk/trekking *, guided city tours *, hiking tours - wspinaczka górska *, international evenings, pub and restaurant evenings, wine tasting *
Marsaxlokk *, Blue Grotto *, Gozo and Comino *, Blue Lagoon *, Three Cities *, Ggantija Temples *
* zajęcia dodatkowo płatne
