"How languages are learned"
An overview of the difference between adult and YL's
"The role of the teacher in classrooms"
expectations of the teacher and learners and parents. Extending learning beyond the classroom; extending the role of the teacher. This session will incorporate lesson planning and how to deal with discipline in the classroom. Very Young Learners (3 to 6)
"The role of the teacher in classrooms"
expectations of the teacher and learners and parents. Extending learning beyond the classroom; extending the role of the teacher. This session will incorporate lesson planning and how to deal with discipline in the classroom. Younger Learners (7 to 12)
"Learning styles"
the different ways young learners acquire language, a brief theoretical introduction then a practical demonstration using the coursebook "Go".
"Strategy" - "Based Instruction" - "Helping Students Help Themselves"
"Very Young Learners (3 to 6) Games & Activities"
"Younger Learners (7 to 12) Games & Activities"
"Dictation"
"Using Videos in the Classroom"
"Pronunciation and Intonation"
"FCE - Speaking"
"Exploiting + Adapting Activities for Children"
"Error Corrections"
"FCE - Writing"
"Teaching Beginners + Low Levels"
"Classroom activities for discourse"
"Free Speaking activities"
"Teaching Mixed Ability groups"
"Phrasal Verbs"
"Listening comprehension +Extension activities"
"Lessons "from nothing"
"Business English vs General English"
"Teens - Tweaking and Taming - A miscellany of strategies"
"Pronunciation" (adult students)
Focus on integrating intonation into lessons. What to teach, when and in which context. How much reading is necessary?
"Using music and songs in the classroom"
Ideas for using music, songs and music based material for language presentation, skill practice and fluency activities.
"More warmers, fillers and coolers"
5-minute activities to stimulate, energize, motivate, revise and ease learners gently into the lesson/topic.
"Classroom management in the classroom environment for under 12's"
A demonstration and discussion of techniques in classroom management for groups of 7-12 years. These will include setting up and managing pair and group work, solutions to discipline issues and timing.
"Teaching collocations"
Collocations-words that go together like "golden opportunity", "heavily influenced" and "in dire straits" - are an important area of language competence. This workshop will present a range of ways of introducing collocations to learners of different levels and needs.
"Drama workshop activities"
Actors warm themselves up for voice production and also for taking on the roles of characters in plays. This session will take you through a number of activities to use in the language classroom where students can use their imaginations and have fun at the same time! The trick is to say whatever comes into your head first - no brownie points for being clever!
"Reading in the classroom"
The why's and wherefores of reading lesson. Ideas for teenage classes and adults.
"Exploiting authentic materials in the EFL classroom"
The seminar sets out to answer the questions: What is meant by authentic materials? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using them in class? What are the principles behind adapting and exploiting authentic materials for classroom use?
"Teaching Vocabulary: Learner Independence"
The objectives will be to consider the importance of learner independence within the context of the good language learner' and discuss a range of classroom activities that can help students gain autonomy in vocabulary learning.
"FCE and CAE for Beginners"
A guide for teachers with little or no experience in preparing students for the Cambridge First Certificate and Advanced exams.
"Story telling"
Much of what we do in speedy with each other is telling stories, yet most syllabuses only cover story telling superficially or in the context of introducing grammar. The session seeks to examine just what is involved in the practice of story telling and how we can make lessons more competent in this area.
"Introduction to teaching FCE classes"
This seminar aims to provide teachers with a familiarity with the exam, an idea of what's different about teaching an exam prep class, and a set of practical strategies for coping with the first days on such an assignment.
"Beginning with young learners"
This seminar is designed to provide some guidelines to any teachers who are dealing with their first young learners classes.
"Grammar Workshop"
There will be group work as well as plenary discussion. The grammar to be focused on will be for teaching Upper-Intermediate and above.
"Using Literature in the class"
This session will show how easy and enjoyable it is to make use of stories and novels.
