| These courses are aimed at non-native teachers who are teaching English to children, adolescents or adults. Courses are specifically designed to help teachers improve their language and develop their professional skills. The programme includes dissemination and transfer of teaching experiences as well as different theories to investigate and discuss.
Teacher Course in Summer - Two week intensive course
(13 July - 27 July / 27 July - 10 August / 10 August - 24 August)
- 25 hours per week
| Who this is for | Non-native English teachers | | Dates | 13 - 27 July | 27 July - 10 August | 10 - 24 August | | Duration | 2 weeks (intensive course) | | Class Size | Generally 8-10 students, maximum 12 students | | Hours/Week | 25 hours per week |
The summer courses take place at Christ Church University College, in the centre of Canterbury. During the morning, emphasis is placed on language improvement and in the afternoon there are Teachers' Workshops. | Morning classes include | Afternoon workshops include | - Looking at tenses
- Appropriacy
- Functional language
- Language awareness
- Improving listening
- Spoken English
| - Focus on songs and games
- Topic vocabulary
- Listening task
- Dictogloss/student-centred dictations
- Motivating learners
- The lexical approach
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09:00 - 10:30
| Language Development (for higher levels this may include a focus on teaching approaches) | 10:30 - 11:00
| Coffee Break | | 11:00 - 12:30 | Language Development (for higher levels this may include a focus on teaching approaches) | | 12:30 - 13:45 | Lunch Break | | 13:45 - 15:15 | Seminar, chosen from list below | 15:15 - 15:30
| Tea Break | | 15:30 - 16:30 | Seminar, chosen from list below |
Examples of seminars available: - Teaching at primary/low/high levels
- Vocabulary (collocation, idiomatic language)
- Exploring British life and culture + changing customs
- Approaches and material for teaching Business English
- Communicative grammar practice activities
For detailed information about these teacher courses, please email iciar@concorde-int.com
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"It was a really good course, and it was so nice to meet teachers from other countries and share experiences"
Maris - Estonia
"a Wide range of teaching techniques"
Anna - Russia
"I have got many new ideas - they will be extremely useful for my English class"
Keiko - Japan
"I enjoyed the teaching methods, the good atmosphere and the teachers"
Antonio - Spain
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