Developing Soft Skills for English Language Teaching

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Can be delivered in York or online.

What is the course about?

This course examines the concept of soft skills and its importance to modern English language teaching. The course has two main and related objectives: firstly, developing participants' own soft skills as a teaching professional; secondly, developing the pedagogical skills to teach soft skills successfully to learners.

Frequently Asked Questions

This course is for all professionals who want to better understand how they can develop their own soft skills as well as how to integrate soft skills into their own teaching practice.

After registration, participants on this course programme will receive:

  1. a pre-course questionnaire that will help your trainers find out more about your learning needs
  2. a recommended reading list to prepare yourself for various aspects of the course
  3. information about York to prepare yourself for your cultural experience
  4. information about the Europass Mobility Certificate

At the end of the course, you will:

  • have increased your understanding of what soft skills are, and their importance in English language teaching
  • have explored the Core24 curriculum of key people skills developed by York Associates, which covers such areas as emotional intelligence, rapport building, influencing and leadership skills
  • have considered the ethical challenges which arise when teaching soft skills
  • have useful tools to make your classroom environment safe when teaching soft skills
  • have developed your own soft skills in areas highly relevant for you personally.

An interactive communicative approach is used throughout which lets participants experience first-hand the activities and methodologies which they can use in their own teaching contexts.

Key theories and practical ideas are discussed and explored thoroughly with hands-on input sessions where participants play an active role to maximise their learning.

Input sessions involve brainstorming, case study analysis, problem-solving, and role-play tasks, both in pair- and group-work scenarios.

Participants are asked to reflect on the tasks carried out in each session, followed by discussion drawing on their own pedagogical knowledge and experience in diverse teaching contexts.

Participants are also introduced to key websites and other resources related to the further development of their teaching skills and personal professional development.

Language skills are also developed and feedback given where appropriate.

The course ends with an evaluation session in which you will be asked to reflect upon the knowledge you have gained during the course.

You will be encouraged to create a Personal Development Action Plan, and select activities that you would like to try out in your own classes.

There is the opportunity for follow-up online training to further consolidate your learning and explore how you are implementing what you learnt into your own contexts.

If you are from a country outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, you will need a visa. Students from certain countries do not need to apply for a visa before arriving in the UK. You can check if you need to apply for a visa on the UK Visas and Immigration website.
We can recommend a few accommodation options. Find out about them on our accommodation page.

If you need to cancel or defer your course:

  • We understand that your plans may change quickly. If you need to defer your course, we will not charge any fees on tuition, as long as you notify us by 16:00hrs on the Friday before your course begins. We will defer your course and any fees paid for up to 12 months from your original start date.  If you need to cancel your course and are unable to defer to a later date, we regret we will not be able to refund your fees unless you have given us a minimum of 4 weeks’ notice of cancellation.
  • If we have arranged homestay accommodation for you, we will not charge any cancellation fees if you notify us at least 48 hours before you are due to arrive. If you notify us with less than 48 hours’ notice, you will need to pay for three nights’ accommodation
  • If we have arranged hotel or self-catering accommodation for you, the cancellation conditions will vary according to the type and location of the accommodation, and we will confirm them to you individually when we send your accommodation details
  • If you need to leave your course early for any reason, we may be able to offer the following options:
    • You may continue your course online using a combination of virtual lessons with your trainer and self-study
    • In some cases, particularly where the total course duration exceeds four weeks, we may decide to cancel your programme and refund your course fees for any unused weeks
    • In other cases, we will issue a voucher for any unused complete weeks, for you to return to York Associates at a later date
  • If you need to leave your accommodation early, we will require a minimum of 3 days’ notice. After this, all accommodation fees will be refunded to you

Do you have any more questions?

Fast Facts

Start date(s)
On demand
Max. group size
6
Min. age
21
Minimum CEF level
Starting from B1
Course materials
Included
In York Course Formats
25 hours
Price
£675
Booking fee
£65

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