English in the Primary classroom (5 – 11yrs)
What is the course about?
The aim of this course is for teachers and teacher trainers to experience a range of interesting activities linking methodology and learning theories to the Primary classroom today. Sessions are practical, include a focus on multi‐media and technology for teaching purposes, and help teachers reflect on their approach to teaching today’s pupils.
Frequently Asked Questions
After registration, participants on this course programme will receive:
- a pre-course questionnaire which will enable trainers to learn about the participants’ backgrounds
- information about the Europass Mobility Certificate
- a recommended reading list to prepare participants for various aspects of the course
- information about York to prepare teachers for their cultural experience.
At the end of the course, you will:
- To enable a better understanding of Primary Language Teaching and expand and build on previous knowledge, using a range of practical methodologies
- To introduce new teaching methodologies and accompanying techniques, using hands-on experiential methods
- To help teachers reflect on their own teaching methods and contexts and develop teaching skills
- To introduce an awareness of technology and ICT in the classroom today
- To exchange pedagogical information and knowledge in a multi-cultural context
- To further develop participants’ own language skills
- To experience the cultural heritage of York
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.
In the unlikely event of a course not recruiting sufficient numbers you would be offered an alternative.
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Start date(s)
- January 27, 2020
- March 30, 2020
- July 13, 2020
- October 5, 2020
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Sample Course Programme
| Session One | Session Two | Session Three |
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|---|---|---|---|
| MONDAY | A Young Learner’s profile: Characteristics, Implications and Needs | Get them talking! Encouraging your students to speak | Learner Preferences in Primary school learners |
| TUESDAY | Using drama | Co-operative learning (1) | Dictations, lexical exercises and communication activities |
| WEDNESDAY | Songs and music and their potential | Teaching language through project work: Task-based learning | Using videos, and films in the classroom |
| THURSDAY | Tell me a story! Using stories in the classroom | Co-operative learning (2) | Sample lesson plan design and development |
| FRIDAY | Alternative approaches: Cuisenaire rods and Total Physical Response (TPR) | Using computers, mobile devices and the Internet with Young Learners | Language development: Colloquial English and idiomatic language |
