English in the Secondary classroom (11 – 16yrs)
What is the course about?
A highly practical one-week training programme which covers a broad span of teaching ideas and activities to enhance teachers’ knowledge, enliven lessons and make them more motivating. This course addresses language teachers and educators in secondary, vocational and adult education sectors.
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:
- enable a better understanding of Language Teaching and expand and build on previous knowledge, using a range of practical methodologies
- introduce new teaching methodologies and accompanying techniques, using hands-on experiential methods
- help teachers reflect on their own teaching methods and contexts and develop teaching skills
- introduce an awareness of technology and ICT in the classroom today
- exchange pedagogical information and knowledge in a multi-cultural context
- further develop participants’ own language skills
- 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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Fast Facts
Start date(s)
- February 3, 2020
- April 6, 2020
- July 20, 2020
- October 12, 2020
Max. group size
Min. age
Minimum CEF level
Course materials
Hours
Is Erasmus+ funding available?
Price
Booking fee
Testimonials
Meet the trainers
Sample Course Programme
| Session One | Session Two | Session Three | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Welcome View of language learning | Teaching methods of the past and present | Task-based Learning |
| Tuesday | Using drama | The Lexical Approach | Dictations, lexical exercises and corpora |
| Wednesday | Views of grammar Grammaring activities | Using the Internet and mobile devices | Using videos in the classroom |
| Thursday | Alternative approaches: NLP and TPR | Using music in the classroom | Free time / Self-study |
| Friday | Alternative approaches: Dogme and using emergent language | English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) | What can we learn from the past …and CPD |
