Teacher Training Course

Classroom practices-approaches, methods, techniques.
You will get acquainted with modern approaches to teaching English, like the Grammar Translation Method, Direct Method, Audio-Lingual Method, Silent Way, Community Language Learning and many others. Learn their dignity and implementation. Consider the possibility of using them in different cases and the justification for using them.

Classroom management. 

In this lesson, you will learn how to properly and effectively organize work in an English lesson:
– position of the teacher during the lesson,
– The role of the teacher in the classroom
– how to give instructions for tasks in English,
– the beginning of the lesson (how to interest students, arouse interest in the topic being studied)

Interaction patterns. Organizing pair and group work. Different seating arrangements.

You will get acquainted with the organization of group, pair, individual work in an English lesson. You will understand in practice the arrangement of chairs and desks, depending on the type of work. Discuss their disadvantages and advantages.

Lessons planning. 20 ways to ruin a lesson.

Consider the need for lesson planning and its most effective structure. You will learn how to correctly formulate the goals and objectives of the lesson, choose the appropriate means to achieve these goals. You will also learn what problems you may encounter in the lesson, how to anticipate them and find solutions. And also learn how to effectively plan the time of the lesson and the time for completing assignments.

Learners vs. Teachers. Motivating learners

Consider the types of students` motivation and ways to stimulate interest in a foreign language. Let’s analyze different types of tasks from the point of view of the motivating factor.

Grammar: How to present and practice grammar. Text based/ situation based

You will learn different ways of presenting and practicing grammar material. Get acquainted with the features of the presentation of grammatical material, using a text or a situation.

Grammar. Guided discovery

Consider the difference between deductive and inductive approaches, their advantages and disadvantages. You will understand what works better: the teacher explains the rules or the students formulate them themselves.

Functions
Familiarize yourself with a curriculum based on functional language. Consider the features of presenting and practicing a functional language.

Pronunciation: Individual sounds
Get to know the sound system in English. Consider different ways of working with sounds.

Pronunciation: Sentence stress / intonation
Find out which words are usually stressed or unstressed in a sentence. Consider the types of stress in a sentence, as well as the intonation pattern of different types of sentences. Learn the functions of intonation.

Pronunciation: Features of connected speech
Get to know the features of connected speech. Consider various exercises to practice the characteristic features of coherent speech.

How to teach vocabulary
Let’s get acquainted with the main approaches to teaching vocabulary in the modern methodology and find out their advantages and disadvantages. We will learn how to work with the lexical approach and analyze its advantages. See the different kinds of tasks used in the lexical approach. Consider different ways of presenting vocabulary and types of exercises to practice vocabulary.

How to teach vocabulary. The Lexical Approach
Get to know the lexical approach and learn its benefits. Consider the typical types of tasks used in the lexical approach.

Developing reading skills.
Get acquainted with different types of reading (viewing, detailed, etc.) and understand the dependence of the type of reading on the type of task. Consider the main stages of reading in the lesson (before reading the text, during reading and after reading), various types of tasks at different stages of reading, and also analyze the text and tasks for it in terms of goals and objectives, relevance to the topic, level of complexity.

Developing reading skills. The use of graded readers

Find out why it is necessary to use adapted books to enrich students’ vocabulary. Consider different types of book activities in class and different ways to increase students’ interest in reading in English.

Developing listening skills: subskills

Recognize and analyze the complexities of listening. Consider the stages of listening (preparation, listening, tasks after listening). You will understand why preparatory work is necessary before listening to the text. Consider a series of exercises corresponding to each stage of listening.

Listening for comprehension vs listening for perception

Get to know the differences between listening as a test and skill building, as well as listening strategies. Learn how phonetics is related to listening.

Developing writing skills. Product writing

Consider different types of writing and ways to increase student engagement in writing assignments. Get to know different types of exercises for preparing and completing a written assignment.

Writing. Process writing

Consider the difference between writing as a product and as a process. Consider the stages of the “writing as a process” lesson.

Organizing speaking activities.  Speaking for fluency vs. speaking for  accuracy

 In this step, you will be introduced to different approaches to learning to speak. Review and analyze a series of exercises aimed at developing speaking skills.

Roleplays and storytelling

Learn how best to use language games in an English lesson. Consider the classification of language games, the advantages and disadvantages of using games in the process of teaching vocabulary and grammar. Understand the need to use games to increase student motivation.

Error correction and feedback

In this module, you will learn about the various error correction methods, their advantages and disadvantages. You will understand when and how, during the lesson it is better to correct mistakes. Consider the causes of different types of errors.

How to teach Young learners

Get acquainted with the features of teaching the language of children and adolescents. You will learn the basic techniques of managing a children’s audience. For those who want to engage in teaching children, it is worth paying attention to the course Young Learners Course

Testing and assessment

Consider different types of tests. Learn how often students should be tested and learn about alternative methods of testing.

Test – Teach – Test vs TBL

Discuss the features of the two approaches, their advantages and disadvantages. Find out which approach to choose for low and high levels.