Teaching Young Learners Suffolk, United Kingdom
Trinity College London Younger Learner Extension course
Important Information
Full-board accommodation for two weeks is included in the course fees listed below.
1. Please note that this course is only open to candidates with a Trinity CertTESOL, Cambridge CELTA certificate or those who hold an equivalent qualification. Please contact Cactus TEFL if you need further information regarding the entrance criteria for this course.
2. All candidates will be required to sign a declaration regarding suitability to work with children, which will be cross-referenced with police records. Candidates may also be required to complete a Criminal Record Bureau check.
Course Details
| Course ref. |
3533 |
| Course Type |
Teaching Young Learners |
| Min Age |
20 |
| Maximum Class Size |
12 |
| Exam Board Fee Included |
 |
| Class Times |
2 week full-time residential course. Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. |
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Course Description
A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS ARE YOUNG LEARNERS. HAS YOUR QUALIFICATION PREPARED FOR THIS? WILL YOUR PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYER HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOUR ABILITY IN THE YOUNG LEARNER CLASSROOM?
This is the only two week Trinity College London Young Learner Extension Course in the UK. The course will develop participants� awareness and application of approaches, methods and strategies for teaching Young Learners, aged 8-17. It will equip you with the skills for teaching Young Learners, and reassure employers that you are able to effectively teach and deal with children in the classroom.
EFL posts in the UK and abroad increasingly require you to work with young learners. Abroad, Spain is one of the most competitive countries in terms of finding work, and one with a flourishing and expanding YL market. In the UK, the relatively lucrative summer residential programmes on offer in the UK recruit heavily in April and May for the following summer. If you are considering teaching in Asia you can be certain that you will spend at least 40% of your time teaching younger learners.
The YL extension course will put you closer to being guaranteed work. It will reassure employers that you have been trained to work effectively in this environment. More importantly, you will feel more confident working with young learners, and will be equipped with practical strategies and methodologies to deal with children in the classroom.
Who is the Course For?
This course is ideal for Trinity CertTESOL, CELTA, or 4 week TEFL course graduates who anticipate working with Young Learners. It will equip them with the skills for teaching Young Learners, and reassure employers that you are able to deal with children in the classroom.
Course Description
This course will enable you to:
- Adapt and develop existing teaching experience and skills to the Young Learner context
- Increase your confidence in working with Young Learners in the English language classroom
- Equip you with practical approaches, methods and strategies for teaching Young Learners
- Raise your awareness of language learning theory in relation to Young Learners
- Increase your ability to draw up a sequence of lesson plans with clear and achievable aims, using appropriate methods for young learners with various needs
- Raise your awareness of your own effectiveness as a teacher
Develop your understanding of how to work co-operatively as a member of a teaching team or group.
Course Entry Requirements
All applicants must have a very high level of both oral and written competence in English, being able to use the language in a way which is clear, coherent, and essentially free of mistakes in spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
All applicants must have a bachelor’s degree, or at least qualifications which would enable him/her to enter University. For example, A-Levels.
All applicants must have CELTA/CertTESOL/PGCE or substantial teaching experience.
All applicants must be at least 18 years old at the start of the course.
If you are not sure of your eligibility, please contact us to discuss your circumstances.
Course schedule
The course is made up of input session, teaching observation (of experienced teachers and your peers), teaching practice (minimum 4 hrs) and planning time. Please allow time out of course hours for lesson preparation.
Accommodation Options
Trainees can stay in a single room on a full-board basis for the 2 weeks. This is included in the fees below.
School Details - Suffolk
Thois residential school is located on the Bawdsey Manor Estate, an area of outstanding natural beauty with direct sea views of the beautiful Suffolk coast. Year-round the school educates international students who are preparing to go on and study in UK schools, colleges and universities. These will be the students that you will be teaching English during your course.
As this is an international residential school trainees can make use of the extensive sports facilities on-site. Sailing can be arranged at an extra cost.
Suffolk is reknown for its traditional market towns and historic buildings. The nearest town is Woodbridge and the nearby city of Ipswich provides easy access to Stansted airport and connections to London. Cambridge, Colchester and Norwich are all within a 1 1/2 hour car journey from the school.
Timetable
2 week full-time residential course. Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.
How to Apply
1. Choose the start date which interests you. If you’re still unsure, please choose an approximate date for now - you will be able to specify later.
2. Register your details with Cactus TEFL (1 minute) to help us track your application.
3. Download the application form and save it on your computer.
4. Complete it offline in your own time
5. Go back to www.cactustefl.com, sign in and submit your completed form.
You can also submit an application by email. We will explain how to do this on the application form. Please contact us if you have any problems with the application procedure.
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