Teacher Refresher Course London, United Kingdom

Cactus Professional Development Certificate in Foreign Language Teaching to Adults

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Course Details

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Course Description

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Cactus are delighted to offer this foreign language teaching course,

The Cactus Professional Development Certificate in FLT for Adults.

This 30-hour course is aimed at teachers with some experience of teaching languages. It has been designed by experienced professionals with extensive teaching experience and teacher training experience on the internationally recognized Cambridge and Trinity certified courses. The trainers will ensure all session are lively, challenging, and directly relevant to your teaching outside the classroom.

You will be able to reflect on your current teaching practice, discover new methods and approaches to language teaching, and learn new techniques for creating an effective and dynamic language learning environment.

The course will focus on general (non-language specific) FL teaching. The course is very hands-on, and will have a strong practical focus. There will also be a clear approach to methodology which will underpin the practice.

Teachers with no experience, should see Cactus Certificate in Foreign Language Teaching to Adults

The Professional Development course will give you:

- A clear overview of what is involved in Teaching a Foreign Language (FLT).
- The confidence to manage a class and the classroom environment.
- The ability to deliver great lessons time after time
- Ideas and tools to create and plan lessons.
- An understanding of how you can reflect on and evaluate your performance in the classroom.


Foreign Language Teacher Training - Practical Methodology Course - course programme

Lesson 1
Introduction to Course, Background to Teaching Languages
Methodology: approaches, methods, procedures and techniques

Lesson 2
Lesson Planning

Lesson 3
Teaching Listening

Lesson 4
Teaching Grammar

Lesson 5
Classroom Management

Lesson 6
Teaching Writing

Lesson 7
Teaching Speaking Pronunciation

Lesson 8
Teaching Reading Teaching Vocabulary

Lesson 9
Working with Coursebooks
Classroom Resources

Lesson 10
Evaluation
Course Review

Course requirements
To attend this Certificate course you will normally need:

- An initial certificate in foreign language teaching
- A good academic background
- A minimum of 1 year full-time foreign language teaching to adults at a wide range of levels and in different contexts
- A minimum age of 21 years


Assessment
1. Self-evaluation and teaching journal
The candidate creates a teaching portfolio - an essential item for professional teachers.

2. E-learning Activities
The candidate must participate in e-learning discussions and forums throughout the course.

3. Observations
The candidate must attend at least three hours of observations of different language levels during the course.

4. Micro-teach sessions
The candidate must participate in three micro-teach stages of a FL lesson at Skola.

All candidates will receive a certificate upon successful completion of the course.

All applicants need to complete the pre-course tasks before being accepted onto the course. Once accepted, all applicants need to pay for their course in advance of the start date.

Please note that 80% attendance is required, in order to get your certificate at the end of the course.

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School Details - Cactus London

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Cactus is well known in the language teaching industry. We teach 24 languages in over 40 locations in the UK. The schools we work in are pleasant, well-equipped language schools, run by our partner organisations, with easy access to public transport. This course takes place in the beautiful Library of a purpose-built training centre near London Bridge, 5 minutes from London Bridge Station and a stone's throw from Central London.

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Timetable

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10 3-hour sessions: 1 Saturday per week over 10 weeks.

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Help for Jobs

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Cactus is always looking for language teachers for both our tailormade language programmes and our evening / part time courses in the 24 modern languages we teach. Please see http://www.languagecoursesuk.co.uk/teachers.php for information

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How to Apply

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1. Select the date below
2. Register with Cactus (takes 1 minute)
3. Pay safely on-line

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Prices and Dates

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