Teacher Methodology Courses

Methodology and Language Awareness Courses for English and CLIL* Teachers 

• 2 hour language awareness classes each morning 
• 2 hour methodology seminars and workshops each afternoon
• daily 1 hour Personal Study Programme when teachers can specialise in work on their subject area or English teaching methodology.
• CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) and English teaching methodologies.

For an application for our next course: January/February 2012 – click here

• 10 hours each week the teacher will participate in English language classes
• 3 hours of loop input awareness raising
• 2 hours a week observation of International House teachers and feedback
• 5 hours PSP in methodology
• 5 hours per week project and assignment on teaching methodology

Loop input involves experiencing the lesson(s) as a student but then considering the methodology employed by the teacher.  This approach involves the client learning through being a student but also through observing, reflecting and re-evaluating their current understanding of the teaching-and-learning process. These reflective sessions will be with International House teacher trainers. This will also form part of the loop input awareness raising sessions.

The PSP (Personal Study Programme) in methodology will be a series of online and server based modules addressing topics the teacher has identified as of interest in his or her teaching

Project work will involve an area of research identified as useful for the client teacher. This will then be assessed by one of the International House team of teacher trainers.

This personal focus on what the client teacher wants to learn about current trends and theories in teaching methodology, and what the client teacher wants to develop in their teaching is the key advantage of this type of individual course. The whole experience will be as ‘one of the team’ at International House Newcastle, both from a student’s and a teacher’s perspective.

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• Develop your awareness of current trends in language teaching and/or  CLIL 
• Give you new ideas and materials to use in your own CLIL and English classrooms
• Update and develop your awareness of contemporary everyday English

Areas covered will include: 

• motivating language learners
• contemporary culture in English-speaking countries 
• analysis of teaching methods and materials in English and CLIL classes
• lexical approaches
• task-based approaches
• incorporating authentic materials
• learner-based teaching
• Content and Language Integrated Learning