Options

Option 1

Maximising the Potential of Work Experience Programmes tuition only 

Available for closed groups year-round.

Option 2

Language then Maximising the Potential of Work Experience Programmes

Choose one week of English tuition only (21 hours), followed by one week of Maximising the Potential of Work Experience Programmes (18.75 hours).

Available for closed groups year-round.

Breakdown

Topics

Maximising the Potential of Work Experience Programmes

• Creating a Digital Portfolio to record material covered and facilitate dissemination of skills acquired
• Company requirements
• CV Essentials/Preparation
• Preparing students for interviews
• Attitudes to work
• Google products
• Google classroom
• Visit to Company; preparation and review of visit

Intensive English

• Speaking, listening, reading and writing as well as pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar activities.  Class work includes individual, pair and group work, discussions, debates, project work, presentations, written tasks and listening exercises.
• Each week a project topic is introduced to the class and students present their project work to the class at the end of the week
• Areas for improvement are addressed through revision sessions and progress tests

Competences

• Linguistic: Grammatical, lexical and phonological
• Strategic: Interaction, compensation and repair
• Pragmatic: Functional language and discourse management

Fluency Development

Asking for and giving information and opinions, expressing a point of view, persuading, agreeing and disagreeing

Objectives & Outcomes

Learning objectives

• To familiarise participants with key concepts and issues relating to Work Experience programmes
• To increase participants’ skill and confidence in developing and planning work experience programmes and in integrating the knowledge acquired by their students into their future careers.
• Increase participants’ awareness of the requirements of host companies
• To establish contacts between Work Experience organisers  from a variety of European backgrounds and facilitate future networking among these professionals

Course outcomes

• Increased confidence in helping students to benefit optimally from work experience programmes
• Increased awareness of and competence in the judicious use of technology in developing and monitoring a work experience project
• Increased competence in developing strategies to optimise  programme preparation, manage expectations and plan to integrate the skills acquired by students into their future career plans 
• Increased skills in the areas of preparing students to consider their strengths and  present themselves by CV and interview to potential host companies
• Increased awareness of what companies ideally look for in a work experience student as well as increased knowledge of the work environment in Ireland
• Creation of a digital portfolio to record work done and facilitate dissemination of knowledge and skills acquired on the course
• Enhancement of personal English Language skills
• Sharing of experience and knowledge with professionals from a range of European countries
• Knowledge of Erasmus+ potential for professional development
• Greater awareness of Irish history and culture 

Sample Timetable

Timetables will vary depending on the course option. Below is a sample timetable of the two-week Language then Maximising the Potential of Work Experience Programmes

Week 1

Weekend

Informal learning; Self-guided research and cultural visits with guidelines from Twin English Centre, Dublin.

Week 2