Options

Option 1

Modern Methodologies for the Language Classroom tuition only

Contact our sales team to find out about studying this course in London. Available for closed groups year-round. 

Option 2

Language then Modern Methodologies for the Language Classroom

Choose one week of English tuition only (21 hours), followed by one week of Modern Methodologies for the Language Classroom (18.75 hours)

Contact our sales team to find out about studying this course in London. Available for closed groups year-round. 

Breakdown

Topics

Modern Methodologies

• Creation of Digital portfolio
• The role of learner autonomy in language learning
• Exploring the use of reading text through CLT and CLIL
• Language games and activities
• Activities for promoting speaking in the Classroom
• Using the internet as a resource
• Evaluating sites for educators
• Developing the reading skill
• Embedding Assessment in the language classroom
• Drama in the Classroom
• Developing the listening skill
• Using literary texts
• Evaluating apps and web tools
• Teaching pronunciation – making it communicative and fun in the classroom
• Developing the writing skill
• Language analysis
• Teaching Vocabulary
• Learner autonomy and Project Based Learning
• The Irish Education system

Intensive English

• Receptive and productive skills
• Practice emphasising speaking and listening skills
• Communicating effectively and flexibly through English in the real-world

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 recent pedagogical and classroom technology developments
• To increase awareness of current trends in assessment for the language classroom
• To provide opportunities for reflection on their own practice
• To improve participants’ confidence in their own lesson delivery
• To develop and consolidate participants’ own language skills
• To promote awareness of contemporary Ireland
• To establish contacts between teachers from a variety of European backgrounds and facilitate future networking among these professionals

Course outcomes

• Increased confidence in teaching all aspects of English language
• Greater understanding of students’ needs
• Increased awareness of the use of technology in the classroom and the web as a teaching resource
• Increased awareness of the possibilities of exploiting easily available texts as a language teaching resource
• Increased awareness of current trends in assessment in the classroom and the implementation of self-assessment, peer assessment and self-reflection
• Creation of a digital portfolio of projects, tasks and web tools for language teachers as a reference for implementing new techniques in participants own classrooms and to facilitate dissemination of the project to colleagues
• Sharing of experience/knowledge with professionals from a range of European countries
• Enhancement of personal English Language skills
• Increased knowledge of Irish history and culture
• Knowledge of Erasmus+ potential for professional development

Sample Timetable

Timetables will vary depending on the course option. Below is a sample timetable of the two-week Modern Methodologies for the Language Classroom tuition only 

Week 1

Weekend

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

Week 2