Teacher Training
This course is for both newly-qualified and novice teachers who would like advice and on-going support on how they can achieve better learner outcomes for their students. Introductory ELT courses may get you started in your teaching career but once you start your first job, where do you go then for guidance and support. In many cases newly qualified ESL/EFL teachers "are thrown in at the deep end" and are expected to teach effectively to all proficiency levels (A1-C2) and learning styles. Alas, no initial training course nor basic onboarding will bridge this knowledge gap.
My course will look at where you are today, in essence, examine the gaps in your skill-set and help you build your knowledge step by step in the shortest possible time. We can also help students who are planning to do or who are already doing the initial pre-service teaching qualification such as CELT, the Cambridge CELTA, the Trinity CertTesol; or the preparatory ELE qualification. We can assist you with your assignments as well as practical tips on good classroom management. We can help you prepare lesson plans quickly and efficiently. Finally, we can also help more experienced teachers who plan on doing a Master's degree in TESOL / Cambridge DELTA with their assignments, presentations and thesis.
We offer the following modules:
- Week 1: Effective classroom management
- Week 2: The independent learner & effective learner strategies
- Week 3: Strategies to motivate the unmotivated student & the demotivated student
- Week 4: Examine the top 50 complaints or criticisms students have and how to deal with them.
- Week 5: Using your lesson plan as a teacher tool
- Week 6: Where to find resource material to help you plan your classes quickly and efficiently.
- Week 7: How to use AI as a teaching tool
- Week 8: How to use songs as a teaching tool
- Week 9: Inductive versus reductive grammar teaching
- Week 10: Productive skills: speaking & writing
- Week 11: Receptive skills: listening & reading
- Week 12: Teaching IELTS: academic & general
- Week 13: Teaching Business English
- Week 14: Teaching TOEIC & Cambridge Business exams: BEC Vantage/BEC advanced
- Week 15: Teaching general English Cambridge exams: B2 & C1
- Week 16: Teaching vocabulary, idioms and phrasal verbs
- Week 17: How to progress your career in EFL/EFL
- Week 18: Who are the stakeholders in the English Language Industry?
I have worked in the English Language Industry for over 30 years both at home and abroad. I have the experience and know-how to help you become a more confident and skilled teacher. I have a Master's degree in TESOL (2013-2014) and my special area of interest are the factors that motivate & demotivate students and teachers alike. You can sign up for any number of the modules listed above. If interested, please get in touch for a price which will vary depending on the number of modules you intend to take.
Some of the modules will need a number of classes depending on your experience, for example: teaching grammar to the different language proficiency levels (A1-C2), how to prepare general English proficiency exams: IELTS, general English Cambridge B2/C1 & business English exams like TOEIC, Cambridge B2 Vantage & C1 advanced.