Refresher Courses for Teachers of English

Courses delivered in two week blocks
Comenius funding available for E.U. Students

Programme

These courses are intensive ten day courses of 15 hours or 22.5 hours per week. The course includes a refresher programme in oral and written English skills at an advanced level. It also includes an update on current English Language Teaching pedagogy in the UK and a review of current materials and examinations. Our trainers are fully qualified and train native speakers on UCLES CELTA and Trinity College TESOL courses. Participants with full attendance receive a Regent Certificate.

Teaching methodology sessions normally take place in the mornings. Teachers who wish to improve their English language skills may take the 22.5 hour programmes, where they will normally join a general English class (at their level) in the afternoons.

Available at: London and Oxford

Course participants

All course participants should be teachers of English or trainee teachers of English.

Sample Timetable

Week 1	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
09.00- 10.30	Introduction, icebreakers and needs analysis	Workshop: English language changes	Workshop: Error correction	Getting your students to talk: Developing speaking skills	Developing listening skills
10.30- 11.00	Break	Break	Break	Break	Break
11.00- 12.30	Beliefs about learning and teaching	Teaching vocabulary in a learner-centred way	Pronunciation workshop: phonemic chart and word stress	Drama, dialogues and role play	Music, songs and video
12.30- 13.30	Break	Break	Break	Break	Break
13.30- 15.00	Language Improvement	Language Improvement	Language Improvement	Language Improvement	Language Improvement

Week 2	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
09.00- 10.30	Developing writing skills	Discipline and motivation in the classroom	Developing reading skills: texts and readers	Latest trends in ELT methodology and new ELT publications	Management and Marketing of English Institutions and Courses
10.30- 11.00	Break	Break	Break	Break	Break
11.00- 12.30	Pronunciation workshop 2: features of connected speech	Alternative approaches to teaching grammar	Exploiting authentic texts	Teaching Young Learners	Teacher’s own choice Round-up and course evaluation
12.30- 13.30	Break	Break	Break	Break	Break
13.30- 15.00	Language Improvement	Language Improvement	Language Improvement	Language Improvement	Language Improvement

_{• All timetables are samples and may be subject to change.}

The course content is negotiated based on the pre-course evaluations and group discussion on the first day. Sessions on teaching business English, learner training, presentations in the classroom, using video, task based learning and so on can also substituted.

LANGUAGE IMPROVEMENT: Teachers can improve their language skills in afternoon lessons where they can choose from the following options – authentic English, literature, grammar workshop or communication skills.

Dates

Regent London	Regent Oxford
24.03 - 04.04.08	24.03 - 04.04.08
07.07 - 18.07.08	30.06 - 11.07.08
08.12 - 19.12.08	08.12 - 19.12.08

Fees per week

	Regent London	Regent Oxford
15 hours morning course	£210	-
22.5 hours full day course	£285	£285

Groups

If you are a group of teachers, then we will be very happy to design a tailor-made-closed-group course, covering any particular requirements you may have. We are also able to send experienced trainers to your country to deliver training courses. Please ask us for a quotation. For groups of more than 10 students please contact us for a special quotation.

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