Spice Up your Teaching - Language Teaching Methodology (Summer 2025)
This is a practical 1 week training programme in Language Teaching Methodology which covers a broad span of teaching ideas and activities to enliven lessons and make them more motivating and interesting. This course is suitable for language teachers and educators in secondary, vocational, tertiary and adult education.
Description
During this course you will cover a range of teaching ideas and activities such as learner styles and multiple intelligences, using cuisenaire rods, songs, multimedia and modern technology to enliven lessons and motivate students.
Some sessions will include a focus on technology in the classroom. You will also explore the use of multimedia for teaching purposes. The course provides you with an opportunity to review your own approach to teaching today’s students.
This course is taught interactively and encourages trainee participation in workshops, activities and group work. You are encouraged to take an active role in all sessions, improving your fluency and command of English. We will also explore a number of websites and online tools which you include in your everyday teaching.
During the course, you are asked to reflect upon the course content, come up with your own Personal Development Action Plan, and select activities which you would like to try out in your own classes.
Learning objectives
To enable a better understanding of Language Teaching and expand & build on previous knowledge, using a range of practical methodologies
To introduce new areas of teaching methodologies and accompanying techniques, using hands-on experiential methods
To help teachers reflect on their own teaching methods & contexts & develop teaching skills
To introduce an awareness of technology and ICT in the classroom today
To exchange pedagogical information & knowledge in a multi-cultural context
To further develop participants’ own language skills
To experience the cultural heritage of Malta with its bilingual linguistic environment
Methodology & assessment
An interactive communicative approach is applied, which provides participants with their own experiential learning of the activities & methodologies. Input sessions are in the form of hands-on workshops and involve brainstorming, analysis, problem-solving, and role-play, both in pair work & group work.
Teachers are asked to reflect on the activities, inviting discussion with regard to their own pedagogical knowledge & skills, teaching methods & contexts, and on adaptation of activities to their teaching & learning situations.
Both teaching & learning are explored, analysed and discussed, further enabling the participants’ use of their communication skills in English.
Participants are actively involved in the sessions to maximize their learning and to experience activities from their learners’ point of view.
Participants are also introduced to key websites related to the further development of their teaching skills & personal professional development.
Certification details
At the end of the course a signed certificate is handed confirming participation on this course and presenting an overview of all modules carried out during the course. Each certificate will also state exact training days and number of hours on which each trainee has participated.
Pricing, packages and other information
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Price:430Euro
Additional information
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Language:English
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Target audience ISCED:Lower secondary education (ISCED 2)Upper secondary education (ISCED 3)Other
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Target audience type:TeacherTeacher EducatorOther
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Learning time:20-25 hours
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