Teacher development

Spring 2014
Contents
Language Development and Creative Methodology

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Language Development and British Culture & Society

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Language Development and the practice of CLIL

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Institution organising the training

Name of the organisation

ADC College

Street and number

Station House, 11-13 Masons Avenue

Postcode

HA3 5AD

Town / city

Harrow, London

Country

United Kingdom

Website

www.adccollege.eu

Organiser/s of the training

Person 1

Tom Bradley

Person 2

Hana Jurikova

Tel nr

+44 20 8424 4924

Email

hanaj@adc-tt.co.uk

Teacher development Spring 2014

Language
development and
creative methodology
Preparation: All participants will be sent a pre-arrival questionnaire which will help us
to organise the course in order best to meet their needs both in terms of the
methodological input sessions and the language development lessons. The
questionnaire will give participants the opportunity to highlight their expectations,
targets and experience.
Objectives: The main aims of this course are to provide visiting teachers with a wide
range of practical activities which they can use in the primary and secondary English
language classroom to make English classes more appealing to young learners. In
addition, the course will examine modern teaching methodology and techniques in
the classroom and how to adapt and create materials for classroom use. Additionally,
participants will be given the opportunity to develop their own linguistic confidence
and skills in the language development sessions which are all created by our trainers
from authentic materials.
Methodology: During the course we aim to use a variety of methodologies in order
to highlight the differences in approach which teachers themselves can use. For
example, much of the course will be delivered through a communicative
methodology that is especially relevant for motivating teenagers, the rationale for
elements of which will be elicited as the sessions proceed. Teachers will be
encouraged to work in pairs and groups and there will also be elements of task-based
learning. The content-sessions and the language development lessons will involve
presentations (on Prezi, with a short session showing teachers how to utilise this
superior technology) and content from various video-hosting websites (Videojug,
Youtube). There will be several readings with different type of tasks and a song done
as a gap-fill listening task. We also offer a series of one-to-one tutorials to ensure that
all participants have the opportunity to discuss their goals and questions with their
trainer, as well as being able to work on their personal language needs.
Follow-up: Pre-course feedback is collected at the end of the course and participants
are encouraged to keep in contact with the trainers and each other through an
internet group to share their experiences of using materials, methods and activities
derived from the course.
Type of certification of attendance awarded: An ADC Certificate of Attendance,
including a description of the training content and time input
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Programme of the training activities (day by day)

This is a sample timetable to illustrate course content:
Day 1: Classroom management workshop, Error correction & feedback, Language
development
Day 2: Encouraging speaking, Task-based learning, Language development
Day 3: Language development, Adapting materials, Museum visit
Day 4: Reading skills, Games & warmers, Language development
Day 5: Using online resources, Lexis & collocation, Language development
End of first week
Day 6: British culture, Board work, Language development
Day 7: Pronunciation, Writing skills, Language development
Day 8: Language development
Day 9: Creative writing, Listening, Lesson planning, Language development
Day 10: Teaching mini-lessons, Language development
End of second week

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Teacher development Spring 2014

Language
development and
British culture &
society
Preparation: All visiting teachers will be sent a pre-arrival questionnaire which will
help us to organise the course in order best to meet their needs both in terms of the
methodological input sessions and the language development lessons. The
questionnaire will give participants the opportunity to highlight their expectations,
targets and experience.
Objectives: The main aims of this course are to provide participants with a deeper
insight into British culture and provide a wide range of related practical activities
which they can use in the primary or secondary English language classroom to
motivate their young learners. As well as examining issues such as class and politics,
the course will cover topics such as humour, music, celebrity and sport, which all
appeal to teenagers. We will look at modern teaching methodology and techniques in
the classroom and how to adapt and create materials for classroom use. Additionally,
participants will be given the opportunity to develop their own linguistic confidence
and skills in the language development sessions which are all created by our trainers
from authentic materials.
Methodology: During the course we aim to use a variety of methodologies in order
to highlight the differences in approach which teachers themselves can use. For
example, much of the course will be delivered through a communicative
methodology that is especially relevant for motivating teenagers, the rationale for
elements of which will be elicited as the sessions proceed. Teachers will be
encouraged to work in pairs and groups and there will also be elements of task-based
learning. The content-sessions and the language development lessons will involve
presentations (on Prezi, with a short session showing teachers how to utilise this
superior technology) and content from various video-hosting websites (Videojug,
Youtube). There will be several readings with different types of tasks and a song done
as a gap-fill listening task. We also offer a series of one-to-one tutorials to ensure that
all participants have the opportunity to discuss their goals and questions with their
trainer, as well as being able to work on their personal language needs.
Follow-up: Pre-course feedback is collected at the end of the course and participants
are encouraged to keep in contact with the trainers and each other through an
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Teacher development Spring 2014

internet group to share their experiences of using materials, methods and activities
derived from the course.
Type of certification of attendance awarded: An ADC Certificate of Attendance,
including a description of the training content and time input.

Programme of the training activities (day by day)

This is a sample timetable to illustrate course content:
Day 1: British education system (Prezi presentation, comparison and contrast with
other countries systems); British literature (quiz, readings and comments); Language
development (vocabulary and speaking)
Day 2: Politics & society (video, reading about class); Rock & pop music (quiz, song
with cross reference to class session from earlier); Language development (reading
and speaking)
Day 3: Museum visit (likely to be the Museum of London)
Day 4: Media (how to encourage critical thinking, the use of puns in headlines, class
and choice of newspaper, news channels and the BBC); TV & celebrity (a look at
popular magazines and the language of describing celebrities; analysis of modern
fame); Language development (listening and speaking)
Day 5: British humour and comedy (classifications of types of humour, history of
recent popular comedy (and watching video clips, joke-telling); Sport (its role in
society; the British sense of fair play, more on critical thinking); Language
development (vocabulary and speaking).

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Language
development and the
practice of CLIL
Objectives: Across Europe, more and more young learners are being motivated to
study their subject by its delivery in English. The objective of ADCs CLIL course is to
provide teachers who are teaching content through English with support for creating
materials suitable for their own primary or secondary classroom and to establish an
effective methodology for their teaching. We will look at various elements of CLIL
theory and practice, including but not limited to CLIL concepts and terminology,
approaches and support strategies. Additionally, visiting teachers will be given the
opportunity to develop their own linguistic confidence and skills in the language
development sessions which are all created by our trainers from authentic materials.
Methodology: During the course we aim to use a variety of methodologies in order
to highlight the differences in approach which teachers themselves can use. For
example, much of the course will be delivered through a communicative
methodology particularly suitable for motivating young learners, the rationale for
elements of which will be elicited as the sessions proceed. Teachers will be
encouraged to work in pairs and groups and there will also be elements of task-based
learning. The content-sessions and the language development lessons will involve
presentations (on Prezi, with a short session showing teachers how to utilise this
superior technology) and content from various video-hosting websites (Videojug,
Youtube). There will be several readings with different types of tasks. We also offer a
series of one-to-one tutorials to ensure that all participants have the opportunity to
discuss their goals and questions with their trainer, as well as being able to work on
their personal language needs.
Follow-up: Pre-course feedback is collected at the end of the course and visiting
teachers are encouraged to keep in contact with the trainers and each other through
an internet group we run in order to share their experiences of using materials,
methods and activities derived from the course.

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Programme of the training activities (day by day)

This is a sample timetable to illustrate course content:
Day 1: Introductions, Motivation and communication, Language development
Day 2: CLIL Methodology, Dealing with Vocabulary, Language development
Day 3: Language development
Day 4: Scaffolding learning, Online Resources, Language development
Day 5: The principles of CLIL material design, Materials design workshop, Language
development
End of first week
Day 6: Error correction & feedback, Cognitive skills, Language development
Day 7: Differentiation, Speaking activities, Language development
Day 8: Language development
Day 9: Assessment, Lesson Planning, Language development
Day 10: Teaching mini-lessons
End of second week

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