TeachingEnglish - global home for teachers

1. TeachingEnglish - global home for teachers TeachingEnglish is the central point of reference for teachers, trainers and those working in other areas of English language teaching

2. TeachingEnglish: what you will find • Free teaching materials to download • Training courses and workshops • Support for your professional development • Polls and discussion • Articles by and interviews with top writers such as Scott Thornbury, Mario Rinvolucri and Jane Willis • Free papers and books to download

3. Key Points to remember 1 Preview 2 Technology check 3 Reason for using it 4 Fit 5 Plan – language focus 6 Questions / problems 7 How – in or out of class? 8 Would it be better as a self-access or homework task? 9 Relate it and structure it 10 Find the balance with learner autonomy

4. TeachingEnglish – five areas Teaching resources: lesson plans and more Articles: from methodology to lexis Training courses: to download and online Community: forums, blogs, polls and networks Teacher development: plan your career

6. Continuing Professional Development Framework It indicates the stages that a teacher of English goes through in a career It maps development activity to these stages This makes it easy to identify and choose the right development activities for particular groups of teachers • Continuing Professional Development Framework

8. Starting teaching • a short course of 15 hours • the principles and practice of language teaching • 10 face-to-face workshops à 90 minutes • key aspects of English language teaching.

9. TKT Essentials • for inexperienced teachers • essential methodology of English language teaching • both online and workshop versions • can be optionally taken with the Cambridge ESOL TKT test

10. Steps to success • for newly-qualified teachers • 10 common topics that teachers mostly need • helps put key concepts and techniques into practice • results in porfolio assessed by tutor

11. Primary essentials • practical development course for primary teachers • six modules cover basic principles and practice in eaching young learners • online and moderated

12. Certificate in Primary English Language Teaching • for teachers working in primary schools • the theory and practice of primary teaching: • learning through play, • developing the skills, • introducing the written word, • dealing with different kinds of learners and learner needs • assessment. • participants develop their own classroom materials as part of the course.

13. Certificate in Secondary English Language Teaching • for practicing secondary teacher with Proficiency and Advanced levels. • 4 modules to complete for each level for the certificate. • topics: • classroom management and planning, • teaching language skills • special needs and special interests, such as literature and drama

14. Learning technologies for the classroom • teacher development course • introduces main aspects of using learning technologies in the language classroom • online or face-to-face

15. CLIL essentials • blending the best of content and language teacher training to support teachers teaching other school subjects in English • for primary and secondary teachers, B1 and above • a wide range of subjects and age groups

16. Special education needs training online • for teachers who have to deal with students with special education needs: a diversity strategy and a set of online training materials that deal with different aspects of special needs.

17. Vocational English Certificate • 90-hour face-to-face course fo secondary and tertiary level • key areas of vocational education in 30 modules

18. Trainer development course • for teachers who whould like to become teacher trainers • six workshops: • teaching and training roles • learning styles • motivation • feedback • materials evaluation • practical delivery issues • DVD with examples and activities

19. Mentoring skills • for experienced teachers who mentor other teachers or trainee teachers • five practical workshops that give grounding in mentoring skills: • developing effective relationships, • understanding teachers, • giving feedback, • observing, • dealing with problems, • managing meetings

20. TeachingEnglish – support for specialists The specialist area pages pull together the relevant teaching and training materials, articles, discussions and events for one particular area of English teaching.

21. Our free resources for teaching and learning English • For teachers of English: • www.teachingenglish.org.uk/ • For less experienced teachers of English: • www.teachingenglish.org.uk/language-assistant • For learners of English: • learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/ • For young learners of English: • learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/ • For English through sport: • premierskills.britishcouncil.org/teachers

22. If you want something • you’ve never had, • then you’ve got to do something • you’ve never done.

23. Contact Details • Ursula Roosmaa Director British Council Estonia • Ursula.roosmaa@britishcouncil.ee • Aet Sarv teacher and teacher trainer • aet.sarv@gmail.com