Programme information
Overview
The English Language Teacher Training bespoke course for closed groups combines theory and practice to advance and complement your existing teaching skills. It’s ideal for experienced English language teachers looking to improve and learn up-to-date techniques, methods and approaches to teaching English as a foreign language. This 2-week course arms you with the right tools to help you become a more accomplished and knowledgeable professional in the ever-changing ELT market.
Who is the Teacher Training course for?
- English language school or university English language teachers who have been teaching for at least 2 years
- English language teachers who want to progress into more senior roles
- Experienced teachers who want to extend their expertise in a specialist area
- Non-native English language speakers who have a CEFR Level of high B2 or above.
What other teachers say about this course
Teachers who participated in the tailored Teacher Training courses have not only improved their English for professional purposes, but also for personal ones. They became familiar with new aspects of teaching methodology and teaching techniques as well as made use of a variety of teaching aids and resources provided by Regent’s University London.
What does the course cover?
Our Teacher Training course focuses around practical activities that allow you to reflect and discuss your experiences. The course content is specially designed for a group, and owing to this, we accept group bookings only. The course is available online or face-to-face on campus, for a minimum group size of 5 individuals.
If there is a particular topic you’d like to cover, we’d be happy to include it as part of the course. Previous participants have requested the following:
- Identifying teacher's needs
- Exploring teachers' beliefs about learning and teaching
- Various methods used in English language teaching: CLT, TBL, PPP, TTT, lexical approach, guided discovery
- Classroom management
- Lesson observation
- Learner motivation
- Error correction
- Teaching pronunciation
- Lesson planning
- Teaching receptive and productive skills
- Learned autonomy and study skills
- Using technology in the classroom
- Including British culture and history topics to enhance your lessons
This course is available for closed groups only. To join this course, enquire using the button above and we will be in touch to discuss your start date and rates.
Structure
Our Teacher Training courses are bespoke to your group, so no two courses are the same.
Below are two sample course structures for both our online and face-to-face programmes, to show what you can expect from a typical course timetable.
Online Sample Programme
Week 1 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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13:30 - 14:45 | Getting to know you and needs analysis | Teaching methodology - various approaches | Self study | Teaching pronunciation | Teaching receptive skills (listening and reading) |
15:00 - 16:15 | Speaking practice | Communicative language teaching | Self-study | Oral fluency and speaking skills | Providing feedback and correction techniques |
Week 2 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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13:30 - 14:45 | Inductive and deductive approaches to teaching grammar | Teaching vocabulary | Self-study | Lesson planning and evaluating learning materials | World Englishes and ELF |
15:00 - 16:15 | Teaching grammar | Lexical approach | Self-study | Using authentic materials | Feedback and discussion |
On-Campus Sample Programme
Week 1 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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9:15 - 11:00 | Induction | Getting to know you and needs analysis | Lesson observations | Teaching methodology - various approaches | Teaching receptive skills (reading and listening) |
11:00 - 11:15 | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
11:15 - 12:30 | Induction | Speaking practice | Lesson observations | Communicative language teaching | Teaching receptive skills (reading and listening) |
13:30 - 15:00 | Induction | Teaching pronunciation | Lesson observation feedback | Oral fluency and speaking skills | Providing feedback and correction techniques |
Week 2 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
9:15 - 11:00 | Inductive and deductive approaches to teaching grammar | Teaching vocabulary | Lesson observations | Lesson planning | World Englishes |
11:00 - 11:15 | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
11:15 - 12:30 | Inductive and deductive approaches to teaching grammar | Teaching vocabulary | Lesson observations | Evaluating learning materials | World Englishes |
13:30 - 15:00 | Teaching grammar | Lexical approach | Lesson observation feedback | Using authentic materials | Feedback and discussion |