We will follow UK Government guidance with regard to safety measures in the classroom. However, regardless of any restrictions in place, we will encourage social-distancing, implement regular thorough cleaning, hand sanitiser will be provided, and classrooms will be well ventilated.
Our homestay hosts will provide a safe, comfortable and friendly place to stay. If you test positive for covid-19, you will self-isolate at your homestay or private accommodation (if applicable).
Our priority is to do our best to keep our students safe. As a result there may be times when we may not be able to offer our traditional social programme.
Please see our Covid-19 Guidelines, and please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Please always check your own country's travel regulations about entering and departing England.
These courses are designed to allow teachers to improve and practise their English while also allowing them to gain a greater understanding of creative teaching methodology. The courses have a customised element to them and participants will be asked to complete a needs-analysis form before the start of the course.
This part of the course is designed to help you improve your fluency and command of English in stimulating ways. We use a continuously updated range of resources, materials and approaches and cover areas such as: advanced language practice including idiomatic range, appropriacy and accuracy of expression, current usage, collocation, style and register, metaphorical and imaginative use of language, grammatical review, expansion of vocabulary, development of oral fluency and also pronunciation with emphasis on the features of connected speech.
Where possible, we try to exploit the Language Development stage of the course to show-case more creative ways of presenting and practising language. These will be techniques that the teachers may be able to exploit when they return to their countries.
What does it mean to be a creative teacher? We will look at ways of working creatively with texts, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar and areas such as storytelling, music, poetry, drama and movement. This course is practical and focuses on learning through enjoyment and creativity. Participants are encouraged to experience ideas and adapt them to the needs and interests of their own learners. Ideas and materials covered will be of special interest to teachers of secondary and adult students although many can be adapted for primary use.
Update your knowledge of Britain today - its contemporary language and usage as well as popular culture, literature, people in the news, politics, royalty, education, humour, housing, etc. The course enables you to work with ideas and materials (questionnaires, DVD/video, cartoons, current articles from the media and the internet) that you can adapt for classroom use.
Teachers of teenagers and adults, with a level of English at CEFR B2 or above.
All courses are two weeks in duration
Registration fee: £80
Tuition:
Homestay accommodation (if required): £155 per week
Full Terms and Conditions of individual enrolments available here
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| 09.00 - 10.30 Break 11.00 - 12.30 |
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| 13.45 - 14.45 Break 15.00 - 16.00 |
Optional supervised self-study | Focus on Creative Teaching | Optional supervised self-study | ||
| 16.00 - 17.00 | Optional supervised self-study | ||||
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Complete our enrolment form |
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Submit your pre-course test and questionnaire |
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Once we have accepted your enrolment, pay a non-refundable deposit of £300 or the full amount. Click here for our Payment & Banking page. |
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Please tell us your travel plans when you have this information |
| Apart from starting your course on Day 1, we will also show your around the College and Broadstairs. | |
