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	British Council Teacher Training Take an online course with the British Council or find out about teacher training at our centres around the world! From April 2012 we will be offering complete courses and workshops here on TeachingEnglish. At first this is limited to certain countries, but we plan to make them available to all later this year.

British Council Teacher Training

Take an online course with the British Council or find out about teacher training at our centres around the world!

From April 2012 we will be offering complete courses and workshops here on TeachingEnglish. At first this is limited to certain countries, but we plan to make them available to all later this year.

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Moderated courses
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Welcome!

Teacher Training with the British Council

Over the last two years we have had many requests from you to make our online courses available on TeachingEnglish, and we are pleased to announce that you can now register for courses here.*

All the courses have been written by our experienced team of writers and trainers, based around the world. The courses fall into three categories:

Self-access workshops: short online workshops for you to study on your own
Self-access courses: courses you can start at any time, studying when you want
Moderated courses: led by a British Council moderator, these courses have fixed start dates

We currently offer two moderated courses: Primary Essentials and CLIL Essentials. Courses in the other categories will open soon.

*Please note
Unfortunately, we can only initially offer these courses in the following countries. We hope to expand this list very soon:

Africa	Americas	Asia	Middle East	Europe
South Africa	Brazil	Hong Kong	Saudi Arabia	France
	Colombia	India		Italy
	Mexico	Japan		Poland
	USA	Singapore		Spain
		South Korea		Ukraine
		Taiwan		UK
		Thailand

Moderated courses


0	CLIL Essentials If you are teaching school subjects in English, then this course will provide comprehensive training on the methodology and practice of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) you need in your work.
0	Primary Essentials If you want an introduction to teaching English to young learners aged 7 to 11, then this course is for you. Using video, audio and community elements, you will learn the essentials to help you succeed in your teaching.

CLIL Essentials

If you are teaching school subjects in English, then this course will provide comprehensive training on the methodology and practice of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) you need in your work.

Primary Essentials

If you want an introduction to teaching English to young learners aged 7 to 11, then this course is for you. Using video, audio and community elements, you will learn the essentials to help you succeed in your teaching.

FAQs


	Can anyone take these courses? At the moment, you can only take a course with us if you are in one of 18 countries listed here. We hope to make courses available in all countries later in 2012. What experience do I need to take the course? This depends on the course - you can find more information about who each course is suitable for on the course page. You can use our continuing professional development framework to help you understand your level of experience. What level of English do I need? This information is also available on the course page. How many people are on a moderated course? There is a maximum of 20 participants on one course. Do I receive a certificate at the end of the course? Yes! What are the different types of courses? We offer three types of courses online Self-access workshops Self-access courses Moderated courses Can I take a face-to-face teacher training course? Yes! The British Council has an extensive network of teacher training centres. CELTA is just one of the many courses you can take with us around the world - find out which countries we offer it in here. If you have further questions, email us at OnlineTeacherTraining@britishcouncil.org

Can anyone take these courses?
At the moment, you can only take a course with us if you are in one of 18 countries listed here. We hope to make courses available in all countries later in 2012.

What experience do I need to take the course?
This depends on the course - you can find more information about who each course is suitable for on the course page. You can use our continuing professional development framework to help you understand your level of experience.

What level of English do I need?
This information is also available on the course page.

How many people are on a moderated course?
There is a maximum of 20 participants on one course.

Do I receive a certificate at the end of the course?
Yes!

What are the different types of courses?
We offer three types of courses online

Self-access workshops
Self-access courses
Moderated courses

Can I take a face-to-face teacher training course?

Yes! The British Council has an extensive network of teacher training centres. CELTA is just one of the many courses you can take with us around the world - find out which countries we offer it in here.

If you have further questions, email us at OnlineTeacherTraining@britishcouncil.org

Try one of our courses for free

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CLIL Essentials (online)

Submitted by TE Editor on 18 November, 2010 - 06:56

CLIL Essentials is an online course about teaching other subjects in English. It's a course for teachers who teach school subjects such as geography, history, maths and science in English in state and private schools.

Try the free versions of the available units by following the links below. Note: you need to be logged into TeachingEnglish to access this content and you will be asked to enter in your password again.

The course is delivered using Moodle (a web-based environment for delivering course content and managing students).

1.1 CLIL - Aims and rationale

1.4 Cognitive Skills across the Curriculum

2.2 Language demands