An online development course for teachers of English working with young learners

TeachingEnglish – Primary Essentials is an online development course for teachers of English working with young learners aged 5 to 12. The course contains audio, classroom video and community elements. It encourages participants to take a constructivist approach to their learning. Optional face-to-face workshops can be added for blended delivery.

The course aims to help participants:

• identify some of the key issues associated with teaching English to children
• identify different techniques for using songs and games to enhance children's learning
• understand how different learning styles affect the way we learn and identify different techniques for exploiting different learning styles
• define how lesson planning is linked to syllabus and curriculum and explain how the curriculum can define what you teach and how you teach
• identify a variety of classroom management factors which affect the learning conditions of your classroom.

The course includes six modules:

1. An introduction to online learning
2. First steps in teaching children
3. Songs and games
4. Learning styles
5. Syllabus and lesson planning
6. Classroom management.

Module 2: First steps is available for you to try free. Follow the link below (you need to be logged onto TeachingEnglish first).

The full course may be available through your local British Council. Contact your local British Council to see if this course is available.

If it is not available, you can express interest in the course using the Contact us form. We will collect this information for market research purposes and may pass on your details to your local office if this course becomes available in the future.

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