TeachingEnglish: Managing learners and resources
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How will the course help you?
By the end of Managing learners and resources, you'll be able to:
- identify strategies to address issues with group dynamics and mixed-ability classes
- plan differentiated activities for your learners
- evaluate how group interaction and seating patterns benefit teaching and learning.
What does the course include?
- Self-study modules that you can access at any time before the course closes
- A certificate of achievement on successful completion of the self-study modules
- A free workbook with extra learning content and resources connected to the course contents
- A dedicated Facebook community of course participants with up-to-date insight, resources and innovative teaching ideas for you to try out (Facebook account required)
- Learning content related to our courses on Facebook and YouTube
- Live events and recordings with course tutors and language teaching experts on Facebook and YouTube
What are the self-study modules?
- Module 1 – Understanding classroom management problems
The aim of this module is to identify problems that may occur in a teaching situation and consider how to deal with them. You will describe the importance of rapport in the classroom and how to build it, create clear instructions to minimise misunderstanding in the classroom as well as list strategies to deal with problems arising from group dynamics and mixed-ability classes.
- Module 2 – Understanding differentiation
The aim of this module is to introduce the concept of differentiation of learning. You will state how teaching resources can help with differentiation in the classroom, identify and evaluate differentiated support in your context as well as prepare a differentiated activity to suit your learners.
- Module 3 – Understanding groupings
The aim of this module is to provide an introduction to groupings and group dynamics. You will identify positive elements of group dynamics, evaluate how group interaction and seating patterns benefit teaching and learning as well as apply strategies to group work in large classes.
Course reviews
What have other teachers said about how Managing learners and resources helped them?
"This course really helped me to better the organisation and management of the groups in my class and it made me understand the importance of differentiating the activities to suit my learners."
Course participant, Italy
"Differentiating the exercises from the textbook - alternatives to the activities suggested by the book - to support weaker students. Grouping strategies - not only let students work in pairs according to the seating."
Course participant, Czech Republic
"I was able to start using group dynamics in my classes and it helped a lot in improving how my learners grasped the English language"
Course participant, Zimbabwe
I can't enroll the course. When I tap the blue button to enroll, it just leads me to 'My courses' section and I don't know how to continue. Thanks in advance.