Who is this course designed for
This course is intended for both experienced YL teachers who would like further training and an opportunity to develop this area of their expertise, and newly qualified CELTA teachers, with little or no YL experience, who would like to find out more about YL teaching.
This course is moderated by Cambridge Assessment English. Your certificate will include the Cambridge logo, adding value to your qualification.
Entry requirements
To benefit from this course, you should have some experience of teaching English. You do not need to have taught students aged 6-to-17 previously.
Course objectives
As the demand for EFL teachers for Young Learners and Teenagers increases, most teachers will be required to teach this age group (age 6 to 17) at some point in their career. The course will equip you with the core skills to excel in teaching this age group, as well as giving you many valuable practical ideas.
Because this course includes observed teaching sessions, you will have a chance to practice and benefit from feedback on your classroom skills.
Course content
There are 20 sessions in this course,covering areas such as
- Planning for YLs
- Classroom Management
- Accuracy and Correction Techniques
- Clarifying and Practising Language
- L1 in the classroom
- Teaching Adolescents
- Material design and selection
- Mixed abilities
In addition, you are required to teach a minimum of 4 lessons at 2 different age groups and levels amounting to at least 3 hours. You will have planning support in a pre-observation meeting with your local tutor to discuss your lesson and there is also a post-observation meeting for feedback on the lesson.
You also need to do 6 hours observation of peers and experienced teachers and complete related tasks.
Assessment
You will be assessed with:
- 2 assignments – one on materials and the second, a self-reflection task
- 4 observed lessons
- Weekly portfolio tasks relating to the online input
- Tasks completed whilst observing peers and more experienced colleagues
Tasks, assignments and observed teaching are all submitted as your assessed portfolio which is then moderated by the IHWO Assessment Unit and Cambridge English Language Assessment. The grading of the course is Pass or Distinction.
About the school
Do you want an online professional development course, no matter where you are in the world?
The IH Online Teacher Training Institute (OTTI) is the teacher training wing of International House World Organisation. We provide online professional development courses for EFL teachers around the world. We have courses for every stage of a teacher’s career, from soon after your initial qualification to DELTA level and management courses.
Learning online gives you the flexibility to set your own study hours and save money on travel and accommodation.
On our courses you can ‘attend’ whenever (and wherever!) is convenient for you. You don’t usually have to attend a live chat or webinar at a specific time, although sometimes there are live “meetups” so you have the chance to chat with your tutor and other classmates.
To help you there is ongoing support from your tutors in online forums and through individual feedback – and you’ll probably find your other course participants are really helpful as well. You are definitely not studying alone, and this tutor and peer support is what our trainees say they like most about our courses.
The IH Online Teacher Training Institute (OTTI) is the teacher training wing of International House World Organisation. We provide online professional development courses for EFL teachers around the world.
Learning online gives you the flexibility to set your own study hours and save money on travel and accommodation.
You can ‘attend’ whenever (and wherever!) is convenient for you. On our courses the material for each module is made available at the start of each module (usually at the weekend) and it is up to you to access the material and complete the tasks. Therefore, there is some self-discipline required. The more you put into the course in terms of your time spent researching, completing tasks, and taking part in the discussion forums, the more you will get out of it. You will of course have support from other course participants and your tutors in online forums and through individual feedback.
Most of our courses are asynchronous, but we also have some courses which are a mix of synchronous and asynchronous learning. These have a weekly live webinar and then a set of tasks to be done over a week.
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