avalon school teacher training course 2015
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SCHOOL LONDONTEACHER TRAINING COURSE
Course Timetable
Input Sessions (9:00 - 10:15)
Day 1 - Introduction: commonly held beliefs about teaching, teaching models (PPP, ESA), approaches to coursebooksDay 2 - Phonemes: understanding and implementing the phonemic chartDay 3 - Lexis and Boardwork: categories of lexis (collocation, phrasal verbs, discourse markers etc.), teaching ideas, principles of good boardworkDay 4 - Error Correction: developmental and transfer errors, interlanguage, error correction techniquesDay 5 - Second Language Acquisition: how linguistic theory can be applied to the classroomDay 6 - Grammar: inductive and deductive teaching, modern approaches to grammarDay 7 - Aspects of Phonology: review of phonemes plus connected speech, assimilation, elisionDay 8 - Lesson Planning: revising teaching models, stages of a lesson, structuring learningDay 9 - Lexical Chunks: the lexical approach, where lexis meets grammarDay 10 - Summary: brief history of TEFL, self-re�ection and evaluation
Practice Activities / Class Observation (10:30 - 12:20) monitored group activity based on input session topic and class observation
Observation Seminar (12:30 - 13:30) feedback and seminar on observations and practice activities
Where are we?
Training takes place at Avalon School of English in the heart of London’s famous West End; the school is a few minutes walk from Tottenham Court Road underground station, right next to the shops, bars, restaurants and museums of Soho, Covent Garden and Holborn. Oxford Street and the British Museum are just around the corner.
Accommodation
Teachers on the training course can be accommodated at the Bethnal Green Student Residence in Zone 2, 5 minutes walk from Bethnal Green underground station and 25 minutes journey time from Avalon School.Each studio apartment has 2 twin rooms sharing a bathroom and kitchen with oven and hob. There is a common room with TV and an internet room; Wi-Fi and bed linen are provided free of charge.
Please note that course fees must be paid in full at least 15 days before the course starting date. Accommodation fees must be paid in full 60 days before the course starting date; in order to reserve rooms in the student residence we require a 10% deposit payable by 30th April 2015.
To book a course or �nd out more about Avalon School ‘s Teacher Training Course for non-native EFL teachers:
Alex Tustain - [email protected]#avalonteachertraining
Polish - [email protected]
Korean / Chinese - [email protected]
Course Dates and Pricing
We are running 2 courses in 2015: 6th - 17th July and 20th - 31st July (2 weeks / 40 hours)
From £599 without accommodation.
For the latest deals on course + accommodation packages or to receive information in your language, please reply to your Avalon School contact:
French / Italian / Spanish - [email protected]
Japanese - [email protected]
Portuguese - [email protected]