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This course is designed for Overseas Teachers of
English (or those about to enter the profession) whose first language
is not English.
Fees & Dates
2010 Application for Enrolment Form for Teachers applying for Comenius/Grundtvig funding
2010 Application for Enrolment Form
This course is eligible for EU Socrates Comenius-Grundtvig Funding through the Lifelong Learning Programme.
You can choose to study for 1 or 2 weeks – each week is an independent unit, starting on a Monday. To join this course, you need to have a level of English at B2 on the Council of Europe’s Common European Framework for modern languages (Upper-Intermediate) or higher. You will be asked to do a pre-course language test to determine your level of English. You will also have a brief interview with a member of the College staff on arrival to further help us assess your level of spoken English.
You can study for 20 hours or 25 hours per week. Each week, the full-time 20-hour course comprises 15 hours of class tuition in a group (including 30-minutes break), and 5 hours of varied activities including observation of OHC classes. The 25-hour course also includes advanced English language skills practice and a look at some of the latest teaching materials with an educational publisher. Trainees can also attend Oxford House Club seminars.
The central objectives of the Professional Development
Course are:
- to help trainees focus on professional practice and knowledge
- to enhance trainees’ professional status, both within
their teaching institutions and within the profession as a whole
Specific objectives include:
- fostering an in-depth awareness of latest theory and practice
in the specialist ELT areas of IT, literature, business and UK
culture
- promoting professional collegiality
- fostering an awareness of learner autonomy and independence
The Professional Development Course syllabus includes library
research, project work, autonomy and independent learning, teaching
with IT, observation of teaching, staffroom collaboration and continuing
professional development (CPD).
Examples of syllabus content include activities for teaching English
literature, conducting a cultural awareness survey, adapting to
different learning styles and needs, promoting learning outside
the classroom, teaching with internet and intranet, analysing didactic
business English materials, career development and portfolio-building.
All course participants receive a pre-course bibliography which
they can refer to prior to the start of their course (although the
reading of these texts is not a requirement to complete the course).
Participants who are already practising teachers are also invited
to complete a brief selection of self-observation sheets to encourage
them to analyse their own classroom performance in their own teaching
situation, prior to the start of their course. These self-observation
sheets are submitted to the Course Director at the start of the
course, helping him or her to gain more insight into the teachers’
backgrounds and to better anticipate the teachers’ needs during
the course.
On completion of your course, you will receive an Oxford House
College certificate, with details of the course dates, the number
of course hours, and details of topics covered. In addition you
will receive a detailed and personalised report from the Course
Director, with suggestions for further professional development.
Funding
Your Course
For further information about Comenius-Grundtvig funding
and National Agency contact details in your country,
click here.
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