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Creative Teaching in the Adult Classroom
Improve and extend your teaching techniques and language ability.
These intensive 2-week courses have regular fixed start dates during the year and are eligible for EU LLP Grundtvig grants.
These courses are ideal for overseas teachers of English to young adults and adults who would like to refresh their teaching methodology and to make friends and contacts from other parts of the world.
Courses in July and August 2012 will be held in the beautiful, modern premises of Oxford University Business School 2 minutes' walk from the Lake School building in Park End Street. If you're a summer course participant please check this link for important information about your course at the Oxford University Business School venue.
| Hours per week | 21 + weekly cultural and social activities |
|---|---|
| Class Size | 14 maximum, 12 average |
| Language Level | Intermediate (CEFR Level B1) or above |
| Course Length | 2 weeks |
Course content includes:
- creative ideas to make your classes more lively and interactive
- practical activities for teaching large classes
- language improvement to refresh and update your English
- a visit to/presentation by a Local Adult Education Provider (where possible)
- a guided historical tour of Oxford
- a guided tour of Christchurch College or Punting on the River Thames
- one social evening with tutors
- wireless LAN Internet access
- refreshments: tea, coffee and mineral water
- end of course certificate outlining sessions attended
All participants are required to fill in a Pre-Course questionnaire. The Course Co-ordinator plans the course to meet the special requirements of the group. The course content is outlined and discussed on the first morning, and is then adapted as appropriate.
Where possible, visits in the local community are arranged. Some groups on summer courses also choose to attend an outdoor Shakespeare production in Oxford Castle or an Oxford University College garden. Course participants at other times of year often enjoy attending plays or concerts in theatres and music venues across the city.
Course tutors and guest trainers
Participants experience a dynamic, interactive style of teaching and receive personal attention from friendly, approachable tutors and guest trainers who have substantial experience of teaching English as a foreign language and teacher training. Trainers integrate a wide range of online and off-line resources to create a stimulating, professional and supportive learning environment and will adapt the content of the course to suit the needs and interests of the group, so that it is useful, relevant and enjoyable.
Comenius-Grundtvig Funding, Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP)
These courses are eligible for EU LLP Grundtvig grants.
Under the Comenius-Grundtvig programme, grants are provided to people who work in education. Grants are provided to participants from: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.
If you work in Adult Education, you can apply for Grundtvig funding, and you can find the course on the LLP Grundtvig Database: UK-2012-1401-007
In both cases, you should:
- contact your National Agency for a Grundtvig application form
- ask Lake School to send you a Grundtvig pre-registration document/course information for the dates you choose
Then you should send your completed application form, pre-registration and course information back to your National Agency, who will assess your application.
The deadline is April 30th, 2012 for courses between September and December 2012.
Follow-up resources and support
Each participant will take away a collection of practical activities they can use in their classrooms and share with their colleagues.
All teachers on our Professional Development Courses are invited to join us on Twitter @EnglishinOxford where you can share teaching ideas, classroom questions and thoughts on English with colleagues and friends.
Everything was just perfect: the teachers, trainers, the other colleagues, the place, the course, the materials and the inspiring ideas as well as the homestay! I would recommend it to everyone!
Eva Lokotar Vojnovic - Croatia - Professional Development Course - 2011
The Lake School of English, 14 Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1JQ
