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Teacher Refresher Primary
Improve your teaching, update your English, make new contacts and enjoy yourself!
These intensive 2-week courses have fixed start dates in January and April as well as in June, July, August and November.
These courses are ideal for overseas teachers of English to Primary school students who would like to refresh their teaching methodology and to make friends and contacts from other parts of the world.
Courses in July 2008 will be held in the beautiful modern premises at the Oxford University Business School, 2 minutes' walk from the Lake School building in Park End St.
Teacher Refresher Courses at the Lake School of English are eligible for EU Comenius/Grundtvig funding. They and can be found on the Comenius /Grundtvig database. The course reference is UK-2007-486-5, the course title is 'Refresher Course in Practical, Creative Methodology for overseas English Language Teachers'. This course reference is valid from 2007 until 2012.
Under the Comenius/Grundtvig programme, grants are provided to teachers of foreign languages including English, to improve the quality of teaching and the pedagogical skills of language teachers. Grants are provided to teachers 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 and Turkey. Your National Agency will assess your application. If you would like to apply for Comenius funding, contact your local Socrates national agency.
Your course includes:
- 23 hours per week
- Creative ideas to make your classes more lively and interactive
- Practical activities for motivating large classes
- Language improvement sessions
- A visit to an Oxford publisher, when possible
- A guided tour of Oxford
- One social evening with tutors per week
- A visit to a local school (dates permitting)
- An end-of-course certificate outlining the sessions and hours attended
| Hours per week | 21 + cultural / social activities |
|---|---|
| Maximum class size | 12 |
| Minimum age | 21 |
| Language level | Intermediate or above |
The Primary Course Directors are Jackie Holderness and Wendy Superfine, both very experienced teacher trainers and well-established authors or Primary resources: Oxford University Press co authors of Zoom [Italy] Cool, Best Friends [Spain] and Zabadoo. Wendy has also co written Fun and Games in English and Telling Tales for Delta Publishing and is the former co-ordinator of the IATEFL Young Learners' Special Interest Group.
Course trainers and guest speakers
All the Lake School trainers and guest speakers have substantial experience of teaching English as a foreign language. Many are published authors and some of books/online resources. Previous tutors and guest speakers have included significant figures from the ELT community.
Course content
All participants are required to fill in a Pre-Course questionnaire. The Course Co-ordinator designs 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.
The methodology sessions on Primary Teacher Refresher Courses are practical and communicative. They include a wide range of activities for developing the four skills, listening, speaking, reading and writing with young learners. Personal language development is also an element of the course and based on the needs of the participants. Language improvement sessions to refresh and update your language are dynamic and interactive. Topics include grammar awareness, pronunciation, collocation, phrasal verbs and idiomatic expressions.
Where requested and where possible, school visits in the local community are arranged. Most groups also attend a Shakespeare production in an Oxford University College garden.
Follow-up resources and support
Each participant will take away a file of practical activities they can use in their classrooms and share with their colleagues. Teachers will also have access to a wide range of resources, including books, teachers' publications and videos and online materials.
The Lake School of English, 14 Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1JQ
