TEYL France - The Language Cafe, Chambery:
Learn how to teach the English language to children from ages 3-12 with TEYL France's Teacher Training Course in the city of Chambery, 20 miles east of Lyon in the south-east of France. Taught by experienced instructors, the TEYL France Certificate Course is a 40 hour, five day course in the French Alps and is fully accredited. Designed to develop practical classroom skills, this intensive one-week course is aims to provide qualified English foreign language teachers with an opportunity to develop new ideas and explore current issues in English language teaching to young learners.
Teach English to Young Learners (TEYL) - Teacher Training Course
In addition to the topics below, there will also be practical workshops throughout the course for testing out games, storytelling and songs allowing teachers to build up a ready-to-go resource file of activities for teaching children English.
Module 1: Characteristics of Children as Language Learners
- What is a young learner?
- Children and development
- How children learn languages
- Tips for teaching English to children
Module 2: Curriculum Development and Lesson Planning
- Designing a curriculum for young learners
- Why good teachers plan their work
- How to lesson plan
- How did it go?
- What to do when things go wrong
Module 3: Classroom Management and Atmosphere
- What is a good teacher?
- Helping children feel secure
- Physical surroundings
- Behaviour management and discipline
Module 4: Teaching Listening, Oral, Reading and Writing skills
- Why it is important to teach the four skills
- How to teach the four skills
Module 5: Instructive Strategy
- Games
- Songs and chants
- Storytelling
- Flashcards
- Pair and groupwork
Module 6: Topic Based Work
- Why does it work?
- How to do it
Module 7: Assessment
Module 8: Where To Get Ideas
Module 9: The Teacher’s Toolbox
- A set of resources for games, songs, storytelling and flashcard activities