Linguaprof Teaching Academy/ Online Business English& Methodology Teacher Training

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The goals of this online course are to teach practical methodology and to create possibility for trainees to learn and practice the main Business English terms. This knowledge wil be connected with ideas regarding methods and techniques used at (a Business English) class. So, the overall goal is to give a serious impulse for students and young teachers who would like to start a career as a Business English trainer, or for those who  are planinning a carreer as an ESL teacher. This goal will be accomplished by adding to the training the possibility to teach a 50 hour module to adult learners, these two activities (theories + practice) resulting in a complete Linguaprof Teaching Academy. 

Duration: 15th June- 15th December 2010

The programme: 1-3 short  lessons/ week = approximately 90 minutes of study/ week

Content:

Methodology:

Main approaches in language teaching and their use

Learner types and why/ what we should know about them

The PPP sequences and its practical relevance in teaching

Communicative approach

Roles of teacher/ the 4 skills 

Language systems: vocabulary, grammar and language functions

Grammar in context, teaching applied grammar at class

Using video and audio at class, techniques, tips, advice 

Business topics:

The terminology of marketing

The terminology of PR

The terminology of sales

The terminology of general management

The terminology of finance

The terminology of HR

The terminology of everyday business communication

 What our "junior trainers"/ trainee teachers say

"I think that such a traineeship is the best thing that could happen to those who choose to become teachers. I could not really understand what a difficult task I had until I found myself in front of a group of very different people with different expectations and different learning habits. It is a real challenge, at every meeting I have with my students I learn something new about teaching and about myself as a teacher. I learn from my students, my students learn from me; it's a win-win situation and I am happy I was given the chance to do this."

Andrea Niculae, Bucharest