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| 18 July – 24 July 2010 |
The University of Kent at Canterbury |
£485 |
TLI30 |
Target Audience
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Experienced non-native teachers who teach teenagers and adults. |
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Participants with at least an upper intermediate level of English |
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Please note: this course is not suitable for teachers of young learners (pre-teen) |
Course Summary
| This course has been designed for experienced teachers who would like to try out and discuss new ways of handling English literature in class.
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Programme of the training activities
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Enabling learners to read literature in English for pleasure. |
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Giving you ways of helping learners to overcome the feeling that the literary text is alien. |
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Ways of helping learners discover their creativity in a foreign language. |
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Introducing ways of exploiting literary texts to make learning about literature an active and stimulating experience. |
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Ways of boosting learner self-knowledge through literature. |
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Ways in which literature can make the language come alive and increase language development. |
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Ways of helping learners develop independence of work habits and imagination. |
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Ways in which you can modify your behaviour and attitude as a teacher to facilitate creativity in your learners. |
Description of training content:
Preparation
Each applicant to send in action plan 4 weeks before the course outlining hopes and objectives for achievement as a result of attending this course.
Objectives
The course places both you and your learners in an active position vis a vis the literary texts. You will gain a wide range of strategies to help your learners appreciate and respond creatively to these texts.
Expected results
As a result of attending this course, the participants will be more creative in their teaching of literature in English and will be able to select literary materials, and design teaching materials and lesson plans that are motivating, personally rewarding and effective.
Is this the right course for me?
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Yes, if you are an experienced teacher who wants to participate on a course which will both widen your range of teaching options and promote your own creative abilities. |
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Yes, if you want to participate in a course committed to humanistic principles and approaches. |
If this is not the right course for you, please consider the following:
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Creative Methodology |
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NLP for teachers |
Programme of the training activities day by day:
Please note this is an example of a daily programme. Course content may often be usefully adapted to incorporate the needs of each specific group.
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Tuesday |
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| AM 9.00-10.30 |
Introductions
Ice breakers
Autobiographies
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Story telling and re-telling |
Literature, music & song |
Literature and locality: Projects |
Literature as a window on culture |
| 11.00-12.30 |
Needs analysis and goal setting |
Putting the learner in an active role |
Relating literature to life |
Re-making the text |
Making poetry active |
| PM 14.00-15.30 |
Motivating learners to read literary texts: Reading for pleasure |
Drama: making the text active |
Creativity from different genres |
Grammar and vocabulary through literature |
Literature in film |
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