COURSES FOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH
SEPTEMBER 2008
Week 1: 15-18 September (from 3.30 – 6.00pm)
A: LANGUAGE IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR SCUOLA ELEMENTARE TEACHERS
This course aims to help teachers to increase their English language skills especially in the area of
pronunciation, speaking and fluency. The type of activities used during the course will also be suitable for
adaptation and exploitation for your own classes.
B: LANGUAGE IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR SCUOLA MEDIA INFERIORE TEACHERS
Concentrating principally on spoken interaction as an outcome of written and spoken input, this course aims
to help teachers to increase their English language skills especially in the area of pronunciation, speaking
and fluency. The type of activities used during the course will also be suitable for adaptation and exploitation
for your own classes.
Week 2: 22-25 September (from 3.30 – 6.00pm)
C: LANGUAGE IMPROVEMENT FOR SCUOLA SUPERIORE TEACHERS
This course offers secondary school teachers an invaluable opportunity to participate in an intensive series
of advanced language study, concentrating particularly on the areas of pronunciation, speaking and fluency.
The type of activities used during the course will also be suitable for adaptation and exploitation in the
secondary school classroom.
D: TECHNOLOGY AND ICT
This course will look at how learning technologies are enhancing the way teachers teach. We will look at
ways of integrating the internet in class and have practical demonstrations and practice sessions using the
IWB (Interactive Whiteboard). This course will be suitable for all teachers of all levels with little or no
experience of using technologies.
Week 3: 29 Sept-2 Oct ((from 3.30 – 6.00pm)
E: TEACHING PRONUNCIATION
During this course we will look at the features of English pronunciation which pose problems for Italian
learners. We will examine a range of techniques to help students improve their intelligibility and increase
their confidence when speaking.
F: TEACHING LITERATURE
This course will look at the use of authentic Literature in the classroom. It will be a practical course
demonstrating techniques and ideas for presenting language through the use of classic and contemporary
novels and poetry.
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The cost of courses A, B, C, D, E is €115,00.
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