English teaching today

The course is tailored for both less experienced English teachers, as well as for those who want to brush up their teaching skills. In this course, the participants will not only develop their English teaching aproaches and techniques, but also their teaching competences in general - because the topics include effective classroom management strategies applicable to teaching other subjects as well. The participants will also learn how to teach effectively. 

The course will reflect the participants' needs thus ensuring that the competences learned will be relevant and applicable to real educational context. Interactive, engaging techniques will be used in order to create a positive and safe learning environment.

Programme

Day 1: Orientation day;
Traditional and contempory teaching methods, their effectivity and outcomes: teacher's know-how acquired through own experience and discoveries during practical activities.

Day 2: Gardner Multiple Intelligence Theory in practice – benefits for the student learning process and attitude, and benefits for the teacher everyday work in the classroom.

Day 3: The importance of emotional intelligence. Social-emotional learning, art, drama and music based learning.

Day 4: Using games in English teaching and gamification.

Day 5: Out-of-class and outdoor teaching and learning.

Day 6: Questioning strategies to support learning, project-based teaching, formative, self and peer assessment, feedback.

Day 7: Integrating ICT, new technologies and AI tools, teaching languages in the digital era; evaluation and farewell.

Location: Brno

Price: 620 EUR (includes course fee, organizational costs and coffee breaks)

Dates: 
4 - 10 May 2025 - full
13 - 19 July 2025
31 August - 6 September 2025
22 - 28 February 2026
3 - 9 May 2026