Creative Methodology

The course begins with a session discussing how learners think, different learning styles and how to adapt your teaching to this. Participants will discuss and work on methods for encouraging learners to think, and motivating their learning and goal setting.
The main focus for the session will be on NLP: What it is and how it compares with similar methodologies, how to develop teaching material, and how it can be used to help students overcome self-imposed limitations.

The TBL session begins with an introduction to the methodology in a TBL demo lesson, with aims and planning explained as the lesson progresses.

Participants then review the lesson discussing the effectiveness of the methodology followed by a workshop on using it to plan lessons and develop materials for TBL style teaching.

This session is aimed at providing teachers a variety of different activities for common skills such as error correction, pronunciation practice, etc. It also looks at different ways to approach various lesson stages including controlled practice, warmers, etc.
This session is trainer guided but we also expect participants to be able to communicate their own ideas and gain from the input of other course participants.

In the morning, participants are introduced to Dogme methodology through a demo lesson. The lesson, taught by an experienced Language Link teacher, will demonstrate the main principles of ‘Teaching Unplugged’.

Participants then review the lesson discussing the effectiveness of the methodology.
Focusing on teaching with little or no material ideas from this session can also also help in engaging students in more formal lessons or expanding on materials.

The final day participants will look at how to incorporate game play, and music and humour into language learning.
The afternoon session looks at use of drama and storytelling in the classroom and ways to incorporate the internet as a resource for lesson planning and a tool in the classroom.
Finally there is a review of the week’s topics and discussion of what participants found most helpful. There is an opportunity for general feedback and specific points on the course content and a final farewell where participants are encouraged to swap contacts and develop their own European networks.