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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
This course explored different professional practices which help make a successful English language teacher. Topics included promoting 21st century skills, integrating ICT, understanding educational policies and practice and using multilingual approaches.
4 weeks, 3 hours per week
Michael Bibby
English Global Product Manager
British Council
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Compare teaching approaches and experience with others from around the world.
- Assess the relevance of 21st century skills for English language learners.
- Discuss the impact that technology has had on what and how we teach.
- Evaluate a range of learning technologies and their usefulness.
- Explore the impact that national policies have on classroom practice.
- Reflect on the importance of child protection and consider whose role its implementation should be.
- Assess the importance and influence of learners' L1 in their language learning.
Syllabus
Promoting 21st century skills
- Understanding 21st century skills
- Critical thinking
- Collaboration and communication
- Fostering creativity
Integrating technology
- How does technology affect the way we teach
- Evaluating technology
- Technology, autonomy and collaboration
Understanding educational policies and practice
- How educational policy affects teachers
- Child protection
- Internet safety
- Applying policy
Using multilingual approaches
- Your classroom linguistic context
- The impact of other languages on learning
- Multilingual teaching approaches
- World Englishes and the future of English
Issued on 24th February 2021
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