Teaching for Success: Learning and Learners (MENA)
Understand learners, policy and practice with this continuing professional development course for English language teachers.
Duration
4 weeksWeekly study
2 hoursDigital upgrade
Free
Teaching for Success: Learning and Learners (MENA)
Learn with English language teachers worldwide
This free online course is for English language teachers around the world. It will help you develop the skills and practices you need for your continuing professional development (CPD).
In this course you will look at four professional practices:
- Understanding learners
- Knowing the subject
- Using inclusive practices
- Assessing learning
Short video interviews with experienced teachers will be combined with classroom films from around the world to illustrate the main points.
Video tutors will guide you through each week, offering tips, advice and downloadable resources.
What topics will you cover?
Understanding Learners
- Learner motivation
- Building rapport
- Getting learners talking
Subject knowledge
- What should a teacher know?
- Different kinds of knowledge
- Language analysis for learners
- Practising new language
Inclusive practices
- What is diversity?
- Differentiating content
- Differentiating process
- Differentiating product
Assessing Learning
- Why do we assess learners?
- Types of assessment
- Assessing speaking
- Assessing writing
Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Compare teaching approaches and experience with others from around the world.
- Reflect on the factors involved in learner motivation and consider the implications for our teaching practice.
- Discuss different types of knowledge and what a teacher needs to know.
- Evaluate ways to check understanding and practice language.
- Identify and value diversity, and apply strategies to promote inclusive education.
- Evaluate different types of assessment and reflect on assessment criteria and activities for speaking and writing.
Who is the course for?
The course is aimed at teachers of English as a foreign language at all levels. Intermediate level English (around B1 on the CEFR) is required.
The course draws on the British Council’s many years of expertise in teacher training and development around the world. It will be useful for teachers of English at primary, secondary or higher levels.
You will be asked to share your experiences and opinions as you become part of a global community of English language teachers.
Who will you learn with?
Suzanne has been working in ELT since 1999. She's been working in teacher training and materials writing for over 10 years. Her online portfolio is: https://suzannemordue.wordpress.com
I'm an English teacher and teacher trainer. I'm interested in online learning/teaching and pluralistic approaches to languages and cultures particularly in refugee/immigrant contexts
Who developed the course?
British Council
The British Council builds connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and other countries through arts and culture, education and the English language.
We work on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2019-20 we connected with 80 million people directly and with 791 million people overall, including online and through our broadcasts and publications.
What's included?
British Council are offering everyone who joins this course a free digital upgrade, so that you can experience the full benefits of studying online for free. This means that you get:
Learning on FutureLearn
Your learning, your rules
- Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps to help you keep track of your learning
- Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
- Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores
Join a global classroom
- Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
- Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
- Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others
Map your progress
- As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
- Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control
- Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate
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