- Iveta Vrábelová -
CLIL Course Participant July 2023
“✅If you work as a teacher of a foreign language or any other subject and still have doubts about your communication skills that are holding you back, a course at Linguaviva will surely unblock you 🤗. I am a fresh graduate of the 2 week CLIL & Communication skills teacher's training course and the course exceeded all my expectations. The tutors were very helpful especially in areas related to practice and teaching itself. They really engaged with us in an above and beyond manner.
Huge thanks must go to the whole team that created an incredibly friendly atmosphere - but especially our lead tutor and Head of School, Ian Brangan. I would certainly encourage all teachers not to be afraid to leave their comfort zone and try one of the courses on offer. Linguaviva was a great choice 💯.”
Communicate to Educate
This popular course, for Secondary School Teachers across Europe, focuses on Communicative Language Teaching and on exploiting language in content-focused classes at all three CEFR levels. It is for teachers who wish to deliver some or all classroom content through English and make their language classes as communicative as possible. In the mornings, teachers experience a mix of English Language and Culture; afternoon sessions cover CLIL and how to maximise communication in language teaching. To keep the course practical, participants bring access to samples of their own materials as we show how to design, deliver, and develop English-language resources with a strongly communicative focus. Teachers benefit from sharing insights with like-minded professionals from around Europe and, as the course progresses, develop a digital portfolio of ideas and class materials to use in the new school year.
Course Outcomes
Increased personal confidence in Communicative Language Teaching
Greater understanding of Students’ Needs
Increased awareness of technology & the internet as resources
Increased awareness of the possibilities of exploiting texts
Creation of a Reflective Journal of Materials
Sharing of teaching experience
Included in the Course
12 hours of General English plus 13 hours of Teacher Training classes per week
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Use of digital materials
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Dublin walking tour and a traditional pub night
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completion Certificate
Modules:
CLIL in Contemporary Education
Communicative Language Learning
Teaching Through Storytelling
Teaching Reading Communicatively
Teaching through Longer Language Tasks
Teaching Speaking Communicatively
Teaching Pronunciation
Teaching Writing Communicatively
Teaching Listening Communicatively
Teaching Through Projects
Assessment in CLIL
Educational Systems around the World
Using the web as a Teaching Resource
Teaching through Literature
Teaching through Film
Using TED Talks in the Classroom
Teaching with SMART TVs
Preparing CLIL Classes
English & its varieties