🧠 Block 1: Practical English Language Teaching (CELTA-Based)
📅 Dates: 04.08 – 08.08
⏱ Academic hours: 30
🎯 Goal: Equip teachers with actionable, modern classroom teaching strategies and tools based on CELTA methodology, with a focus on engaging, learner-centered instruction.
Training Structure and Content
Day 1: Classroom Management & Student Engagement
- Establishing routines and positive class dynamics
- Managing large/mixed-ability classes
- Managing pair/group work effectively
- Building student autonomy
Tools: ClassroomScreen, Wheel of Names, Miro, Jamboard, Blooket, Baamboozle, ClassDojo
Outcome: Teachers will gain confidence in structuring engaging and inclusive classrooms using tech tools to manage time, behavior, and interaction.
Day 2: Presenting Vocabulary & Grammar
- Guided discovery vs. explicit instruction
- Clarifying meaning, form, pronunciation
- Using CCQs & timelines
Tools: Genially, Quizlet, Wordwall, YouGlish, Textivate
Outcome: Teachers will be able to clearly present new language using modern digital visuals and apply CELTA-informed clarification techniques.
Day 3: Language Practice & Error Correction
- Controlled vs. freer practice
- Personalization and creative tasks
- Error correction: delayed, peer, reformulation
Tools: Padlet, Kahoot!, Mentimeter, Flippity, Loom
Outcome: Teachers will be able to plan interactive practice sequences and deliver constructive, learner-friendly feedback using digital tools.
Day 4: Developing Listening & Reading Skills
- Top-down and bottom-up processing
- Pre-, while-, and post- stages
- Using authentic materials effectively
Tools: Breaking News English, News in Levels, LyricsTraining, TED-Ed, Edpuzzle, ReadTheory, CommonLit
Outcome: Teachers will confidently create scaffolded receptive skills lessons based on engaging authentic content and digital media.
Day 5: Speaking & Writing Skills + Micro-Teaching
- Fluency vs. accuracy
- Task-based speaking & communication
- Process writing scaffolds
- Peer review and feedback
Tools: Canva for Education, Storybird, Book Creator, Flip, VoiceThread, Write & Improve
Outcome: Teachers will be equipped to run creative, student-driven speaking and writing tasks and reflect on their practice through micro-teaching.
|
