Innovative Approaches to Humanistic Language Teaching
“Authenticity” is the word of the year 2023. What does it mean to be an authentic teacher and what does an authentic classroom look like? In this 5-day intensive course for teachers of pupils aged 11+, you’ll find lots of suggestions for taking your English lessons into the 21st century.
Description
5-day intensive course offers participants a unique opportunity to explore what the concept of authenticity in education means as well as explore techniques to help teachers be more themselves in the classroom.Teacher authenticity affects their relationship with students, deepens their student-centeredness, and influences their choice of learning materials.Higher levels of authenticity will change the way classroom management and decision-making are done, deepen humanistic principles, and bring other goals into the classroom besides language learning and development.
Authenticity means bringing the principle of 'here and now' into the classroom, or transferring some of the responsibility for the teaching process and classroom management to the students. Authenticity forces students to go further, encouraging them to talk and express themselves, to think about what and why the they are learning and how they intend to develop.
Ƶing objectives
- Knowledge of the principles of authentic teaching leadership
- Understanding of the benefits of authentic teacher and student behavior for both the teaching process and personal development
- Skill in how to continuously build a more democratic classroom environment
- Understanding of how to reflect on one’s own teaching, for improvement through pupil perceptions
- A set of practical activities and guidelines for greater and authentic pupil engagement
- The ability to use the ‘here and now’ principle in the regular classroom
- The ability to develop critical thinking in themselves and their students
- Directions for working with authentic information from the media and online environments
- Principles of teaching in a multicultural environment and building respect between cultures
- Discussion and exchange of ideas in a small group of like-minded teachers in the heart of the Old Town
Methodology & assessment
At the end of the course you will receive the Certificate of Attendance and Europass Mobility document, or any other document your organisation/school requires to submit for applying Erasmus+ programme.
Materials, digital tools & other learning resources
The materials will be provided in the course.
Certification details
The Bridge Certificate of Attendance
Europass Mobility Document upon request
Pricing, packages and other information
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Price:480Euro
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Course package content:
25 hours of interactive workshops
Admission and exit testing
Study material
The Bridge Certificate
For all our clients we provide services:
- Student typology
- Student needs analysis
- Self-study space and library
- Refreshments during the course
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Additional information:Description of the services and activities included in the course package (such as accommodation, meals, transport) or available at extra cost.
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Cancellation & changes:
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Additional information:The options and conditions for change and cancellation, and the policy in case of unforeseen circumstances (force majeure).
Additional information
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Language:English
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Target audience ISCED:Primary education (ISCED 1)Lower secondary education (ISCED 2)Upper secondary education (ISCED 3)
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Target audience type:Teacher
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Ƶing time:20-25 hours
Upcoming sessions
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