TEACHER TRAINING SHORT COURSES

Certificate in Teaching Business English

This Online Teacher Training Short Course will cover the following content:

• Business English - contexts
• Course book materials for business English
• Speaking skills for business - small talk, interviews, meetings, negotiations, telephoning - functional language and practice activities
• Writing skills for business - emails, reports, memos - functional language and practice activities
• Needs analysis
• One-to-one teaching
• Authentic materials and online tools for business students
• Business vocabulary
• Case studies, project work and presentations for business students

Course times:

• 18:30 – 21:30 Part-time (UK time)

Course dates:

• 10th January – 7th February 2024 (Part-time)

Price: £245 (£195 for Stafford House CELTA graduates)

To register – contact teachertraining@staffordhouse.com

Certificate in Teaching English Online

This Online Teacher Training Short Course will cover the following content:

• Learn about the different platforms used for online teaching
• Make lessons interactive and enjoyable for learners
• How to create rapport and engagement with students
• Plan different types of lesson plans: teaching skills, grammar, lexis
• Error correction and pronunciation
• Websites – tools/resources/software
• Adapting classroom teaching to online

Course times:

• 18:30 – 21:30 Part-time (UK time)

Course dates:​

• 28th February – 27th March 2024 (Full-time)

Price: £245 (£195 for Stafford House CELTA graduates)

To register – contact teachertraining@staffordhouse.com

Certificate in Teaching Exam Classes

This Online Teacher Training Short Course will cover the following content:

• Exam classes versus general English classes key features
• Classroom management in exam classes
• Student autonomy and study skills
• Teaching IELTS – Band descriptors, developing exam skills for IELTS, marking criteria and marking writing for IELTS
• Teaching Cambridge exams – CEFR levels, developing exam skills for Cambridge exams, marking criteria, and marking writing for Cambridge exams
• Planning lessons for exam preparation courses
• Planning a full course 

Course times:

• 18:30 – 21:30 Part-time (UK time)

Course dates:​

• 5th June – 3rd July 2024 (Full-time)

Price: £245 (£195 for Stafford House CELTA graduates)

To register – contact teachertraining@staffordhouse.com

Certificate in Teaching IELTS

Courses content:

• Exam format
• Teaching strategies students need to successfully get the score they need
• How to teach IELTS reading and listening
• How to teach IELTS speaking and writing
• Academic language
• Materials and resources used for teaching IELTS

Course times:

• 18:30 – 21:30 Part-time (UK time)

Course dates:​

• 23rd April – 21st May 2024

Price: £245 (£195 for Stafford House CELTA graduates)

To register – contact teachertraining@staffordhouse.com

Certificate in Teaching pronunciation

Course content:

• Identify pronunciation needs of individual learners.
• The phonemic chart
• Common myths about teaching pronunciation
• Sounds in words.
• Connected speech, word stress, sentence stress, intonation, and drilling.
• Activities and materials used for teaching pronunciation

Course times:

• 18:30 – 21:30 Part-time (UK time)

Course dates:​

• 4^th September – 2^nd October 2024
• 25^th October - 22^nd November 2024

Price: £245 (£195 for Stafford House CELTA graduates)

To register – contact teachertraining@staffordhouse.com

Certificate in Teaching Academic Management in ELT

Course content:

• What is academic management?
• Communication skills
• Time management
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Conflict resolution
• Delegating and motivating staff
• Forecasting and planning
• Recruitment: HR processes

Course times:

• 18:30 – 21:30 Part-time (UK time)

Course dates:​

• 23^rd October – 20^th November 2024

Price: £245 (£195 for Stafford House CELTA graduates)

To register – contact teachertraining@staffordhouse.com

Certificate in Inclusive Language Teaching

Course content:

• What is inclusion?
• Identifying Neurodiverse Learners
• Activities to help learners with dyslexia
• Activities and ideas for learners with other learning differences
• Differentiation
• Creating inclusive work environments

Course times:

• 10.00 am – 16.00 (UK time)

Course dates:​

• Saturday 20^th January

Price: £245 (£195 for Stafford House CELTA graduates)

To register – contact teachertraining@staffordhouse.com

Certificate in Teaching CLIL

Course content:

• CLIL methodology / what is CLIL?
• Resources / materials
• Adapting materials for CLIL classes
• Differentiation
• Lesson planning for CLIL classroom

Course times:

• 10.00 am – 16.00  (UK time)

Course dates:​

• Saturday 17^th February or 20^th April or 18^th May

Price: £245 (£195 for Stafford House CELTA graduates)

To register – contact teachertraining@staffordhouse.com

Specialised Workshops:

From teacher to teacher trainer – 02 March 2024

From teacher to ELT author – 06^th April 2024

From teacher to materials writer – 4^th May 2024