BLC ESOL Teacher Training Certificate

The BLC ESOL Certificate is a 100 hour initial training course to start teachers on their careers as English language teachers.

The course consists of four main areas; input seminar sessions, teaching practice, written assignments & observations of BLC teachers.

Seminar sessions
These are very practical & consist or lots of pair & group work whilst examining a wide range of teaching techniques & activities.
The areas covered on the course consist of:

• The Learner & motivation
• The Teacher & classroom management
• Language awareness & performance analysis.
• Syllabus, timetabling & lesson planning
• Materials design & resources
• Developing the four skills, Speaking, Listening, Reading & Writing
• Introducing & developing language - grammar, vocabulary, function, phonology & discourse.
• Teaching the younger learner
• Teaching the business learner
• Assessment

Teaching practice
This consists of each trainee being observed teaching a group of Spanish learners. A feedback session follows the teaching.

Written assignments
There are two written assignments
1. A profile of the teaching practice students - 1000 words.
2.An analysis of written discourse - 1000 words.

Observations
Each trainee observes a series of observations of experienced BLC teachers.

Assessment
At the end of the course successful trainees are awarded a grade; Pass or Pass with merit. This is based on teaching practice development & the standard of the written work.

AulaBLC.com
Each course will have a meeting place at AulaBLC.com. Here you can contact other participants & tutors. There will also be a range of materials & templates available for use during the course.

Pre-course work
A series of tasks will be available at AulaBLC.com to prepare trainees for the course.

Dates
Monday, Wednesday & Friday mornings, 10.30>>13.30
Start date: 20th April 09
Finish date: 19th June 09

Entry Requirements
To have an awareness of language and a competence in English, both written and spoken, that enables candidates to follow the course.

Application:
Please fill in the online form. You will be contacted to arrange an informal interview at the BLC.

Course fees:
Special 25th Anniversary offer - 850€

Bank details for transfers:
Account holders: British Language Centre
Bank: Caja Madrid
Bank address: Plaza de Castilla 3, 28020 Madrid Spain
Account number: 6000396419
Bank number: 2038
Branch code: 1742
Digital code: 23
Swift code: CAHMESMM
International bank code: ES33

On most bank forms the numbers fall in the following order:
ES33-2038-1742-23-6000396419