The International Association of Teachers of English

as a Foreign Language in Ukraine

IATEFL Ukraine stands for the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language in Ukraine and our mission is to link, develop and support English Language Teaching professionals throughout the country.

Teacher Development Summer School

28 June – 04 July 2011

The British Council Ukraine, IATEFL Ukraine and the Institute for Innovative Technologies and the Content of Education invite teachers of English (primary secondary, tertiary) to take part in the Teacher Development Summer School.

We will offer the following course:

TeachingEnglish TRAIN THE TRAINER
This Course helps participants develop their professional expertise in ELT teacher training and prepares them to train other teachers. It covers principles and practice in current approaches and methodology. An important feature of the course is micro training, where participants put learning into practice through peer training sessions. Topics covered in the course include teaching and training roles, learning styles, motivation, issues and challenges, feedback and evaluation.

TeachingEnglish TKT ESSENTIALS
This course provides teachers with an introduction to the basic theory associated with a communicative approach to English language teaching. Its structure and content are based on the syllabus of the Cambridge ESOL Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT). The course has three modules:

TeachingEnglish ENGLISH FOR TEACHING
This is an in-service teacher development course which combines input on communicative, learner-centred methodology and topical ELT themes with a structured language syllabus to provide for progression from A2 to B1 (CEFR level). The focus is on developing linguistic competence and teaching expertise through a range of thematically linked tasks and activities providing models which can be adapted for classroom use.

TeachingEnglish LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE CLASSROOM
This is a teacher development course which aims to build English language teachers’ confidence and skill in the use of basic learning technologies. It covers the following areas:

TeachingEnglish PRIMARY ESSENTIALS/PRIMARY ETTO
This is a development course for teachers of English working with young learners aged 5 to 12. It is based on the reflective approach, requiring active experimenting with teachers’ own teaching. The course consists of six modules and contains audio, classroom video and community elements.

Venue

ЛІКУВАЛЬНО – ОЗДОРОВЧИЙ КОМПЛЕКС
«ВЕРХОВИНА» ЗАТ "ІВАНО–ФРАНКІВСЬКТУРИСТ"

78700 смт. Верховина, вул. Поповича, 9,
Верховинський район, Івано - Франківська обл.

Arrival
28 June 2011 (morning), Ivano-Frankivsk, then bus transfer to “Verkhovyna”

Departure
04 July 2011 (morning) bus transfer Ivano-Frankivsk

Application
Fill in the Application Form and send it back to Zhanna Sevastianova at sevazh@yahoo.com and Sasha Shalenko at Oleksandr.Shalenko@britishcouncil.org.ua by 25 May 2011.
In your application, please indicate your first and second choice of a course. The decision on which courses to deliver at the summer school, will depend on the number of applications.

Successful candidates will receive an invitation by 01 June 2011.

 

Application Form