This immersive and interesting Advancing your Professional Practice (creative methodology) 5-day course will allow participants to develop their English skills and personal classroom practice through teacher-led lectures and practical-based sessions. Having the opportunity to share your ideas with others and then actually deliver them in ‘mini lessons’ makes our course something unique and extremely appealing to the can-do teacher.

 A wide range of ideas will be explored, creating a forum for experienced classroom practitioners to share and discuss teaching in the modern age. Course content will include the main topic areas:

CREATIVE CLASSROOMS
A plethora of ideas will be explored, including games, drama, music and art-based activities, to turn dry course book content into kinaesthetic, fun and memorable learning experiences.

FUTURE FOCUS
Staying in the creative mould, the key focus here centres around using modern technology and techno-themed ideas to appeal to young English learners brought up in a modern and social mediacentric world.

THE WORLD OF ENGLISH
Languages don’t stagnate - they are constantly changing and evolving so an opportunity to bring your own English skills up-to date will be included. Additionally a number of cultural aspects will be tackled to help you keep your finger on the pulse of the English speaking world.

Throughout the course you will also: evaluate and develop your own teaching techniques and personal practice. Be actively involved in your own lifelong learning journey. Discuss and critique your own ideas with other professionals in your field.

The broad topics covered in this course include:

• My Teaching - Theory 
• Active Teaching - Theory
• Techno-Teaching - Theory
• Dramatic Teaching - Theory
• Creative Teaching Theory