Overview
What you will learn
In this Teaching Teenagers (Online) course at Norwich Institute for Language Education you will explore aspects of ‘the teenage brain’, teenage motivation and behaviour and their impact on lesson planning and delivery.
You will observe and evaluate lessons with teenagers, create activities for working with language and also design tasks for developing skills.
Towards the end of the course, you will consider the assessment of progress, homework and how to encourage learner autonomy. There will also be space to explore diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Programme Structure
Topics include:
- Key differences between teaching teenagers and other age groups
- The ‘teenage brain’, motivation and behaviour and implications for the classroom
- Identifying inappropriate behaviour; prevention and/or strategies to manage it
- Different approaches to teaching teenagers (e.g. CLIL, TBL, the flipped classroom)
- Designing lesson objectives and planning successful lessons
- Presenting and practising language in the teenager classroom
- Evaluating digital tools which present and practise language
- Helping learners develop the necessary skills for the 21st Century
- Bringing the ‘real world’ into the classroom
- Evaluating progress through homework, tests and self-reflection
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Does everyone have a voice?
- Reflecting on work completed on the course and identifying areas for continuing professional development
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 2 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
Delivered
Online
Campus Location
- Norwich, United Kingdom
Disciplines
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Experience: Teachers, academic managers and trainers who work in the area of teaching languages to secondary school-aged learners (11 to 16-year-olds)
- Language Level: B2
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents545 GBP / full≈ 545 GBP / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents545 GBP / full≈ 545 GBP / full
Additional Details
- Trinity CertPT qualification (optional): £325
Funding
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