Who is this course designed for
This course is intended for both experienced YL teachers who would like further training and an opportunity to develop this area of their expertise, and newly qualified CELTA teachers, with little or no YL experience, who would like to find out more about YL teaching.
This course is moderated by Cambridge Assessment English. Your certificate will include the Cambridge logo, adding value to your qualification.
Entry requirements
To benefit from this course, you should have some experience of teaching English. You do not need to have taught students aged 6-to-17 previously.
Course objectives
As the demand for EFL teachers for Young Learners and Teenagers increases, most teachers will be required to teach this age group (age 6 to 17) at some point in their career. The course will equip you with the core skills to excel in teaching this age group, as well as giving you many valuable practical ideas.
Because this course includes observed teaching sessions, you will have a chance to practice and benefit from feedback on your classroom skills.
Course content
There are 20 sessions in this course,covering areas such as
- Planning for YLs
- Classroom Management
- Accuracy and Correction Techniques
- Clarifying and Practising Language
- L1 in the classroom
- Teaching Adolescents
- Material design and selection
- Mixed abilities
In addition, you are required to teach a minimum of 4 lessons at 2 different age groups and levels amounting to at least 3 hours. You will have planning support in a pre-observation meeting with your local tutor to discuss your lesson and there is also a post-observation meeting for feedback on the lesson.
You also need to do 6 hours observation of peers and experienced teachers and complete related tasks.
Assessment
You will be assessed with:
- 2 assignments – one on materials and the second, a self-reflection task
- 4 observed lessons
- Weekly portfolio tasks relating to the online input
- Tasks completed whilst observing peers and more experienced colleagues
Tasks, assignments and observed teaching are all submitted as your assessed portfolio which is then moderated by the IHWO Assessment Unit and Cambridge English Language Assessment. The grading of the course is Pass or Distinction.