Our two-week intensive refresher course enables teachers who already have some experience to gain greater in-depth knowledge of the job and discover the latest teaching techniques.
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We want your course to combine the best of both worlds - a chance to brush up your English, discover some new methods and materials for your classes, and have a memorable holiday.

The main aims are:

• to familiarise you with modern methodologies that will make your classroom teaching more interactive

• to focus on different ways of promoting effective learning strategies

• to evaluate a selection of the latest teaching materials

• to brush up your idiomatic, natural English

• to help you discover new aspects of British culture to enrich your teaching

  The course was excellent: I got many new ideas to use - Alicia. 

The course is practical, informative and fun.
Theory is kept to a minimum - and is always demonstrated in practice

You will have sessions on:

• Activity types in communicative classes

• working with different learning preferences

• using games and warmers to promote group dynamics

• the difference between idioms and idiomatic language

• evaluating the latest ELT materials

• ways of promoting independent learning

• effective group and pairwork

• aspects of contemporary life and culture

• exploiting newspapers, magazines and other authentic materials

• creative grammar activities that really work

• using dictionaries as a resource, not a reference

• reflective practice for pedagogical awareness

• effective phonology - intonation and chunking language

• vocabulary activities that promote fluency

• exploiting classroom projects

• 65 different types of homework you can give

• personalising learning tips

• getting more from your coursebooks

And that's not all ...

You'll also learn more about designing and exploiting posters in class

And work with using recordings in class for added motivation

And explore different ways of using video in your classes

And look at how you can use jokes and stories to improve listening skills

What's more, we'll also give you a collection of 140 classroom activities that work time after time!
That's fantastic value for money!

  I've met some brilliant and friendly trainers and have learnt a lot of things - Simonetta. 
 I've been having a wonderful time and I'm not sure I want to leave in two days! - Jolanta.  

The course lasts for two weeks

Each week will give you a minimum of 21 hours of classroom tuition. You also have an optional 6 hours in our Study Room with practical work to do.

Input includes practical activities, seminars, discussions, observations of our expert teachers, pairworks, role-plays, mini-presentations, a variety of tasks and more...

The activities are designed to be equally useful to Primary and Secondary teachers - and they are also good for your Engish!

There is a maximum of 15 participants per course.

During the course you have full use of our facilities, including:

• Our extensive teachers’ library

• The video library with over 350 titles

• The Computer Room with free internet and e-mail

• The Study Room, with over 10,000 hours of interesting materials

•The Students’ Coffee Room

In addition, a full social programme is included in the price
This will help you discover the city and its resources with visits and excursions.
On Saturdays, we have a full-day trip to a local place of interest.

 I think this school is very good. The atmosphere here is very nice and above all, the teachers are very friendly. The lessons are very interesting - Ewa. 

If you teach in Adult Education in the EU, you may qualify for funding on our summer courses for teachers under Grundtvig 3.

To find out more, you should contact your National Socrates Agency. We have included the contact details for the countries below. Click on the name of your country to find out more.

You will also need to register with us for the course directly online by clicking here.

• Austria • Belgium • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Finland	• France • Germany • Greece • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Italy	• Liechtenstein • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Malta • Netherlands • Norway	• Poland • Portugal • Slovakia • Slovenia • Spain • Sweden

 

Accommodation for the Refresher Course is as follows:

Self-catering accommodation in Manor Hall residence (£230.00 per week)

Manor Hall is located in the beautiful Georgian area of Clifton. It is superbly located near many Bristol landmarks such as the Cabot Tower and the Georgian House.

The area is full of cafes and restaurants and so is perfect for everything you might need. The centre of the city is 15 minutes on foot and a similar distance from the school.

The price includes a single room and communal bathroom. There are communal kitchen areas where you can cook your own food.

For prices information see our section about accommodation prices.

To book your place on one of our Refresher Courses for foreign teachers, follow the link below. This will take you to the first page of the form.

The form is divided into five separate pages covering: Personal Details, Course Dates, Accommodation, Flight Details and Payment Preferences. It should take about ten to twenty minutes to complete.

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