Intermediate English for Teachers

• DAY 1:

Team fun get to know each other, hopefully very well

Competency check, strengths, areas of improvement

Learning preference exploration with adaptable activities

Creativity in the classroom and how to exploit your students strengths

• DAY 2:

Fun mini exam project based on individual grammar knowledge. Team challenge to complete the exams 100%

Warmers and fillers, adaptability and compatibility with various levels.

The local festivities [Semana Santa / La feria de Abril] Question Word practice WHO/WHERE/WHEN/WHAT/WHY

Introduction of technology in the classroom, Kahoot and wordwall.

• DAY 3:

A walk around the Seville old town [begin in Jardines de Murillo], dynamic outdoor activities incorporated into key historically information, finally stopping for a traditional Andalucian breakfast.

After breakfast head towards the Cathedral and Giralda, Interesting facts worksheet, key points in history and vocab on the architecture.

Next stop “Plaza Espana” walk around the province sections. Fun facts and related vocab.

The province challenge! Activity based on the old kingdoms of Spain and 48 provinces.

Final stop “Parque Maria Luisa”, light activities to finish the morning. Consolidation of previous activities.

• DAY 4:

Consolidation of previous day’s activities, how to implement real experiences into the classroom setting. Various group activities to exploit new knowledge.

Warmers and fillers, how to progress throughout a course.

The tourism blogger! Participants to create their own monument review, writing workshop.

Gastronomy time, introduction to Spanish cuisine. Guess the dish/ingredients and vocab. Share with the group their own culinary preferences and ideas.

Create personalised recipes for typical dishes from home countries, or dish of choice.

Food critic group discussion, vote for the best dish.

• DAY 5:

Overview on the course so far, self-evaluation. Test each other’s knowledge on Seville, games in groups and vocab related exercises to reinforce and recycle everything learnt so far.

Warmers and fillers, potential full course plan and further exploration.

Implementing everything during the course into manageable activities for their own classes. Further exploration into various tools and vehicles to really exploit language.

Personalised Kahoot mini exam, based on the week’s highlights.

Farewell video all together. A video message for any potential IDEVELOPERS out there, and why they should visit wonderful Seville.

All content will be tailor designed for every participant in mind from the doers to the thinkers, as we all know learning preferences are crucial when it comes to efficient and personable teaching. The course will focus on practical interaction. Team work will be at the heart of our time together and learning English in this way really does help with our all-inclusive, practical approach to course delivery.

Last but not least, fun… A huge emphasis will be made to enjoy the activities and hopefully create some fantastic memories and unforgettable experiences.

On completion of this course participants will be able to:

• Greet somebody and ask how they are
• Introduce them self and give personal information
• Use vocabulary from basic topics such as colours and professions
• Ask and tell the time
• Discuss their likes and dislikes and what they enjoy doing in their free time
• Know and remember vocabulary from basic topics such as days and months
• Know and remember food vocabulary and traditional food in the UK
• Place an order in a restaurant
• Follow a recipe and create their own
• Use the imperative tense
• Give and follow directions
• Know and remember how to form the present simple tense
• Know and remember some colloquial English phrases