Teaching Young Learners Online course

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Course Details

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Course Description

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Teaching Young Learners
This is an introductory course for teachers who are new to teaching younger learners; that is, within your first year or two of this type of teaching.

The course is concerned with teaching children from the ages of seven to approximately fourteen or fifteen.

Course content
The course is very practical in nature and includes numerous teaching ideas to try out in your classroom. Once you have tried out the ideas you are invited to discuss the outcomes on the course forums with your fellow course participants and tutors.

All practical ideas are related to current theory and best practice in the teaching of young learners.

Start Dates
Given the nature of online courses, although we recommend you to begin on one of the start dates given, it is possible for "late starters" to catch up quite quickly, within the first module of the course.

Note that courses will not begin unless there is a minimum of four participants.

Length & time commitment
It is notoriously difficult to predict exactly how many hours an online course will take any given student. For our courses, we believe you should estimate at least minimum 2.5 hours per module for the reading and completion of the tasks set, giving around 25 hours minimum for this particular course.

That estimate excludes the amount of class time you use for experimenting with the ideas and material from the course.

You should aim to complete each course module within 7 to 10 days.

Your tutors
The course tutors are all International House Barcelona CELTA and/or DELTA course tutors with many years of teaching and teacher training experience.

There is a 10% discount for those who have followed a prior Teacher Training course at IH Barcelona.

Certification
Candidates will be awarded an International House Barcelona Online Training Certificate at the end of the course.

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School Details - Online (Barcelona)

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Courses in the online Teacher Development series are delivered by distance, using our virtual classroom on the IH Barcelona Online Training site.

Our online classroom uses Moodle, the world's fastest growing e-learning platform.

The courses all operate in the same way: they are divided into modules (between five and ten), each of which is concerned with a different topic. Each module includes tasks for you to complete and materials and ideas to take into your classes.

It should take you approximately two and a half hours to complete the tasks for each module: the timetable for each module is seven to ten days. Of course you are free to spend as much class time as you wish experimenting with the materials with your students.

Once you have tried out the ideas in class we ask you to post your result on the forum for that module. This forum is a chance for you to discuss your findings with your fellow course participants and with your tutors.

There will also be one assignment for you to complete at the end of the course which you will email to your tutor for comment. This requires you to formalise the results of your experimentation in the classroom in a short essay format.

Each course includes an introductory section which guides and instructs you in using the online learning system. There is also a social forum in this introductory section which you are free to use for informal discussion on any topic you choose.

All materials required for each course are available in the course modules; we also include a glossary of terminology used during the course.

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How to Apply

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1. Select your course below
2. Register your details with Cactus TEFL (1 minute) to help us track your application.
3. Download the application form and save it on your computer.
4. Complete it offline in your own time
5. Go back to www.cactustefl.com, sign in and submit your completed form.
4. You will be sent your course joining details and payment information

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Prices

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