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develop language skills and knowledge for work

Prepare participants to help them pass an English proficiency exam

develop study skills and strategies, as a basis for future training courses.

Skills Functions, notions, communicative tasks Grammatical areas Topics Lexis

The Council of Europe’s (CoE’s) level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), to ALTE level 1 and Cambridge ESOL’s PET level

Units (10 units)

Topics (4)

Tasks (5)

PeopleActivitiesAdministration

Messages

Online users

Welcome message

Course guide

Study Guide

Resources

Orientation Week

Unit 1

People:Participants

Activities:ChatsForumsGlossariesResourcesJournals

Administration:GradesEdit profileChange password

Messages

OnlineusersIntroduction

Welcome message

Glossary

Dictionary

News forum

Social café

Question time

Journal

Chat room

Instructions

Tasks

Instructions

Written asessment: 60%Discussion forum: 40%

Task = 3 hoursForum = 2 hours

5 hours weekly

Help participants with technical issues

Encourage teachers to participate in forums

Announce the beginning and end of topics

Summarize forums

Receive and correct writings

Encourage participants to meet colleagues and socialize in forums (e-Social café)

Check why participants have been absent from the course

Write and send reports

Design tutorials; suggests websites for further practice

Keep track of teachers’ participation in ”Reports” (logs)