British Council “Global English for Europe” project

Sandra PrincePartnerships and Projects Manager

12 March 2010

“Global English for Europe” projectIn cooperation with various partners (MoES, SEC, LATE, LALT,

Universities, Language Centres, etc)

• English Interface targets leaders, policymakers and senior ministry of education experts, providing access to UK expertise via publications, events, research, knowledge-sharing

• Engaging Teachers targets teachers, providing training and development programmes to build capacity in ELT worldwide via online courses, seminars and teacher resources online

• English Connect targets learners and provides online,

digital and media resources for learners to improve

their English

Professional development

• Agreement with State Education Centre on provision of INSETT for teachers of English (2010 – 2013)

• Two BC courses:– Learning Technologies in the Classroom - aims to build

English language teachers’ confidence and skill in the use of basic learning technologies and Web 2.0

– Primary Essentials - a development course for teachers of English working with young learners aged 5 to 12

• Online and face-to-face delivery mode • Course descriptions on TeachingEnglish site, section “Transform”• Course offer – follow info on VISC and BC websites• Pay attention to level of IT skills when applying for

Learning Technologies course!!!

Learning Technologies for the Classroom

The course covers the following areas: •An introduction to learning technologies •Evaluating and selecting websites •Integrating the Web •Office applications for whole-class teaching •Using office applications in a computer room •Searching and copyright-friendly materials •Cyber well-being •Ideas for school links projects •Using the interactive Web in the classroom •Collaborative online writing •Online writing for students and teachers •Social networking for educational use •Practising listening and speaking with online audio •Practising listening and speaking with online video

Learning Technologies for the Classroom

Modules on Web 2.0 technologies:

• An introduction to Web 2.0 • Using blogs • Using wikis for collaborative writing • Social networking sites • Using online video • Using online audio • Cyber well-being

Primary Essentials- a development course for teachers of English working with young

learners aged 5 to 12

- aims to help participants:• identify some of the key issues associated with teaching English to

children • identify different techniques for using songs and games to enhance

children's learning • understand how different learning styles affect the way we learn and

identify different techniques for exploiting different learning styles • define how lesson planning is linked to syllabus and curriculum

and explain how the curriculum can define what you

teach and how you teach • identify a variety of classroom management factors

which affect the learning conditions of your classroom

Professional development

Until State INSETT programme is launched British Council will offer

8 hour face-to-face Learning Technologies in the Classroom

workshops.

!!! If you have a group of teachers interested and venue

(a computer class) please contact Sandra Prince.

Professional development

New course:

Trainer Development Course - aims to develop participants’ professional expertise in ELT

teacher training-covers principles and practice in current approaches and

methodology, incl. micro training-topics also include:

• teaching and training roles• learning styles • motivation • issues and challenges• giving feedback • evaluation

Professional development

Upcoming products (due in spring/summer 2010):

Certificate in Secondary English Language Teaching -an INSETT course for teachers teaching 11-18 year-olds designed to help qualified teachers progress to a stage of fullproficiency in the main areas of secondary school teaching

-the course consists of 35 topic-based 3-hour modules onclassroom issue (each module will be assessed)

-teachers successfully completing 20 modules will receive a British Council (and MoES?) certificate

TeachingEnglish portal

Upcoming products (due in spring/summer 2010):

- new section on TeachingEnglish website called “Train” whereteachers will directly be able to access online training modules. Therewill be samples of existing training courses, full workshop notes fordownload and new self-study materials.

- a range of new video resources English Teaching Video:• videos of lessons from around the world • talks by ELT experts for webinars and workshops • interviews with teachers from around the world • the materials will come with activities for teachers

and notes for trainers, and guidance on how to exploit the video and run webinars

TeachingEnglish portal

• TeachingEnglish – Your Global Home

Everything busy teachers need for the classroom and staffroom

• register on the site

• register for the TE Newsletter to get updates

• apply to become Guest Teacher

LearnEnglish Family- LearnEnglish Central www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish

- www.britishcouncil.org/parents information and resources for parents of children who are learning English

- www.britishcouncil.org/kids

games, songs, stories and lots of activities

- 4 booklets in Latvian (available in print or on BC Latvia website):– Kā runāt ar bērnu angļu valodā– Kā bērni papildus dzimtajai valodai apgūst angļu valodu– Angļu valodas apguve, kopīgi lasot bilžu grāmatas– Angļu valodas apguve ar skaitāmpantiņu palīdzību

- workshops for primary teachers and parents

IATEFL Harrogate Online

• in Harrogate, UK, 7 - 11 April 2010

• a British Council and IATEFL partnership to provide online conference coverage of the Annual IATEFL Conference in Harrogate

• will showcase the best of the conference and provide interactive web coverage for remote participants around the globe with live video, interviews with presenters, dedicated forums, photo galleries and much more

• more information and updates on TeachingEnglish and on the IATEFL website at www.iatefl.org

Sandra PrincePartnerships and Projects Manager

British Council LatviaBlaumaņa 5a-2Rīga LV-1011, Latvija

Ph: +371 26565566, 67504103 Fax: +371 67504100

sandra.prince@britishcouncil.lv

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