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Learn how to teach English online

05-April-2020 · by Verbalist

Is it time for a new online direction in your teaching career?

Teaching English online is becoming more popular all over the world, giving learners and teachers flexibility in where and how they develop English language skills.

Join free FutureLearn course to find out about the skills, knowledge, digital tools and resources you need to design and deliver effective online English lessons. Gain insights from online teachers, trainers and learners and share ideas with other course participants.

This course will help you better understand how to adapt your face-to-face teaching skills to an online environment.

What topics will you cover?

The context of English Language Teaching online

Contexts: learners and learning
Strategies for developing rapport and engagement
Dealing with classroom management in an online classroom
Key skills needed to be an effective online teacher
Tips for finding learners and channels to deliver online learning

How to plan and deliver online skills lessons

Developing reading skills
Developing writing skills and dealing with errors online
Developing speaking skills
Developing listening skills

How to plan and deliver online language lessons

Setting context
Clarifying and practising language
Dealing with pronunciation

How to continue your professional development as an online teacher

Getting feedback on your teaching
Evaluating and reflecting on your teaching
Joining online communities of teachers

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you’ll be able to…

Demonstrate the key skills and knowledge needed as an online English teacher
Plan and deliver lessons to develop receptive and productive skills
Understand how to develop language skills
Reflect and improve on professional practice

Who is the course for?

Experienced or recently qualified teachers who would like to transfer their teaching to a live online context.

Who developed the course?

Cambridge Assessment English

Cambridge Assessment English is part of the University of Cambridge who helps millions of people learn English and prove their skills to the world.

Join here this FREE course

…and you will get access to this course for 6 weeks

About FutureLearn

FutureLearn is a leading social learning platform formed in December 2012 by The Open University and is now jointly owned by The Open University and The SEEK Group. FutureLearn has ten million people signed up worldwide. FutureLearn uses design, technology and partnerships to create enjoyable, credible and flexible online courses as well as undergraduate and postgraduate degrees that improve working lives.

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03-February-2020 · by Verbalist

Last summer, we visited our students at Bisham Abbey, which is one of England’s top tennis venues. Beautifully situated on the banks of the river Thames, extensive sports facilities surround an 800 year old abbey once belonging to King Henry VIII. Several British Olympic teams use Bisham as their training base throughout the year.

We talked to our players and coach Gill Lemore about this high-performance Nike tennis camp:

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It used to be – and not that very long ago – that the list of most important languages in the world to know would have been quite small. French, English, Spanish, and German would have made the list, plus a handful of others depending on where in Europe and Asia one lived. Accordingly, these were the languages most in demand by students across the world looking to extend their linguistic repertoire beyond their mother tongue either for career or cultural/personal reasons.

But of course, the landscape of global power and business has changed dramatically, with the past decade characterised by the striking ascent of China (and the growing importance of other BRICS countries: Brazil, Russia, India, and South Africa) and the surging youth populations in Africa (e.g., one in four people aged 15–24 will live in the continent by 2030, according to the United Nations) and the Middle East (where the population is expected to double to over 1 billion inhabitants by 2100).

English remains, by far, the world’s most studied language. But these factors have, to say the least, extended the consideration sets of many prospective language learners across the world – and thus increased the range of opportunities for language providers in a growing list of countries. READ MORE

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Two-year accelerated bachelor degrees to be offered in England

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The UK Department for Education has announced the expansion of accelerated two-year degree programs for universities in England, following a consultation period.The government said that two-year bachelor degrees would encourage new providers into the market, help students to fast-track their way into the workforce, and create “an unprecedented level of choice and flexibility”.

The UK Department for Education has agreed to a new fee system which will allow providers to charge 20 per cent more per year for domestic/EU students, a fee structure that will provide a saving to students of at least 20 per cent (approximately UK£5,500) for the total cost of a degree, he said. The proposals for courses fees will require parliamentary approval.

The government response to the scheme does not detail course fees for non-EU students. For standard three-year degrees, fees are capped for domestic/EU students, but providers are free to set fees for non-EU students.

My English language teacher training in London

31-October-2018 · by Verbalist

Laura Zanella from Trento, Italy, approached us with a need to improve her English language teaching skills and to earn a teaching certification. Laura’s testimonial may be helpful if you are thinking of furthering your ESOL teaching career:

Laura Zanella

“I was born in Canada and am currently living in an Italian town called Trento, where I’m working as a teacher of English. I met representatives from the Verbalists Language Network at a business meeting this year, organised by the Maltese IELS School, and I must admit, they won me over straight away with their approach to language learning. Following their advice and recommendation, I enrolled in a 4 week intensive Trinity Cert. TESOL course (Trinity Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), at St Giles school in central London. READ MORE

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