Creative way of teaching speaking skills in the Classroom 1. Introduction Many students are not able to speak in a foreign language and the knowledge or don't know how to speak in this language. If students do not learn how to speak or do not get any opportunity to speak in the language classroom they may soon get de-motivated and lose interest in learning. On the other hand, if the right activities are taught in the right way, speaking in class can be a lot of fun, raising general learner motivation and making the English language classroom a fun and dynamic place to be. For that reason, this course wants to offer new and innovative knowledge, tools and methodologies to be used inside the English classroom and motivate students to speak in a foreign language. Sending partners: educational organizations involved in formal, non – formal and informal learning: schools, adult training centres, resources centres and other relevant organizations active in the school, youth and adult education field established in Erasmus program countries. Participants: 10 – 15 participants involved in education. Course fee: According to the Erasmus guide, 70 euros per training day (5 days). BASIC’ PACKAGE: 520 EUR It is covered by the funding received from ERASMUS+ and it covers: • • • • •
Tuition fee and training material Certificates of Competence Coffee breaks Farewell lunch Administration costs
Duration: 20 hours Language used: English Profile of the participants The participants are teachers, adult trainers, responsible active or other interested people in the sending organizations interested in knowing the culture
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and Spanish language to improve their language knowledge and cultural understanding. Objectives
To develop skills in teachers about how to engage students in conversations which are meant to develop their vocabulary and their oral skills To offer resources to engage students in real- life communicative and collaborative tasks Experience and evaluate a variety of teaching techniques, materials, devices and procedures designed to help students acquire speaking language skills Help teachers develop activities to support students to express themselves fluently using appropriate grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation Developing tools and techniques that can be used in order to increase students motivation and combat drop-out phenomenon
2. Methodology The course will base learning on solving activities or practical cases proposed during the lessons. The teacher will guide trainees and will help them solving any kind of issue arisen during the learning process. The teacher will also provide constant feedback. Moreover, the teacher will check that all participants reach the pedagogical objectives and develop the expected professional skills. The course evaluation will be continuous and personalized, according to the course program. In any case, there will be a test to assess the learning outcomes. We will create an atmosphere in which students like to learn, teachers like to teach and all like to work together. Students learn about culture through the use of authentic materials that are representative of the Spanish-speaking world. Materials include a variety of different media, e.g., journalistic and literary works, podcasts, interviews, movies, charts, and graphs.
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3. Structured Course Programme Modules of the training course What is said about creativity and innovation?
How creativity and innovation supports your teaching philosophy Creative competences needed by adult, schools and youth educators: teachers, policy-makers and learners Scaffold for Creativity and Innovation Solving speaking teaching problems creativity
Technology helping oral communication
Education 3.0 Audio tools/Podcast Videotape/Digital Movies/Digital Storytelling Language Lab Apps iPad Tablets
Welcome to CLIL
The development of theory and methodology in language learning-the genesis of CLIL. Teaching subjects through English: Clear understanding of CLIL What is CLIL? Key concepts, definitions and types of CLIL. Oral Language focus
Innovative methods and activities to foster speaking skills
Drama Cooperative Speaking exercises Project work Speaking Games
Designing Material to work speaking skills
Factors to consider when designing materials Guidelines for designing effective English teaching
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NB: Order and/or contents could be adapted, modified, reduced and extended, according to the participants’ profile, in order to better cover their needs and interests.
4. Training Course Structure Details The duration of the structured training course is 20 hours from Monday to Friday with both theoretical and practical contents. The aim is to reflect the new knowledge gained, apply it in practice, and exchange ideas and best practices with the other participants and the trainer. The participants will also plan in group work about how they will pass on the new knowledge to the staff of their organisations which is not present in the training (personal knowledge transfer, providing eLearning resources to the colleagues and the organization, etc.). Registration We kindly ask you to pre-register on time for the training course. The preparation for the training and journey can only be started after the written confirmation of M&M Profuture Training, S.L. for the registration and the transfer of all due amounts such as course fees. The organizer reserves the right to carry out the course only if a minimum of 5 people have registered and transferred the fees for the course. Course Venue, Travel and Accommodation The course will take place in CornellĂ de Llobregat (Barcelona) or in the city center depending on the availability of the classroom. Travel, hotel and subsistence are the responsibility of the sending organization/individuals and covered from the budget of the sending organization/individuals. M&M will support with local information about region, such as local transport and cultural routes.
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Staff Training Abroad – Training Course Provider M&M Profuture Training is a private company located in Cornellà de Llobregat, strategically placed near Barcelona with an important relationship with the training and education world. M&M is a modern consulting company founded in 2014, whose staff has wide experience managing and implementing training procedures and activities that give them enough skills and knowledge to develop the activities related to the proposal. As a training service provider, M&M organizes, manages and delivers high quality specialized training for companies and local and other public authorities, which provides the tools to implement and manage high quality projects. As EU external evaluators of proposals and projects within the framework of the Lifelong Learning and Erasmus + Programmes, we have worked successfully with different National Agencies and European project partners.
5. Contact M&M Profuture Training, S.L. LleóFontova, 6 08940 Cornellà de Llobregat - Barcelona – Spain / Tel. +34 697 27 66 66 info@mmprofuture.com / www.mmprofuture.com / VAT number: B66253659 Legal Representative: Montserrat Renedo (mrenedo@mmprofuture.com)
Under Creative Common. Author: M&M Profuture Training, S.L.
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