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2012 Workshops
Giving and getting feedback on both language and skills tasks is a crucial phase of any language lesson. In Feedback Fiesta we'll look at different ways of ensuring learners are motivated and receive meaningful feedback - through the use of games, planned error correction and the feedback PERM. Come and join us and make your feedback phases a fiesta, not a siesta!

The workshop will be held on:

Friday 10th February at 17.30 GMT

Monday 13th February at 17.30 GMT

To sign up click on the time and date you wish to attend and follow the instructions.

The workshop will be led by Neil McMahon, IHWO Coordinator for Resources and a teacher trainer at IH Buenos Aires Teacher Training.

Tech needed to attend: A reliable internet connection free of background noise and a mic/headphones headset.

Headphones are imperative to avoid feedback for your fellow participants.

Course Conditions

All IH Online Teacher Training Course fees are subject to the following payment rules and course participation cancellation policy.
Full payment of the course fee must be received within 15 days of invoice and at least two weeks before the course start date. Participants enrolling on a course less than 2 weeks before it is due to start must pay immediately. Non receipt of payment prior to the course start date may result in the loss of the participants place on the course.
Participants who cancel their attendance on a course 30 days or more before the start date will be charged a £25 cancellation fee and refunded the rest of their course fee. Those who cancel less than 30 days and up to 10 days before the start date of the course will receive a refund of only 50% of the course fee. Participants who cancel less than 10 days before the start date of the course will forfeit their course fee in total and no refund will be given.

Recent Feedback

"Sharing your experiences is always something positive as it often doesn’t happen in the daily work situation, as everybody is just too busy." "I learnt I enjoyed working online, it was the first course I had done like this and it was better than expected"
"I learnt loads – particularly useful were tips on classroom management techniques from other teachers to use with students with special needs (and in fact all students!)"
"I particularly liked input sessions on phonology, vocabulary, discourse analysis and all 4 skills. These sessions were especially informative and accessible and proved to be of immediate use."
"I think it was a very good course, hard work but very useful. I can see it not only in my teaching, but in the comments I make on the lessons I observe and in the lesson planning sessions with inexperienced teachers."
"excellent course notes: succinct, informative, helpful"
"We had great tutors and it was a pleasure to work with them. If I had any questions, our tutors answered them very carefully and in detail."
"I am extremely enthusiastic about this course. I was told that the course was good by a former course participant, but it has surpassed all expectations."
"I just want to say thanks to everyone who took part in creating this course and those involved in doing this particular COLT. I have benefited a lot from it."
"This is a great course that I would recommend to anyone even vaguely intrigued by what online learning is about…or totally adverse to it (I am sure they would change their mind!)"

Online Teacher Training & Teacher Development Courses are run by these schools:

Plus a new one, Courses at IH Rome-Manzoni

International House (IH) is one of the largest language school networks, teaching 25 languages in over 145 schools in more than 50 countries worldwide.
'We run innovative teacher training courses. Find out more about International House here.

IH Language Awareness Course:

Course objectives
to familiarise course participants with descriptions of language commonly found in coursebooks and other published materials ('pedagogical grammar') to enable course participants to critique such descriptions, both in terms of their descriptive accuracy, and their usefulness to learners.
Course content
The IH LAC course is divided into 11 modules. These cover the following areas:
  • Describing Language (an introductory unit).
  • Tense.
  • Auxiliaries & Operators.
  • Question Tags.
  • Introducing Modality.
  • Reported Speech.
  • Future Forms.
  • Forms with Have.
  • Forms with Be I (progressive aspect).
  • Forms with Be II (passive voice).
  • Conditional Sentences.
Mode of assessment
The course is assessed by candidates completing a portfolio of 'homework' tasks along with a detailed lesson plan that analyses a course book language area.
Is this course for you?
The IHLAC is intended for a range of participants though the ideal candidate is a qualified teacher who wishes to develop their language awareness beyond that of their initial training certificate.
Dates
Please refer to the online calendar for a list of start dates.
Cost
£150 for IH staff
£275 for non-IH staff
Please note that if you are paying as an individual, or via an institution in the UK, 20% VAT will be added to your invoice.
Location
The course is run online and requires regular / daily access to the Internet with a good connection.
Tutors
The course is run by qualified online tutors who will guide trainees through the online sessions and assess the portfolio.
Time commitment
This course is designed to be completed within 30 hours (including online and offline work)
How to apply
Click here for an application form.
If you have any questions please email (shaun.wilden@ihworld.co.uk).