Teacher Training - British Council Bulgaria

Teacher training

To book a place please send the Teachers’ Online Enrolment Form to teacher.training@britishcouncil.bg by 27 January 2013.

Primary Essentials

This a development course for teachers of English working with young learners aged 5 to 12. The course contains audio, classroom video and community elements.

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Learning Technologies Essentials

This course can be used with a variety of teacher audiences, but it is especially intended for:

inexperienced teachers or teachers in pre-service training who wish to receive a basic introduction to ICT (Information and Communication Technology)
experienced teachers who are being introduced to learning technologies for the first time through in-service training

TKT Essentials

This course can potentially be used with a variety of teacher audiences, for example:

teachers who are preparing to take the TKT test
experienced teachers who want to refresh/update their knowledge of teaching theory in the communicative method
experienced teachers who are not familiar with the communicative methodology and would like to understand its principles and practice:
inexperienced teachers or teachers in pre-service training who wish to receive a basic grounding in teaching theory in preparation for teaching practice.

Content and Language Integrated Learning

The course is for primary and secondary school teachers who teach curricular subjects in English. Participants are expected to have a minimum Council of Europe Framework (CEF) B1 level of English proficiency (IELTS 4.0).The course helps teachers develop practical skills to introduce functional language, evaluate language challenges and adapt classroom tasks and forms of assessment. This will help their students understand the topics in a second language.