TeachingEnglish – Primary Essentials is an online teacher development course designed for teachers of English working with young learners aged 5 to 12. It is delivered as a completely online course in which a group of teachers and a trained moderator work together. The course includes six modules. Find out more…  

TeachingEnglish – Primary Essentials can be used with a variety of teacher audiences, but it is especially intended for:

			Teachers with some primary EFL experience who wish to receive a practical primary EFL development course
			Experienced English teachers who are thinking of moving into the primary sector
			Experienced primary EFL teachers who feel the need to upgrade their primary EFL teaching skill

Course Overview

The course includes six modules:

1. An introduction to online learning
2. First steps in teaching children
3. Songs and games
4. Learning styles
5. Syllabus and lesson planning
6. Classroom management

Each of the content modules lasts around eight hours and the course length is around 10 weeks online. The modules include readings, audio, videos of teachers in the classroom, interactive exercises, collaborative exercises, discussion forums and other activities.  Participants are assessed at the end of each module. These assignments form a portfolio on which the participants are given a final assessment of distinction/pass/fail. All participants will receive a certificate upon successful completion of the course. Course participants will need to have a computer with a reliable internet connection and up to 60 minutes each day including weekends in order to take part in this course.

Approach and methodology

The course 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

Watch an animated tour of the Primary Essentials site: and/or visit our Teaching English website (you need to be logged onto Teaching English first) and try some sample materials (Module 2 - First steps in teaching children) for free.