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The British Council offers the following courses for teachers and teachers-in-training:

• Teacher Workshops: Porto
• TKT Preparation Course
• Conferences
• Prodep
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Teacher Workshops

We offer a series of workshops for teachers and teachers-in-training at primary and secondary levels, across a range of topics. The emphasis is on practical ideas for teachers to be able to use and adapt for their own classes, supported by a review of methodology.

We can also offer tailor-made teacher-training workshops to be given at schools, (singly or as a series). For more information about these, please contact:
Coimbra:susan.clarke@pt.britishcouncil.org
Lisbon: tim.perry@pt.britishcouncil.org
Porto: caroline.pope@pt.britishcouncil.org

Workshops currently on offer

British Council Porto: Teacher Development Sessions 2012

Welcome to our Teacher Development Sessions in Porto. These workshops and training cover a variety of topics related to teaching English language, skills and classroom techniques.

To register:
Email augusta.barros@pt.britishcouncil.org with confirmation of attendance and your contact phone number before the deadline indicated for each workshop
Fee: EUR 25.00  per workshop
Place: All workshops will be at British Council, Rua do Breiner 155, 4050-126 Porto
Time: 1430 - 1630, unless stated otherwise
Maximum number of places: 20, unless stated otherwise
Participants will get a certificate of attendance.  There will be a break with refreshments.

Date	Seminar
Saturday 25 February 2012 Register by Friday 17 February	Teaching Collocations This session will look at the theoretical background of the Lexical Approach, its benefits for learners and how it can be incorporated into your teaching. The session will be aimed at teachers of all age groups and levels. Trainer: Calum Nicholson
Saturday 10 March 2012 Register by Friday 02 March	Songs and Stories for primaries   This session takes a practical look at how to integrate and exploit songs and stories in the primary classroom. Trainers: Tony Lucas and Deolinda Rego
Saturday 31 March 2012 Register by Friday 23 March	Bringing topics to life This session investigates how we can deal with serious topics like climate change in the language classroom. We see how they needn’t be dull topics that teachers and students dread covering, instead they can be a motivating context for language practice. The session takes a new look at these topics and provides teachers of all levels hands on practice at tackling these topics with a fresh approach. Trainer:  Owain Llewellyn
Saturday 21 April 2012 Register by Friday 13 April	Creative ways to teach grammar This session will show you a variety of practical ways to teach grammar to primary and secondary level students. Trainer:  Tony Lucas
Saturday 12 May 2012 Register by Friday 04 May	Using Graded Readers in the Classroom An introduction to Graded Readers for children from 10 to 17, and a look at a variety of approaches to using them. Trainer:  Kristin Campainha
Saturday 02 June 2012 Register by Friday 25 May	Mixed Ability Classes This session will give you a variety of practical ideas on how to meet the widely differing needs of all the students we teach.   Let’s share our experiences and we can learn from each other - just one of the techniques we can use to manage mixed ability classes of all ages. Malisa Ramos

TKT Preparation Course

This short course prepares teachers for taking the internationally recognised Cambridge TKT. For further information, see www.cambridgeesol.org/tkt

When and Where
Preparation courses are occasionally offered in Portugal. For more information, please contact:
Coimbra: susan.clarke@pt.britishcouncil.org
Lisbon: julie.tice@pt.britishcouncil.org.  
Porto: fiona.hamilton@pt.britishcouncil.org

Conferences

British Council regularly supports and participates in conferences across Portugal. See our contribution to APPI - May 2009

Prodep Courses

The British Council in association with APPI (Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês) runs accredited in-service training courses for teachers of English.

When and Where
Prodep workshops are run at various locations across the country. See this year's programme on the APPI site.

For more information contact Julie Tice or Cristina Bastos (APPI)
T 213 214 554 or 969 570 805

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