British Council Russia is launching a 72-hour face-to-face course Primary Essentials Teacher Training Course

	Course type Deadline for application When Where Online 33-hour next selection will be announced in -March 2013. Please keep up with the info on the web site April - June 2013 VLE Moodle face-to-face 72 hours the application process is closed 23 December 2012 January - April 2013 British Council office  Moscow

Please send your applications to english@britishcouncil.ru.

Trainers
Our team of training professionals consists of practicing Russian English language teachers and teacher trainers who have an extensive range of experience in delivering high quality training in teacher education in different environments, including universities, teacher training institutions and language schools. As preparation for delivering Primary Essentials our trainers passed through the British Council’s Trainer Development Course run by UK specialists and developed their professional training skills with the focus on delivery of the modern ELT methodology and approaches on which Primary Essentials Course is based.

Course Description
The course covers the following areas:

1. How children learn English/Learning  styles;
2. First Steps in teaching children/How to teach children;
3. Syllabus and Lesson planning;
4. Classroom Management.

The materials for the Primary Essentials course have been designed by the British Council team of authors to provide teachers with an introduction to the basic theory associated with a communicative approach to English language teaching and teaching Young learners.

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

• 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
• identify a variety of classroom management factors which affect the learning conditions of your classroom.

Who can apply
We welcome applications from:

• experienced teachers who want to refresh/update their knowledge of the theory of communicative language teaching to Young Learners and would like to gain an understanding of its principles and practice;
• beginning teachers or teachers in pre-service training who wish to receive a basic grounding in communicative language teaching theory in preparation for teaching practice;

Participants will be selected in accordance with the following criteria:

• Current teaching and/or teacher training experience or pre-service training,
• Sufficient standard of English proficiency: Council of Europe Framework B1 level,
• Interest in the theory and practice of communicative language teaching to YL
• Need and relevance of the course to personal and institutional development,
• Motivation and commitment
• Ability to disseminate the results of the course.

Participants of face-to face courses who have attended at least 80% of the course and submitted all assignments and micro-teaching delivered , will be awarded joint certificates of MIOO and BC at the end of the course.

Application form and deadline

Please send your applications to english@britishcouncil.ru.

Fore more information about the course please send your questions to english@britishcouncil.ru.

If you would like to take part in one of our courses you need to submit an application. It is recommended to apply only for one course at a time (even for online courses). All our professional development courses are free.