TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMMES AND QUALIFICATIONS

TKT(Teaching Knowledge Test)

TKT tests knowledge about the teaching of English to speakers of other languages, and concentrates on the knowledge needed by all English language teachers.  It is an easily accessible test which is prepared and delivered to international standards.

ICELT (In-service Certificate in English Language Teaching)

If you are already teaching English and want to improve your skills in your current working context, ICELT can be an important stepping stone in your career.

DELTA (Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults)

You should take DELTA if you already have substantial teaching experience and are looking for further career progression.

RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS AND  TRAINERS

ELT online resources, newsletter/magazine subscriptions and publishers' information are all available here; likewise, links to other English learning web pages and institutions are also accessible. For more information

WORKSHOPS AND SHORT COURSES

In line with the Taiwan government's initiatives in English education, British Council, Taipei has been working in close collaboration with local City and County governments to deliver professional English training programmes to local school Principals and English teachers!!  

Alongside the collaboration with local education authorities, in recent years we have also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Taiwan's Ministry of Education in the promotion of English Language Teaching. We have worked very closely with the MOE in delivering training courses for their staff in Workplace English and also facilitated MOE projects for sending teachers to the UK to undertake further study and trainings.

Over the past few years, from ELT workshops, seminars, conferences to full-time training programmes, we have successfully conducted more than 35 major ELT events bringing UK expertise, best practices and examples to more than 3500 teachers and parents in Taiwan.

In January 2011, under the Access English project, Kaohsiung City Government Bureau of Education and British Council Taipei launched an online staffroom called ‘Transforming the Teaching of English in Taiwan’. The website not only contains free resources from the British Council’s LearnEnglish Kids, LearnEnglish Central, Teaching English and LearnEnglish Podcasts websites that are mapped to Taiwan’s national curriculum guidelines and competency stages, but also professional development resources. We hope that through this tailor-made learning platform, the teaching and learning of English will improve greatly for primary and secondary English teachers, parents and learners in Taiwan.

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