IH TRAINING
IH helped to create the standards for teacher training in language education, and continues to innovate in training teachers of all languages.
The International House Certificate in Advanced Methodology
 | Course objectives |  |
To develop teachers’ theoretical knowledge of teaching and so make them more informed practitioners.
To develop teachers’ practical teaching ability and develop their self-analytical skills to make them more reflective practitioners.
(If pre-Diploma sessions are followed) To raise teachers’ awareness of what they can expect from a Diploma level course and explicitly prepare them to take one.
| Course content | |
The IH CAM pilot course is divided into modules comprising of 20 sessions. The sessions covers all areas of teaching from theories of language learning, language learners, skills and systems.
| Mode of assessment | |
The certificate is awarded to teachers who have followed and contributed to the CAM course programme and satisfactorily completed the homework and assessed components detailed below. There is no grading of certificates but participants should fulfil the assessment criteria detailed in the following.
| Is this course for you? | |
We expect you are:
a qualified teacher with at least one year’s full-time experience (600 clock hours of teaching). The focus of the course is General English to Adults.
The International House Certificate in Advanced Methodology (CAM) serves two main audiences. It offers the high level of methodological input which many teachers seek for reasons of personal self-development, while the “menu of sessions” approach to input also caters for those teachers who are specifically aiming at a Diploma level qualification such as the Cambridge DELTA
| Dates | |
The course will be run online over a six month period starting in May 2008
| Location | |
The course is run online and requires regular / daily access to the Internet with a good connection.
| Tutors | |
The course is run by qualified online tutors who will guide trainees through the online sessions and assess the portfolio.
| Time commitment | |
The course consists of 30 hours of input and a minimum of 30 hours of homework and reading tasks and this is spread over a six-month period.
| How to apply | |
Please send an email expressing interest and asking any questions concerning the course to Shaun Wilden (shaun.wilden@ihworld.co.uk) and you will receive an application form and/or answers
