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The International House Certificate in Teaching Young Learners Online Course
 | Course objectives |  |
The main aim of this course is to prepare teachers for working with Young Learners. Usually, these teachers will already have had some form of pre-service training in the teaching of ELT to adults (e.g. IHC / CELTA) but some may not have had previous experience of teaching Young Learners
| Course content | |
There are 20 sessions to be taken online covering such areas as Child Development, Clarifying and Practising Language, L1 in the classroom, Teaching Very Young Learners, Teaching Adolescents, Material design and selection, etc. Although currently the pilot course will consist of only 20 sessions, it is hoped that future courses will provide some elements of choice to allow trainees to focus on areas that interest them most
| Mode of assessment | |
Each trainee will submit two different assignments – one on materials and the second a self-reflection task
Trainees will be observed four times, within the ten-week period, by the face-to-face tutor
Trainees will need to do 6 hours of observation of peers and more experienced colleagues
| Is this course for you? | |
We expect you are:
An experienced YL teacher who would like further training and an opportunity to reflect on this area
A post-CELTA/IHC teacher who would like to find out more about YL teaching
| Dates | |
IHCYL 3: 2nd May – 25th July 2008 (plus two further weeks to finish off work)
IHCYL 4: October - December 2008 (plus two further weeks to finish off work)
| Location | |
The course is run partly online and requires regular / daily access to the Internet with a good connection. The face-to-face component consists of teaching: a minimum of 3 hours during the scheduled 12 weeks, e.g. 4 x 45 minute lessons with two different age groups.
| Tutors | |
There will be two types of tutors. An online tutor who will guide trainees through the online sessions and mark the two assignments and a face-to-face tutor (typically an experienced YL expert) who will observe the trainee teaching and provide feedback on lessons
| Time commitment | |
Online component:
The course is expected to take 12 weeks. Each week, trainees will be expected to work through 2 sessions, each requiring approximately 2 hours of reading, thinking and doing tasks online. There is no requirement to be online at specific times of the day nor will trainees be expected to do all tasks for one session at the same sitting. Trainees should also allow time for writing two separate assignments.
Face-to face component:
Each lesson will require a pre-observation meeting with the face-to-face tutor to discuss the lesson, 45 minutes of observation and an additional 45 minute meeting for feedback on the lesson. Trainees will need to observe peers and experienced teachers on the course: at least three hours of each, amounting to 6 hours in total.
| 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
