CPD Session Details
TEFL Skills Toolkit
Course Overview
A large segment of the foreign student population in Malta comes to class with a solid foundation of passive knowledge related to grammar and vocabulary but not much when it comes to actual communicative skills practice. This 4-hour session will cover a collection of engaging and hands-on activities that promote interaction and target the 4 skills and their subskills with efficiency and effectiveness.
Course Objectives
The main objective of the session is to help teachers experiment with and feel more confident in using a variety of interactive activities that target the skills and subskills of English.
Learning Outcomes
Help learners to develop speaking fluency Help learners to understand natural spoken language listening texts Help learners to understand written language Help learners to develop writing skills Evaluate materials Differentiate materials for use with various student profiles
Course Procedures
1 hour will be dedicated to each of the skills through hands-on demonstrations of a series of activities followed by reflection and analysis of the skills and subskills targeted through each activity.
Assessment Procedure
After each segment time will be allocated to getting the participants to discuss and fill in an evaluation form which guides them through target audience, effectiveness, engagement, personal preferences, and recommendations of adapting the material.