Teaching Young Learners

This is an introductory course for teachers who are new to teaching younger learners; that is within your first year or two of this type of teaching.

The course is concerned with teaching children from the ages of seven to approximately fourteen or fifteen.

Course content

The course is very practical in nature and includes numerous teaching ideas to try out in your classroom. Once you have tried out the ideas you are invited to discuss the outcomes on the course forums with your fellow course participants and tutors.

All practical ideas are related to current theory and best practice in the teaching of young learners.

Start dates

The next start dates for this course are as follows:

• June 16 -- August 8 (8 weeks)
• September 15 -- November 7 (8 weeks)
• October 20 -- December 12 (8 weeks)
• January 19 2009 -- March 13 (8 weeks)
• March 16 2009 -- May 8 (8 weeks)

Given the nature of online courses, although we recommend you to begin on the start date given, it is possible for "late starters" to catch up quite quickly, within the first module of the course.

Note that courses will not begin unless there is a minimum of four participants.

Length & time commitment

It is notoriously difficult to predict exactly how many hours an online course will take any given student. For our courses, we believe you should estimate at least minimum 2.5 hours per module for the reading and completion of the tasks set, giving around 25 hours minimum for this particular course.

That estimate excludes the amount of class time you use for experimenting with the ideas and material from the course.

You should aim to complete each course module within 7 to 10 days.

Your tutors

The course tutors are all International House Barcelona CELTA and/or DELTA course tutors with many years of teaching and teacher training experience.

Course fees

€90

There is a 10% discount for those who have followed a prior Teacher Training course at IH Barcelona.

Certification

Candidates will be awarded an International House Barcelona Online Training Certificate at the end of the course.

Application

To apply for a place on the course, fill in the online form.

If you prefer, you can download the application form as Word document or pdf file.

Note that no payment is required until you have been accepted for a place.

For payment details, see separate page.

Online teacher training courses from IH Barcelona

Courses currently available:

• Common European Framework (CEF)
• Foundation TEFL course
• Language Analysis for English Teachers
• Teaching English pronunciation
• Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT)
• Teaching Vocabulary
• Teaching Writing Skills for Exam Classes
• Teaching Young Learners