About the course
Recorded course. These are not live sessions: after payment, you get recordings of 4 webinars, the course materials, and a final test, and you study whenever it suits you, at your own pace. Access lasts 2 months from the date of payment.
The pace of modern life is changing everything, including the way we take in information and the way we teach. To stay effective, teachers need to adapt their approaches to new realities. This course introduces you to the most relevant teaching methods that are already working in classrooms around the world. Wherever you are in your career, what you learn here will be a valuable tool for new and experienced teachers alike. Join a community of teachers who are raising the quality of Ukrainian education!
Official order and course syllabus
Who This Course Is For
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New TeachersEnglish teachers who have recently started teaching and are looking for solid foundational knowledge
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Experienced Teachersanyone with plenty of experience teaching English who knows how important it is to stay up to date and wants to refresh the fundamentals
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All Teachersand for you too, if you're looking for personal growth ;)
What You Get in the Course
13 Hours of Training
8 hours of recorded webinars + 4 hours of work on the platform + 1 hour for the final test
Certificate
13 hours, upon successful completion of the course
Personal Participant Account
With all webinar recordings and course materials. Access lasts 2 months from the date of payment.
Final Interactive Test
Score 80% or higher to get your certificate
Course Program and Schedule
1
Pre-Course Meeting (Recording)
A recording of the kickoff meeting: how the course works and how to complete it at your own pace.
2
How are languages learnt and taught?
- Theories of SLA (Second Language Acquisition): learn about different ideas on how people learn new languages, and which ones influence how English is taught
- Teaching Methods: discover how teaching languages / ELT has changed over time, and what approaches have been used
- CLT (Communicative Language Teaching): Find out why CLT is effective for teaching languages, focusing on how it helps students use language in real-life situations
3
Task-Based Approach (or Task-Based Learning / TBL)
- Lesson Structure in TBL: learn how lessons are structured (staged) and what teachers should consider while planning
- Weak-end vs. strong-end TBL: see examples of each
- Why TBL is popular: explore why teachers like TBL, focusing on engagement and real-life language use
- Pros and Cons: discover the benefits like improved communication skills and challenges (like selecting the task, using TBL with lower levels or YL, etc.)
4
The Lexical Approach
- Key principles: "Language consists of grammaticalised lexis, not lexicalised grammar", focusing on chunks of language (phrases) rather than individual words or grammar rules
- Working with lexis: practical advice for teaching vocabulary (through real-life examples and common phrases)
- Techniques and tips: e.g. intensive and extensive listening and reading, working with dictionaries, mind maps, guessing meanings from context
5
Dogme ELT / Teaching Unplugged
- What Dogme is: why it’s an anti-method approach, conversation-driven teaching without relying on prepared materials
- Dogme lesson path / plan / structure: flexible, student-centred structure of a Dogme lesson
- Emergent language: understand what emergent language is, why it’s important, and how to use it effectively in lessons
Course Trainers
Nastia Tychuk
Senior teacher and methodologist at the Green Country school network
- Editor of the TalkEn.Cloud platform;
- Trainer at the Green Country ESL School and TalkEn.Cloud teacher training center;
- Co-author of the "My Flexi Book" English textbook series for adults.
Has been teaching English for over 6 years.
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Alina Korshunova
Certified (TKT, CELT-S, CELTA) senior teacher
- Methodologist of the Speaking Course at the Green Country English School network
- Co-author of the "Stories" English textbook for Grade 5 and editor of the "Speaking Course" textbook series
- Trainer at the Green Country ESL School and TalkEn.Cloud teacher training center.
Has been teaching English to children for over 10 years.
Liliia Chyzh
Senior teacher at the Green Country school network and the TalkEn.Cloud online platform
- CELTA certified;
- Author of English lessons for the All-Ukrainian Online School;
- Co-author of a senior specialized high school curriculum, using the Zhytomyr Lyceum as a model;
- Author and trainer of NMT (Ukraine's National Multi-Subject Test) prep webinars on the ILearn platform.
Has been teaching English for over 9 years.
Course Trainers
- Editor of the TalkEn.Cloud platform;
- Trainer at the Green Country ESL School and TalkEn.Cloud teacher training center;
- Co-author of the "My Flexi Book" English textbook series for adults.
Has been teaching English for over 6 years.
Nastia Tychuk
Senior teacher and methodologist at the Green Country school network
- Methodologist of the Speaking Course at the Green Country English School network
- Co-author of the "Stories" English textbook for Grade 5 and editor of the "Speaking Course" textbook series
- Trainer at the Green Country ESL School and TalkEn.Cloud teacher training center.
Has been teaching English to children for over 10 years.
Alina Korshunova
Certified (TKT, CELT-S, CELTA) senior teacher
- CELTA certified;
- Author of English lessons for the All-Ukrainian Online School;
- Co-author of a senior specialized high school curriculum, using the Zhytomyr Lyceum as a model;
- Author and trainer of NMT (Ukraine's National Multi-Subject Test) prep webinars on the ILearn platform.
Has been teaching English for over 9 years.
Liliia Chyzh
Senior teacher at the Green Country school network and the TalkEn.Cloud online platform
How the Training Works
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Access to Course Materials
Access to your personal account, webinar recordings, course materials, and the final test is valid for 2 months from the date of payment.
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Personal Account
After payment, you get access to your personal account, where you will find recordings of all the webinars, the course materials, and the final test.
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Final Test and Certificate
When you finish the course, an interactive final test is waiting for you. Score 80% or higher to receive your course completion certificate