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.
Proven in practice: planning is a reliable way to make your lessons better and your teaching easier and more enjoyable
- How do you plan a lesson that works for your particular students?
- How do you make a lesson your students will genuinely enjoy while keeping it as productive as possible?
- How do you stay focused on your students' work instead of thinking, "What do we do after this exercise?"
- How do you cover all the material you need, and do it in an engaging, high-quality way?
- And how do you even analyze how effective your lesson or course is?
You'll get answers to all of these and many other important questions during the course.
Who This Course Is For
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New Teachersanyone who wants to work with modern methods and learn to plan high-quality lessons
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Experienced Teachersthose who feel that lesson planning takes up a lot of time without bringing the results it should
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All Teachersyes, you too, if you're looking for personal growth ;)
What You'll Get from the Course
13 Hours of Learning
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
Participant's Personal Account
With all webinar recordings and course materials. Access lasts 2 months from the date of payment.
Interactive Final Test
Program and Schedule
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Webinar 1. Defining learning aims according to the age, level, needs
- Levels according to CEFR. How to define a student’s level?
- Learner’s needs and individual goals
- Planning a course / a series of lessons + selecting materials
- Individual vs group learning
- Teaching YL and teens
- Teaching in mixed-ability classes
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Webinar 2. Lesson planning (aims, anticipated problems, solutions)
- Approaches to lesson planning
- Lesson plan: Background information, anticipated problems and solutions
- Lesson plan: Outline of procedures
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Webinar 3. Lesson frameworks (TBL, GD,TTT)
- Common teaching approaches and their peculiarities: TBL, GD, TTT, Communicative approach Dogme
- Skills and systems lesson frameworks
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Webinar 4. Common difficulties, assessment (formal / informal)
- Challenges in lesson planning
- How to overcome challenges
- Assessment (formal / informal) and types of tests
Course Trainers
Alina Korshunova
CELTA-certified Senior Teacher
- Methodologist of the Speaking Course at the Green Country English School network
- Co-author of the 5th-grade English textbook "Stories" and editor of the "Speaking Course" textbook series
- Trainer at the Green Country ESL School Teacher Training Center and TalkEn.Cloud.
Olga Koval
CELTA-certified Senior Teacher
- Methodologist at the Green Country English School network
- Editor of the TalkEn.Cloud platform
- Trainer at the Green Country ESL School Teacher Training Center and TalkEn.Cloud.
Course Trainers
- Methodologist of the Speaking Course at the Green Country English School network
- Co-author of the 5th-grade English textbook "Stories" and editor of the "Speaking Course" textbook series
- Trainer at the Green Country ESL School Teacher Training Center and TalkEn.Cloud.
Alina Korshunova
CELTA-certified Senior Teacher
- Methodologist at the Green Country English School network
- Editor of the TalkEn.Cloud platform
- Trainer at the Green Country ESL School Teacher Training Center and TalkEn.Cloud.
Olga Koval
CELTA-certified Senior Teacher
How the Course 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.
2
Recorded Webinars
4 recorded webinars with the trainers. These are not live sessions: watch whenever it suits you, at your own pace, and as many times as you like.
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Final Test and Certificate
Once you finish the course, an interactive final test awaits you. Score 80% or higher to receive a certificate of course completion.