About webinars:
Recorded intensive. These are not live sessions: after payment, you get recordings of 4 webinars, the 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.
This webinar series (8 hours of practice) is designed for teachers who want to master the techniques used by top international language centers. We have built a ready-to-use algorithm that takes students from "I understand everything but can't speak" to confident, rhythmic, natural speech.
Over the course of this comprehensive intensive, you will master Shadowing to build ideal rhythm and accent, learn to use Storytelling to create emotional engagement, explore visualizing intonation patterns, which usually get overlooked, and put The Silent Way into practice to maximize student practice while minimizing your own talking time.
Watch 4 webinars, take the test, and get a 10-academic-hour professional development certificate.
Who it is for
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Tutors who want to raise their rates:
you will master specialized methods (Phonology, Storytelling) that will become your main competitive advantage and justify higher lesson prices.
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Intermediate+ teachers and exam trainers:
you will get practical tools (Shadowing, Intonation patterns) to quickly fix accent and monotone speech and raise Fluency scores.
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Fans of the communicative approach:
you will learn to genuinely cut TTT (Teacher Talking Time) with the Silent Way, handing 90% of the speaking practice in class over to the student.
What you get
10 hours of learning
4 recorded webinars with a final test
4 webinars = 1 certificate
upon successfully passing the final tests
Program and schedule
1
Shadowing secrets: Help students speak like natives
May 6, 6:00–6:50 p.m. Kyiv time
- What shadowing is and how it improves pronunciation, intonation, and rhythm.
- Shadowing exercises and best practices for classroom use.
- Tips on integrating shadowing into lessons to boost listening and speaking skills.
A technique for working on an authentic accent, rhythm, and speed of speech. Native speakers don't speak in separate words but in "chunks," and that is exactly what shadowing teaches.
2
Storytelling: A powerful teaching tool
May 13, 6:00–6:50 p.m. Kyiv time
- How storytelling improves speaking and listening skills.
- Techniques and practical activities to engage students through stories.
- Using stories to build cultural awareness and creativity.
The ability to build a narrative is a sign of high language proficiency. You will learn to help students sound interesting and expressive, the way native speakers do.
3
Transcription and beyond: Visualizing speech to support learners
May 20, 6:00–6:50 p.m. Kyiv time
- Using visual aids to help learners understand pronunciation and sounds.
- Techniques to teach intonation, rhythm, and stress.
- Strategies to improve listening comprehension.
Working with intonation patterns. Teachers often ignore intonation, yet it is exactly what gives a foreigner away. Teaching intonation is what "native" level really means.
4
Discovery learning with The Silent Way
May 27, 6:00–6:50 p.m. Kyiv time
- What The Silent Way is and key principles teachers can borrow from it.
- Practical techniques to encourage learner discovery and self-correction.
An approach in which the teacher minimizes their Teacher Talking Time (TTT) and gets students to "discover" the language on their own. It is exactly the approach used at the best international schools in the world.
Course trainers
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Dariia Herasymova
Senior teacher and methodologist at the Green Country English School network and TalkEn.Cloud
- Certificates: TKT;
- More than 6 years of teaching experience;
- Author of the Speaking Course textbooks for the Green Country school network.
Marichka Fedak-Maletska
Trainer at the Green Country ESL School Teaching and Methodology Center and the TalkEn.Cloud Language School Development Academy.
- Mentors teachers, helping them grow professionally;
- Author of learning materials for the Green Country school network.
Course trainers
- Certificates: TKT;
- More than 6 years of teaching experience;
- Author of the Speaking Course textbooks for the Green Country school network.
Dariia Herasymova
Senior teacher and methodologist at the Green Country English School network and TalkEn.Cloud
- Mentors teachers, helping them grow professionally;
- Author of learning materials for the Green Country school network.
Marichka Fedak-Maletska
Trainer at the Green Country ESL School Teaching and Methodology Center and the TalkEn.Cloud Language School Development Academy.