Teaching a language in a supplementary school

Teaching a mother tongue or heritage language?

Join our accredited, seven-week course for supplementary school teachers

Saturdays from 3pm-7pm, London borough of Islington

To book your place, click here.

Teaching a language in a supplementary school:

• is designed to follow on from Teaching Skills in Supplementary Schools and it is advised you complete that course first, unless you have qualified teacher status;
• concentrates specifically on language-teaching eg. Turkish, Arabic, Chinese, Bengali, Polish, etc. but also applies to those teaching English as an additional language;
• raises awareness of teachers’ own education, language-history and experiences of learning a language;
• improves knowledge of how to teach a language to children;
• gives practical help in devising listening, speaking, reading and writing objectives;
• helps in adapting and making teaching resources; and
• assists with creating a scheme of work or syllabus.

The course is offered at Level 2 and Level 3, worth six credits.

Cost: £320

This includes: student registration fee, seven x 4hr sessions, assessment and internal moderation, learner file and resources on a membory stick for each learner, refreshments.