COD 2015 - KP218

TKT Young Learners

Teachers, Heads and Trainees who teach English to young learners

11 sessions, start: 14-Mar

Course detail

Year: 2015
Level: Kindergarten / Primary
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. Luciana Fernández
Print course
ESSARP Schools
ARS
Exams Schools
ARS
Non affiliate
ARS 2160.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 14 March 2015 09:00 am 12:00 pm
2 28 March 2015 09:00 am 12:00 pm
3 11 April 2015 09:00 am 12:00 pm
4 18 April 2015 09:00 am 12:00 pm
5 25 April 2015 09:00 am 12:00 pm
6 09 May 2015 09:00 am 12:00 pm
7 16 May 2015 09:00 am 12:00 pm
8 30 May 2015 09:00 am 12:00 pm
9 06 June 2015 09:00 am 12:00 pm
10 27 June 2015 09:00 am 12:00 pm
11 04 July 2015 09:00 am 12:00 pm

Facilitator/s

Luciana Fernández

Luciana Fernández is a graduate teacher of English who has been teaching English for the past twenty-nine years. She has specialized in Methodology and Teaching Practice and she holds a Diploma in Educational Research from the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education. She holds two post graduate certifications in Thinking Cultures and Teaching for Comprehension

She is a Reading and Literacy expert and has been training teachers in this area for the past fifteen years. She is a teacher educator and has designed several presentations and courses for professional development both in Argentina and abroad. Her presentation at ARTESOL 2015 was selected to be presented at TESOL International as a Best Affiliate Session. She is one of the 50 scholarship winners who attended and presented at IATEFL, held in Birmingham in April 2016. She was later on invited to be a presenter at the Young Learners and Teenagers SIG pre conference event and at the main conference.

Luciana has been the Head at several bilingual IB institutions in Buenos Aires. At present she is a school advisor, teacher trainer and facilitator at ESSARP (English Speaking Scholastic Association of the River Plate), where she trains heads and teachers from the most important bilingual institutions in Argentina.
Teachers, Heads and Trainees who teach English to young learners
Get participants to:

- become familiar with the TKT YL exam.
- get appropriate training for it.
- have a deep overview of what a high quality teacher of young learners needs to know.
- Children’s characteristics as language learners (theory-focused)
- Developing children’s learning strategies through language learning
- Developing children’s cognitive strategies through language learning
- Developing children’s communication strategies through language learning
- Lesson plans (components/headings)
- Providing support and challenge when selecting and using coursebooks and supplementary materials
- Additional resources – selecting, adapting and supplementing
- Scaffolding through teaching strategies
- Scaffolding children’s understanding of language and use of language through teacher language
- Managing young learners in class
- Managing young learners in class
- Focuses of assessing learning
- Acting on assessment evidence
In the sessions, participants will:

- learn theory
- apply theory
- see other practitioners in action
- reflect upon their practice
- analyze cases
- get training for the test
To be included in handouts as sessions go by
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