Young Learners Starter Kit

The course consists of a total of 12 hours of lessons divided into 8 sessions + Teaching Practice + tutorial. Live online attendance from Monday to Friday (15:00-16:30 / 16:45-18:15). The program follows:

• Day 1: “Teaching Young Learners – what’s it all about?” (session 1) and “Classroom Management” (session 2)
• Day 2: “Puzzles and Patterns – making grammar fun” (session 3) and “Songs and Chants – learning through music and movement” (session 4)
• Day 3: “Activity bank – Build up your bank of classroom activities” (session 5) and “Early literacy and developing skills” (session 6)
• Day 4: “Teaching YL Online – adapting what you’ve learned for distance learning” (session 7) and “Lesson planning workshop” (session 8)
• Day 5: Peer teaching collaborative task and feedback

All trainees will then have the opportunity to peer teach online, putting their new skills into practice and receiving feedback from the tutors. There are no written assignments or coursework.

To be admitted to the course, a minimum C1 level of English is required as well as an initial teaching qualification (CELTA or equivalent) and some previous teaching experience. Please note that no particular experience in teaching children is required as this course is just for beginners.