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All International Training Network online courses take place on our online "learning zone" which is easy and enjoyable to use. One of the key features of the learning zone is the opportunity it provides to interact with other participants through "postings" on discussion boards or "forums".

Every participant is assigned a tutor who is available throughout the course for advice and support, and provides feedback on assignments.

Our online courses may be taken individually, working at your own pace. Alternatively, you may wish to find a group of friends (who may or may not live near each other) and enrol and work online together as a group. If members of a group are in the same location they can supplement this by meeting face-to-face for discussion and project work together.

Everyone who joins an online course automatically becomes a member of our Network Online community. This allows free, permanent access to an online zone where you can continue to interact with others. The zone also contains ideas and resources for classroom activities and information about English teaching opportunities worldwide.

TESOL PRACTICAL TOOLKIT COURSE

Course content

Module one

  • Classroom management skills
  • Using reading and listening materials
  • Teaching vocabulary
  • Practising speaking skills (role play and discussion)
  • The Christian TESOL teacher (see "The Christian teacher: issues and activities" below for more details)

Module two

  • Using songs
  • Using dialogues
  • Teaching pronunciation
  • Drama and mime

Both modules include lesson plans, useful resources and websites.

Learning takes place through a variety of learning activities and materials such as resource sheets, quizzes and video clips of classroom teaching (these can be viewed online or via a CD ROM). An important aspect of the course is the use of tasks, enabling you to consolidate your understanding of the techniques and activities introduced. In addition, some English teaching activities are suggested for you to try out with your English-speaking or international friends. Each unit includes one or two short assignments which are marked by your online tutor.

Length of course

Enrolment may be made for the complete course or for module one only, with optional subsequent enrolment for module two. The time taken to complete the course will vary, as participants work at their own pace. Average times are:

  • Complete course: 40 hours
  • Module one: 25 hours
  • Module two: 15 hours

Many candidates complete the whole course within 3 or 4 months.

An International Training Network certificate is awarded on successful completion of an individual module or the complete course.

For further details and an application form, email us at info@itnuk.com

Note: a one-week face-to-face teaching practice course: "The Classroom Experience" is available for those who wish to supplement the online course with some teaching practice and are able to come to Bournemouth in the U.K.

THE CHRISTIAN TEACHER: ISSUES AND ACTIVITIES

This module of the Practical Toolkit course is available as a separate course and is suitable for both new and experienced teachers who wish to explore their unique role as Christian teachers of English.

Course content

  • Ways in which English teaching may serve as a ministry opportunity
  • Choosing materials
  • English teaching texts and activities which provide opportunities to discuss values and beliefs
  • English teaching activities using the bible
  • Biblical examples and principles for the Christian teacher
  • Relationship building for the Christian teacher
  • Ideas for group activities using English outside the classroom
  • Useful resources and websites

The course includes a number of tasks which enable you to reflect on the ideas presented and evaluate the materials presented. It also includes details of resources of particular interest to the Christian teacher. A short assignment is included in the course.

Length of course

  • Complete course: 8 hours

For further details and an application form, email us at info@itnuk.com

GRAMMAR FOUNDATIONS COURSE

This course provides a solid foundation in recognising the different elements of grammar for anyone who wishes to teach grammar to non-native speakers of English

Course content
The course will enable you to identify:

  • Word classes: pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, determiners, countable and uncountable nouns
  • Regular and irregular verbs, present and past participles, gerunds and infinitives
  • Tenses: all active and passive tenses
  • Clauses, subjects, objects, complements, transitive and intransitive verbs
  • Modal auxiliaries, conditional structures

The course starts from basics and is helpful both for those people who have little or no knowledge of grammar and for those who have a knowledge of grammar but wish to improve their understanding.

Length of course

  • Complete course: 9 hours

For further details and an application form, email us at info@itnuk.com

HOW TO TEACH GRAMMAR

This course covers a range of techniques and procedures which will help you teach grammar to students from beginner to advanced levels

Course content

  • Techniques to help students analyse and understand grammar: form, meaning and pronunciation
  • Presenting grammar: procedures for the core 'grammar teaching' stage of the lesson
  • Special focus on using timelines and concept checking questions
  • Practising grammar: how to devise, choose and manage a wide range of appropriate grammar practice activities

Length of course

  • Complete course: 15 hours

For further details and an application form, email us at info@itnuk.com