Language Centre IH Riga-Satva.

The IH Language Awareness Course Aims to challenge the way you look at language

• and to familiarize you with descriptions of language commonly found in coursebooks and other published materials and then;
• to enable you to critique such descriptions, in terms or their descriptive accuracy and their usefulness to learners.
• You will also be asked to reconsider approaches to teaching the Speaking Skill and the Receptive Skills: Reading and Listening.

The course provides an in-depth review and analysis of principle aspects of English, looking primarily at grammar (centred on the verb) but also at lexis as well as other aspects of the language.  This course is suitable for both novice teachers, including those planning to take an initial qualification like the CELTA, as well as for experienced teachers as a revision and re-visitation of a range of grammar points that come up in their teaching.

Who's it for?

Course Content

The course is made up of 14 ninety-minute sessions, each focusing on a different area of grammar. The trainers take course participants through a series of tasks designed to increase their understanding of the particular area, and ultimately to better equip them to teach the language point and deal with learner problems. The course is a language awareness course and does not focus on methodology in any depth.

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