Online: Conversational English in a school setting

Kontext / Contexte

Are you a teacher that needs to use English in a school environment but are not comfortable doing so? This is the course for you. To be clear, this is NOT an English class! We will not go through the rules of English, we will ‘use’ English and give you the tools to deal with English when talking to students, teachers and parents.

The intention of this class is to help teachers become competent in using English in a professional and conversational setting.

Zielsetzung / Objectifs

Knowledge
Participants understand:
- the vocabulary used in an academic environment
- common conversational phrases in English
- case studies of conversations with teachers, students and parents.

Skills
Participants will be able to:
- speak English with more confidence
- understand their interlocutor and know what to say when they haven’t understood something
- continue their journey to improve their English.

Attitudes
Participants will:
- not be distracted by focusing on 'translating' from another language
- feel comfortable using English in a professional setting
- try expanding their English competencies in any context.

Inhalt / Contenu

1. Vocabulary of students / teachers / parents in a school environment
2. Conversational phrases in context

Arbeitsformen / Approche méthodologique

This course will be ‘practically’ driven to maximise participant involvement with conversational English. The practical aspects will be formulated through case studies and presentations which will be used for formative feedback.

The course will be split into three online sessions of two hours each. The first part of the sessions will involve prepared presentations and case studies for the participant to use English. The second part of the sessions will involved ‘spontaneous’ talks where the participants are given a school-related subject and they must talk about the subject for a few minutes. Every part will involve peer and instructor feedback.

Referent, Referentin / Formateur, formatrice

Dirk Daenen, MBA, professor and social entrepreneur, TEDxLuxembourgCity, British Chamber Academy, Diuvo Communications

Remarques / Anmerkung

You will need MS Teams access, a microphone and a PC or laptop camera (no iPad or smartphone please) to participate. You will be added to the MS Teams group 1 weekday ahead of the appointed date. Please log in to your group at least 5 minutes ahead of time.