New Courses at Pilgrims this Summer

As well as our popular regular courses we will be running some new courses this summer.

These are just brief descriptions, for a full description click on the link below each course.

1. Creative Writing
This course will hep you improve your own written English and at the same time provide you with a wide range of creative and affective activities which will encourage your students to write with more confidence, imagination and fluency. For a more detailed course description go to: http://www.pilgrims.co.uk/page/?title=Courses%2C+dates+and+fees&pid=69

2. Teaching Pronunciation
A practical one-week course that will provide you with the opportunity to improve your own pronunciation while at the same time learn creative and effective approaches for teaching sounds, stress, rhythm and intonation. For a more detailed course description go to: http://www.pilgrims.co.uk/page/?title=Courses%2C+dates+and+fees&pid=69

3. Teaching Drama
You don't need any previous drama experience to enjoy and benefit from this one-week course that will provide you with a background to theatre craft and how you can apply it's principles to the classroom. For a more detailed course description go to: http://www.pilgrims.co.uk/page/?title=Courses%2C+dates+and+fees&pid=69

4. Suggestopedia
If you are excited by innovative methods and philosophies of learning this is the course for you. Suggestopedia is based on the theory of Georgi Lazanov that builds on the power of positive suggestion and de-suggestion as a means of using the brain's fullest capacity to learn. For a more detailed course description go to: http://www.pilgrims.co.uk/page/?title=Courses%2C+dates+and+fees&pid=69

5. Humanising Testing
This is a practical course that will examine the fundamental principals that comprise effective approaches to create tests which are reliable, motivating and fair. It will also include strategies for dealing with and managing 'exam nerves'. For a more detailed course description go to: http://teachers.pilgrims.co.uk/teachers/info/tte.asp?ID=30&AID=

6. The Expert Teacher
This course explores how different types and trends of psychology affect and change our classroom practice. During the course you will examine practical classroom techniques and activities. For a more detailed course description go to: http://www.pilgrims.co.uk/page/?title=Courses%2C+dates+and+fees&pid=69

Remember it's not just the core course that makes the Pilgrims summer experience so unique.

Our afternoon and evening programme offers a huge choice of seminars and activities designed to give you a rich and varied experience. You can enjoy many different topics delivered by top guest speakers and trainers that will enhance and enrich your chosen course.

People often tell us there is too much to choose from!

You can see a sample two-week programme from last summer and see for yourself the variety on offer: http://teachers.pilgrims.co.uk/teachers/TypicalActivitiesTimetable.pdf