Easter 2006 at Pilgrims in Canterbury, UK
Are you planning to attend one of our courses in 2006? It's not too late to book a place on our Easter courses.
So why attend a course at Easter instead of summer?
- The courses are only a week long, if you can't spare two weeks of your time.
- You get the chance to stay with one of Pilgrims warm and welcoming host families.
- You get to train at our training centre right in the middle of Canterbury, a 2-minute walk from the Cathedral and shops.
- You get lots of personal attention - there'll be no more than 36 participants in total.
You arrive on Sunday 9th April and depart Saturday 15th April.
We're offering two courses with different content:
What's New in Language Teaching
This course looks at all the latest ideas and techniques in ELT.
Topics will include:
- A taste of NLP
- A taste of Multiple Intelligences
- The impact of Corpus Linguistics. (Authentic English vs. old fashioned, stylised English)
- The impact of The Lexical Approach
- The principled use of Mother Tongue in the classroom
- The critical role of Cultural Awareness in language teaching and learning
For more information go to: http://teachers.pilgrims.co.uk/teachers/info/twn.asp?ID=15&AID=<
British Life, Language & Culture
The course is a mixture of:
- data/information collection on British Culture
- update on current English usage
Central to your work on this course will be visits and also guest speakers from all walks of life.
Topics will include:
- issues of class and gender in British Society
- youth culture
- changes in education and their effects on parents, teachers and children
- the changing world of work
- how the British enjoy themselves
- law and order in Britain today
- Stereotypes of Britain and the British - how true are they?
- multiculturalism in Britain
- the problems of today's society and what they can tell us
- the relation between language and culture
For more information go to: http://teachers.pilgrims.co.uk/teachers/info/tbl.asp?ID=15&AID=
We'd love to see some of you here at Easter.
You can book online at http://www.pilgrims.co.uk or contact me,
Jim Wright,
Head of Teacher Training,
Pilgrims
jim@pilgrims.co.uk
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