A variety of educational programs abroad are waiting for you!
The arrival of a native speaking Cameroonian teacher.
This course is not only for O’KEY School staff, but for everyone who wants to improve their knowledge in the field of teaching, no matter whether they are experienced professionals or just post-graduates. The main trainer of the course is Ekaterina Sharuda (ALEIC trainer, O’KEY School Director of studies and teacher trainer, Director of Studies / Trainer Training Course in IH-Barcelona, July 2008, Refresher Course in IH-BKC Moscow, June 2006).
Reviews on the course“I’m really satisfied because here I have learnt a lot about the strategies and methods of language teaching. During the course I have managed to improve my classroom management skills. I also realised how incredibly important lesson planning is together with foreseeing potential problems and finding possible solutions in advance. Overall, I have grown much more confident about my teaching and the course trainers inspired me a lot, provided with all necessary materials, methods and techniques, answered my questions, supported me when I failed and were happy when I improved.”Anna Shishkina, Krasnoyarsk, 2009“I’ve learnt lots of useful things, but the most essential for me was to learn about new language presentation techniques which I am going to use extensively in my classroom. Now I know what I should never do at a lesson, how to choose the most appropriate grouping for the lesson to be productive. Observing other teachers’ lessons helped me to realise how important it is to reduce teacher talking time and make a lesson more student-centered. As a result my own lessons are going to be modified completely!”Sofia Malyugina, Krasnoyarsk, 2009“I’ve attended three different courses lately, so I can compare. This is the best one. This course opened my eyes on the whole process of modern teaching. Everything was extremely helpful. I was interested in modern techniques and learnt much about them. I had a lot of practice in teaching and it was great! I hope that my lessons will be more communicative and challenging for my students in the future and the learners will be more motivated to study. This course was like a breath of fresh air. Thanks a lot!”Klavdia Brizhevich, Norilsk, 2009“The whole course was a discovery for me. I looked at everything from a different angle: at teaching methods, giving classes, being a teacher in general. The greatest thing was that having learnt some theory I had a chance to give lessons and see how my own teaching habits change for the better. One can’t but notice that all seminars were interesting, helpful and up-to-date. All the topics seemed really familiar, e.g. teaching grammar and pronunciation, error feedback, etc, but the methods we were shown and tried ourselves turned my view on teaching upside down. Now, when the course has finished I have an irresistible desire to use all of these ‘treasures’ with my students.Marina Panteleeva, Kazan, 2009“I realized that courses like this one are extremely important for those who what to become great teachers. I do! I used to teach students at a secondary school in a purely traditional way. Now I understand that I knew too little about teaching if I may say so. During the course I was given a very powerful tool for successful teaching and I still need more time to digest all the new information acquired at the course. Meanwhile, I do feel that I have dramatically changed my approach to teaching English and lesson planning. Thank you very much!”Oleg Savinov, Sosnovoborsk, 2009“I suppose it was kind of extreme to take a teacher training course without any experience of working in this sphere. And it proved to be really helpful, although definitely challenging and very INTENSIVE! It helped me a lot to find my place in life, to try being a teacher and love this job. I very much liked the organisation of the course and the atmosphere. I realised how rewarding and enjoyable teacher’s work can be and now I am sure I am on the right way, I know where to go further and have a clear aim.”Luciena Artykova, Abakan, 2009“Thanks to this course, I realized my strong and weak points. At my lessons I am going to apply all the useful techniques I have learnt during the course. The seminar on Kitaigorodskaya’s intensive method of teaching was the one I will not forget for a long time! I’ve got to know a lot of things that will help me to make my lessons so enjoyable for the students that they will forget about studying being boring forever!”Natalia Abdulkhametova, Krasnoyarsk, 2008
“The course held in August proved to be of great use for all of us. It provided all the participants with enormous motivation and desire to make our lessons more exciting and effective. We had a unique opportunity to refresh our knowledge about the methodology and share our experience with English teachers from different schools. One of the undeniable advantages of the course lies in the fact that it combines both theoretical basis of teaching English and practical classes.”Marina Pismenova, Krasnoyarsk, 2007