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Teaching at BKC-Globus
Professional development
Globus Curriculum
Professional development
Initial Arrival
New teachers have a paid orientation period of two days in order to settle into the school and the city. This orientation usually takes place on Thursday and Friday, though may alter depending on time of arrival in Moscow.
During this period teachers are given:
an overview of the school
an introduction to the course books that we use
a detailed explanation of all aspects of their contract
Instruction on how to conduct placement tests.
Observations of our more experienced teachers to give them an idea of what Russian students are like and the communicative approach used in our classes
After the orientation period teachers are free to enjoy their first weekend in Moscow.
Ongoing Training
On the third Saturday of every month we hold seminars on a range of topics which is often based on feed back of what teachers want. There is usually one in English, which is a common tongue, and we often run an additional seminar in Russian. We also try to cater for specific language points for languages. For example last year there were workshops in Italian and Spanish on different ways of teaching the subjunctive and how to in French there was a workshop on how to make the most of our course book Panorama.
Apart form this, teachers with a knowledge of English may like to take advantage of seminars run on the same day earlier in the afternoon at our sister school. Whilst some of these do inevitably focus on English there are other which focus on methodology and class management. Apart from this we also run specialized courses in English in teaching younger learners and from time to time also have refresher courses in communicative language teaching based at Globus.
Globus Curriculum
Italian – Our Italian courses are based on a system of six levels, each being from seventy-two to ninety-six hours long. With one academic hour being forty-five minutes this usually consists of three academic hours twice a week for a period of twelve to sixteen weeks. At present we use Linea Diretta 1 & 2 for the first four levels and Viaggio nell'italiano for levels five and six. We are also using Un giorno in Italia in some of our company classes and may be using it in others in the future. At higher levels we construct our course according to the specific requirements of our students. We also teach exams such as CILS when students require it.
Spanish – Our Spanish courses are based on a system of seven levels, each being ninety-six hours long. apart from level four which is an in-house bridge level between our course books ELE (one to three) and Abanico (five to seven). With one academic hour being forty-five minutes this usually consists of three academic hours twice a week for a period of sixteen weeks. At present we use ELE 1, 2 and Intermedio for the first three levels and Abanico, for levels five to seven. At higher levels we construct our course according to the specific requirements of our students. We also have teen classes and for these we use Chicos y Chicas.
German – Our German courses are based on a system of six levels, each being from seventy-two to ninety-six hours long. With one academic hour being forty-five minutes this usually consists of three academic hours twice a week for a period of twelve to sixteen weeks. We use Themen Neu 1 for levels one and two, Themen Neu 2 for levels three and four and Themen Neu 3 for levels five and six. At higher levels we construct our course according to the specific requirements of our students. We also have very young learner, and teen classes. For the very young learners we use our own in-house programme, whilst for teens we use Ping Pong. We also run exam classes if we are asked.
French – Our French courses are based on a system of ten levels, each being from seventy-two to ninety-six hours long. With one academic hour being forty-five minutes this usually consists of three academic hours twice a week for a period of twelve to sixteen weeks. We use Panorama 1 for levels one to three, Panorama 2 for levels four to six, Panorama 3 for levels seven and eight and Panorama 4 for levels nine and ten. We also teach exams such as DELF and DALF when students require it. We also have younger learner classes and teen classes. For these we use Alex and Zoë and Junior respectively.
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