The IH Foundation Course in Teaching English for Business
Course Dates: October 20th — December 15th 2009
Course fee is 19 000 roubles
Deposit: 6 000 roubles paid upon acceptance
Balance: 13 000 roubles paid not later than 3 weeks before the course starts
Level of English required: CAE (Certificate in Advanced English) or higher
Who is it for? The IHFTEB has been devised for teachers who have completed a certificate in ELT (e.g. CELTA) or who have a degree from a Pedagogical University and who now want to go on and teach Business English. Some experience of teaching General English will be useful but is not a pre-requisite of the course. Prior experience in teaching Business English is not a pre-requisite.
Course Outline
The course is divided into:
Pre-course assignments An introduction — Module 1 (2hrs) Seven modules of 4hrs each (to be divided into 14 sessions of 2hrs to be held over 7 weeks) A closing session — Module 9 (2hrs) A presentation of the written assignment A post-course assignment
The course will be held on a part-time basis with two sessions a week, each lasting 2 ? hours, over 8 weeks and a Saturday afternoon when the presentation of the written assignment will be given.
Assignments
During the course there will be two assignments.
The first consists of giving a presentation of a newspaper article The second involves working with a group to evaluate and research an area of Business English (e.g. meetings / giving presentations etc) and creating a written assignment. Your evaluation and research will then be presented to the rest of your group at the end of the course.
At the end of the course there will be one post-course assignment which will be sent to IH London for assessment. This assignment consists of videoing / taping you teaching a Business English lesson, together with a lesson plan and evaluation of the lesson and an evaluation of a Business English coursebook. Successful completion of this assignment will lead to the awarding of the IH Foundation Certificate in Teaching English for Business.
Contents of the Course
Module 1: General vs. Business English
Module 2: a. General vs. Business English 2 — clients, roles, language methodology
b. Client Needs and Course programming 1l
Module 3:a. Business English Textbooks — what kind of content and methodology
b. Authentic Materials — choosing and using
Module 4:a. Business Skills — Meetings: (i) Discussion (ii) Chairing
b. Methodology: Lexical Views of Language and Focusing on Language
Module 5:a. Planning a BE lesson; Business Skills — Social English and Telephoning
b. Methodology — Using Frameworks and Client Resourcing Materials
Module 6:a. Business Skills — Presentations
b. Business Topics — Management and Marketing
Module 7:a. Business Skills — Negotiating
b. Business Correspondence; Business Topic — Finance
Module 8:a. Course Programming 2; Methodology — Teaching one-to-one
b. Working In-company; Pre-experience Learners
Module 9: Consolidation Tasks from Module 8; Business Topic — Trade
Application procedure: if you are interested in taking this course, please contact out Teacher Training center at t-training@bkc.ru and we will organize a short interview with the Course Trainer who checks your suitability for the course.
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