Course Title: Effective Correction
Trainer: Steve Hirschhorn
A 5 Day Workshop Series at the University of Greenwich with full-board accommodation!
Good news! Due to the high volume of requests and bookings for our August Overseas Teacher Development Programme, we are now running the course twice!
You can now choose to enrol for 31st July Sunday arrival or 7th August Sunday arrival for this week-long Workshop Series. The courses will be on weekday mornings and you will have free time to enjoy London afterwards!
KKCL – Gallery Teachers welcomes language teachers from all over the world to join this professional workshop. Located in the heart of Greenwich, in the newly designed Stockwell Street campus, it is within walking distance to all the amenities including the Cutty Sark and the National Maritime Museum. This campus provides single en-suite rooms at Daniel Defoe Halls.
Location Highlights:
- Historic London location next to Greenwich Park and the River Thames, famous for the Royal Naval Museum and the Greenwich Meridian.
- Next to a Zone 2 station with quick and easy access to other parts of central London.
- Award-winning designer building with ultra-modern classrooms.
- Brand new en-suite accommodation with 24-hour reception for comfort and security.
Your London Experience:
- Meet your peers from international backgrounds
- Enjoy summertime by the Thames
- Free time available for excursions with easy access to London’s main attractions
If correction works, why are we still doing it?
Many teachers don’t believe in correction because what they do doesn’t appear to achieve the results they expect.
This workshop series will :
- promote the notion that correction can have a positive effect without ever creating potential embarrassment.
- examine spoken and written correction techniques with a focus on student-centredness and achieving positive outcomes for all.
- look at verbal and non-verbal communicative techniques which can unconsciously assist or hinder student self-development.
- discover what role the ‘affective filter’ has in teacher and student performance and we’ll work on ways to bring it under control.
When?
From Monday 1st August to Friday 5th August (or 8th-12th), with each of the five, two-hour sessions including an extra hour for questions and workshop completion.
For whom?
New or experienced, open-minded language teachers who are interested in pushing their own professional limits.
Aims
At the end of the workshop series, teachers will leave with a better understanding of a variety of interesting and innovative correction techniques as well as an enhanced ability to choose and apply them in any given circumstance.
Trainer mini bio:
Steve Hirschhorn
MA., PGHCE., FHEA.
Steve began teaching in 1980 and spent many years researching and training in the Humanistic Approaches as well as CLT, TBL and a Lexical Approach. He has worked in all aspects of ELT, from classroom to lecture hall and most recently was Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, Vice President of International Education for a Chinese school group and Principal of Eckersley Oxford, one of the oldest language schools in the UK. He has trained hundreds of new teachers and written and lectured widely on his teacher-training principles. He is now semi-retired and enjoying being able to choose the work he undertakes!
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