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This course is approved by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority under the provisions of the Education Act 1989, and Rotorua English Language Academy is accredited to teach it. It is at NZQA Level 4 and amounts to 6 credits.
You can choose to study:
- Part-time in the mornings
- Full-time in the mornings and afternoons
Duration
The course can be taken over two, three or four weeks. It will help you with:
- your own level of English
- your ability to apply your knowledge of English to a teaching context
- language teaching methodology
- hints and tips on how to make lessons student-centred and motivating
Course Details
The topics covered will depend on the needs of the participants, based on their answers to a pre-course questionnaire that we will send out. Areas that we can cover include:
- Areas of grammar according to participants needs
- Phonology: pronunciation practice, stress, rhythm and intonation
- Idiomatic use of English
- Developing writing skills
- Guided Discovery learning
- Using current language teaching materials
- Correction techniques
- Incorporating phonology into language teaching
- Ways of teaching vocabulary, grammar and functions
- Reading and listening lessons
- Ways of recycling vocabulary
- Teaching and integrating skills
- Using songs and games in the classroom
- Using the OHP
- Speaking Games
- Using video in class
- Role-play and simulation
- Using poetry and stories
- Working with computers
We will do our best to accommodate any particular requests that you have for areas that you want to study.
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