About this course

The purpose of this course is to improve your planning and management skills for teaching English to young children and teenagers.

This is a course that teaches you how to use practical strategies and activities to enable your young learners to learn English with confidence. By the end of the course, teachers will be able to reflect on their existing teaching methods and consider areas for development. Students should be preferably TESOL trained, experienced teachers or students with equivalent qualification.

Course Content

1. Teaching English to Young Learners around the World
2. The Child as a Language Learner
3. Teaching Speaking to Young Learners
4. Teaching Listening to Young Learners
5. Teaching Reading to Young Learners
6. Teaching Writing to Young Learners
7. Teaching Vocabulary to Young Learners
8. Assessing Young Learners

When you graduate this course, you’ll be able to:

• Apply the most effective teaching practices for children ages 5-12, based on pedagogical theory.
• Create, analyze, and adapt lesson plans for this age group.
• Foster an appropriate and fun teaching environment that maximizes student participation.
• Effectively manage behavior for young learners of different ages and levels.
• Develop self-reflection techniques as well as community of practice with other teachers.
• Learn to foster strong relationships with key stakeholders, such as parents and school administrators

Admission requirements

1. Completion of high school.
2. Be fluent in English

Qualification

On completion of your course, you will receive a certificate in Teaching English to Young Learners from Westminster College London (WCL) accredited by the CPD Group.