Attention all teachers of English! More English! More Contacts! More fun! Come to Malta to update your teaching!

• use different teaching strategies to accommodate different learning styles
• motivate and encourage students
• integrate the teaching of reading, writing, listening and speaking skills
• create activities to make grammar and vocabulary learning more memorable
• focus on the teaching of pronunciation
• use error correction techniques effectively
• adapt course book materials to suit learner needs

Personal language development is an important feature of the courses and will be based on participants’ needs.

Preparation  

Before the start of the course, participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire indicating their level of English, qualifications, present teaching position, number of years teaching and special interest areas. Orientation is held on the first day of the course. The course director will introduce the course and ask for comments from the participants. Course sessions will be adapted as appropriate.

Methodology  

Practical and creative teaching techniques will be presented using a range of teaching methodologies. Participants will be able to try out new techniques and strategies and give feedback as to how these techniques can be applied to their own teaching situation. Recently published ELT materials will be suggested for further reading as well as online resources appropriate to participants’ needs.  

Follow-up 

All participants will be required to fill in a course evaluation questionnaire. Follow- up support will be available via email. Further online communication will be available where participants will be able to share thoughts, experiences and teaching ideas with colleagues from other countries, even after the course finishes.

Course Length: 2 weeks

Course Dates: 1 - 12 November 2010

Lessons: 30 lessons/week = 22.5 hours/week

Class size: average 12 participants per class, max 14. 

Complimentary Cultural/Social events:  

• Welcome evening with tutors
• Two cultural sightseeing visits to the old Medieval capital city of Mdina, the UNESCO World Heritage Capital City of Valletta or Grand Harbour cruise (subject to confirmation)
• Two Traditional Maltese dinners so that you may experience authentic Maltese culinary delights.
• Farewell activity with tutors.

Course location: Our school campus is situated in a converted villa, only 2 minutes from the sea in St. Paul’s Bay! 

Course fee: €725.00 

Fee in € for accommodation in our School Residential Apartments, in a single room/shared apartment on bed and breakfast basis, max 14 nights: €480.00 (Our School Residence is ideally located only 15-minutes walking distance from the school and 5 minutes from the town centre and seaside promenade). 

CANCELLATION FEE IN €: 250.00 

CANCELLATION RULES:
If the candidate is approved for funding and makes a confirmed booking with the school, but cancels less than 2 weeks before the start of the course, this cancellation fee will apply. PROVISION FOR SPECIAL NEEDS: Participants with special needs (dietary, religious, ethnic and childcare) will be welcomed.  

Minimum number of participants for this course: 8. 

Comenius-Grundtvig Funding: This course is eligible for European Union Funding of up to 2500 Euro through Comenius 2.2c and can be found on the Comenius-Grundtvig database: http://ec.europa.eu/education/trainingdatabase/ 

Deadline for Applications: 

Different agencies have different deadlines. As a guide: 

• Through Comenius-Grundtvig 30 April 2010 for training between September and December 2010.
• Direct non-funded applicants: 1 October 2010.

"Click here" for Sample Programme and Timetable for teachers of young people and adults 

For more information contact us at info@gvmalta.eu or Call on (+356) 21 573417.