Teacher Refresher Course

2 weeks, 30 lessons (45 minutes each) per week

Preparation
The participants will get a bibliography and other useful pre-course information.

Follow-up
Participants will be asked to hand in a detailed commentary on the course, including how the course will have impact on the professional development in their own country.

Objectives
to refresh the oral and listening German skills; to update one’s knowledge in current German affairs; to enlarge one’s skills in methodology and didactics in teaching German to learners from about 14 years of age; to be able to apply a modern, communication-oriented teaching methodology; to benefit from the exchange and sharing of best practice with colleagues.

We expect the participants to actively contribute to the lessons. We would be pleased to discuss their ideas, teaching materials, projects, etc. We try to organize a visit at local schools for each session. You should not expect to get ready-made material for your teaching practice.

Timetable

• Linguistic skills
  Monday to Friday 09.00 to 10.30 &  11.00 to 12.30, 20 lessons (45 min each) per week in international groups (not guaranteed)
  Max. class size 10 (12 in July/August)
  Training of oral and listening skills, idiomatic matters, error correction, working with current authentic texts
• Methodology&Didactics
  Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri from 13.30: a total of 10 weekly lessons in 4 units (450 minutes,
  225 minutes in case there should be only one participant)
  Methodology of communication-oriented teaching: teaching grammar, dialogues, roll plays, working with pictures, working with texts, German culture (food and beverage, politics, economy, political parties), working with songs, films, youth and street speech, bad words

Additional Programme (open for all HORIZONTE students)
After 15.30: talks on current political, economic, cultural, literary topics, guided city tours, cultural activities (films, cooking, etc.)

Wednesday afternoons and every other Saturday: Excursions

Grants
All our teacher refresher courses are eligible for funding by the EC programme of LLP (Life long Learning Programme), Comenius and Grundtvig.

Download (pdf) Dates – Fees – Enrolment – Sample Programme 2011

Dates – Fees – Enrolment form – Sample Programme 2012 (pdf)