January 2024 Professional Development and Personal Growth : Jobsearch Support

Welcome to our fourth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. Whether you are looking for a new post or a promotion, teaching or leadership, in Chile or outside, we can help.

An Introduction to Teaching Narrative Writing

Narrative writing is both the entry point for Creative Writing and Fiction, and the best and least challenging vehicle for developing writing and language skills. Join as we review this introductory quick-and-easy teacher-friendly approach to teaching Narrative Writing which can be used at all ages and all levels.

January 2024 Professional Development and Personal Growth : International Education

Welcome to our fourth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. Many schools here in Chile label themselves as "international", but are they? Similarly, many teachers are interested in teaching in an international programme, but what does that mean?

January 2024 Professional Development and Personal Growth : English as a Second Language (E2L, ESL), Practice for Teachers

Welcome to our fourth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. English as a Second Language (E2L) is quite distinct from English as a Foreign Language, the national programme here in Chile. Unfortunately the two terms are used quite loosely and often erroneously. Join us as we explore E2L and how it might look in your classroom. 

January 2024 Professional Development and Personal Growth - Advanced Use of English, Approaches to Learning / Study Skills

 

Welcome to our fourth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. Click on the session title(s) for more information. Amongst the most important skills we can develop in our students are those variously labelled Approaches to Learning, Learner Autonomy and Study Skills, and as English teachers, we also have our part to play. 

January 2024 Professional Development and Personal Growth - Advanced Use of English, Practice & Feedback

Welcome to our fourth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. These single-topic Use of English sessions (Vocabulary, Structures and Usages) have been developed from the needs and requests of Chilean Advanced English users.

January 2024 Professional Development and Personal Growth - Advanced Use of English, how the language works

Welcome to our fourth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. Click on the session title(s) for more information. 

How are your English as a Second Language Skills?

Chile's National Curriculum is an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) programme, yet many teachers and students are functionally at an English as a Second Language (E2L or ESL) level and so an E2L programme would likely be more appropriate. How about you? What are your E2L skills like?

Advanced Use of English : just and only

 

This session does not just consider how and when to use just or not just, nor does it only review the last one or the last time. We also look at considerations of uniqueness and fairness.

Advanced Use of English : Be a good sport

Do sport, make sport, be a sport. Sport v sports. Or perhaps games. And where and who. Talking about sport may be one of the most popular of human pastimes, and can be a great lead-in to other topics.