English Language Workshops for Teachers
We now have 2 EL Workshops available for EL teachers. Here are the details:
Trainer: Marife Cruz Yap
BA Hons (English Language), NUS
Dip Ed (NIE)
Author of:
How to Teach 'O' Level Summary Writing Confidently & Effectively
A 3-hr Online Workshop for EL Teachers
Conducted via Zoom
Who should attend this workshop:
*Beginning Teachers
*More experienced teachers who are keen to improve their teaching skills
The Aims of this Workshop
(1) To train EL teachers to teach summary writing systematically, by breaking it down into the
8 essential skills which students must master in order to write a good summary
(2) To arm participants with a complete step-by-step summary writing course that they
can incorporate in their lessons to train their students to write better summaries
(3) To guide participants to craft questions that will make up the exercises in their group's
unique summary writing course
(4) And through doing so, to help these EL teachers teach summary writing more confidently
and effectively
Group Size: 8 - 12 teachers
Cost: $248/- net per workshop per teacher
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How to Enhance your Students' 'O' Level English Oral Communication Skills
A 3-hr Online Workshop for EL Teachers
Conducted via Zoom
Who should Attend:
(1) Beginning Teachers
(2) More experienced teachers who are keen to improve their teaching skills
(3) Teachers who would like to improve their pronunciation, articulation, intonation and fluency
The Aims of this Workshop
(1) To arm teachers with the skills to demonstrate and give their students precise instructions
on how to articulate the more challenging sounds in the English Language, such as
'th': /θ/ as in 'think' and /ð/ as in 'the'
(2) To arm teachers with the knowledge of intonation patterns, which they can impart to
their students
(3) To make participants aware of the common errors in pronunciation or articulation that they
should look out for and correct in their students' speech and reading
(4) To teach participants how to teach their students to speak or read fluently
(5) And through doing so, to help these EL teachers to improve their own pronunciation,
articulation, intonation and fluency.
(6) To arm teachers with a systematic step-by-step programme comprising many exercises
designed to effectively improve their students' pronunciation, articulation, intonation and
fluency
Group Size: 8 - 12 teachers
Cost: $248/- net per workshop per teacher
Note:
*A 2-day version of the Oral Communication Skills Workshop will also be available for teachers who would also like more help in improving their own oral communication skills. Participants will be given pre-course instructions for recording themselves speaking, for the trainer to analyse their strengths and weaknesses before the course begins. This 2-day course is open to ALL teachers, not just EL teachers.
*We also have a PSLE English Oral Communication Skills Workshop for Primary School EL teachers.
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*To expedite confirmation of your workshops on your preferred dates, you can form your own groups of teachers from different schools.
**Groups with fewer than 12 teachers may be joined by teachers from other schools.
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