XXXVIII CTS Academic Event

The integration of Technology in English Language Learning is of paramount importance for both teachers and students. It provides students with access to an incredible variety of online resources at their own place and pace allowing them to become more independent, promoting collaboration and making concepts more accessible (using instructional videos, for example). For teachers, the use of technology helps them motivate students through engaging activities, which enhance the learning experience.

 

2024 CTS Summer Course

 Welcome to our 2024 Summer Course!!!

Thank you

 It is always a pleasure to exchange ideas from different contexts. Thank you very much!!

Improving Listening Skills

Para que una conversación tenga sentido lo único que se necesita es escuchar con atención, lo cual no consiste en callar mientras otro habla sino en apreciar lo que está diciendo”.

(Autor Anónimo)

La habilidad escuchar es un proceso activo en el que el oyente activa sus conocimientos lingüísticos, contextuales y del mundo aunado a una serie de estrategias de comprensión oral para interpretar el mensaje.

 

For meaningful conversations, interlocutors need to listen attentively-this does not mean to remain silent while the interlocutor speaks- but to understand what s/he is saying.

Listening is an active process in which the listener activates his/her linguistic, contextualized knowledge plus knowledge of the world and by using oral comprehension strategies s/he is ready to interpret the message. 

CTS´s IX Summer course (online)

 SMART is an acronym that is often used in business as a guide for setting business objectives, but can be applied to language outcomes. The "new normal" in our country is something blurred and although we were the last country in Latin America to resume in-person classes, we are not sure the conditions are the best to support teaching to a group of students who have been affected both emotionally and academically by the pandemic. 

However, I believe we can learn from our mistakes, improve the strategies we learned and used and get ready for whatever situation may come up. This is the rationale behind this summer course where we expect to exchange ideas and enrich our repertoire with what our colleagues have to share. 

Summer Summary

 

Classes have started in Peru and in CTS we are happy to know that this time our teachers are better prepared to deal with the challenges that online teaching brings along. As we like to keep in touch with our CTS family and friends, we started 2021 with activities (courses and seminars) aiming at supporting teachers with closing the gap for those students who could not reach the same level of progress as their peers. Here is what we did from January to March.

CTS Academic activities August-November 20202

2020 is a year to remember. Most of us had to learn new skills or adapt them to meet the challenges of lockdown, social distance and online work. In CTS we have tried to meet the expectations of our colleagues, our CTS family, and for that reason since March  we have been reading, attending courses, seminars and workshops trying to learn as much as possible about the different issues involved in teaching online to share it with them.

The video below summarizes the activities we ran from August to November.

 

Improving our Online teaching - August 2020

 More on Improving our Online Teaching

In Customized Training Services we consider our training students as family members. When the Pandemic made us change our style of giving instructions we were there to help teachers to learn the ropes of remote learning. 

Nowadays, when teaching online is a current way of teaching, we support our CTS family with more language and methodology activities. We care and that´s why we share. 

Here is a video with a list of the courses and workshops we ran in August.

Seminars in Spanish

Seminars in Spanish for teachers of other areas

Customized Training Services también apoya a docentes de cualquier especialidad que desean mejorar su práctica docente familiarizándose con algunas de estas herramientas para el aprendizaje a distancia. Cada seminario dura 1 hora y hay un número limitado de participantes para poder brindar apoyo personalizado y paso a paso a lo largo del mismo. Los esperamos.

Dear colleagues

Thanks very much for welcoming our CTS Review Courses. Because of the demand we are opening another series that starts in June. Look forward to seeing you there.

Summary of VII Summer Blended learning Course

Dear CTS friends and family

We are going through difficult times where reaching the end of the tunnel is everybody´s responsibility so we need to abide by the rules and stay home.

In these times of lockdown, we teachers have even more responsibilities than before since we are expected to help our students learn in a virtual context they are not so familiar with because they use it more for entertainment and pleasure.

We need to prepare online teaching material that is – of course- different from the material we use for face-to-face lessons and we also need to use platforms and tools we are not so familiar with and with little time to master their use.

We know that little by little we will gain more skills at doing this and will manage to reduce preparation time while mastering the use of the Internet tools. It is at times like this when approaches such as Gamification , Flipped Learning, ICT and Web tools  can help us pass on knowledge, consolidate or even assess it.

At CTS we feel we have contributed  to support our teachers by having chosen the above approaches as modules for our last summer course both in its face-to-face as well as online modality. 

We are committed to keeping on offering practical courses and workshops (online modality) about tools and strategies for online context not only for teachers of English but for teachers of any subject. Thus, we can help our teachers in their virtual teaching practice until the time comes for meeting our students face to face without any health risk.

Please keep posted, we are working hard to support you and meanwhile take care and stay home. 

Below you can see some highlights of our VII Summer blended learning course.

Our Sixth Summer Course (Online version) has come to an end and we are really pleased to have had participants who have worked really hard to complete the tasks. Here is a summary of their production:

Don´t miss CTS´s Sixth Summer Course for Top Teachers of English !!!

Last year was full of change and presented many challenges and lessons for CTS. We ran our customary Facebook events devoting time to issues such as Neuroscience, Education and Soft Skills. We also held our First CTS ELT Academic Conference in late September and ran workshops in Trujillo and Cajamarca.

As we take this time to contemplate the previous year, we feel very proud for having the courage once again to face situations  that would demand a lot of energy and stamina not only from us but also from our students. We congratulate them on finding the time and making the effort to join us in our courses: Cambridge English First (FCE) preparation courses, TKT CLIL, TKT Young Learners, TKT Core, Grammar Games for the English Classroom-this year we ran three of these courses, Web 2.0 and ICT tools for ELT and our classic Improving Writing Skills. Thank you very much for your commitment, we all know how demanding our courses and workshops are.

For most people, the beginning of a new year is a natural time to make adjustments and set goals. However, any time is the time to start a self-improvement program.

This year CTS starts activities with our XIV Facebook Event: Welcome back: Get ready for 2018 ELT Challenges where we will try to support teachers with their lesson planning and methodology tips so  as to meet everyone´s expectations for the first days of school. We will also introduce some online courses besides our blended learning TKTs, CAE preparation courses and will visit the Provinces once again.

We look forward to seeing you and would love to help you fall deeply and passionately in love – with yourself and your work!.  

First CTS ELT Academic Conference

Thanks to all those who helped with the organization and development of the First CTS ELT Academic Conference. It was a complete success!!!

Our last ICT and Web 2.0 Tools Full/Day Workshop of 2017 was run on October 29th. Watch the video to see the teachers who attended the course sharing and learning.

Coming soon !!!

Fourth Summer Course for Top English Language Teachers 2017