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.

Getting Ready for the Future

 Worldwide, lives are stressed and strained by COVID-19. The toll of the virus, isolation, increased workloads and other associated effects are rising among many students and teachers. Social and Emotional Learning is as important as any other curriculum subject and not only for our students but for teachers as well and so is wellbeing, soft skills for the future.

This time of year can be a good moment to check out how you’re feeling after 2020, a very different educational experience. In this event, we’ll look at ways that you can help yourself and, in turn, help your learners to achieve wellbeing and keep our mental health.

Use of English Review Courses

 In Customized Training Services we believe teachers of English need to be knowledgeable in both knowing the language we teach as well as learning how to teach it whether it is face-to-face or online.

The aim of these review courses is to refresh some Use of English issues at different levels addressing each participant´s strengths and weaknesses in personalized tutoring sessions with personalized feedback using web tools for that purpose.

We are sure you´ll find these courses useful.

VIII Summer Course

 Differentiation and learning gaps

While preparing my sessions for the VIII Summer Course, I came across this tool which I think is very useful for students to use to practise their language.

 

VIII Summer Course (2021)

 

We teachers are facing uncertainty around how we will deliver learning in the months to come, will it be in a classroom, will it continue online or will it be some mixture of the two? 

We need to be prepared for situations where we find that previous levels of use of the language have not been maintained and where some learners have made better progress than others. 

The purpose of this summer course is to provide strategies teachers can use to support the learning process whatever the transition to school learning is, strategies that could also apply to other learning contexts.  

Christmas Greetings

 

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.