Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !!!
On this joyous day, and throughout the coming year, may your life be filled with good luck and prosperity.
Friday, 19 December 2014
Friday, 5 December 2014
TKT YL Certificates
Teaching children although extremely rewarding is not an easy task. Teaching young learners is different from teaching adults because young learners are still developing physically and emotionally, their reasons for learning English are different from those of adults or they may have no reason at all. Unlike adults, young learners do not have well-developed literacy skills to support their learning and many times they learn slowly but forget very quickly.
This is the reason why Customized Training Services feel really proud of having prepared the first 12 teachers who are receiving their TKT YL in Peru on Saturday 6th, 2014.
TKT YL is a specialist module of the Cambridge English Teaching KnowledgeTest (TKT) that focuses on young learners, especially if they age from 6-12 . This certificate helps teachers increase their confidence in teaching children and progress in their teaching career since it aims at helping early-year teachers who teach English to children, primary language teachers who teach English to 6-12 year olds and secondary teachers who also teach primary students.
Teachers who have taken our Preparation Course at CTS have had sessions on Children learning and development, Planning lessons, Teaching Strategies and Classroom-based evaluations, the components of the TKT exam and have enriched each other by sharing their experiences in the classroom tasks and demo lessons.
Our teachers worked hard to cope with the lesson tasks and the assignments and mock tests, all that while juggling with their work and family life. This is why we, in CTS, are so proud of them and have organized a special ceremony for their relatives to praise their effort when they receive their Certificates and to thank them for having trusted us to prepare them for the TKT YL exam.
We will also present our classes and events for 2015 so visit us at www.ctsperu.com, https://www.facebook.com/
Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Dear Friends
Thanks to all of you who decided to become teachers of English and opened a whole new world to so many kids. And thanks to all those who helped us become what we are.
Happy Thanksgiving !!!!
I leave you with an idea for an activity that may suit this holiday.
Lesson Plan Title : Scarecrow Recycled
Overview and
Purpose: This project encourages students to think about what
materials can be recycled. They are challenged to make a scarecrow entirely out
of recyclable materials.
Objective: The student will be able to create a scarecrow out of recycled products.
Resources:
Various recyclable items
Packaging tape
Glue
Activities:
Talk with students about the purpose of scarecrows and
the usual materials they are made out of. Explain that they are going to work
in groups to create a scarecrow completely out of recycled items. They are not
allowed to use straw or hay or clothes. Challenge them to be as creative as
possible in making their scarecrow.
First have them sketch out the scarecrow and list the
items they will need. Remind them that they will need to figure out a way to
have it stand up. Give them a day or two to collect the items and then have
them build the scarecrow. Have them present their scarecrows to the class and
explain what they used to make them.
Wrap Up:
You can create a display in your school that showcases
the scarecrows and explains what they are made of. Have the students or faculty
vote on the most creative materials used, best display, or most unique
scarecrow.
Some examples:
The academic year in CTS ( Customized Training Services) is soon coming to an end and as the Academic Director I cannot be more pleased with the results.
Most of the colleagues who did this year´s Summer Course with us registered in the expanded module (Teaching Pronunciation) or in the International Exam preparation courses (TKT Young Learners and FCE for Teachers) so we have established not only a professional but also a personal relationship with most of them.
We would like to continue contributing to help other colleagues with their profesional development so we have already organized our Second Summer Course for 2015. It will take place from January 12 to 23 from 9:00 to 13:00.
As most of our courses, it is a blended learning course that accounts for 200 hours (assignments and projects included) and will be run at the Post Graduate School of Universidad Continental (Jr. Junin 355. Miraflores).
As you know we have very small groups so you can contact us at ctsperu@
There will be new modules such as:
· Interactive Classroom Activities· Teaching Skills
· Material Design in ELT
· Understanding Language for Teaching
· Teaching Young Learners
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