TACKLING TYPICAL GRAMMAR PROBLEMS

We  have now finished the third module of this course and the results could not have been more successful.

The purpose of the course is to help learners overcome some fossilized grammatical mistakes and/or raise awareness of some special cases that sometimes occur in even well-known structures.

Some sessions start with an activity based on a Use of English task and others go straight into understanding the structure and use of the Grammatical structure and then developing activities to put this knowledge into practice. The activities are not only sentences in a worksheet but also situations where students need to use what they have revised.

For instance, in the case of Reported Speech, students pretend they are at a party, they are given slips with some statements they need to say while mingling with the other guests while listening to some party music and then they have to report what they heard in the party.

To practise verbs and adjectives followed by prepositions we  use a game where students form groups and a member of the opposite group has to pick up cards with sentences where the preposition is missing. If they provide the right preposition,the score a point and can make their teams win.

Many people think learning Grammar is boring but in CTS we tried to make it useful and enjoyable and since the group was really small, we managed to make it really customized for participants´particular problems.

It feels good to hear from the participants that the course was good and useful and that they wanted more.

See you in the next course!!

FACEBOOK EVENTS

Customized Training Services (CTS) organizes Academic events for all our followers at very reduced prices. There are two ninety-minute-workshops on topics that have been suggested by CTS users, which I find really useful since it is the teachers themselves who require the topics they need.

Another reason why I look forward to these events is that we have the chance to gather teachers from different backgrounds who happily share and exchange ideas making this gathering a very enriching experience not only for them but also for me since this keeps me aware of the needs and the achievements of our teaching community.

The Fifth Facebook event last year coincided with the closing of CTS Academic Year and Christmas so there were many reasons for celebrating and being merry.

I am sharing an overview of the event in this video:

Happy New Year to all my friends. Long life and prosperity to you all.

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If you are looking for a jump-start to your new year, here are six courses we are featuring this month to help you out.

1. Third Summer Course for Top English Language Teachers 2016

From Jan 18 - Jan 30 Mondays to Fridays from 09:00 - 13:00

This is a modular course and as in the two preceding courses we offer modules according to participants´requests. This year the modules are:

• Creativity and Innovation in the Language Classroom
• Pronunciation and Grammar develoment from Pre-Intermediate to Advanced
• Teaching CLIL and Teaching Young Learners
• Using TICS, Leadership and Team work techniques for the Classroom
• Improving the Fours Skills using learning strategies 

2. Developing Conversational Skills

From Jan 11 to Jan 27, Mondays and Wednesdays from 17:00 to 20:00

This course has been developed especially for those professionals who want to both develop better listening and teaching skills themselves and who wish to convey those skills to their students. Each session is led by a native English teacher and will include various fun and challenging activities that are designed to identify deficits of current listening and speaking skills.

3. Improving Writing Skills

From Jan 12 to Jan 28, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 17:00 to 20:00

This is the course for all those who need to improve their writing skills under the concept of writing as a cognitive process. You will learn how to develop different kinds of texts with particular emphasis to the organization, layout, editing and proof reading of academic texts.

4. Cambridge English: First (FCE)

From Jan 12 to March 10, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 17:00 to 21:00 and Saturdays from 9:00 to 13:00.

 A comprehensive preparation course to take the exam in March and have the possibility to thoroughly prepare without the constraints of lack of time due to working responsibilities. 

5. TKT CLIL : Preparation Course for this Specialisation exam from Jan 13 to February 26. Wednesdays from 15:00 to 17:00

6. TKT Young Learners: Preparation course for this Specialisation exam from Jan 13 to February 24 from 17:30 - 19:00

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Let´s begin the year investing time and effort in our own professional development. Check out what you can do this summer.

TEACHERS HELPING TEACHERS

In the last V Facebook Event that took place last December 5th we collected toys and clothes from the participants who attended the event to help a teacher of English, Sylvia, from a very needed village in the outskirts of Lima.

 

She devotes most of her time and her meager salary to support a shelter for strayed dogs. She relies on the help of the neighbouring families who-in spite of having very little- are always willing to help.

 

Customized Training Services created this iniatitve because kindness and generosity are values we always talk about with our students and wanted them to see by themselves how easy it is to help even if you think you have nothing.

 

This video is of the day we gave all the donations away in the shelter whose name is Allco Wasi, which in quechua, the ancient language of the inhabitants of Peru, means The House of Dogs.

 

We hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Christmas. We would like to remind you of our Third Summer Course for Top English Language Teachers 2016 which will take place from January 18th to 30th from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 pm.

This year we also have guest tutors and since you know every year we develop different modules based on your requirements,  we are sure you will be happy with the modules we are offering for 2016. These are: 

• Creativity and Innovation in the Language Classroom
• Pronunciation and Grammar development from Pre-Intermediate to Advanced
• Teaching CLIL and Teaching Young Learners
• Using TICS and Socializing (Leadership and Team work) in the Classroom
• Improving the Four Skills using learning strategies

 Certification is for 200 hours and vacancies are limited.

 

View the previous Summer Courses.