IHC – International House Certificate in Teaching English -

Topics

• This course teaches you how you successfully plan and give lessons, it also consists of written assignments and group discussions.

• All these activities are designed and supervised by experienced teacher trainers, face-to-face as well as online. They are always willing to give you helpful feedback and to encourage your constant self-evaluation.

• Topics included are: finding the right teaching materials and preparing your lesson, successful classroom management, how to motivate your students, awareness of language and dealing with frequent learning difficulties.

Syllabus and evaluation

• This training is partly online, whereas teaching practice is done face to face. It consists of fourteen mandatory modules, with a few optional modules towards the end of the course.

• There are three main fields candidates are assessed on: course work, written assignments and teaching practice, which comprises of at least six hours of teaching practice on two different levels.

• This training is held by experienced tutors with an online tutoring qualification. Our local tutor carries out the observations; the IH Assessment Unit moderates the final portfolio.