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International House Certificate in Teaching Young Learners and Teenagers (IHCYLT)

Course Content

Input sessions

20 sessions of approximately one hour and 30 minutes each, amounting to 32 hours of input time. These sessions are run over a period of 10 consecutive days (full-time, intensive format) or over a period of 12 weeks (part-time, extensive format).  Participants are required to attend a minimum of 80% of the input sessions.
 

A selection of the topics covered:

  • Child Development
  • Planning for Young Learners
  • Different approaches to the teaching of Young Learners
  • Teaching Very Young Learners
  • Teaching Adolescents
  • Testing & Assessment
  • Teaching practice
Each participant will be observed teaching Young Learner classes by an approved tutor for a minimum of 4 lessons at 2 different levels (for a minimum of 3 hours). These classes may be the teacher's own classes or special Teaching Practice classes created for the course. There will be a minimum of 45 minutes tuition time (pre-lesson guidance and post-lesson feedback) given for each hour of teaching.

Observation of experienced teachers & Peer Observations

Each participant will observe experienced teachers of Young Learners teaching for a minimum of 4 hours. For each of the hours of observation, participants must complete an assigned observation task.
Participants are also required to do a minimum of 4 hours of observation; on the full-time, intensive format trainees will observe each other. On the part-time, extensive course, trainees will have the opportunity to observe each other.

Homework Tasks

Each participant will be assigned 13 homework tasks.  A minimum of 8 must be submitted to the assigned tutor for feedback and support as required.

Tutorials

Each participant will be given a minimum of two tutorials of approximately 30 minutes each – these will involve the discussion of observation tasks and trainees' general progression up to that point of the course.

Written work

Each participant will need to complete two written assignments. These will be set and submitted during the course. A third optional assignment will be set during the course but can be submitted up to two years from completion of the course. In addition, there will be homework tasks set after some input sessions.

Summary of contact hours within the course:

  1. Input time in the form of sessions – 32 hours
  2. Input time in the form of tutorials, etc. per trainee – 5 hours
  3. Teaching practice per trainee – 3 hours
  4. Observation of experienced teachers – 4 hours
  5. Observation of fellow trainees on the course – 4 hours
  6. Minimum total number of contact hours per trainee – 50 hours

Certificat

Successful participants will be issued with an IHWO certification.
Certification administration fee is GBP 85 (not included in the course fee).
 

Accreditation of MŠMT

IHCYLT course is accredited by Ministery of Education (no. MSMT- 1323/2017-1-92).
 

Registration

Course participants must:
  • be competent English speakers;
  • at least 18 years old;
  • have had some initial training and/or experience in teaching;
Please complete and send the application form (IHCYL_AppFORM) by e-mail to ttc@ilcbrno.cz.
Within 10 days you will be contacted with the result of your application. This could be in one of three forms:
You are invited to a selection interview  or a telephone interview; or we request additional information before your application can be taken further; or your application is turned down.
 
For more information please contact school office, phone (+420)  542 210 216 or (+420) 736 726 302, e-mail ttc@ilcbrno.cz.
 

Dates (2019)

1. 2. 2019 – 14. 6. 2019, Friday 14.30-17.45

Price

18 000 CZK

Discounts offered:

  • eight weeks before the start date – 10%
  • four week before the start date – 5%

IHCYLT-A4.pdf

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