Teacher Development Courses
Teachers can choose
from two award-bearing courses, and one non-award-bearing course:
Award-bearing:
- Professional Certificate in Military English Teaching
- Professional Diploma in Military English Teaching
Non-award bearing:
- Military Vocabulary & Terminology – Teaching & Testing
Prospective
participants should note that Certificate/Diploma courses do not lead to
initial teaching qualifications, consequently familiarity with the general
input content of courses leading to internationally-recognised
Certificate/Diploma qualifications is assumed.
The Professional Certificate and Diploma courses offer trainers specialising
in Military English the opportunity to gain a British qualification
demonstrating evidence of continued professional development in Military
English Teaching. These awards have been designed as benchmarks of
professional expertise within the military language training context and, as
such, have been so designated to complement existing teaching qualifications.
PC1 Professional Certificate in Military English Teaching
The Delaso
Professional Certificate in Military English Teaching is a highly practical,
intensive course aimed at qualified English teachers with little or no
experience of teaching English in a military environment. Participants will
develop and enhance their teaching skills, evaluate Military English courses
at different levels, learn to design effective classroom materials and to
interpret NATO STANAG 6001 test descriptors in context.
Teachers will also widen and consolidate their knowledge of specialised
military vocabulary in a number of areas including equipment and technology,
multinational operations, and exercises, and will also expand their repertoire
of contemporary military English collocations.
Experience has taught us that Military English Teachers often lack
fundamental, concrete technical and professional knowledge of military life
and institutions. As an integral part of the course, teachers will be
introduced to the military topics detailed below.
Course contents include:
Professional
- Military materials design & development
- Introduction to service writing
- Reading, listening and speaking skills for military personnel
- Resources for military English teachers
- One-to-one teaching
- Military vocabulary
- Teaching exam classes
- Introduction to NATO STANAG testing
- Exploiting Campaign, English for the Military courses
- Student motivation
- Introduction to self-access
- Accuracy/fluency activitiess
Military
- The British Armed Forces
- NCOs and basic military training
- The role and duties of a staff officer
- International Phonetic Alphabet
- Introduction to radio communication skills
- Weapons and equipment
- Military customs and traditions
- Uniforms and service dress
- Military in the media
- Peace Support Operations
- Military acronyms and abbreviationss
- Military slang and jargon
The course is taught over 30 teaching hours per week and includes a wide variety of input sessions e.g. presentations, workshops, pair and group work, round-table discussions and materials development activities.
Entry Requirements:
Qualified teacher status
Course Length:
3 weeks
Tuition Fees:
£1,500
Places Available:
12
PD1 Professional Diploma in Military English Teaching
The Delaso
Professional Diploma in Military English Teaching is a highly practical,
intensive course aimed at qualified English teachers with at least 3 years’
experience of Military English teaching. Participants will not only develop
and improve their practical teaching skills and be updated on new materials
and developments in Military English language teaching, but will also leave
the course with a portfolio of classroom-ready teaching materials and ideas.
An important feature of the Diploma course is the wide range of military
content topics and materials which will be integrated throughout.
Teachers will also widen and consolidate their knowledge of specialised
military vocabulary in a number of areas including the Law of Armed Conflict,
military history, uniforms, military customs and traditions, and weapons and
equipment. They will also consider methodological approaches to, and issues
in, teaching technical and service-specific military vocabulary.
Course contents include:
Professional
- Course design
- Designing student needs analyses
- Teaching military vocabulary (technical, service-specific)
- Designing military English tests
- Designing major integrated skills exercises for staff officers
- Top brass classes with impact
- Accuracy/fluency activities
- Teaching reading skills: manuals, technical specifications
- Teaching speaking skills: small talk, social events, meetings
- Teaching listening skills: briefings, conferences, telephoning
- Teaching in difficult circumstances
Military
- Law of Armed Conflict
- Map reading
- Tactical symbology
- NATO and the UN
- Weapons & equipment
- Defence diplomacy
- Security policy
- Military leadership
- Military in the media
- Military expressions/terminology
- Service writing in practice: letters, loose minutes, reports
- Effective briefing skills
Participants will be
expected to be familiar with everyday military terminology (including the
phonetic alphabet) and have knowledge of armed forces organisation, roles and
duties of NCOs and staff officers, basic radio communication prowords, and
basic service writing. They should also be familiar with the revised BILC
descriptors for NATO STANAG 6001.
The Diploma course is taught over 30 teaching hours per week and includes a
wide variety of input sessions e.g. presentations, workshops, pair and group
work, round-table discussions and practical sessions on materials development.
Entry Requirements: Qualified teacher status and at least 3 years’ experience in Military
English teaching.
Course Length:
3 weeks
Tuition Fees:
£1,500
Places Available:
12
MT1 Military Vocabulary & Terminology – Teaching & Testing
This course is aimed
at practising military English teachers who are interested in the teaching and
assessment of military vocabulary and terminology.
We realise that the thought of a 3-week course devoted specifically to
military vocabulary/terminology may not instantly appeal to every teacher.
With this in mind, we have put together what we believe is an extremely lively
and enjoyable course that will stimulate, inform and entertain the most battle
weary professional.
You will leave us refreshed, recharged and eager to try out your new materials
and methodologies in your classes.
We teach the course over 30 (teaching) hours per week and offer a wide variety
of input sessions e.g. presentations, workshops, pair and group work,
round-table discussions and materials development sessions.
Course content:
- Teaching vocabulary - Principles and Practice
- Building vocabulary through prefixes, roots and suffixes
- How Military English words work – collocation, connotation and focus
- Military vocabulary through visuals (e-flashcards, photos, DVDs)
- Creative vocabulary teaching
- Introduction to military vocabulary testing
- Military slang and colloquial language – should we teach it?
- Technical vocabulary in military ESP texts
- Student vocabulary building – Setting goals and giving feedback
- Vocabulary size, text coverage and word lists
- War Games – Vocabulary activities for the classroom
- The Little Shoppe of Military Vocabulary Test Horrors
- Making the most of military dictionaries and glossaries
- Civilian language to military language – Making the transition
- The internet as a military vocabulary resource
- Strategies to help students remember military vocabulary
Teachers will leave the course with a bank of classroom-ready military vocabulary materials and activities suitable for a range of different abilities.
Entry Requirements: Qualified teacher status and at least 2 years’ experience in Military
English teaching.
Course Length:
3 weeks
Tuition Fees:
£1,500 per participant
