Who is this course for?

For teachers and education staff at any level who want to improve their own English — fluency, accuracy and confidence — in a fully immersive English-speaking environment, while experiencing communicative methodology first-hand as a learner.

It's equally valuable for non-language subject teachers and school staff preparing for international projects, CLIL or Erasmus mobilities. You're placed by level after a short assessment.

Course aims

• Improve fluency and accuracy across all four skills
• Expand classroom and professional vocabulary
• Build listening and speaking confidence
• Experience communicative, task-based methodology as a learner
• Gain cultural knowledge of Ireland
• Network with educators from across Europe

Methodology

A communicative, learner-centred course: you experience the very methods you can adopt with your own students — task-based activities, real communication and active practice rather than passive grammar drills.

You'll work in small international groups of education staff from across Europe, sharing approaches across subjects and systems. Trainers are experienced practitioners who model the techniques you'll use, and afternoons extend the learning through Dublin's cultural programme.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the week you will be able to:

• Communicate more fluently and accurately
• Use a broader professional and classroom vocabulary
• Speak with greater confidence
• Apply communicative techniques in your own classroom
• Draw on real cultural insight into Ireland
• Leave with a personal language action plan