The lesson follows the textbook, but the students stay silent
The exercises get done, but only a few students manage to speak English in the lesson.
Personalised Teacher Training · 32 hours
From textbook to real communication in the lesson
A practical programme for English teachers: make your lessons more communicative and engaging for students without abandoning your textbook or curriculum.
32 hours
of professional development
1 + 2
months: methodology and mentoring
6 sessions
of practical methodology in Stage 1
Weekly
mentoring in your own class
Sound familiar?
The textbook and curriculum are a frame, not a verdict
Lessons can be lively within these limits too. Here is what teachers most often come to us with.
You want communicative lessons without giving up the textbook
The textbook and curriculum are fixed — you need a way to work with them differently.
There was a training, but little changed in the classroom
A one-off course introduces techniques, but it is often hard to transfer them to everyday classes.
Nobody sees your lesson from the outside
Without honest feedback it is hard to know what exactly to change tomorrow.
Stages and price
Two stages: learn it, then use it in your classroom
First a practical methodology course, then mentoring in your own classroom. The price is calculated per hour: 1 540 UAH/hour.
Programme model
The programme cycle: from knowing to doing
The goal is to move from knowing about communicative teaching to confidently using it in your everyday classroom.
- 1
Learn
Experience the technique as a learner: the tutor demonstrates it in a live lesson.
- 2
Observe
Analyse what you saw and understand why it works.
- 3
Plan
Write a lesson plan based on your own coursebook.
- 4
Teach
First teach parts of lessons on the course, then a lesson in your own class.
- 5
Receive feedback
The tutor or mentor discusses what worked and what to change.
- 6
Apply and improve
You bring the techniques into work with your students and choose one or two changes for the next lesson — and the cycle starts again.
Programme
Stage 1: six sessions of practical methodology
16 hours in total: 12 hours of input and 4 hours of teaching practice and feedback. Each topic follows a cycle: input, tutor demonstration, planning, teaching practice, feedback, reflection.
Session 1 · Teaching Vocabulary
2 hours.
- Main contentLesson structure; presenting, checking and practising vocabulary; communicative vocabulary tasks.
- Practical outputTutor demonstration, then trainees plan a vocabulary lesson.
Mentoring
Stage 2: mentoring in your own classroom
Once a week for two months, 16 hours in total. Each cycle is built around an actual lesson that you are going to teach.
1. Lesson plan discussion
You prepare a plan for your real class, and the mentor helps you improve it.
- Clarify lesson aims
- Improve lesson staging
- Make activities more communicative
- Anticipate potential difficulties
- Adapt tasks to your students' level and classroom context
Outcomes
Changes for the teacher and for the school
You do not have to abandon your existing textbooks or curriculum: you learn to use the materials you already have in a more communicative and engaging way.
After the practical course
- Practical lesson structures for vocabulary, grammar, reading, listening, speaking and writing
- A range of communicative classroom activities
- Practical techniques for teaching children and teenagers
- Experience adapting textbook materials
- Experience planning and teaching communicative lessons
- Professional feedback on your own teaching
Why it is different
Training which raises the effectiveness of your lessons
A one-off teacher-training course can introduce new techniques, but teachers often find it difficult to transfer them to their everyday classrooms. That is why mentoring follows the training: the programme is not simply about learning a methodology, it is about changing classroom practice.
Practical rather than theoretical
The programme prioritises classroom techniques and practical application over extensive methodology theory.
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Questions
Format and involvement
These are the questions we are asked most often. If you cannot find your question here, send it via the form below and we will reply personally.
For English teachers working in schools who want to introduce a more communicative, student-centred approach while continuing to work within the existing curriculum and coursebooks.
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