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British Council

The Classroom and the World

British Council via FutureLearn

Overview

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This teachers’ CPD course is dedicated to exploring tech and soft skills for the 21st century and how to incorporate them into your English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom.

Focusing on professional practices outlined in the British Council’s teacher development framework, it will build your knowledge and confidence in:

Integrating ICT into the classroom Promoting 21st century skills Using multilingual approaches Understanding educational policies and practice

Promote tech and soft skills in your English classroom

Building the right skills to succeed in the 21st century is one of the biggest challenges facing educators. While ICT skills are important, so are critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity. This course covers all of these skills and looks at how you can help your students build them while improving their English language.

Integrate new technology into your teaching practice

How can we use mobile phones to aid learning? And what is the best way to analyse teaching technology that will help your students develop English skills outside the classroom? This course covers a range of technology options and gives you the tools you need to find your own favourites.

Learn from experienced English teachers and grow your teaching resources

Your learning will be supported by video interviews with experienced teachers and downloadable teaching resources at every stage. You will also see classroom videos demonstrating how other teachers have put these techniques into action.

This course is aimed at English language teachers at all levels. You will need an intermediate level English (around B1 on the CEFR) in order to engage with the course materials.

Taught by

Claire Ross

Reviews

4.8 rating, based on 284 Class Central reviews

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  • Thuzarmyo
    Thanks a lot. I got very useful methods.

    I would like to join many other causes of BC. Thanks again.
  • Anonymous
    Hi!

    First of all, I am very grateful for providing such a great opportunity to develop our teaching profession. The course has really been great, informative and insightful. I personally learned a lot from the course mentors as well as the other participants. The links and the materials you've shared with us are rich and thought provoking. My apetite has increased for reading more and digging into the resources I have saved and downloaded. The videos of outstanding educational practitioners like David Chrystal are engaging and motivational. To sum up, it's been an exciting learning experience!

    Thank you British Council

    Regards,

    Samir Saad
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous completed this course.

    Good for those who knows English - FutureLearn and British Council free online education sites open up for them. One feels a new approach to education as an art, rather than a need and “commitment”. The mentors and trainers are developing and promo…
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous completed this course.

    I really appreciate all the valuable ideas and insights I have gained throughout this course.As a teacher I need to be aware of the changes in educational policies that describe the 21st century skills for learners-critical thinking and problem solv…
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous is taking this course right now.

    It is all explaining need of the hour. As student we feel autonomy. Human teachers are assisting.. But we are all of age 25 above minimum..but how we can expect the very same outcome from 8 years old students in different subject is having differen…
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous completed this course.

    This course was very useful for me. I have got a lot of information which allows me to become a better teacher than I am. We have disscussed the 21st century skills , why they are so important nowadays. The second week we learnt how to use technology in class to make our lessons more efficient. The third week was dedicated to children's rights . I have learnt new information about bullying and how prevent it. Discussion of the future of English and how to improve teaching if we know L1 of our students was also exciting. It was a pleasure to communicate with the colleagues all around the world, to read their comments , get likes and share experience. I feel I learn together with all world. English ruins all borders. Thank you a lot.
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous is taking this course right now.

    By taking this online course I have learned about the new skills for 21st century learners.Students that think critically and enjoy problem solving.Young learners that learn collaboratively forming groups or teams that help and support one another being able to communicate effectively for achieving goals together.In doing so learners have to know how to use digital tools and make use of creativity and imagination.When these learners are adults they will have to apply what they learned to live in a similar way within a community.
  • Anonymous
    Thank you very much for the comprehensive, informative and enjoyable course! I am particularly grateful for the lists of information available online. As teachers being busy, it is not easy for us to find and reach the right kinds of materials by ou…
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous completed this course.

    indeed it is a lovely session that got a lot of good resources for me and my colleagues. I got more information about teaching my students and more about English and how to focus on the way of presenting. how to deal with errors. the importance of using different languages and the same one for the MT.
    You gave me the space to comment and share.
  • Anonymous
    Hi!

    First of all, I am very grateful for providing such a great opportunity to develop our teaching profession. The course has really been great, informative and insightful. I personally learned a lot from the course mentors as well as the other participants. The links and the materials you've shared with us are rich and thought provoking. My apetite has increased for reading more and digging more into the resources I have saved and downloaded. The videos of outstanding educational practitioners like David Chrystal are engaging and motivational. To sum up, it's been an exciting learning experience!

    Thank you!!

    Regards,

    Samir Saad
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous completed this course.

    Thank you. The topics which were discussed in all these sessions are very interesting, lively, informative videos and interesting ideas about teaching. Professors and resource person's videos are also very useful. The topics are natural as now we are facing all those problems in our day to day teaching. So, i strongly recommend to take this course as it is fruitful. Thank you British council.
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous completed this course.

    It is indeed a fantastic course.the case studies,videos shared and the conversations .professors interactions.accessibility is so simple, easy and very much interesting .we understood much about English and the improved techniques that are to be experimented in class room we really enjoyed.very informative and very much useful. We are very thankful to you. Thank you so much.
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous completed this course.

    Very interesting course. lot of material that can be utlise in your teaching career. Different sites and videos, matter to go through. Thank you. This course is a base for those who want to start their teaching career basically the youngsters. It is a course that can get ideas from the mentors and other people who are already teachers.
  • Hanene Baroumi
    I really appreciate this course because it taught me how to think critically and creatively about my teaching style. I learnt much from the facilitators and the participants who were generous to share their experiences, comments and questions. I believe that we learn how to become better teachers thanks to such amazing opportunities of learning and sharing our experiences. I am honored to participate in this digital space/course Teaching for Success: the Classroom and the World. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be part of this amazing e-learning space.
  • Anonymous
    The course was very helpful. It is designed in a very smart and professional manner. Personally speaking, I do believe that this course is a requirement for every teacher who wants to build a solid theoretical background and to sharpen his knowledge about the teaching-learning process. Undoubtedly, a well-informed teacher while do better when it comes to real practice inside the classroom. The interaction of other participants was great and beneficial. Thanks for this course. I'm looking forward to taking part in other courses as soon as I finish this course.

  • Anonymous

    Anonymous is taking this course right now.

    I am really enjoying the course It is giving me confidence to consider my own practice and make the transition between primary to adults. The information on apps etc has been very useful-though overwhelming!!
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous completed this course.

    I have really enjoy the course and is very good course.It has broaden my knowledge in many areas of helping the leaner and ways to tackle issues in case it comes up in the cause of helping students and i enjoy the videos that throw more light on the lessons.Thank you.
  • Anonymous
    I'm very grateful for being given the chance to access this fantastic course. It is so well designed that it does not only help us reflect upon the 21st century teaching and learning skills but it also provides us a lot of material and links to explore, as well as some activities for us to put into practice the themes being discussed. Apart from this, the multicultural and international context enables us to learn from other teachers and learners from around the globe. I highly recommend this course. Thank you!
  • Anonymous
    I really enjoy this course about using technology in the classroom. It was a great opportunity to discover so many apps which help in promoting students learning.Also ,I really appreciate the way the educators display their presentations in a very simple way .The course gave me achance to experiment new apps and apply them with my students and discover what works best. I also had the chance to read others comments which also help getting new ideas and know others points of view about the course.
  • Amal Alkhamisi
    Being a teacher is very difficult especially with all the changes and problems happening in the world and specificaly in my counrty, but just lately I've changed my view of teaching and decided to start over, be more creative, and accept the challenges. And taking this course now is very motivating for me. It's very helpful to be able to hear from people like you who know what you are going through daily. I like the ideas presented in the course and I'm really enjoying the course.

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