Course "Lecturing in English: Teaching vs. Learning"
Lecturing in English demands specific knowledge and skills from teachers. While preparing for lectures, teachers very often put an emphasis on planning the content – materials, sources, handouts, slides – and do not always have time to plan the actual teaching and the language that can facilitate it. However, learning in English may prove much more challenging for non-native speakers. Hence, it is important for teachers not only to plan lecture content and workshop topics, but also keep in mind the language and structure of the material; ways of introducing and revising terminology, checking comprehension, and student engagement. Besides linguistic difficulties associated with running lectures and workshops in English, the course will cover pedagogical strategies that can enhance learning efficiency.
Tutor: Tatiana Golechkova, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the Department of Humanities and Languages at the New Economic School, a Cambridge Delta qualified EFL teacher and teacher-trainer with broad experience in teaching academic writing and speaking to undergraduate and graduate students as well as academics. Tatiana's areas of special interest include strategies for effective communication, public speaking, and genre features and sociocultural peculiarities of English academic texts.
Dates: March 12 – April 30
Format: face-to-face
Location: Pokrovsky Boulevard 11, K-416
English level requirement: С1
How do I get accepted?
The course is offered on a competitive basis. Please, fill out an online registration form and write a motivation letter in English (about 300 words). Please describe your experience of teaching courses in English and the difficulties you have faced. Explain how the course will help you overcome these challenges and how the new skills are relevant to your teaching and / or research. The motivation letter should clearly demonstrate that the applicant has read the course syllabus and is willing to make time to do all course tasks.
For more information on how to write a strong motivation letter, please read the AWC blog.