Do you want to provide a better learning experience for your clients?
Do you want greater reviews?
Do you want to fill your classrooms?
We can help you design a better curriculum which is purposefully tailored for the needs and interest of your learners. See below the courses we currently offer.
We are a small organisation, operating in south west London and organise our workshops based on the number of clients. During our careers, we have met many teachers, old and new, who needed help with their practice. We found that the most common reasons for this were: lack of practical training, lack of subject specialist training, lack of ideas to create engaging lessons, or lack of preparation time. Hence, we have decided to use our expertise and help teachers. We have designed a series of workshops which will enable teachers to: create student-centred lessons that are engaging, reduce their preparation time, as well as increase learners' motivation and participation. We are delighted to share these workshops with you.
Please have a look at the workshop options below and click on the Contact Us button to express your interest. We are currently offering the following options:
We are all dedicated, experienced and well qualified teachers , and excited about the opportunity to share our experience with you! Email us today with your queries and we will get back to you in 24 hours.
Please have a look at the workshop options below and click on the Contact Us button to express your interest. We are currently offering the following options:
- face-to-face workshops
- in house training
- online tuition
We are all dedicated, experienced and well qualified teachers , and excited about the opportunity to share our experience with you! Email us today with your queries and we will get back to you in 24 hours.
Modern Language Teaching
Are you a teacher of a modern language, but have no teaching qualification or experience? Do you feel that your learners are not participating enough or maybe not making a steady progress? Do you need help or advice to create more engaging lessons? This session will enable you to design student-centred lessons where students are motivated and actively participate, resulting in desired progress and student satisfaction.
Programme outline:
· Second Language Acquisition Theory, The Communicative Language Approach
· Input: 4 Skills (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening)
· Practical workshop: guided activity to help teachers create student-centred lessons - tailored to learners’ needs, interest and SOW.
Are you a teacher of a modern language, but have no teaching qualification or experience? Do you feel that your learners are not participating enough or maybe not making a steady progress? Do you need help or advice to create more engaging lessons? This session will enable you to design student-centred lessons where students are motivated and actively participate, resulting in desired progress and student satisfaction.
Programme outline:
· Second Language Acquisition Theory, The Communicative Language Approach
· Input: 4 Skills (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening)
· Practical workshop: guided activity to help teachers create student-centred lessons - tailored to learners’ needs, interest and SOW.
Materials Free Teaching
Have you ever felt that you do not have the right materials? Somehow your worksheets are too easy or too difficult and do not represent the interest of the learners? Have you ever been let down by the printer or left your USB stick at home with your materials? If yes, you know how stressful lesson preparation can be. We understand and are here to help! Teaching without materials allows you to focus on your learners, create learner-centred lessons which are perfectly tailored to your learners' levels and abilities.
Programme outline:
· Warmer: introduction to the materials free approach
· Input: examples to be studied and analysed in small groups
· Practical workshop: guided activity to help teachers create their own materials free lesson plans- all tailored to students’ needs, interest and SOW
Have you ever felt that you do not have the right materials? Somehow your worksheets are too easy or too difficult and do not represent the interest of the learners? Have you ever been let down by the printer or left your USB stick at home with your materials? If yes, you know how stressful lesson preparation can be. We understand and are here to help! Teaching without materials allows you to focus on your learners, create learner-centred lessons which are perfectly tailored to your learners' levels and abilities.
Programme outline:
· Warmer: introduction to the materials free approach
· Input: examples to be studied and analysed in small groups
· Practical workshop: guided activity to help teachers create their own materials free lesson plans- all tailored to students’ needs, interest and SOW
Project Based Teaching (PBT) method
Have your ever felt that there must be a more logical way to sequencing your sessions or that your learners were lacking enthusiasm and focus? Do you think students need more practice to activate their knowledge in order to make progress? This workshop can help you create a series of lessons that are meaningful, engaging, yet meet the required learning outcomes.
The PBT model is based on studies that show how long term memory can be broken down to semantic and episodic memory. Episodic memory is responsible for holding information that one lived through, while the semantic memory holds factual information that one learnt. We believe that the PBT model aids both as its projects are designed to deliver factual information whilst creating an artificial “real-life” experience for the learners.
Programme outline:
· Warmer: introduction to approach
· Input: templates to be studied and analysed in small groups
· Practical workshop: guided activity to help teachers create a project which is tailored to learners’ needs, interest and SOW
Have your ever felt that there must be a more logical way to sequencing your sessions or that your learners were lacking enthusiasm and focus? Do you think students need more practice to activate their knowledge in order to make progress? This workshop can help you create a series of lessons that are meaningful, engaging, yet meet the required learning outcomes.
The PBT model is based on studies that show how long term memory can be broken down to semantic and episodic memory. Episodic memory is responsible for holding information that one lived through, while the semantic memory holds factual information that one learnt. We believe that the PBT model aids both as its projects are designed to deliver factual information whilst creating an artificial “real-life” experience for the learners.
Programme outline:
· Warmer: introduction to approach
· Input: templates to be studied and analysed in small groups
· Practical workshop: guided activity to help teachers create a project which is tailored to learners’ needs, interest and SOW
Basic Lesson Structures
Do you ever wonder if lesson planning could be easier? Have you ever worried that you might miss out on a crucial stage of the lesson? Would you like to have a few lesson structures up your sleeve that you know you can trust? Knowing a couple of lesson models can make your planning much easier and more efficient.
Programme outline:
· Lesson stages
· Materials
· Practical workshop: guided activity to help teachers create their own lesson plans using the same basic lesson structures
Do you ever wonder if lesson planning could be easier? Have you ever worried that you might miss out on a crucial stage of the lesson? Would you like to have a few lesson structures up your sleeve that you know you can trust? Knowing a couple of lesson models can make your planning much easier and more efficient.
Programme outline:
· Lesson stages
· Materials
· Practical workshop: guided activity to help teachers create their own lesson plans using the same basic lesson structures
Testimonies:
"The lecturer supported my ideas by showing me how not to lose sight of my objectives whilst linking all my ideas to the exam and making the learning purposeful. I was shown how to plan over more than two lessons using a project like format which really helped to clarify how I would deliver the lessons. For example, I wanted the learning to be meaningful by making the texts 'come alive' to students. She showed me how to extend my ideas so that students could work collaboratively and purposefully to achieve the objectives and to ensure that students, through the objectives, knew why they were doing the lesson's activities. I had created a useful resource with sentence stems to support descriptive writing, which helped students improving their writing further. I have found it very useful, developmental and exciting." Bernadette, GSCE teacher in west London
"The lecturer has helped me in many ways since I started working as a new teacher. For example, during our regular meetings she helped me to compose and structure interactive and fun lessons with appropriate materials, which has had a positive impact on my teaching style and students. Also, she has given me advice when I needed it with regard to teaching issues on behaviour, assessment, differentiation, warm up activities etc." Rob, Sports teacher
"The lecturer suggested effective activities for different types of levels and groups. It made a significant different to my teaching and I got positive results from my learners. For example she made a really positive difference in terms of catering activities that would support learners who may have been in the ESOL spectrum or learners with specific difficulties. She was extremely flexible in terms of approaching her for help and would regularly contact to see if I was okay or needed further help." Hinay, Level 3 Business teacher
"Thanks so much for all the ideas. I always come out of your discussions with lots of inspiration." Salima, ESOL teacher
"The lecturer has helped me in many ways since I started working as a new teacher. For example, during our regular meetings she helped me to compose and structure interactive and fun lessons with appropriate materials, which has had a positive impact on my teaching style and students. Also, she has given me advice when I needed it with regard to teaching issues on behaviour, assessment, differentiation, warm up activities etc." Rob, Sports teacher
"The lecturer suggested effective activities for different types of levels and groups. It made a significant different to my teaching and I got positive results from my learners. For example she made a really positive difference in terms of catering activities that would support learners who may have been in the ESOL spectrum or learners with specific difficulties. She was extremely flexible in terms of approaching her for help and would regularly contact to see if I was okay or needed further help." Hinay, Level 3 Business teacher
"Thanks so much for all the ideas. I always come out of your discussions with lots of inspiration." Salima, ESOL teacher
'I have never enjoyed a training session more than the one facilitated by 'The Way You Learn'. The tutor was highly experienced, professional, knowledgeable and friendly. She helped me to streamline my course planning and ensure that my work-tailored products were made even better and more meaningful for my clients. I couldn't recommend them highly enough.'
Katie Ostrowski - Managing Director of Confident English
Katie Ostrowski - Managing Director of Confident English