Adult School – Teachers’ Courses - Apollo Language Centre

Teacher Training

The Training Course for Teachers of English is suitable for non-native secondary school teachers of English who have a minimum English level of Upper-Intermediate. The course is designed by our Teacher Training department to help teachers refresh their English language skills, explore new methodologies and different approaches to teaching a language and take home lots of practical ideas and activities to use with their own students.

Key Facts

Address: 5, Lad Lane – Dublin 2
Start Dates: 3 July & 31 July 2023
Age: 20+
25 hours per week: 09.00-13.15 Monday-Friday and 14.00-15.15 Monday-Thursday
Maximum class size: 15 students

Useful Programme Features

Theory/ practice: Understand the ‘thinking’ that goes into a successful communicative English language lessons, and how to execute this in the classroom.
Planning: How to effectively plan a language lesson using logical stages which will benefit your teaching.

Apollo
Social

Apollo Social:
‘The Apollo Experience’ continues outside the school when you will visit the best attractions that Ireland has to offer & get involved in the Apollo Social programme with our fantastic Apollo Experience staff.

Apollo Real
World Learning

Apollo Real World Learning:
Apollo students will follow a structured programme to enable them to practice their English in real world situations such as job interviews, meetings, presentations, communicating by email & conducting skype calls though English.

Course
Books

Course Books:
Empower Series from Cambridge University Press with validated Assessment from Cambridge English Language Assessment (CELA)

No Summer
Supplements

No Summer Supplements:
We do not charge supplements on courses or accommodation during Summer

Tuition
Hours

Tuition Hours:

1 hour/lesson = 60 minutes

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Students

Bildungsurlaub Students:
In addition to the 25 hours of English classes, students have the option to take part in 5 hours extra per week of social, cultural and political classes in the afternoons.

Apollo GO
Goals and Objectives

Apollo GO Goals and Objectives:
1-1 tutorials half-way through their programme or monthly for long-term courses and again at the end of the course to ensure that the student’s individual goals are being reached.

Teacher training Course for Teachers of English	2 weeks 3 July & 31 July 2023
25 hours	€825

Additional fees:

Course Books & Materials (all books): €80
Registration Fee: €75
Medical insurance up to 90 days (optional): €75

Apollo has amazing, good, professional teachers. The central location of the institute itself is 5 stars. The staff are really efficient and there is detailed organisation of every activity. We covered many interesting topics over the duration of the course. I recommend.

Bernadette, Switzerland.
Fantastic course, we covered many interesting teaching methods and techniques which I look forward to applying in the classroom. The activities after school were also very lively and enjoyable.

Agnes, Germany.
This is a well thought out course and the teachers and staff offer a lot of support. I came away with new teaching tools and strategies that I look forward to using with confidence.

Charlotte, Austria.
I’ve really enjoyed my time with Apollo. The lessons are excellent and provided me with many ideas for lessons and activities. My teacher was knowledgeable and very experienced. I recommend the course to any teacher or interested student.

Andre, Switzerland.
This course provided many chances for me to develop my understanding of teaching and learning. The lessons were a good duration and I was engaged the entire time. The activities after lessons were also interesting.

Maria, Spain.