Habilitación for teachers in the Comunidad de Madrid. Preparatory Classes – oral exam.
Preparatory Classes addressing the topics raised and specific questions commonly asked in this oral exam.
- Your learner history and language skills
- Your team-working/ leadership skills
- Working with language assistants and native speakers
- Your motivation
- Character self-assessment
Your Attitudes to Bilingual Learning and Education
- Professional motivation
- The benefits of bilingual education
- Lifelong learning
- Extra-curricular activities and organization
Theories of Language Learning
- CLIL
- Task-based learning
- Your subject in English
- Why teach it in English?
- How would my approach change as a result?
Teaching Methodology and Style
- Lesson planning
- Materials development and coursebook lifting
- Classroom management
- Establishing discipline and rule-setting
- Classroom routines
- Homework strategies
- Learner engagement – Encouraging student motivation and participation
- Promoting learner autonomy
- Group project work
- Catering for different learner styles
- Dealing with different students’ abilities and needs
- Skills teaching – reading, writing, speaking and pronunciation
- Evaluation and assessment
- Student self-assessment
- Use of positive reinforcement and revision techniques
- Correction techniques in the classroom
- Ludic activities in class
- Use of technology in the classroom
Student safety and child protection
Teacher – parent liaison
Student counselling
We can also prepare candidates for the other routes available:
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