International House de Lisboa

Teachers' Centre Programme 2009/2010 - Provisional

Month	Secondary All sessions on Tuesdays 14.30-16.30	2° & 3° Ciclos All sessions on Tuesdays 14.30-16.30	Literature Sessions on Wednesdays 14.30-16.30	Conversation Sessions on Wednesdays 14.30-16.30
November	3rd The Lexical Challenge Problems with learning and using vocabulary.	17th Facing the Facts The role of Portuguese and other languages in the English classroom.	11th	25th
December	15th CLIL - Content and language-integrated learning in the English classroom.		9th	26th
January	12th Motivating and Challenging High Level Learners Ways of dealing with problematic grammar and lexical areas.	19th I would have, I could have, if only I'd known Dealing with modals and conditionals.	6th	27th
February	2nd Help! They know more than me Ideas for exploring what learners know about technology, youth culture etc in the English classroom.	23rd Reading in the Classroom Ideas for exploiting extensive reading in the classroom.	10th	24th
March	9th Project Work - the Solution? Is project work a help or a hindrance in the language classroom? How can we ensure it is a useful tool to help language learning?	23rd Keeping it real Ways of exploiting authentic material with young learners.	3rd	17th
April	13th Authenticity and Artifice Ways of exploring the language classroom as both a real and playful forum for language development.	27th Motivating Children to Speak We examine a number of different ways of encouraging learners to use language in extended turns.	21st	28th
May	4th The Poor Relation Is writing still the 'neglected skill'? An opportunity to reflect on how we teach writing with higher levels.	18th Recycling, Revision and Testing Both tried and tested as well as new ways of preparing learners for tests.	12th	26th