Choosing the Right Textbook Natalya Chikurova, director of Rilot Severo-Zapad educational project, discusses how to choose a textbook for adult learners based on their age group, course duration, and specific needs. She emphasizes the importance of considering diverse learning goals.
Course Duration and Intensity The length of courses varies from 98-100 hours up to intensive summer programs lasting three weeks. The popularity of shorter courses is uncertain in today's market. Natalya highlights the need for flexibility in course duration.
Specialized Business English In addition to general and business English courses, specialized fields like pharmaceuticals or aviation are offered with tailored content suitable for corporate students' expectations. The program aims at providing a mix between general language skills and industry-specific knowledge.
'21st Century Skills' Approach '21st century skills,' including online integrity content and development techniques such as gamification or interactive platforms are considered essential elements in teaching materials that cater to both teachers’ ease-of-use preferences as well as student engagement requirements.
Blended Learning Environment The discussion covers considerations related to online/offline/hybrid teaching methods along with necessary resources such as LMS (Learning Management System), interactive textbooks, self-study tools for students’ independent learning.
Time-Saving Resources 'Oxford Techies Club', an exclusive resource hub offering free professional development modules designed specifically for educators seeking efficient lesson preparation within one platform; it includes various topics ranging from pragmatics & fluency training sessions.
Introduction to English File English File is a comprehensive international course for adult learners, focusing on academic and serious topics. It emphasizes deep language learning with an academic approach.
Components of the Course The course offers interactive brochures, webinars, and digital resources that cover grammar, vocabulary building techniques like collocations and affixes. The focus is on in-depth language study without frivolity or entertainment elements.
Teaching Methodology The teaching methodology includes a bottom-up approach with emphasis on phonetics, grammar structures as well as functional English usage. It also encourages regular revision and reinforcement of learned material through spiral learning principles.
'Headway' Series Comparison 'Headway,' another popular series from 2003 onwards has been compared to 'English File.' Both emphasize rigorous preparation for international exams but 'English File' stands out due to its updated content based on modern corpus data such as Oxford 3000 word list.
Digital Resources 'English file' provides access to digital components suitable for online/offline blended learning environments including presentation tools and dance skills programs.
Interactive Teaching Techniques 'Geofikatsiya', using games in language education was highlighted as an effective technique that enhances student engagement by leveraging brain systems related to ranking rewards.