
Professional development
Continuing Professional Development for teachers of English and teachers in English
The manual consists of seven modules which students can download weekly. There are skype tutorials after week two, four and seven, and online conference classrooms at the end of weeks two, five and six. Students submit written assignments for marking in order to receive a course certificate.
Each module consists of two, three or four units. Each unit is divided into chapters.
Each module is designed to take an efficient and busy person 5.5 hours to complete, not including homework. Some chapters are long, others are short. The size of each chapter depends on how much information you need about the subject.
This is a manual, not a book. If you think about the contents in a manual for a car, then the section about the engine would be very large but the part about the door might be quite small by comparison. So it is with our teaching manual.

Who is it for?
You are an education body dedicated to improving the quality of teaching and learning
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You are an education institution seeking to grow its staff or students through professional development
Entry Requirements
For teachers of English CEFR B1 or above
For teachers of other subjects in English (CLIL) CEFR A1 or above
Delivery
Class size 10 – 25.
Availability All year.
Course length 2 – 4 weeks.
Learning hours 5 hours per day.

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Location
Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge and Cambridge Union Society buildings. Read more about Cambridge and our teaching locations.
What is in it?

Learning Contexts 1: The Learner

Learning Contexts 2: The Teacher

Language Analysis

Language Awareness

Lesson Planning

Developing Language Skills

Being a Teacher
Teacher's Toolkit

The Teacher’s Toolkit is a complimentary document which provides hundreds of lesson ideas and suggestions for professional practice.
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It has contributions from over 20 experienced teachers and linguists from all over the world and is there to inspire beginning teachers and give them the best possible start in the early stages of their careers.