The course aims at studying the relationship between education systems and multicultural society. We will analyze the challenges faced by schools, administrators, teachers, and students in an increasingly interconnected society. Different bilingual educational models will be studied, and also the transformations of bilingual education over time.
This course studies and analyzes the most effective way to teach grammar in a context and through task-based learning. The differences between official and natural English will also be analyzed.
This course focuses on learning different teaching strategies, and will ask students to develop materials for students at different educational levels (young learners, primary and high school) and analyze their effectiveness in the classroom.
This course focuses on how to plan a learning experience. Curriculum design includes the objectives, results, and skills or competencies that students are expected to acquire, as well as the methodology used and the evaluation of results. We will also look into the inclusion of students with special needs. Within this planning, the materials and activities to carry out inside and outside the classroom are essential. These shall take into account the educational levels, needs, goals, etc. of the course and will focus on the effectiveness of teaching.
This course will teach the most effective techniques and methods to establish a safe and productive learning environment, in addition to observing how the personalities and natures of teachers and students affect behavior and how to improve this.
We will analyze the past, present, and future of English as a global international language focused on children and adolescents and how cultural values affect its learning. The importance of personal values of teachers in the classroom will also be studied.
In this course, the transformation experienced by our societies through immigration and Globalization will be discussed. The case of Spain will be used to illustrate the social and cultural changes that have occurred in recent years.
Grammar is one of the most fundamental aspects of any language. For teachers new to the field of Teaching English as a Second language, grammar can often be the most daunting and difficult part of teaching. In this course, we will analyze major structures of English and definitions, as well as a clear method to identify grammatical structures. It also looks at teaching grammar in context, using activity and communicatively based learning to make classes dynamic and fun.