EMC CPD Face-to-Face: Starting to Teach English Language A Level – Manchester
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Availability -
Places available
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Price - £265 per place
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Location - Manchester
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Duration - 10-3.30pm
If you are (or are about to be) teaching English Language for the first time, this course will give you an introduction to most of the key areas. We will explore ways to develop both your own knowledge and your students’ understanding of the building blocks of language analysis and the main approaches to sociolinguistic research used on all AS & A Level courses. Assuming no prior knowledge of English Language teaching and not focused on one particular specification, this course will equip you to take on the first year of teaching with confidence.
Areas covered on the day include:
- How to develop confidence, knowledge and skills for analysing texts
- A look at the different types of text and data typically found at A Level
- An introduction to sociolinguistic topic areas such as gender, ethnicity, accent and language change
- A survey of some of the main debates and arguments about language
- How to encourage student-led research and writing.
NB: This is a repeat course.
How to get to the course
The hotel is an 8-minute walk from Piccadilly Train Station.
- From the station walk south-west towards Fairfield St.
- Turn right onto Fairfield St/B6469 and continue to follow B6469.
- Turn right towards Sackville St and the hotel will be on the left.
It was a fascinating, really interesting and well designed course that did exactly what it said it would and was just what I needed as I begin to teach English Language A Level. It was so well organised and resourced, and I learnt so much. I also felt able to ask all the questions I needed to ask. I now feel far more confident and excited to be teaching the course. Jane Ambrose, Westonbirt School, Autumn 2024
An excellent all round introduction. Dan is a compelling communicator and clearly an expert in his field. Melanie Duignan, St Philomena's Roman Catholic High School for Girls, Autumn 2024
Dan Clayton
Dan Clayton is an education consultant at the EMC and specialises in English Language work at A Level and language education across the secondary curriculum. He has been a teacher of A Level English for over 20 years, senior examiner and moderator for different awarding bodies and is author/editor of many books for A Level English Language, including ones for Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press & Routledge, as well as publications for the EMC and NATE. Dan has worked closely with many universities to help develop links between A level and HE, worked as a research fellow at UCL and runs the EngLangBlog site and @EngLangBlog Bluesky account, as well as being part of the Lexis Podcast team. He has also taught Media and Film Studies and is Associate Editor of emagazine and MediaMagazine.
- Bookings for this course will close at 8am (London, UK) on Tuesday 8th July or when capacity is reached, whichever is the sooner.
- This course must be booked online.
- To book this course you must be signed into one of the following accounts:
- UK Trust/Academy – Head Office (purchasing)
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- UK Teacher – Home Address Only
- UK Private Individual
- Overseas
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- Click 'Book now’ (right-hand column).
- Add the number of places you need.
- Fill in the names and email addresses of the people attending. To secure your place, please make sure you add the attendee details immediately and checkout within 24 minutes. Otherwise the booking will expire and you will have to begin the process again.
- Click submit and then Go to basket.
- Checkout.
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- When the course has reached viable numbers, this will be indicated on the course page on the website and you may wish to book your transport.
Cancellations and amendments
- We require at least five working days’ notice of cancellation, otherwise your school will be invoiced for the full amount. However, if you are not able to attend and a colleague would like to take your place, this can be arranged at any time. (Please email [email protected] with the name and email address of the teacher.)
- We will indicate on the website when the course has reached viable numbers and will definitely run unless there are circumstances beyond our reasonable control. If you have booked your place before this threshold has been reached, we will email you to let you know. Before booking travel you may wish to wait until it has been confirmed on the website or by email that the course has reached viable numbers.
- If a course does have to be cancelled you will not be charged for the course and will receive a refund if you paid in advance. However, personal arrangements including travel, accommodation or hospitality relating to the course which have been arranged by you or your institution are at your own risk and not refundable by us.
- Our face-to-face courses are very interactive and cannot be live-streamed.