Overview and outcomesOur Certificate in EMI Skills course is for higher education teaching staff. It improves English language proficiency, develops awareness of students’ language issues and explores different methodological approaches to instruction in a foreign language.

By the end of the course, participants will:

• be able to use English more effectively

•  know a variety of language options to use in different teaching situations, from lectures to tutorials

•  have improved their skills in delivering instruction in English to students from a range of cultural backgrounds.

Format• Online course with:

– engaging content

– video demonstrations

– interactive tasks.

•  Optional face-to-face tutor-led sessions focusing on speaking and writing skills.

Course outline

Flexible online course contentParticipants will use content from a range of academic disciplines to learn the language they need to teach with confidence. The eight modules have a practical, communicative focus and can be completed in any order.

Module 1 – Language for lectures

Module 2 – Language for seminars

Module 3 – Language for small groups and practical sessions

Module 4 – Language for tutorials and supervision

Module 5 – Language for communicating online

Module 6 – Language for evaluation and feedback

Module 7 – Language for developing and extending professional roles

Module 8 – Language for fulfilling professional responsibilities

Each module is also available separately.

Certificate in EMI SkillsEnglish as a Medium of Instruction

Key FactsCEFR** Level requirement B1 and above

Format Online courseFace-to-face tutor input

Hours 40

Assessment In-course progress tests

Helps Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to deliver courses successfully in EnglishThis English language course is for academic staff whose first language is not English. It helps improve teaching quality and supports internationalisation.

** Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) – the international

standard for describing language ability. Find out more: www.cambridgeenglish.org/cefr

Find out morewww.cambridgeenglish.org/emi

Assessment•  Online progress tests throughout the course.

Tracking progressThe course tracker tool makes it easy for course administrators to monitor participants’ progress.

Supporting youWe will:

•  help develop the course programme to meet your training needs

•  train course administrators to enrol participants onto the online course and to track their progress

•  work with you to identify suitable tutors for the optional face-to-face sessions.

Continuing professional developmentAfter completing the Certificate in EMI Skills course, participants can consider preparing for and taking an internationally accepted Cambridge English exam, such as Cambridge English: Advanced.

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March 2015

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