Teacher Training and Development
MLI Hub Training & Development offers quality, in-depth teacher training programmes practical, comprehensive workshops and once-off workshops, depending on your school or organisation’s requirements. Our workshops cover all grades, language levels as well as tertiary education. They can be held at your school, organisation or online. Our strategy is to work through and resolve the teaching challenges that teachers may experience in their classrooms to help learners improve their language skills.
We provide a solid framework and the necessary tools needed for successful language teaching. This includes sharing a wealth of practical, successful teaching methodologies and valuable resources. Our approach also focuses on addressing each individual’s needs to overcome whatever challenges they may have. This means understanding each student’s background, culture, cognitive abilities, learning progress, motivation and exposure to other languages.
We strive to equip teachers with the essential tools needed to teach a language holistically and instill positive change in the learning/teaching outcome. Many schools and foundations have trusted and benefited from the unsurpassed efficiency of our workshops and consulting services, and you too will be delighted with the results should you decide to attend/do any of our workshops.
Teaching a Second Language But Not Getting Results
Duration: Once off
Theme: All you need to know about second language acquisition and learning.
This workshop is a must for anyone who teaches a second language. It provides insight as to how the teacher should teach the language for the learner to acquire it successfully.
It highlights different effective teaching strategies and the importance of teaching a language holistically to ensure a successful outcome.
- Get a better understanding of the challenges that many learners face.
- Learn why it is important for the teacher to understand the learner’s background, culture and cognitive abilities.
- Find ways to introduce more creative ways of learning to keep the learner motivated.
- Note patterns in how language learners respond to instruction.
Top Tips for Creating an English-Speaking Environment
Duration: Once off
Theme: Learn different ways to enhance the school environment so that learners are able to practise the language both inside and outside the classroom.
Learn a variety of fun activities and creative ideas are introduced to promote genuine communication amongst learners.
We include a brainstorming session to assist in drawing up an appropriate plan best suited for your school.
We also explain the importance of using appropriate visuals in a language classroom to enhance the process of learning another language.
Every school or organisation is unique therefore a brainstorming session is included within the workshop to assist schools to draw up an appropriate plan best suited for their classrooms and school.
The No Chaos Classroom
Duration: Once off
Theme: Unpack some of the possible causes of classroom chaos and learn practical solutions to positive learning.
- Investigate whether your years of experience are good or bad.
- Understand the learner’s needs – maintaining motivation and interest
- Identify what is wrong with the current learning environment.
- Discover whether pair/group work is always successful.
- Learn how to avoid discipline problems and deal with disruptive learners.
Secrets to Effective Language Learning
Duration: Once off / series
Theme: Learn to use games and fun activities to stimulate both you and your learners.
- Explore how graded activities can be integrated effectively within language skills.
- Get ideas on how to keep learners motivated and interested through interactive lessons.
- Learn the art of building creative resources and suitable teaching strategies.
If what you’re doing is not working, why not try something new?
How to Revert Your Failure Rate
Duration: Series (different options)
Theme: Learn how to be an effective teacher to learners who can hardly speak, read or write English. Discover authentic, appropriate methods that can you use to help learners.
Understand how code-switching prevents true learning from happening and what you need to implement to help learners pass their exams.
We offer a series of workshops for Intervention strategies
- Introduction (1 workshop)
- Addressing the four skills ( 2 workshops)
- Simplifying grammar (1 or 2 workshops)
Teaching a Second Language Creatively
Duration: Series
Theme: Explore creative ways to make language teaching enjoyable for you and your pupils in a classroom environment.
Transform your own creativity through a series of fun, graded activities and at the same time learn to integrate the necessary language skills effectively.
Keep pupils motivated through dynamic, entertaining interactive lessons.
Our Focus:
- Use creative resources and successful frameworks in your classes to enhance the different language skills through role-play.
- Implement games and fun activities in a language classroom so that learning is collaborative and successful.
Build creative resources and suitable teaching strategies to keep children engaged and involved.
Teaching Reading
Duration: Series
Theme: Explain the difference between learning to read in a second language at an early age and how to provide children with the background knowledge and vocabulary framework needed to thrive.
Reading is a foundational and crucial cognitive skill that needs to be developed in young children. It is a key part of learning English or another language.
These workshops give you an excellent exposure to understand the complexity involved in teaching ‘real’ reading with understanding.
Rivers (1981) said that “reading is the most important activity in any language class, not only as a source of information and a pleasurable activity, but also as a means of consolidating and extending one’s which are knowledge of the language” (p. 147).
Developing Non-Mother-Tongue English Language Teachers
Duration: Series
Theme: These English language workshops are for non-mother tongue teachers who wish to improve their own language skills.
These practical, interactive workshops focus on further developing the English language skills of teachers. They focus on common language issues that a teacher encounters. The sessions are open to any teacher from any school.
The Four Language Skills Explained
Duration: Series
(Separate workshops are held for each skill and graded according to the learners’ level.)
Theme: Get a proper foundation for language learning by implementing the four essential skills.
How to Teach Reading Skills
- Know how to select an appropriate text
- Why teaching vocabulary is so important
- Reading is much more than readers
- Use different methods to check for understanding
- From learning to read to reading to learn
How to Teach Writing Skills
- Understand what ability the learner is expected to reach at every level
- How to grade written activities using progressive writing skills
- How to correct and mark the learner’s work
How to Teach Listening Skills
- Explore different listening activities
- Learn what difficulties the learners encounter
- Know how to select appropriate texts
- Understand the three stages of teaching listening
How to Teach Speaking Skills
- Learn how to grade subject content for speaking activities
- When and how to correct learners.
- Understand the importance of pair/group work or role-plays
- How to build new vocabulary using picture interpretation
Teachers’ Connect
Duration: Once a month
An online platform where second language teachers meet monthly to dicuss classroom challeneges, share ideas, and offer mutual support.
Each meeting focuses on different topics based on members’ interests, fostering collaboration and the exchange of best practices.
Only 15 educators per group
1 hour sessions
Offered for: Foundation Phase, Intermediate Phase, Grade 7 to 9