In language education, mediation – a core collection skill in CEFR 2018 - refers to the learner being able to construct and convey meaning when interacting with people using their native language and the language they are learning.
Explore what mediation is, why it’s important in language learning and how you can incorporate it into your lessons.
- Course type
- Teacher development
- Age of student
- 18+
- Language level
- Advanced (C1) - Proficient (C2)
- Course dates
- 5 - 11 July 2020
- Course Length
- 1 week
- Price
- From £845 / €1,070
- Location
- Bell Teacher Academy
Choose this course if you want to:
- Stay up to date with recent changes to CEFR
- Improve your awareness of helping learners develop mediation skills
- Tailor your lessons to student's communication needs in your multi-lingual classroom
Course outcomes
- Familarisation with mediation and the 2018 CEFR descriptors
- Understand mediation using L1 to help learners learn a second language
- Identify mediation activities in course materials
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Adapt and design materials to include mediation
Gain practical ideas and activities for teaching mediation at advanced levels - Improve your ability to assess learners' mediaton
- Effectively assess mediation in their speaking and writing
Course content
- Types of mediation and its role in language learning
- Mediation strategies and using them in English lessons
- Teaching mediation in writing and speaking lessons
- Adapting course books to include mediation
- L1 in the language classroom
- Testing and assessing mediation skills
