Train online in Empathy with Kieran

Join me on the Empathy in Language Teaching online course at The School for Training. Explore why empathy is particularly important in language teaching and how empathy can be developed among both language teachers and learners.

Join me on the Empathy in Language Teaching online course. Explore why empathy is particularly important in language teaching and how empathy can be developed among both language teachers and learners.

Course description

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A 3-week course with continual support at every stage and detailed feedback on the final project. An estimated 5-8 hours study per week.

Through Empathy in Language Teaching :

• You will gain a deeper understanding of the importance of and potential for empathy in the language classroom.
• You will take away an overview of the literature and research findings on empathy among language teachers and learners and an understanding of the empathic brain and how it works.
• You will take away a wealth of knowledge about how to create activities and lesson plans to foster empathy using literature, songs, short films, feature length films, paintings and photos.
• You will develop a greater awareness of how ‘active listening’ can be used to foster empathy.
• You will gain an understanding of how empathy can be used to promote diversity and social justice in language teaching.
• You will gain an understanding of how we can foster empathy among our students on online and hybrid courses.

In addition:

• You will receive constant support and guidance from myself, the course tutor .
• You will have a personal  pre-course online meeting with me to discuss your learning objectives for the course.
• You will have a personal  post-course online meeting with me to give you feedback on your course participation and performance, and final project.
• You will be awarded The School for Training certification upon completion of the course.
• You will have access to the platform and all the materials on it for 12 months after the course ends.

Schedule

Sunday 8th November

The opening webinar takes place  and course material is made available .

Sunday 15th November

The second webinar takes place.

Sunday 22nd November

The third webinar takes place and final coursework is set.

Sunday 29th November

Final coursework is handed in.

Friday 4th December

Feedback is sent and certification awarded.

You can register for the course here.