 ACE - What is ACE?
The ACE forms a part of the International English Qualifications suite. ACE is designed to develop teachers´ language awareness and the knowledge of ELT methodology, teaching and classroom skills, as well as their confidence and ability in communicating in English.
It enables candidates to gain a language teaching qualification with an emphasis on communicative language teaching methods.
Who has designed this programme?
ACE has been jointly developed with the world-renowned Department of Language and Literary Studies in Education at the University of Manchester UK for City and Guilds, UK. . The two well-established trainers and authors, Jeremy Harmer and Dr Diane Philips endorsed the project. ACE was piloted in different countries and launched in June 2000. Skills started conducting classes from 2005 and has produced many teachers whose exposure to teaching English is much more advanced than others.
Who is ACE
targeted at?
ACE is aimed at
Newcomers to the profession who want/need an initial teaching qualification
Practising English language teachers who want/need an international recognition for their skills and experience
Teachers of other subjects who want to move into English language teaching
What is the course content?
The course fully covers the two constituent programmes of ACE qualification. It follows the syllabus of the Foundation of English Language Teaching and Supervised Teaching Practice and is validated by City & Guilds. This qualification is subject to supervision and moderation by an External Verifier. The syllabus, assessment criteria and programme documentation are fixed.
1. Foundations of ELT The participants are required to cover 11 units of the basics of ELT accounting for the minimum of 100 effort hours including face-to-face sessions, on-line tutorials, personal tutorials, a study of the support materials, work on written assignments.
2. Supervised Teaching Practice The teaching practice includes teaching, observations, feedback sessions, writing a teaching journal, lesson planning and compiling a portfolio which would be assessed by the external verifier.
The multiple choice examination is conducted and assessed by City & Guilds and makes the Part 1 of the certification. The second part is the teaching practice and the lessons are assessed by the internal and external verifiers. Students will have to do both parts to get the full qualification.
What is the duration?
The duration is 150 hours for both theory and practical . The course is conducted on Saturdays at Skills International from 9.00-3.00.It takes about 6 months to complete the programme.
Benefits
This course is an international teaching qualification and would be recognized by private teaching institutions in Sri Lanka .It is recognized by the Manchester university in UK for their MA in TESL programme.
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