Our training programmes for lecturers are designed to boost your English fluency in the specific areas that lecturers most often need so you can feel confident and express yourself more naturally in lectures and tutorials. In addition, you will reflect on your current didactic strategies and consider what could be adapted to maximize student involvement and enable them to get the most out of learning together in English.
Based on an intitial level test, our trainers will devise a training programme tailored to you or your team to follow.
Course content
Topics covered in the course may include:
- Getting your lectures off to a good start: defining objectives, managing expectations, establishing rapport with your students;
- Structuring your lessons: signposting, regulative discourse, clear linking;
- Providing clear definitions: determining key vocabulary, academic versus spoken register; paraphrasing;
- Describing visuals and working with slides: signalling key information, describing complex data, slide design;
- Stimulating and managing interaction: effective questioning, providing feedback, managing group discussions;
- The international classroom: politeness strategies, effective use of sentence stress and clear pronunciation;
- Preparing for high stakes lectures and conferences: developing a convincing clear message, storytellling and networking;
- General fluency building: building grammatical accuracy, expanding your vocabulary range and expressing yourself authentically in English
Certification
Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate of participation.
Course materials
Material will be provided by Radboud in’to Languages
Location
The training can be provided on campus, at your institution or online.
Determine your level and registration
Looking for a group course so that you can learn with and from other members of your team? Then click on the button below to request a quote. We will be in touch to schedule an Oxford Online Placement Test (OOPT) for each team member and then create a proposal to meet the needs of your team.
Would you prefer one-on-one coaching? Then arrange your own Oxford Online Placement Test (OOPT) by clicking on the link below. Once you know your level, we will advise you on a setup tailored to your needs.
Number of lessons
The duration of the course depends on the language level at the start of the course:
- B2: 10 lessons of 1,5 hours + 15 hours self study
- C1: 8 lessons of 1,5 hours + 12 hours self study
- C2: 6 lessons of 1,5 hours + 9 hours self study
The following is applicable to the group courses:
- B2/C1: 21 contact hours and 21 hours self study
- C2: 17 contact hours and 17 hours self study
Costs
Individual coaching
- B2: € 4,384
- C1: € 3,562
- C2: € 2,740
Group course
- B2/C1: € 6,165
- C2: € 5,480
Are you an employee of Radboud of Radboud University or Radboudumc?
Then you may be able to take part this course for free under the language policy discount scheme.
To staff of Radboud University and Radboudumc who do not fall under the language policy discount scheme for this course, the following costs are applicable:
Individual coaching:
- B2: € 4,000
- C1: € 3,250
- C2: € 2,500
Groepscursus
- B2/C1: € 5,625
- C2: € 5,000