Storytelling for Language Development

Aims:

Aim 1: To improve foreign language competencies through the improvement of course participants’ language knowledge and understanding of English Language Teaching methodology

Aim 2: To equip participants with the linguistic and pedagogical tools needed to use Storytelling whenever using English as a medium of instruction

Aim 3: To equip participants with a professional Repertoire of stories that can be used to teach a variety of levels and ages

Aim 4: To observe EFL teaching at the host institution, and analyse teaching in terms of course content and the course participants’ own teaching context

Aim 5: To enhance intercultural awareness by forming connections with colleagues from different countries and sharing teaching experiences in an objective developmental environment

Aim 6: To increase motivation for taking part in future (formal/non-formal) education of training after the mobility period abroad by encouraging the right approach to Continual Professional Development (CPD), and increasing participants’ awareness of options that they can choose to utilize both internally and externally

Aim 7: For course participants to gain an insight into Maltese culture and heritage through our organized excursions