REINO UNIDO
IRLANDA
MALTA
CANADÁ
ESTADOS UNIDOS
NUEVA ZELANDA
AUSTRALIA
SUDÁFRICA
PROFESIONALES
ADOLESCENTES Y ADULTOS
JUNIORS
WORKING HOLIDAYS
PASANTÍAS
ESTUDIO Y TRABAJO
AU PAIR
CANADÁ
AUSTRALIA
REINO UNIDO
CURSOS EN REINO UNIDO
Advanced Language and Culture
Who is the course for?
This course is for teachers with a very advanced level of English.
Course aims
- enhance course participants’ own awareness of spoken and written native-speaker English
- demonstrate the way in which contemporary British life and attitudes are reflected in the changing language
- explore selected British social/cultural themes
This course is taught through a series of textual study sessions, information talks, seminar discussions and visits. Classroom methodology and materials is not a specific focus of this course. Please note that it is not possible to take this and the British Studies course.
- Topics can include
- Language in the media
- Aspects of contemporary literature
- Educational issues
- Humour and social stereotypes
- Language change
- Regional and social language variation
Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
9.30
10.30
10.30
Introductions The cultural dimension of language
Language change
New
vocabulary
New
vocabulary
Language change
pronunciation a changing standard?
pronunciation a changing standard?
Youth culture and language in teenage magazines
Aspects of literature 2 Some
multi-ethnic influences
multi-ethnic influences
Coffee
11.00
12.30
12.30
Sources of contemporary english 1
the press
the press
Aspects of contemporary literature 1
social themes
social themes
Debate standard English regional dialect and schools
Language and society some TV comedy
and satire
and satire
Current idioms Contemporary English workshop
Lunch
14.00
15.30
15.30
Language and culture general knowledge quiz
Sources 2
coloquial English in TV/radio drama
coloquial English in TV/radio drama
Verbal humour jokers and wordplay
Visit a Cambridge University College
Free
afternoon
afternoon
Optional self access in the Study Centre
Why come to bell Cambridge?
The staff are practising teachers and trainers, many of whom have written language teaching material. Bell Cambridge is located in an elegant group of buildings with beautiful gardens in a residential area in the south of the city. The school has tennis courts, a football pitch and facilities for volleyball and aerobics. Participants on our teachers’ courses are accommodated in local homes. Self-catering accommodation in the city centre is also available.