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Teaching English to refugees and displaced learners

Find out about our free online course 'Teaching English to refugees and displaced learners' starting on 6 June 2023. Enrolment ends on 26 June 2023 and the course closes on 3rd July.

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Welcome to 'Teaching English to refugees and displaced learners'

Make your classroom a trauma-sensitive learning environment. Help your learners to shine by working creatively with limited resources and by managing challenging behaviour positively.

In this free 4-week online course, you will learn about the following:

  • An introduction to trauma and its effects on the classroom
  • Teaching with minimal resources
  • Dealing with very challenging behaviour

 

How do I sign up for the course?

Please follow the steps below carefully to access this free training course.

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About the course

'Teaching English to refugees and displaced learners' is a free four-week self-study training course, divided into three-hour modules. You can complete all four modules any time before 3rd July. If you have completed the module 'Getting started' on another course with us, you don't have to repeat it.

Module 1: An introduction to trauma and its effects on the classroom

This module introduces the effects of trauma on learning and behaviour in the classroom. You'll also explore strategies for supporting learners' physical and emotional safety during lessons.

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

- give a definition of trauma and list the main types of trauma which can affect learners in your classrooms
- recognise the effects of certain types of trauma on learning and behaviour in your classrooms
- create physical and emotional safety for these learners in your classroom through practical teaching strategies.

Module 2: Teaching with minimal resources

This module explores ways of using learners as a teaching resource, through creativity, personalisation and learner-generated resources.

By the end of the first unit of this module, you’ll be able to:

- identify the resources available in your classroom
- use a variety of activities when teaching with limited resources
- analyse the advantages and disadvantages of different activities
- adapt an activity for a particular teaching context
- you'll be able to be more resourceful when faced with a low-resource context.

Module 3: Dealing with very challenging behaviour

This module provides practical trauma-informed classroom strategies to manage distressed behaviour.

By the end of the first unit of this module, you’ll be able to:

- recognise that behaviour is a communication of need and that challenging behaviour can be viewed as distressed behaviour
- explain the links between trauma and some types of behaviour
- create physical and emotional safety for these learners in your classroom through practical teaching strategies
- implement some practical trauma-informed classroom strategies to manage distressed behaviour.

Course format

This is a tutored/moderated course.  

Participant workbook

All course participants will receive a link to download a Participant Workbook, which they can use during the course to reflect on their learning and access additional resources.

Start dates and duration

The course begins on 6th June 2023 and lasts for four weeks. Each module involves approximately three hours of study. Enrolment ends on 26 June 2023.

Community and forum

Interact with tutors and course participants in our vibrant course community. Join us in our community on Facebook to take part in live events, access extra content and discuss how to apply ideas from the course in your teaching.

Click or tap here to join the course community

Cost

Free

Certificates

For participants who successfully complete 100% of all tasks in the online exercises, there will be a downloadable certificate of completion at the end of the course.

Level of English required

Minimum CEFR B1

Support and troubleshooting

If you have signed up for this course and have problems accessing your learning, please make sure you are logged in, then click or tap the link below:

https://open.teachingenglish.org.uk/Home/MyProgrammes

If you are accessing from a mobile device, please see the following additional guidance:

If you are still having problems accessing your course, please see the advice below:

I can't register for the course

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I can't access the course. I am logged in to my account, but when I click or tap 'My courses' from MY PORTFOLIO I just go to my profile page

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I can't get my certificate

Certificates are available to participants who complete 100% of the course material. To access your certificate, go to the course platform where you have done your training. Click or tap 'My awards'. If you have completed 100% of the course, your certificate should be available to download.

The name on my certificate is wrong

On the course platform where you access your training, please use the 'Help' button to request a new certificate. Names on certificates are taken from your personal details in your free TeachingEnglish account. To change your name, click or tap on your name to edit your profile. Update the details on your profile page and save the new details.

 

 

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Comments

Submitted by gayathria on Tue, 06/06/2023 - 09:59

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Hello - I started the first Unit and completed it. Now My Courses does not show the course is missing. I only see My Saved Pages and Website.

Hi gayatrhia

To resolve this issue, can you log out of your TeachingEnglish account, clear the cache on your browser, and then log back in again. When you click again on My Courses, you should be taken to the courses website.

Please let us know if you are still having problems.

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Hello

If you are having trouble accessing your course, you may need to log out of your TeachingEnglish account on all your devices, clear the cache, and then log back in again. This should resolve the issue so that when you log back in and click on "My courses" you will be taken to the courses website.

Please let us know if the problem persists.

Thanks,
Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Hi Khin

I've just checked your account and can see that you are enrolled and have completed part of the course already, so hopefully this problem has been resolved. Please let me know if not.

Thanks,
Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Hi Elizabeth

Enrollment usually starts a few weeks before the course start date. A good way to know when the course has opened is to subscribe to our newsletter - you can do that here: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/subscribe-our-newsletter  The newsletter also contains information about our other courses, webinars and teaching resources.
Thanks

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

 Hi Derrick,

This course has finished for now but you can always check which courses are open for registration on the main training page:  https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/training. and the page says that the Language and Resilience Course will be run again in 2023 :) and that the current course available is 'How to Teach Grammar' :https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/teaching-pathways-how-teach-grammar, open for registration until September 19th. 

Hope you can join a course soon!

Anne 

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Savera Ghazal on Thu, 07/28/2022 - 04:52

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I registerd myself but the English Teaching Team is off on my profile. And May be that's the reason there is no option of enrollment for any course on my profile. Please tell me the issue.

Hi Savera,

 This course has finished for now but you can always check which courses are open for registration on the main training page:  https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/training. and the page tells us that the Language and Resilience Course will be run again in 2023 :), and the current course available is online skills for 21st century teachers at  https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/teaching-pathways-online-skills-21st-century-teachers.  Hope you can join a course soon!

Anne 

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by LRidgwell on Wed, 07/13/2022 - 15:21

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Hi,

Please could you tell me when in 2023 this course will be available again.

Thanks

Hi,

I am sorry but we don't have confirmation of course dates yet - we have confirmation of the next three MOOCS 

Teaching pathways: Online skills for 21st century teachers   July 19th start 

Teaching pathways: How to teach grammar  September course - link available soon 

Professional development pathways: Action research for teachers - October course - link available soon

Course dates are published a couple of months in advance, hope you don't have to wait too long

Anne

TeachingEnglish team

Hi Seemab,

Glad that the course sounds interesting and you can look out on the main training page for the next time that we run it ( this course has finished for now).  You can always check which courses are open for registration on the main training page:  https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/training. I hope you can find a course that interests you soon, and the page tells us that the Language and Resilience Course will be run again in 2023 :).

Anne 

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Mohammad Ahmad… on Mon, 06/27/2022 - 10:48

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Hi!
I am interested to register /enroll for Language and Resilience Course however there is no link provided where I can click neither access it yo successfully enroll. Please help
Thank you very much

Hi Mohammad, 

You can always check which courses are open for registration on the main training page:  https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/training.  So, as regards the course you are interested in, I'm sorry but the registration for the course has closed - it started in early June and will be finishing soon. I hope you can find a course that interests you soon, and the page tells us that the Language and Resilience Course will be run again in 2023 :).

Anne

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by GuguM on Mon, 06/27/2022 - 08:49

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Greetings

I finished all my modules for this course and did the survey as well the previous week and I haven’t received my certificate is there anything else that I am needed to do that am not aware of please advice .

Thank you

Hi GuguM,

Congratulations on finishing the course!  Certificates are available to participants who complete 70% of the course material. To access your certificate, go to the course platform where you have done your training. Click or tap 'My awards'. If you have completed 70% of the course, your certificate should be available to download. Let us know if it's still causing problems :).

Regards,

Anne 

TeachingEnglish team

Hi Enas,

Sorry to hear you've had a problem starting the course.  As long as you are logged in to your account, you should be able to enrol on the course by following the instructions on the page.

Log in to your TeachingEnglish account

Go to the Menu My portfolio and select My courses.

Select My courses or Explore all courses to start the course Teaching Pathways: Language for Resilience: Teaching English to Refugees

Hope that helps!

Anne 

TeachingEnglish team

Hi Aye Su,

As long as you are logged in to your account, you should be able to enrol on the course by following the instructions on the page.

Log in to your TeachingEnglish account

Go to the Menu My portfolio and select My courses.

Select My courses or Explore all courses to start the course Teaching Pathways: Language for Resilience: Teaching English to Refugees

Hope that helps!

Anne 

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by N'ZUE KOFFI MELAINE on Tue, 06/21/2022 - 22:32

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Hi my name is Koffi Mélaine. I don't know how to be enrolled for the courses

Submitted by Anne.lennon@br… on Thu, 06/23/2022 - 21:48

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Hi there,

As long as you are logged in to your account, you should be able to enrol on the course by following the instructions on the page.

Log in to your TeachingEnglish account

Go to the Menu My portfolio and select My courses.

Select My courses or Explore all courses to start the course Teaching Pathways: Language for Resilience: Teaching English to Refugees

Hope that helps and hope you enjoy the course!

Anne 

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Ko John-78 on Tue, 06/21/2022 - 09:30

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As I have already finished with all the modules, I am about to have the certificate. But I cannot find 'course feedback form' to fill up before getting the certificate. Please kindly help me with this problem. Thanks!

Hi!

Congratulations on finishing the course!  Certificates are available to participants who complete 70% of the course material. To access your certificate, go to the course platform where you have done your training. Click or tap 'My awards'. If you have completed 70% of the course, your certificate should be available to download.

Regards,

Anne 

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Imee on Sat, 06/18/2022 - 14:20

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Hi!
I am interested to register /enroll for Language and Resilience Course however there is no link provided where I can click neither access it yo successfully enroll. Please help
Thank you very much

Hi Inee,

As long as you are logged in to your account, you should be able to enrol on the course by following the instructions on the page.

Log in to your TeachingEnglish account

Go to the Menu My portfolio and select My courses.

Select My courses or Explore all courses to start the course Language and Resilience Course.

Hope you enjoy the course!

Anne

Submitted by Gunel Jalil on Mon, 06/13/2022 - 20:02

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Hi,
I can't see any enrol button. How can I get enrolled?
Thak you in advance

Submitted by Anne.lennon@br… on Thu, 06/16/2022 - 22:44

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Hi Gunel,

As long as you are logged in to your account, you should be able to enrol on the course by following the instructions on the page.

Log in to your TeachingEnglish account

Go to the Menu My portfolio and select My courses.

Select My courses or Explore all courses to start the course Teaching Pathways: Skills for Remote Teaching.

Hope you enjoy the course!

Anne

Submitted by Abdulwahab.93 on Mon, 06/13/2022 - 00:46

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I have enrolled in one of the courses. However, whenever I try to view it in MYPORTFOLIO, the link stops working.
I tried the backup link provided here and it's the same error message.
DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN

Thank you in advance.

Hi Abdulwahab.93

Have you tried logging out , making sure you are logged out in all  devices and perhaps clear cache. this usually sorts out access problems. If not can you take a screen shot and contact the technical team through the help button on the site?

I hope that sorts it and you can continue the course,

Anne

TeachingEnglish team

Hi,

Sorry to hear you have had a problem. Usually the following instructions help, hope that it gives you access, if not please report the problem through the technical help button when you are logged in, thanks!

Check that you are not logged into your TeachingEnglish account on a different device or browser. Log out of your account on all devices and browsers, and log in again. Click or tap 'My courses' from MY PORTFOLIO. You should be taken to your training course. If you still can't access your course, log out, clear the cache on your browser and log in again. Hope that helps!

Anne 
TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by KateKate on Sun, 06/12/2022 - 09:38

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There's no way I can sign up for the course, I tried but there's no SIGN option. Is the course closed?

Hi KateKate,

Glad the course is interesting for you. If you follow the instructions on the course page ( you have to have an account and be logged in) then navigate to my courses and the course should be visible to you there. Here's the link with those instructions:

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/language-resilience-teaching-english-refugees-and-displaced-learners

Hope you get on to it and enjoy the course!

 

Anne 

TeachEnglish team

 

Submitted by Gwenna on Sat, 06/11/2022 - 02:29

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Hi,

I am accessing this from two different MacBook Air machines. I am struggling with both.
When I use Firefox, I struggle to access my course.
When I use Safari, access itself is easy, but my work does not save. I had to do the same unit four times before it auto-saved. On the plus side, I got 100% for it.
Which browsers work best for this platform?

Thanks

Submitted by Anne.lennon@br… on Mon, 06/13/2022 - 17:23

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Hi Gwenna,

That sounds very frustrating for you. Can you try to see if Chrome works better? If not can you post your question to the technical help team on the platform, there is a yellow 'help' button on course pages, they  may be able to give you specific technical advice. Hope you get onto the course reliably!

Anne

Submitted by Amjed.Albdrany on Thu, 06/09/2022 - 14:04

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I have completed the course , where I can download my certificate

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