| NHC-Language Awareness to the Rescue! | | | | Awareness Course comes in. This thirty-unit distance |
| Stepping into the classroom for the first time can be a | | | | learning course has been designed specifically to meet |
| nerve-racking experience, not just for students but for | | | | the needs of both trainee and experienced teachers |
| novice teachers as well. For some teachers this | | | | who feel that their English grammar knowledge is not |
| recurring albeit low-level anxiety is the single most | | | | up to scratch. |
| detractive feature of what would otherwise be a near | | | | The course is exceptionally thorough, providing full |
| perfect job. But what's the cause of all this stress? | | | | coverage of the essential areas of English grammar |
| In fact it all boils down to something teachers share in | | | | and more. The course materials are exclusive to |
| common with their students: the fear of grammar. | | | | Notting Hill College and include the tailor-written 250 |
| Strangely enough it's often native English speakers | | | | page NHC Language Awareness grammar reference |
| who struggle the most to get to grips with all the | | | | book, which will stand teachers in good stead for the |
| grammar jargon required by the TEFL profession. This | | | | rest of their TEFL careers and is almost worth |
| is because schools in Britain, America and other places | | | | enrolling for in itself. |
| whose first language is English cover very little | | | | Thankfully, trainees are not left to wade through this |
| grammar in their curricula. Non-native speakers who | | | | vast albeit invaluable tome themselves, but are |
| have learnt English by living in an English-speaking | | | | provided with extensive e-support by Notting Hill |
| country will probably have similar problems. | | | | College's experienced team. Moreover, as a distance |
| In effect many EFL teachers eventually end up | | | | learning package, trainees can complete the course at |
| learning grammar on their feet in the classroom, since | | | | their leisure, whether before, after or during any other |
| few teaching certificate courses have time to include a | | | | TEFL certificate programme. |
| crash course in such an extensive area. For some it's | | | | Not for the first time Notting Hill College's people-first |
| a challenge that they thrive on but most will admit that | | | | ethos has led to their developing a teacher training |
| there's nothing more dissatisfying than having to fudge | | | | solution that deals head-on with one of the pivotal |
| an answer to a student's question. | | | | issues facing EFL teachers. Now it's up to you to start |
| That's where Notting Hill College's Language | | | | being part of that solution. |