What our delegates are saying about the British Teaching Diploma
"As a school and personally, we believe that the course has guided us and given us both great ideas and practices to implement in an international setting” Eptihal Abughamja, Cyprus."
Eptihal Abughamgia, Cohort 001
"I really wish this course continues to expand because it offers a whole new perspective on teaching. I've been looking for something new for a while, something different to what I was used to plan or teach. I'm really concerned about learning issues at school as English is not one of the favourite subjects. I was shocked at how fast students got the grammar topics and at how little was the book used. I just concentrated on the objective of the class and that made the whole difference. It takes me some time to put everything into good use because I was used to plan and teach in a traditional way. Thank you so much again for this opportunity! I would definitely recommend this course to ESL teachers."
Magali Ghione, 2022, Cohort 001
"The British teaching diploma was an amazing and delightful experience with the standards and the professionalism and above all the personal support we received."
Aram Abughamgia, Cyprus, 2022
"Learning the stages of transferring information to long-term memory is really like magic. There is no need for us to exhaust the novice learners in a field or to have a skill with a lot of information at once thinking that all students of different abilities will understand, just as simplifying the information and moving gradually is not to reduce the concepts. On the contrary, the delivery of all information is required, but with the right strategies to improve the performance of learners and achieve better results."
Saed Nakhleh, 2022, Cohort 002
"Overall, I can say this module has reorganized my teaching practices. Some ideas seem easy and obvious at first but then, when implemented, they have a real impact on the class. I feel more confident when I start the class or give instructions and my students know what to expect beforehand, which reduces the anxiety levels and the chances of disturbance. Having the classroom rules at hand and using them every class has upgraded behaviour issues positively. Last but not least, the use of assertive language has certainly improved class conduct and it worked from the very first moment I put it into practice. "
Magali Ghione, 2022, Cohort 001
"Students were enthusiastic, curious and showed signs of remembering most of the objective vocabulary."
Hadil Yousef, 2023, Assignment Module 3
"I feel the BTD has given me the perfect lesson step by step. I feel confident in tackling every stage of a lesson now and it has never been so easy since every strategy studied is attainable to use with any topic. What is more, my country is going through some changes in the educational aspect, affirming there is a need for students to be in charge of their own learning, becoming the main actors of their learning process. Thanks to the BTD, I am certain I will be able to meet the requirements and provide my students with the tools for that to happen."
Belen Yanes, 2023, Assignment module 11
"I do not believe the word "change" or "improvement" is really the right description, it is much more than that. I have learned how to deal with the working memory of the novice learners, and now I have many tools in how to facilitate the task of teaching and learning without reducing the quality of information or knowledge. Building knowledge dictionaries in students’ long term memory is the magic that can be applied. I believe that all teachers should learn the Cognitive Learning Theory and the stages of learning for the novice learners; it is the key in teaching and learning process."
Saed Nakhleh, 2023, Assignment Module 1
"To sum up, I have to say that I enrolled in the BTD in the search for fresh, practical and efficient techniques and theories that would update and improve what I had learnt at university. I take with me not only a brilliant training experience but also a substantial amount of teaching techniques that will refine and polish my teaching practices up. A big THANK YOU to all the BTD team."
Magali Ghione, 2023, Assignment Module 11
"Had I googled about cooperative learning before this module, I would have gotten a completely different idea of what it could be. For starters, I would have associated it with group work, and I would have dismissed the idea (because of all the cons of this kind of work). What I’ve learnt during this module is how easy the cooperative learning activities are to carry out in class. And what I´ve learnt once I put it into practice, was how much my students loved it."
Ana Luiselli Ibarolla, 2023, Assignment Module 3
"The Cooperative Learning Interaction Patterns and its elements were completely new to me too. The detailed explanation of how to perform the patterns and the dos and donts are extremely helpful. I also loved the teacher checklist after cooperative learning in order to avoid any future mistakes and reflect on the practice. I used a form of catch1partner in my teaching but it was not as organized and strategic as explained in the module. I enjoyed the variations of the activity and how useful and adaptable they can be. Both theoretical and interactive parts of this module were extremely helpful. The details provided and constant feedback from peers and the instructor provided a great guideline."
Wiam Najjar, 2023, Assignment Module 3
"When my students saw that I follow the same steps each time and react to their behaviors in the same manner a less disruption occurred in classroom since they know the consequences of their behavior. The consistency and the routine that I followed improved behavior. Chemistry became one of their favorite subjects and my classes are preferred over others."
Hana Huzien, 2023, Assignment Module 2
"I have been to similar rubrics that I put to good use but none granted me the freedom and clarity this rubric did. I didn’t need to fret about skipping important steps or moving forward at an iopportune moment. All I needed to do was state the skills the student were meant to master and evaluated them fairly according to the number of objectives they met and the stages they passed. So it is fair to say that I’ve added another wonderful strategy to my distinguished ‘perfect class’ collection, sponsored by the British Teaching Diploma."
Ms Leen – Jordan Cohort