This one-week intensive course for teachers provides a comprehensive look at the complex balance of ecosystems, the impact of human activities, and the urgency of conserving natural resources. It is suitable for all teachers who have at least a B1 level of English and wish to incorporate ecological topics into their subject teaching so that their students understand how they can influence the environment and the future of the planet through their actions.
The content of the one-week intensive Green Skills course is designed to give teachers the knowledge and tools to integrate the concept into the teaching of different subjects. This can be science, geography, biology, but also mathematics or foreign languages. The course will teach you innovative and interactive teaching methodologies to engage your students in exploring sustainability in enjoyable ways; for example through project activities, case studies, and other real-world examples. You'll get educational materials, digital tools and information resources so you can seamlessly integrate green topics into your subject teaching.
Topics include current global energy issues such as renewable energy conservation, analysis of emitters, carbon footprints, and more. What is biodiversity and why is it important, how the interconnected processes in the biodiversity system work, and what are food chains? What is the role of the world's ocean, what is threatening it in the context of climate change, and the damage of industrial fishing. How important soil is, why it is vulnerable, when is it healthy and when not, and what the food waste situation looks like. Why we depend on water, what causes water scarcity, what is meant by direct and indirect water consumption, and how to save water.
We hope that the course will inspire participants to become sustainability advocates themselves in their schools, to promote green practices, and to lead by example. After our course, they will be equipped for this mission with the latest information, acquired skills such as critical thinking or the ability to look holistically at the dynamics of human impact on the ecosystem. The course reflects current trends in learning green skills from across Europe and offers a truly global perspective on the subject.
At the end of the course you will receive the Certificate of Attendance and Europass Mobility document, or any other document your organisation/school requires to submit for applying Erasmus+ programme.
The course is intended for all teachers who deal with the environment and ecology in their subjects, or for English teachers who want to convey environmental topics to their pupils through a foreign language. As the materials are in English, participants must have a minimum B1 level.
Klaudia Bednárová graduated from the Faculty of Arts in Nitra, majoring in English Language and Literature - Pedagogy. In 2009 she founded The Bridge English Language Centre, which became one of the founding members of the Association of Language Schools of the Slovak Republic in 2010 and an internationally accredited language school in 2020. Klaudia is actively involved in adult and teacher education. She is a member of the presidium of the AIVD and the Slovak Association of Age Management. She was at the birth of the Slovak Chamber of English teachers and leads the projects ELTforum.sk and The Bridge re-boot camp for teachers.
Klaudia's research focuses on the integration of education into the ecosystems of companies and organisations, ROI issues and the impact of education on the growth and development of companies. Her non-professional interest is finding strategies to effective learning.
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English is important for working in our law firm, and that is why we provide our team members with the opportunity to gain language training so that they can continue to improve and develop. We have been cooperating with The Bridge language school for several years. Their services, and the work of their lecturers, are at a high level. They always try to meet the demands of our "students" and provide them with quality language teaching.
We have been cooperating with the Bridge for several years. I appreciate their attitude towards us as clients and their innovative approach to our employees as students. The progress in their English is significant. They invest into their teachers, which reflects in our language improvement. I have a great personal experience with individual classes, which help me not just to improve my English skills, but also to empower me for important presentations and meetings held in English.
As far as I´m concerned, the Bridge – English Language Centre, is the best option for learning the language. I have been in many courses, but if you want to learn more just theoretical grammar, if you want to really understand, read, write and speak fluently, then the Bridge is the best option. From my perspective it has been a great investment, worth my time and money.
I can't imagine a better teacher than Mary, we really clicked. I really appreciate that you do your best to assign teachers to students also based on personality and character.
I appreciate my teacher's approach to her teaching and my learning. Everything was absolutely great.
Thanks to our teacher, we are all really motivated to learn. We improve and move forward really quickly.
It was my best choice of language school. The teacher recommended me extra things to study that I had not even heard of before.
My online lessons are really good, they fit my schedule perfectly. No commuting & saving time for me as a working mother was great! And I finally stepped out from the shadow of being an eternal beginner.
My classes have definitely improved my English. My communication with my colleagues from abroad and presentations have become a lot more efficient.
Education is an integral part of our growth. We have transferred our education online, including English lessons, as English is crucial for us. We are an export business partner with an international team. We prefer group education, as it maintains a higher level of motivation, as each of us is naturally sociable with a greater or lesser degree of competitiveness.
