VivaLing launches the VivaLing Online Language Teaching – Young Learners certification
The future of language teaching is online!
Connectivity and global collaboration combined with technology will enable educators to provide highly personalized, interactive lessons. Today’s children are equipped with everything they need to benefit from this transformation of education.
What about you? Don’t stay back
The VivaLing Online language Teaching (VOLT) certificate prepares you for this new paradigm by exposing you to a perfect blend of theory and practical teaching advice.
VOLT is a professional development program for trained teachers who wish to improve or expand their skills in language teaching for children (3-15 years), in an online or technologically rich environment.
A complete program
At the end of this program, candidates will have demonstrated their ability to :
- plan and deliver education using the five drivers of language learning for children
- Understand the VivaLing approach to language learning and the research-based methodology for language teaching
- Integrate a variety of online children-centered tools, materials and activities into the courses
- Use technology to engage children and improve the learning process
- Apply their learning in online sessions with young learners
What do I get?
With VOLT, you can:
- Develop your skills and develop yourself professionally
- Working in a network and learning from other professional educators around the world
- Keep up-to-date with the latest trends in language teaching
- Gain experience in online teaching
- Get a certificate validating your online teaching skills for children
Candidates
To be eligible for VOLT, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Be native English, Mandarin, French or Spanish
- A minimum of two years of prior experience in language teaching
- Good relationship and interest in teaching children
- Minimum Internet bandwidth of 1.2 Mbps
- A computer with a Core 2Ghz processor or higher (i3/i5/i7 or AMD equivalent)
- A computer with a minimum of 4GB of RAM (8GB recommended)
The program
The program takes place over 12 weeks, the first four of which are devoted to training and observation, and the last eight to online teaching and feedback. Time commitment is estimated at 10 hours per week.
In total, the program includes 120 hours of mixed learning.
Learning Phase
During the first four weeks of the course, candidates will develop their skills through four blended learning modules.
Each module will consist of self-taught teaching, observation of recorded videos of the VivaLing session, preparation of missions and two virtual meetings with other candidates and experienced VOLT trainers.
Virtual meetings will take place at fixed hours, scheduled before the course begins. All other tasks may be performed at the candidate’s convenience.
Training Phase
Once they have the necessary knowledge and skills, candidates will have the opportunity to put ideas into practice for eight weeks of observed online teaching practice.
During this phase, candidates will plan lessons, teach young VivaLing learners using our online platform, reflect on their own teaching practice, receive individualized feedback from other VOLT-YL applicants and trainers, observe their peers’ teaching practice and provide feedback, and conduct an independent study project in a related area of interest.
The modules
Each of the five course modules includes self-guided course materials and training based on scientific results and the collective experience of tens of thousands of online VivaLing sessions delivered to date.
This knowledge is complemented by online collaboration and discussions with peers and course trainers, interactive virtual meetings and practical evaluation tasks.
The thematic areas of each module are as follows:
Learning Phase (4 weeks)
- Module 1: Teaching children
- Module 2: Language teaching
- Module 3: Online education
- Module 4: Teacher team
Practice Phase (8 weeks)
- Module 5: Observed practice of online teaching
Evaluation Overview
To obtain certification, candidates must pass a practical assessment task for each module, which demonstrates both their understanding of the subject and the application of this knowledge to the context of e-learning.
The written duties for each module are as follows:
- Module 1: Written analysis of VivaLing coaching sessions videos
- Module 2: Preparation of a course plan with appropriate learning objectives
- Module 3: Search and review of an online tool or resource
- Module 4: Presentation of the independent study in a chosen field of specialization
- Module 5: Reflection on teaching in the form of newspaper, blog or vlog
These five written assignments and a summative teaching practice note will contribute to the final outcome of the Distinction, Pass or Fail assessment.
Evaluation of teaching practices
A summative teaching practice score will be based on the candidate’s development
