English Language for Educators: Brush Up & Practice English with Gamified Activities and Cultural Heritage Exploration (B1)

Overview and Guidance:

• Introduction to the course programme, practical arrangements, aims, objectives, and expectations.

Participant Activities:

• Short presentations of each participant’s school.

• Fun and engaging icebreaker activities tailored for teachers learning English at B1 level.

Practical Exercises:

• Introducing ourselves — individually and in pairs.

• Building confidence in starting conversations and networking.

• Pronunciation drills to improve clarity, intonation, and speaking confidence.

• Confidence games designed to reduce hesitation, encourage participation, and make speaking enjoyable.

• Activating key grammar units: Present Simple/Continuous and Past Simple/Continuous, including basic question forms and short answers.

Assessment and Wrap-up:

• Individual work assessment.

• Round-up of completed activities and hands-on learning experience.

Theme: School-related language, project planning, and teamwork

Focus Activities:

• Vocabulary games to expand topic-related word banks.

• Sentence-building exercises to practice structure and fluency.

• Writing short emails and messages for real-life communication.

• Activating grammar units: Present Perfect, Past Simple (regular & irregular), and adverbs of manner.

• Individual work assessment to monitor progress.

• Peer feedback activities to encourage collaboration and reflection.

Theme: Everyday communication and travel situations

Focus Activities:

• Talking about future plans and planning holidays in Croatia.

• Activating grammar units: will / be going to, comparison of adjectives, and prepositions of place, direction, and location.

• Expanding vocabulary related to travel and tourism.

• Writing a postcard using appropriate tone and structure.

• Individual work assessment to review progress and application of learned skills.

Theme: Experiential learning through gamification and cultural discovery

Focus Activities:

• Introduction to gamification in field-based learning.

• Interactive game scavenger hunt: “Discovering Split.”

• Developing reading comprehension and logical thinking through real-world tasks.

• Discussing and analyzing methodological aspects of the field class.

• Implementing the “making questions” technique to strengthen teamwork and inquiry-based learning.

• Enhancing media literacy through observation and reflection.

• Applying a cross-curricular approach to design effective field activities.

• Peer assessment and feedback on group work.

Theme: Creativity, collaboration, and digital storytelling in education

Focus Activities:

• Creating a short video using popular digital apps suitable for social media formats.

• Learning how to structure a video story to meet Gen Alpha students’ learning needs.

• Practicing how to summarize a story using Past Simple and Past Continuous tenses.

• Applying previously acquired vocabulary and grammar units in context.

• Integrating cultural heritage elements into video presentations.

• Strengthening teamwork skills through practical collaboration.

• Activating and developing creativity in a supportive environment.

• Peer assessment of pair and group work.

• Final round-up of completed activities and hands-on learning experience.

Theme: Evaluation, celebration, and closure

Focus Activities:

• Round-up of learning outcomes through reflection, discussion, and self-assessment.

• Review of the course with participant evaluation and feedback.

• Certification ceremony and recognition of achievements.

• Goodbye activity to conclude the training on a positive, collaborative note.