Mentor Courses
A Resource Book for Trainer-Trainers

Mentor Courses presents activities and processes for exploring the roles and duties of mentors and practising the skills required to support learner teachers.

Angi Malderez (Author), Caroline Bodsczky (Author)

9780521566902, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 March 1999

236 pages
24.4 x 19 x 1.9 cm, 0.505 kg

'The well-thought out activities, and additional helpful information and suggestions will support those new at developing mentor skills, and inspire those with some background in this area.' Modern English Teacher, Jan 2001

This practical resource book provides a collection of materials for use on mentor courses. The first part of the book discusses the principles underlying the activities and the training approach and looks at some procedures that can be used throughout mentor courses. The second part presents a wide range of in-session activities in an easy-to-use format. Each activity includes guidance on aims, materials and timings, as well as step-by-step procedures. The final part provides suggestions and materials for projects and assignments, including observation tasks and reading and writing tasks. Photocopiable resources for use with the activities are provided in a separate section at the back of the book.

Subject Areas: Industrial or vocational training [JNRV], ELT: teaching theory & methods [EBA]