Embassy of the United States

The current courses are (1) Assessment for English as a Foreign Language (EFL), (2) Building Teaching Skills Through the Interactive Web, (3) Critical Thinking in the EFL Curriculum, (4) English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Best Practices, (5) Methods I: Survey of Best Practices in TESOL, (6) Methods II: Developing EFL Literacy Through Project-Based Learning, and (7) Teaching English to Young Learners. In general, each course lasts from 10-12 weeks and takes approximately 10 hours per week of a participant's time. Participants who successfully complete any of the courses receive one certificate from the U.S. Embassy and one from the university that administers the course.

Preferred candidates will have the following qualifications:

• Are citizens of the Kingdom of Bahrain and currently reside in Bahrain;
• Have not participated in an E-Teacher course before;
• Are leaders or potential leaders in education, teacher trainers, or teachers who are working, or plan to work, with the subject covered by the course;
• Are in a position to relay and share the information and knowledge gained from the course;
• Are highly motivated individuals, dedicated to their own professional development, and willing and to share the knowledge gained with colleagues through workshops or professional presentations;
• Are willing and able to cope with U.S. university graduate level intensive academic work, i.e., have advanced level reading and writing skills, roughly equivalent to a minimum TOEFL score of 550;
• Have a good command of the necessary vocabulary for the topic of the course;
• Have a general understanding of and familiarity with technical terms in English relating to computers, the Internet, and web browsers;
• Have the ability to navigate in Windows and create a Word document;
• Have the ability to type in English well enough to submit written assignment in a timely manner; and
• Have regular access to e-mail and the Internet.

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