Education | IPM holds fourth Bell Teacher Campus

The deputy director of IPM-Bell Centre of English, David Anthony Quartermain

Macao Polytechnic Institute’s Bell Center of English and Bell Educational Services have collaborated in organizing the fourth Bell Teacher Campus. The program offers English teachers a chance to share ideas and meet educators from other cultures.
The opening ceremony of Bell Teacher Campus 2016 (Macau) was held on Monday and the program will run until July 22. According to a Polytechnic Institute (IPM) press release, this year’s courses have attracted more than 100 teachers from schools and universities in mainland China and Macau.
The event is organized every July by the IPM-Bell Centre of English, and offers a variety of one- and two-week residential development courses covering every aspect of teaching English. Participants can also attend specialist workshops and cultural events, as well as optional cultural visits in the region.

Participating teachers are actively involved in the classes

This year, the center continues to offer the in-demand courses,  including; Trainer Training for Experienced Teachers, Learning Teaching: Become the Best Teacher You Can Be, Methodology for Secondary & Tertiary English Teachers, Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) Module 1-3 Preparation, IELTS for Teachers, Teaching Phonics and Using Games and Activities in the Primary Classroom.
The program’s speakers and trainers this year include 12 ESP trainers from the IPM-Bell Centre of English.
The statement explained that participating teachers are actively involved in interactive classes and are keen to learn the latest approaches in the methodology of English Language Teaching.
According to the participants, the instructors’ “patience, professional instructions, and rigorous scholarship” have helped them learn whilst in the program.