Certificate in Teaching Project Management English
Our comprehensive course on teaching Project Management English is designed specifically for educators who aim to equip students with the essential language skills needed in the dynamic field of project management. This course will provide you with innovative teaching strategies, industry-specific vocabulary and practical tools to enhance your students' communication proficiency in project management contexts. By the end of this course, you will be well-prepared to create engaging and effective lessons that drive both language development and project management expertise.
Learning Hours
12 hours including study and assignment completion.
Course Objectives
1. To develop teachers’ understanding of how project managers communicate and how language supports decision making, clarity and collaboration.
2. To equip teachers with the skills to teach project management terminology through context, collocation and authentic documents.
3. To enable teachers to design tasks that integrate reading, writing, listening and speaking within project based scenarios.
4. To familiarise teachers with key project management tools (Gantt charts, RACI matrices, risk registers, Kanban boards) and how to use them as carriers for language.
5. To strengthen teachers’ ability to teach functional language for meetings, updates, negotiations, delegation and stakeholder communication.
6. To support teachers in creating role plays, simulations and case based activities that reflect real project communication challenges.
Who Should Study the Certificate in Teaching Project Management English?
The course will appeal to Business English trainers who wish to wish to develop their knowledge, skills and ideas in training English for Project Management or whose students are Project Managers.
Course Content
The course has the following content:
• Requirements to Teach Project Management English
• Needs Analysis and Contextualisation
• Teaching Project Management Terminology
• Teaching Functional Language for Project Management
• Integrating Skills into Project Management English Teaching
• Controlled Discussions and Experience Sharing
• What is a Project?
• What is Project Management?
• Project Failure
• What is the Role of a Project Manager?
• Communication Skills for Project Managers
• Documentation in Project Management
• Using Project Management Documents as Teaching Tools
• Vocabulary and Lexis for Project Management
• Collocations in Project Management English
• Creating a Project Proposal
• The Phases of Project Management / The Project Life Cycle
• Project Initiation
• Project Planning
• Project Planning and Time Management
• Kanban Boards
• Gantt Charts
• RACI Matrix
• Deadlines for Projects
• Project Planning and Risk Management
• Project Planning and Procurement
• Project Planning and Stakeholder Management
• Project Planning, Budgeting and Cost Management
• Project Execution
• Project Control and Monitoring
• Project Closure
• Understanding PRINCE2
• Understanding Agile and Waterfall
• Preventing Project Failure
• The PMI and PMBOK
• Examinations, the PMP and Using PMP Questions for Language Development
• Project-based Learning (PBL) and Project Management English
• Using Case Studies in Project Management English Training
• Research Tasks in Project Management English Teaching
• Simulations and Roleplays in Project Management English
• Developing the Presentation Skills of Project Managers
• Developing Delegation Skills for Project Managers
• Coaching a Project Manager or Project Team Members
• Assessment and Feedback in Project Management English
What You Will Receive
For the course, you will receive:
• A course overview with objectives
• Pre-course tasks to get you engaged in and thinking about the subject
• Course study notes including links to relevant external sources
• Post-course assignment options
• Assessment criteria (for information only)
Assessment
The course is assessed by an assignment of 3000 to 4000 words focusing on one of four options each involving an aspect of Project Management English training. All assignments involve providing a full rationale for any ideas, concepts, methods, materials, tasks and frameworks suggested. You will receive full written feedback on your assignment from an experienced Military English teaching professional.
Fees
£169 (GBP) / €199 (EUR) including course materials, assessment and certification.
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