Teaching in English
Mastery of English as a medium of education (EME) is essential to international and academic careers. This practical course for early-career researchers and other staff members comprises three presemester workshops (dates: 4, 11, and 18 February), in-semester individual coaching, observations, and teaching practice, and three in-semester evening workshops (dates 7, 21, and 28 May).
(More details are available in KSL: Prepare to Teach with Confidence in English: Optimizing Use of English as a Medium of Education 493791). Registration in ILIAS by 1 February, 2026.
At the end of this course, participants can
- efficiently prepare and confidently deliver lectures, seminars, and tutorials in English,
- confirm student uptake and understanding in frontal teaching situations such as lectures,
- quickly identify and repair misunderstandings in English dialogue with students,
- distinguish students’ problems with language from problems with subject understanding,
- deliver instructions for active learning tasks of varying complexity,
- practice a range of microteaching and active learning techniques in English,
- understand cultural differences in discourse structure and expectations,
- apply AI tools, especially LLMs, to help prepare for teaching, and
- evaluate their own and others’ pronunciation, vocabulary choices, speech patterns, and discourse structures.
To register, please contact simon.milligan@unibe.ch directly.