Prestigious British Qualification in Teaching English

The Access Certificate in English Language Teaching ( ACE) with international benchmarks from City and Guilds, International, UK, is one of the key courses on offer at the Rainbow Institute of Communication and English ( www. rainbow. lk)

The institute set up recently, at No 44/ 1, Haig Road , Bambalapitya, is led by a group of eminent Sri Lankan academics, senior teachers and corporate trainers with strong professional and academic credentials backed with international exposure.

The institute is headed by Manique Mendis, a leading Communication specialist, with more than twenty five years of senior management experience in local and international organizations. The well known academic, Dr Mahim Mendis, a British Chevening Scholar with postgraduate research degrees from UK, USA and Singapore is the chief educational adviser of the institute.

Sandra Fernando, an award winning literary personality with rich experience in teaching in International schools in Sri Lanka and overseas, is providing leadership for quality assurance benchmarking and academic development. Ms Fernando is also serving as the Chief Instructor for the ACE course.

The Access Certificate in English Language Teaching of City and Guilds, International , UK, requires the learner to put in One hundred and fifty hours ( 150) hours and is held over a duration of six months.

Of this time frame, hundred ( 100) hours ( approx 4 months) are devoted to gaining a theoretical foundation in teaching. Issues covered include class room management, methodology and techniques of assessment.

Fifty ( 50) hours are devoted to teaching practice in real class rooms. The institute assists those following the course to find schools or institutes that suits their personal requirements for their teaching practice and provides personal coaching and mentoring for the teaching practice sessions too.

This course provides a valuable opportunity for current teachers of English, those aspiring to be English teachers, current teachers of other subjects who want to shift to English, to enhance their skills and obtain a prestigious internationally recognized qualification. It is an ideal platform for school- leavers to launch a career as English teachers. Corporate trainers who focus on teaching of Business English and Communication will also benefit by following this course and obtaining international certification.

The teaching methodology adopted at Rainbow, is the hands on, active engagement approach in keeping with the latest international techniques. Classes are confined to small groups and are highly interactive and practical. All Rainbow courses are subject to a strict quality control process, adhering to City and Guilds International criteria.

Classes are scheduled once a week, on Sundays, from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm at the institute’s premises in the heart of Bambalapitiya.

Call Rainbow Hotline 0114 380 400 or 0777352118, to ensure placement in the first batch. Only a few vacancies are remaining.