This programme gives participants a comprehensive practical and theoretical background in the difficulties related to learning English as a foreign language. Participants will receive tools to assess students' learning problems and to build personal as well as class EFL intervention programmes for all age groups.

Course coordinators: Dr. Janina Kahn Horwitz and Ofra Rosenstein

Target population: Qualified English teachers with a B.A or a B. Ed. Degree.

Time: Thursdays - 14:00- 19:15.

This is a two year programme (504 hours) at the end of which participants will receive a certificate from the Ministry of Education stating that the participant has extended his/her qualification in the field of Learning Disabilities. This, in addition to a Gmul Hishtalmut with a grade.

Subjects to be studied:

• Introduction to learning disabilities
• Difficulties in language development
• Foreign language acquisition for children with learning difficulties
• Assessment tools for building intervention programmes
• Strategies for teaching English to children with learning disabilities
• Instrumental enrichment in English
• Vocabulary acquisition in a foreign language
• The computer as a tool for remediation