Topic: Error Correction and Encouragement: Taking the Fear out of Feedback

Description: This webinar offers practical tips for ways to respond to student errors in a way that fosters learning without increasing anxiety. It provides educators with additional strategies for correcting mistakes in the language classroom while also promoting both fluency and accuracy.

Topic: Vocabulary Development

Description: This webinar will focus on what it means to know a word, using Nation's'Form, Meaning & Use' categorization. We will also look at practical activities you can do with students to ensure they are deepening their knowledge of, and ability to use vocabulary.

Topic: Unique studets; Unique lessons

Description: Each pupil has their own talents, strengths, and learning styles. How can we teach a whole class while at the same time, attending to individuals? This webinar will provide some encouragement and ideas for designing lessons aimed to reach all pupils, each with their unique characteristics. 

Topic: What's in a book? How to select textbooks and materials that are right for your class

Description: The modern-day publishing industry presents teachers with a multitude of printed, online, and mixed media materials. How do you choose the one that's best for you and your learners? Is it enough to flip through the pages and look at the grammar topics? Does it matter where the textbook was published? In this webinar we'll consider these are many more important factors in selecting materials that will prove effective for you and your learners.

Begins in the Summer Residency Session; continues online

Second Language Acquisition

Teaching English as an International Language

Fully online classes

Linguistic Theory and Language Teaching

Methods of Second Language Pedagogy 

Fully online classes

Curriculum and Materials Design

Language Assessment

Integrated Skills Practicum runs throughout Terms 2 and 3

Begins in the Summer Residency Session; continues online

Research Methods    

Action Research Practicum    

Fully online classes    

Program Administration / Pedagogical Grammar      

Thesis I    

Fully online classes    

Thesis II    

Thesis Defense and Graduation during the Summer Residency    

Begin your adventure in TESOL by studying the inherent complexities in English language teaching within contexts that are increasingly globally connected. Challenge and strengthen your assumptions and beliefs about English in an international context by considering appropriate teaching practices with your classmates from around the world.    

Familiarize yourself with linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics). Solve linguistic puzzles to deepen your understanding of language. Discover how linguistics informs your classroom practice.

How does the brain process languages? Does age impact language learning? What learning styles do my students have? The course will broaden your knowledge of the theoretical approaches to second language acquisition and the issues surrounding the process of acquiring a second language.

Design a complete language course from start to finish. Begin with a needs analysis, develop materials, outline goals and objectives, and craft a learning plan that includes the latest technology and multimedia for your learners.

Learn practical techniques and best practices for teaching reading, listening, speaking, and writing which are culturally and contextually appropriate. Consider how motivation, attention, proficiency, and aptitude impact learning.

How can I measure my students’ language ability? First, study the theories behind langauge assessment, language tests, and important statistical concepts. Then, design your own formative and summative evaluations for English language courses and programs.

Your turn! Plan, apply, and reflect on your own pedagogical techniques. Prepare real lessons for real students and then reflect on the appropriateness of those pedagogical techniques for your students.        

Do research in your own classroom. This advanced course will combine the theory of research methodology in the language classroom and the Plan/ act/ observe/ reflect model of inquiry.  Students will select an area of language teaching to analyze, hypothesize, and test their own theories in their own classrooms. 

Learn to teach English grammar well. This course deals with the theory and practice of in teaching grammar. Discuss how grammar instruction fits into current theories of language teaching. Analyze types of feedback and create materials for teaching grammar.

Consider managing your own language program. What are the best practices for teacher recruitment and development? Learn the basics of program management, administrative decisions, and tasks related to marketing, admissions, registration, and budgeting. 

You are a researcher! The course serves as a foundation for doing research in applied linguistics. Study quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection and analysis. Be introduced to the basic concepts of descriptive and inferential statistics and learn to interpret the statistics of published studies.

Take the final step. Use your TESOL knowledge from this program to design your own research project, mentored by one of our instructors. After a review of the literature and a consideration of research methods, draft a research proposal. Then, proceed to collect and analyze your data, culminating in a thesis report which you will present to our faculty. The completed product is a substantial thesis that you will be proud of!

Education Exchanges Support Foundation is opening a Call for applications for 70 Lithuanian state scholarships for full-time Master’s degree or integrated studies (a part which is equal to Master’s degree studies) at Lithuanian higher education institutions for the year 2021. Funding under the Call will be provided to the citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Georgia, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Moldova Ukraine and foreigners of Lithuanian origin from non-EU and EFTA countries:

• A monthly scholarship and a grant covering the study cost is offered to citizens of:

Ukraine (30 grants);

Belarus (20 grants);

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, foreign citizens of Lithuanian origin, Moldova, (15 grants altogether);  

• A monthly scholarship is offered to citizens of China, Israel, Japan, South Korea (5 grants altogether).


A monthly scholarship is equal to 400 euros. The grant covering the study cost is limited to and cannot be higher than the national standard study cost.  

Funding is offered to limited amount student, first application deadline is May 7, 2021. Read more on government page."

The Lithuanian government distributes over 10 million EUR in student loans annually. For more information on government student loans visit www.vsf.lt or contact us at sfs@lcc.lt.

Looking for new knowledge and skills to grow as working professional? Many employers are willing to provide financial support for their employees; talk with your management to discover if they are willing to provide such an opportunity for you.

Please contact our admissions team if you require any additional information or help.

According to Lithuanian law, amounts paid for studies (when higher education and/or qualification is obtained upon graduation, as well as doctoral studies and art post-graduate studies) by residents of Lithuania can be deducted from the taxable income and thus decrease the income tax for residents. If a person whose studies are being paid for is under 26 years of age and tuition cannot be deducted from his/her taxable income, the tuition can be deducted from the taxable income of one of his/her parents/foster parents. If a loan is taken to pay for studies, the amounts that can be deducted are the amounts repaid. The tuition is to be deducted in the annual income declaration.

The highest net benefit of this deduction is income tax savings amounting to 15% of tuition. For more information on Income tax benefit visit www.vmi.lt.