I. SLTC provides training programs for students and teachers:

Programs for students

1.Miracle refresher (MR)
This program seeks to effectively repackage students' existing knowledge of the language. Students are tested both at the start and conclusion of the program. STLC guarantees an increase of at least one proficiency level grade in both speaking and reading scores. The program may last from 12 to 30 hours.

2. Survival course (SC)
Aimed at novices, this program provides skills necessary for survival in a foreign language environment. The program includes learning to read city signs, use public transportation, eat in restaurants, purchase food, order tickets, and reserve hotel rooms. In 30 - 40 hours this program arms the student with monologues and comprehension tools to ensure communication at a basic level.

3. Intensive language course (ILC)
This program raises the students existing proficiency level while stressing the effective utilization of materials mastered through communicative techniques. The program is designed both for beginners and advanced students. The minimum amount of hours for this program is 60 depending on student's time availability.

4. Seminars "How to improve your foreign language immediately"
The essence of the seminar is to teach foreign language student to present his/her language in the most effective and impressive way. The seminar can last from one day to two weeks. The seminar is designed both for individuals and for large groups. The audience for this seminar may include students of the same foreign language or of different foreign languages.

5. Seminar "Discover your learning style"
This seminar helps students to identify their learning style and thorough increase the effectiveness of their learning. It also provides advice which exercises are most appropriate for specific styles. The seminar ranges from 6 to 18 hours.

6. Seminar "Successful interview"
This seminar teaches students to use their foreign language successfully in an interview environment. The program has special value for professionals from different fields and can have a significant impact on their professional career. The length of a seminar is tailored to student needs.

Programs for teachers

1. Seminar "High Quality Teaching Performance"
SLTC conducts training seminars and consultations on the main principles of high quality teaching performance for teachers of all languages. The focus of the seminar is on the quality of the language exercise as the main element of teaching foreign students. The amount of hours of this seminar varies.

2. SMTC (The Shekhtman Method of Teaching Communication) Seminar
This seminar is based on using communicative tactics as a principle of teaching speaking and listening. The seminar shows a system of communicative exercises and provides other training devices. The seminar implies the active participation of listeners. Two types of seminar are provided: an 18-hour seminar and a 54-hour seminar.

3. Seminar "Intercultural Element in Foreign Language Programs"
This seminar considers the differences in mentality between a native speaker and foreign student. It shows the importance of this difference in communication between them and also the influence of intercultural issues on language itself. The seminar needs 6 months advance order. Participants need to schedule this seminar 6 months in advance.

4. Seminar "How to Identify the Learning Style of Your Students"
This seminar is based on research on identification of student ability to absorb languages. It considers a wide rage of types of students learning styles and provides an effective mechanism for adapting language exercises to individual learning styles. The seminar consists of several workshops that last a total of 18 hours.

II. Services

1. E-consulting
SLTC provides e-consulting regarding all the aspects and issues of the above mentioned seminars and programs for students and teachers. The price of consulting depends on the amount of time necessary for our specialists to answer your questions.

2. Curriculum and Instructional Design
SLTC provides curriculum and instructional design for Advanced Language Courses. This 80-hour course focuses on generic principles of instructional design for the high-level-proficiency classroom and the application of these principles in the classroom and in homework assignments. Tasks, grammar, language practice, refinement of vocabulary, and sociolinguestic aspects of language acquisition are presented, discussed, and applied in hands-on activities and lesson writing by participants.

3. Program and Evaluation
SLTC provides evaluation of foreign language programs and recommendations for program improvement.

Contact us for more information on these programs, and how we can tailor them to your needs and budget.