Mentor
Courses: a resource book for trainer-trainers
Author:
Angi
Malderez and Caroline Bodoczky
ISBN:
0-521-56690-8
[paperback]
Publisher:
Cambridge
University Press
Address:
Cambridge
University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge, CB2 2RU,
UK www.cambridge.org
Date
of Publication:
1999
Classification:
Resources
to support mentors
Intended
Audience:
Mentor
trainers, but also anyone leading a group/ class over a period
of time
Strengths:
The book is derived from the experience of mentor trainers in
Hungary, developing courses over 120 hours each for primary
and secondary school-based training of teachers of English over
a number of years, so the authors draw upon very extensive experience
There is a theoretical rationale for their approach, best
classified in terms of P. Ur’s ‘enriched reflection’
model
The book includes a large number of practical activities,
lasting between 10 minutes and 1.5 hours, grouped by objectives.
They are described in detail, including useful guidance from
experience on likely responses from mentors, and supported
by photocopiable support materials to use within the sessions
The book is derived from the experience of mentor trainers in
Hungary, developing courses over 120 hours each for primary
and secondary school-based training of teachers of English over
a number of years, so the authors draw upon very extensive experience
