The Lorna Whiston Teacher Development Unit (TDU) offers a wide range of courses for English Language Teaching designed to support teachers and educators who work with young learners (3-16 year olds) with their on-going professional development.

The courses offered by our TDU can be tailor-made to suit the specific requirements of your school or institution. So far we have trained more than 1,200 teachers in over 80 primary and secondary schools in Singapore.

At Lorna Whiston, we firmly believe in the importance of the on-going professional development of teachers and educators working in the field of Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL). Moreover, we believe that teacher training courses should offer practical assistance and support to teachers in the form of innovative ideas and creative solutions that can be easily and effectively introduced and implemented in the young learner classroom.

Our approach to teacher training is therefore to encourage a high level of participation and interaction, so that participants are actively involved in the learning and development process, and are able to develop a sound understanding of the ideas and principles under discussion.

Here is some selection of teacher's comments:

"Highly relevant and interesting ideas that are applicable for my lessons"
Saint Anthony Canossian Secondary

"The ideas and skills learnt are really useful - have already applied them to my classrom teaching"
Zhonghua Primary School

"The trainer is very well-prepared and knowledgeable. She is full of enthusiasm which is infectious. Her laughter and acting skill is superb"
Meridian Primary School