Training

Teacher Training

LiveABC trains the teachers who use our courses, through workshops and online classes on the Live Teacher Training Network, Cambridge English teacher development, and training for partner schools abroad.

Live Teacher Training Network

The Live Teacher Training Network (teacher.liveabc.com) is LiveABC's training website for English teachers and school leaders in Taiwan. Our headquarters has run professional training courses for more than 15 years and holds over 100 sessions a year, combining face-to-face workshops with live online classes and a library of recorded lessons. Members join courses at member rates and have access to lesson plans, festival teaching ideas and other teaching resources.

Teachers who use Come To Live can also earn a Come To Live teacher certificate by watching training videos and passing the related tests.

Course types

New teachers

An introduction to English teaching, beginner to advanced methods, classroom management, and teaching the alphabet and phonics.

Pre-school and children's English

Teaching methods for LiveABC courses, from phonics, songs and movement, and storytelling to web-school and smart-pen activities.

Junior high English

Grammar across textbook editions, reading literacy, exam and GEPT preparation, and multimedia teaching.

Cross-curricular (CLIL)

Content and language integrated learning through art, Live Science and the LiveAR Smart Campus.

Topics and seminars

Sessions with child psychologists and experts in four-skills teaching and marketing, plus seminars and new-product launches.

School management

Management, operations and enrolment strategies for school directors and managers.

Cambridge English teacher training and exams

LiveABC works with Cambridge English (Cambridge University Press & Assessment) on English teacher training and testing. Our Cambridge teacher development has included the Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) and the CELT-P and CELT-S teaching courses for primary and secondary teachers.

LiveABC is also a Cambridge English authorised exam centre for the Young Learners exams (Pre A1 Starters, A1 Movers and A2 Flyers), with public exam sessions in Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung.

Our Cambridge-qualified trainers

Claire, Mauricio and Johanne hold the Cambridge Train the Trainer (TTT) qualification, Cambridge English's course for experienced teachers who train colleagues, observe lessons and give feedback.

Claire

LiveABC Teaching Director. MA in TESOL from the University of Southern California, children's English teacher trainer for university extension programmes, and speaker at the ETA-ROC international conference on English teaching.

Mauricio

Teacher trainer qualified through Cambridge Train the Trainer (TTT).

Johanne

Specialises in adapting and localising teaching materials, differentiated instruction and teacher development, helping teachers design courses and activities for local needs and learner levels. Former LiveABC teaching editor, co-author of senior-high English textbooks and translator of books on teaching, with experience leading more than 100 teacher workshops and corporate English seminars. Holds Cambridge CELTA and Train the Trainer (TTT) qualifications and Taiwan's Ministry of Education certificate for teaching Chinese as a foreign language.

Course areas

Courses led by our Cambridge-qualified trainers are built around the areas of Cambridge English teacher development and adapted to each school's needs. Workshops on the Live Teacher Training Network have also covered using AI to teach English writing and teaching with the Live Horizons course.

TKT Module 1: Background to language learning and teaching
TKT Module 2: Lesson planning and use of resources for language teaching
TKT Module 3: Managing the teaching and learning process
Teaching young learners (TKT: Young Learners)
Content and language integrated learning (TKT: CLIL)
Lesson observation and feedback on teaching practice

Training for schools and partners abroad

For partners and schools outside Taiwan, LiveABC offers training on our courses and digital platforms, online or on site. Our Latin American team, for example, runs online teacher training across the region.

Training on LiveABC courses, eTextbooks and digital platforms
Live online training sessions
On-site workshops with LiveABC trainers
Teacher development built on the Cambridge English framework