Since its introduction 20 years ago, AIM has transformed language classes all over the world.
Teachers who use AIM have reported increased engagement, motivation, focus, love of language learning and more speaking and writing from their students than ever before!

Upcoming Workshops

Workshop Levels

Step 1 - Get Started with AIM

This in-depth course is your first step in your AIM journey. After taking the ‘Get started with AIM’ you’ll be able to: 

  • confidently begin to Implement the unique ‘Gesture Approach’
  • know a Step 1 story well and understand how to introduce, review and develop proficiency based upon it
  • understand how rhyme, rhythm, music and dance support language acquisition
  • understand how to model simple language manipulation activities as well as Story Retelling, in order to develop maximum proficiency
  • gain strategies that support a true ‘Immersion’ or target language only classroom
    environment, through AIM routines and systems.

Step 2 - Refresh, Reinforce & Consolidate

Are you ready to improve your teaching practice? A refresher is just what you need! This course will reinforce the AIM approach and will help you drive deeper student engagement. You’ll also be able to: 

  • confidently continue to Implement the unique ‘Gesture Approach’
  • get a deeper understanding of how to introduce, review and develop proficiency based upon storytelling 
  • understand how rhyme, rhythm, music and dance support language acquisition
  • become more proficient in modeling simple language manipulation activities as well as Story Retelling, in order to develop maximum proficiency
  • gain additional strategies that support a true ‘Immersion’ or target language only classroom environment, through AIM routines and systems

Step 3 - Up your AIM-Game

Have you been teaching AIM for at least 1 year? Are you confidently using the Gesture Approach in your classroom? If you understand how to differentiate through total and partial questions and are ready to deepen your AIM knowledge and Up your AIM Game this is the course for you: 

  • deepen your knowledge of AIM techniques and strategies to develop oral
    language proficiency and ensure target language only!
  • learn to implement effective AIM games
  • understand AIM’s three-step inductive approach to grammar
  • deepen your knowledge of AIM’s most important creative activities - Story
    Retelling and Story Extension
  • understand how to assess with AIM

AIM Certification (Parts 1 & 2) 

An AIM certification is a collaborative learning experience, working one on one with an AIM mentor.  Through shared video samples and student work, you will receive highly personalized guidance and feedback based on your own implementation of the methodology. This unique way to move your teaching practice forward, will deepen your understanding of various techniques and strategies of the methodology and bring even further improvement of its practical implementation. As you develop your ability to speak knowledgeably about AIM to others, this may also lead to opportunities to facilitate AIM workshops. 

Practical: Improving your classroom practice

In Part One, you will receive one-to-one mentoring from a certified AIM teacher/mentor who will start where you are and help move your practice forward with AIM! Through sharing video samples and student work, you will receive guidance and feedback that is highly personalized and based on your implementation of the methodology.

Theoretical: Improving your knowledge of why AIM works

In Part Two, you will continue to work with a mentor and will deepen your understanding of various techniques and strategies of the methodology. This knowledge will bring even further improvement of practical implementation of the methodology. As you develop your ability to speak knowledgeably about AIM to others, this may also lead to opportunities to facilitate AIM workshops.