ACE Course Teacher Training - Teaching English through the Bible

Are you or your church involved in mission outreach to overseas students or immigrants? Are you planning an overseas mission trip? Are you looking for Bible-based ESL materials for your Sunday school kids?

Course description:

This course equips teachers and missionaries with an innovative method that integrates the student-centered, TESL teaching methodology in teaching the English Bible. Teaching English through the Bible is a time‐honored way in introducing Christian concepts in various settings, including campus, mission fields, Sunday schools, churches etc. In this training, you will learn how to conduct mission work in a cultural sensitive way, based on an evangelistic English enhancement course (ACE course)*. Trainees who complete the course will learn how to teach biblical arts, cultural elements and English expressions in the Bible in a creative way.

*ACE course (Learn Arts, Culture and English Expressions through the Bible) is an evangelistic course developed by Society for English Learning through Biblical Literature, aka SELBL (www.selbl.org) that integrates the student‐centered, TESL teaching methodology in teaching the English Bible. It has proven success in places such as China, Hong Kong, Canada and United Kingdom. Over 90 % students became more interested in learning the Bible and English after taking ACE course.

Recommendation:

'The SELBL material is a very straightforward, easy to understand introduction to English usage and idioms. In using the Bible it draws upon the text which is easily the most influential and accessible book in the English language. I commend these courses.' - Rev. Peter White, Former Minister of Sandyford Henderson Memorial Church, Glasgow and Former Principal of Glasgow Bible College

"My students had attended the course and they had been greatly benefitted. Apart from learning English they had the opportunity to share, to discuss, to perform, to appreciate art and music of the western culture. This is really a very good course for students, highly recommended." - Dr. Wong Fook Yee, Adjunct Professor, Geography and Resources Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Dates : 26 - 30 May 2026 (20 hours in total)

Place : Balwyn Gospel Chapel, 2 Leonard Street, Balwyn, Victoria 3103

Contact : [email protected]

Cost :

Basic course starts from 26 May 2026 Tue- 27 May 2026 Wed, 6pm-10pm, at $200 (or $100 if you can only attend 1 session).

-Basic course entails the teaching demonstration of 10 ACE course lessons, from Old Testament to New Testament. Online attendance is available.

Teacher training starts from 9am-1pm, 30 May 2026 Sat at $100

-Teacher training entails an overview of teaching methodology of how to combine ESL teaching with Bible teaching in an evangelistic approach.
-Teacher book of ACE course will be given to participants

Online attendance is available.

Practicum starts from 2pm-6pm, 30 May 2026 Wednesday at $100

-Participants will be asked to demonstrate a lesson and feedback will be given to their teaching.

Online attendance is available.

Payment should be made on the day.

Those who successfully submit their take-home assignment and pass the practicum satisfactorily will be given the ACE course Teacher Certificate, which allows you to teach the ACE course programme within a set of guidelines.

For more information and resources on the methodology of teaching English through the Bible, please visit http://www.selbl.org, the world's first bilingual website on learning English through the Bible.

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