TeachingEnglish Newsletter 16 October 2009

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 16th October 2009 Guest Writers have been a regular feature of TeachingEnglish since the site was relaunched in 2008. Our current guest is Tessa Woodward.  Read more Language Assistants Find regular advice and classroom support for English language assistants. LearnEnglish Kids Children can develop their English skills with topic-based games, songs, stories. LearnEnglish Central Develop your English, with language games, downloads, stories and articles. BritLit The aim of BritLit is to help teachers from around the world to exploit English literature in the ELT classroom. Welcome to the TeachingEnglish newsletter. Once again you will find a familiar mix of the latest content from the site, including a new area all about languages native to the UK. Sincerely, TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC Bend it like Beckham  'Bend it like Beckham' is better known as a film, but Nharinder Dhami's book of the same name follows the film faithfully, even reproducing some of the dialogue. The materials in this kit are based on the pivotal Chapter 7 of the book, and also make reference to the film. Read more What kind of training do teachers want?  'I expect you have views, maybe strong views, on what you do and don't like about the teacher training process, the topics often covered, the manner of the trainers, the way training sessions are structured and so on.' Read more UK languages and cultures  Did you know English is not the only language native to the UK? You can find out about other UK languages on these pages. In addition to general background, there are some teaching ideas and resources. Read more Controversy in the classroom  After publishing lesson materials with a controversial theme on TeachingEnglish, we received a comment from a site user saying such issues shouldn't be dealt with in the classroom. What do you think? Read more Halloween There are lots of activities for Halloween on LearnEnglish Kids, the British Council's site for young learners, which you can use with your students to mark the occasion, from a song about a Scary Skeleton to a story about a Haunted House. Read more

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