TeachingEnglish Newsletter 23 October 2009

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 23rd 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. This week's content includes Tessa Woodward's latest article, and news of a new directory which you may find useful if you are a researcher. Sincerely, TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC Story writing - creative thinking Writing stories is an exciting and creative activity and yet students often seem resistant to undertaking this task. I think it is important to break the task down into small stages so students don't get discouraged, and place emphasis on the creative part. Read more How to be a trainer 'I In the first article I wrote for this guest writer spot, I looked at all the basic questions we can ask about being an English language teacher trainer, educator or mentor. I chose the question for discussion, 'How do I know if I am ready to be a teacher trainer?' This time I would like to take the question, 'How can I do my job?'. Read more Directory of UK ELT Research 2005-08 Compiled by Shelagh Rixon and Richard Smith of Warwick University, the Directory of UK ELT Research 2005-08 contains information on 857 research outputs from 52 institutions. This covers books and chapters in books, articles in journals, conference papers, doctoral theses, and unpublished research, as well as funded projects. Read more What kind of training do teachers want? One of the wonderful things about a site like this is that if we, as teacher trainers, have a question we want to ask of our professional community, we can put it out on the 'cyber waves' and have the chance of getting responses from all over the world. Read more Time management Sometimes I find it difficult to manage time especially when teaching grammar. A good teacher always knows how to manage his time, but as far as I'm concerned, I wonder whether they have understood the lesson, that's why I tend to do a lot of drills and a lot of exercises; because of that, I lack time. What should I do? Read more

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