TeachingEnglish Newsletter 06 November 2009

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 06 November 2009 We would like to welcome our new Guest Writer Gavin Dudeney who will be blogging on the site and answering your questions over the coming month. 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 the first contributions from our new Guest Writer Gavin Dudeney.   You can also find our regular blend of top tips and practical advice as well as information about an upcoming conference and the new UK ELT Directory. Sincerely, TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC English for Progress online This year for the first time we will be hosting a virtual Policy Dialogue alongside the face to face conference in Delhi 18-20 November 2009. English for Progress online went live on 4 November. Read more UK ELT Directory This directory shows the range of ELT-related services currently available in the UK for teachers, trainers and policy makers. Directory categories include: journals, online providers, publishers and exam boards. Read more Consumer Society The aim of this lesson is to give students practice in reading for information and argument in an article about consumer society and give them an opportunity to discuss their opinions about the topic. Aimed at Upper-Intermediate learners the lesson plan is based around a text from the British Council LearnEnglish Central website. Read more Being Resourceful This is the first of two articles by Gavin Dudeney for TeachingEnglish, during his month on the site as Guest Writer. It looks at ways of dealing with 'the digital divide'. Have a look and comment or ask Gavin a question. Read more Gavin Dudeney video interview At IATEFL Cardiff earlier this year, Rob Lewis of the British Council interviewed Gavin Dudeney about his career and his views on English language teaching, including the role technology has to play. Read more

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