TeachingEnglish Newsletter 20 November 2009

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 20 November 2009 This week Guest Writer Gavin Dudeney publishes his second exclusive article for the TeachingEnglish website. 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 another TeachingEnglish newsletter. This week we have news of the re-issue of a number of important British Council publications on the TeachingEnglish website. You will also find the latest exclusive article from Guest Writer Gavin Dudeney and a lesson plan based around learning styles.   If you would like to make your voice heard in the TeachingEnglish community you can contribute to a discussion about co-education or take part in our latest poll - which English should we teach? Sincerely, TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC Milestones in ELT Over the last 75 years, we have issued many important publications that have set the agenda for ELT professionals, often in partnership with other organisations and institutions. As part of our 75th anniversary celebrations, we are re-launching a selection of those publications online. Read more Personal learning networks This is the second article by our Guest Writer Gavin Dudeney in which he looks at the much-hyped micro-blogging platform 'Twitter'. Rather than using the site for simply letting people know what you're up to, Gavin describes how you can use it to create personal learning platforms. Read more Learning styles This lesson is based on an audio extract which can be found on the British Council LearnEnglish Professionals website. It encourages students to reflect on their learning styles and gives them an opportunity to put into practice the learning strategies they hear on the audio. Read more Which English? British English? American English? Indian English? There are many different forms of English depending on where you are in the world. So which one should you teach - if any? Is it worthwhile pointing out differences in grammar, spelling, pronunciation and usage, or should we aim to teach an International English? Read more Does co-education corrupt the youth? Some think that co-education is best and some favour separate schools for boys and girls. The intensity of the problem may be different from country to country and culture to culture but the attraction to opposite sex is the same all over the world. Read more

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