TeachingEnglish Newsletter 05 December 2009

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 05 December 2009 This week we welcome another Guest Writer to the site. Alan Maley will be sharing his vast experience with us in both blogs and articles. 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, after the excellent work of Gavin Dudeney, we would like to welcome another Guest Writer to the site. Over the coming month we will be enjoying contributions from Alan Maley. Alan and will be blogging about his all areas of his expertise over the coming month.   Also in this month's newsletter we have: a new lesson that helps students practice the past simple; a lesson looking at how new words are created; and contributions which look at the challenges of teaching EAP and ESP. Feel free to get involved, ask questions and add your own experiences. Enjoy the weekend, TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC How new words are created This lesson looks at how new words are created in English. It encourages learners to analyse words they already know and to understand more about meaning from form. It also encourages them to experiment with new words and possible meanings - an important skill in manipulating language. Read more When did you last...? This is a simple activity to set up and gives Elementary level students plenty of opportunity to speak and practise using the past simple  Read more New Guest Writer: Alan Maley "I am an alien in the blogo-sphere, so I am not at all sure how to proceed.  So 'whatever', as they say, let's just give it a go." We've got a new Guest Writer on the TeachingEnglish site. Get to know a bit about Alan Maley by having a look at the rest of his biography and following his posts. Read more The Challenges of teaching EAP in EFL contexts In an EFL context, I have found motivating learners the most challenging aspect of my teaching job. If students don't have motivation, then the teaching- learning process becomes a one sided show (reminds me of what Coleman referred to as 'puppet show', from his observation in Thai language classrooms some years back). Read more ELT and critical thinking A successful communicator is also an effective critical thinker. I don't know whether you agree or disagree with this statement. I teach ESP and I strongly feel that critical thinking is very important for students. The role of the ESP practitioner is to develop students' language skills and promote their critical thinking skills too. Read more

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