TeachingEnglish Newsletter 19 December 2009

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 19 December 2009 Alan Maley is with us until the end of the month as Guest Writer - join in the discussion on his blog. 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 final TeachingEnglish newsletter of 2009. We have the latest from our Guest Writer Alan Maley, and our Guest Teacher Nigussie Negash. You'll also find plenty of activity ideas for Christmas lessons.   Over the coming days we'll be taking a break at TeachingEnglish, so the next newsletter will be out in the week beginning 5 January. All that remains now is for us to wish you a merry Christmas if you're celebrating it, and a very happy new year! TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC Creative writing for language learners (and teachers) 'One of the chief distinguishing characteristics of CW texts is a playful engagement with language, stretching and testing its rules to the limit in a guilt-free atmosphere, where risk is encouraged. Such writing combines cognitive with affective modes of thinking.' Read more Christmas activities from LearnEnglish Kids There are lots of Christmas activities on the British Council's site for young learners which you can use with your students during the festive season. Here you will find tips and ideas for using and extending the activities in the classroom.   Read more Vanishing dialogue This activity practises language of ordering food in a restaurant, although it can be adapted for any scenario. It's a great way to consolidate language and recycle vocabulary, and can be used with any number or level of students. Read more Whose pronunciation should we teach? In his latest blog entry, Guest Teacher Nigussie Negash argues for exposing learners to as many varieties of accents as you can. What do you think? Read the full text and join in the discussion. Read more Does good teaching equal good learning? 'One of the key questions which surfaces constantly in discussions among teachers is 'what makes a good lesson?' And this inevitably leads on to related questions like, 'What is a good teacher?' and 'What do good teachers do?' What do you think? Read more

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