TeachingEnglish Newsletter 12 February 2010

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 12 February 2010 Carol Read has been continuing her excellent work blogging on the site. To read her posts about using stories with children check out her 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 another edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter. Carol Read has been blogging about the power of stories with young learners and would welcome any comments or question you may have. Visit her blog now to find out more. Also new this month we give you the opportunity to become an ELT TV star at this year's IATEFL conference in Harrogate. The successful applicant will have all conference and travel expenses covered. We also have some fantastic new story telling materials from the British Council in Paris plus the usual mix of activities and articles and the opportunity to get involved in a the latest discussions. TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC Promoting diversity through children's literature At the British Council's Teaching Centre in Paris, as part of our holiday programme for children, we are using carefully selected storybooks from the rich world of authentic children's literature to raise awareness of diversity. Children attend these week long, 15 hour story-based courses for three hours each afternoon. Read more Do you want to be an ELT TV star? The British Council / IATEFL Harrogate Online Project is looking to recruit someone to join the team of live online presenters for the live broadcast from the IATEFL Conference in Harrogate, April 2010. This is a unique opportunity to be part of the Harrogate Online Team and play a role in our live online conference coverage. Read More Mingling: True or false? This is a simple mingling activity that can be used with low level groups to provide practice in asking and answering questions. The lesson is designed for adults but could also be used with older teenagers. Read More A framework for planning a listening skills lesson Listening is one of the most challenging skills for our students to develop and yet also one of the most important. By developing their ability to listen well we develop our students' ability to become more independent learners, as by hearing accurately they are much more likely to be able to reproduce accurately. Read More Theory & Practice 'I don't like theory. I'm a hands-on teacher.'  How many times have you heard similar sentences coming from a colleague? It has happened to me countless times - I have heard this piece of 'wisdom' coming from both ELT practitioners and postgraduate students. Read more

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