E V O L V E S C H O O L: Mei 2010

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31 May 2010

Rania Jabr is still with us as Guest Teacher; why not take the chance to catch up with her latest posting about academic language learning and leave your own thoughts.

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Welcome to the last TeachingEnglish newsletter of May. In this edition you will have the opportunity to download a new electronic book dealing with the tricky problem of when, whether and how to teach English to primary learners. You will also find information about the British Council's latest free mobile applications.

As always, there is some practical material for you to use in your classroom in the form of a lesson plan about neighbours. You can follow Rania Jabr's latest blog entry and let us know your opinion by voting in our latest poll: Can testing have a negative effect on learning?

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TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC

British Council launches mobile apps

English teachers and students can now download new, free mobile applications for iPhone/iPod Touch and Android.
On iTunes you'll find Elementary Podcasts, Big City Small World, and MyWordbook, the first two being based on materials on the new LearnEnglish site.
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Young Learner English Language Policy and Implementation

Whether, when, and how to teach English at primary level. An international team of experts from around the world met to debate these questions - this is a selection of key chapters by leading thinkers on policy and implementation of English teaching at primary level from around the world.
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Conversation lesson - Neighbours

Neutral topics tend to revolve around everyday things, but do give everybody chance to talk. And after all, you can make anything interesting if you try. This speaking lesson is all about neighbours - something nearly all students will be familiar with.

Academic language learning

The three most critical components in English language teaching are learners, materials, and teachers. These three elements must interact to ensure the success of the whole teaching/learning process. When dealing with weak learners but strong materials and an experienced teacher, a positive result from the teaching process can be certainly expected. But, how can this be achieved?
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Can testing have a negative effect on learning?

Testing is very common in the classroom. But what exactly is the purpose of a test? Are they designed to help students learn or to provide evidence of learning? There is a related article on this topic which you may like to read before considering this point: Testing and Assessment.
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Survey for primary teachers

The survey is still running - if you teach young learners aged 7-11, your experiences and opinions are very important to us. Please contribute to the project by completing an on-line questionnaire. It will only take about 20 minutes!
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