TeachingEnglish Newsletter 30 April 2010

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 30 April 2010 Dario Banegas has been posting regular updates on his Guest Teacher blog. Why not catch up with his latest piece on 'developing materials' and let him know what you think.  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. In this week's edition we have a brand new BritLit Kit which is the first to use audio, video and text to create a complete and compelling narrative. There is a more traditional activity which gets your students sharing ideas about language learning and a complete lesson plan looking at the ever popular topic of money. You will also find a new blog from our Guest Teacher, Dario Banegas, in which he looks at the art of developing materials and you may like to take the opportunity to respond to an intriguing question posed by one of our readers: Is it possible to be too professional? TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC Discussing languages This is a discussion activity that you can use to find out about your students' opinions of language learning and how important they think it is. It gets your students talking and sharing opinions but also gives you a chance to listen in and to understand their motivation and attitudes towards languages. Read more Coming Home This BritLit kit is the first of an experimental kind in which video, audio and text are all used to create the full narrative; in fact, all three media need to be used for the story to be told. Lawrence comes home early from school one day and finds his mother with a man other than his father. What is he to do? Read More Vocabulary lesson: Money This lesson aims to raise students' awareness of verbs which collocate with 'money', give them practice of using them and promote learner autonomy by encouraging the deduction of meaning of unknown lexis from context. Read More Developing Materials The word 'materials' in education does not solely refer to a coursebook. As Tomlinson (2003:1-2) states, materials include anything which can facilitate language learning and its development is a vital opportunity for professional development since processes such as production, evaluation and adaptation of materials reflect the teaching principles and beliefs that teachers possess. Read More Too professional? Is it possible to be too professional?  I have just commenced a teaching position at a language school. I am enjoying the position but I am facing criticism from colleagues and parents for being too professional in my approach to the curriculum and lessons.  I have been asked to not follow the rules so much!  I would value some input from other teachers on this matter. Read more

Forward email This email was sent to evolve.school@gmail.com by teachingenglish@britishcouncil.org. Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. Email Marketing by British Council TeachingEnglish | British Council | 10 Spring Gardens | London | SW1A 2BN | null