E V O L V E S C H O O L: TeachingEnglish Newsletter 7 May 2010

TeachingEnglish Newsletter

07 May 2010

We would like to thank Dario Banegas who has been our Guest Teacher this month. We will have a new Guest Teacher coming soon but, in the meantime, you can still follow Dario's blog.

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Welcome to another TeachingEnglish newsletter. This week we need your help with a global project which is investigating primary school teachers' experiences of teaching English. If you teach young learners you can contribute to the project by taking part in an online questionnaire.

In this edition you can find out about the 25th anniversary conference of the Teacher Trainer journal and also check out our latest video tip which contains advice for teaching teenagers. There's also a new page of suggestions about how best to use arts and crafts activities on LearnEnglish Kids, and a request for advice from one of our readers. We also have a new poll: Should we teach a simplified version of English?

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TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC

Survey for primary teachers

We would like your help with a project called Investigating Global Practices in Teaching English to Young Learners. We are very interested in finding out about primary school teachers' experiences of teaching English, the activities they use and the challenges they face. The project is being run by Dr Sue Garton and Dr Fiona Copland and Professor Anne Burns and is being funded by the British Council.
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The Teacher Trainer journal Anniversary Conference

In 2011, the Teacher Trainer journal will be 25 years old! So they want to celebrate that quarter of a century. They hope you will join them at their 25th Anniversary Conference. They want to bring together readers, subscribers and contributors to the journal so we can all share perspectives and practical ideas on teacher education.
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Using LearnEnglish Kids for arts and crafts

There are tons of things to make, as well as videos to watch on LearnEnglish Kids. On this page you will find tips and ideas for using and extending arts and crafts activities in the classroom.
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Yoga as a warm up?

I am going to be teaching a group of lower intermediate young people (10-14 yrs) on a residential summer school and I am wondering about whether to try some simple yoga exercises as a warm up at the beginning of the morning. I have a qualified yoga teacher friend who can give me a few safe and simples moves to try - but I am wondering if other teachers out there have tried this.
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Should we teach a simplified version of English?

English is now recognised as an international language which is used by people from many different backgrounds and with many different native languages. With this in mind, should we not think about teaching a simplified version of the language which is easier and quicker to learn?
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