TeachingEnglish Newsletter 14 June 2010

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 14 June 2010 Our Guest Teacher Rania Jabr has been busy updating her blog this week and has published a new piece about using 'webquests' with your classes.  Read more Facebook Keep up to date with the latest updates on TeachingEnglish via our Facebook page.  LearnEnglish Kids Children can develop their English skills with topic-based games, songs, stories. LearnEnglish 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. As the world cup kicks off in South Africa we have a special football feature, with information about the Premier Skills website's World Cup English section and an updated World Cup lesson plan for you to try.   This week's edition also features a new paper by Hywel Coleman that looks at the role of the English language in development. There's information about updates to our BritLit series from Fitch O'Connell and a new poll for you to vote in: should students aim for native speaker pronunciation?   Best wishes, TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC    World Cup English The Premier Skills website has launched a World Cup English section for the duration of the World Cup, full of materials for learners and teachers. It will have: daily blogs, online interactive quizzes, football based games and fans video content. Read more The English Language in Development In this fascinating and very readable paper on English and development, Hywel Coleman looks at questions such as the role of English in employability, in international mobility, in accessing information, and English as an impartial language. Read more Same as the teacher? This activity is designed to be used as a vocabulary review or test of existing knowledge of the learners' vocabulary. It generates lots of words and is a lot of fun. The categories can be changed to suit the level and learner.   Read More  Football World Cup 2010 Pronunciation is very important to successful spoken communication. But how important is it for students to speak English like a native speaker? It may be something that many students would like, but is it actually that important? What's your view? Read More Carapace gets a polish The older BritLit kits have been receiving a regular series of facelifts over the past year or so, and the latest to do so has been 'Carapace', based on the story by Romesh Gunesekera. As a matter of interest, this story was suggested by some teachers as suitable for the BritLit treatment around six years ago, and has proved to be one of our most popular kits ever since it was first launched. Read more Should students be taught to aim for native speaker pronunciation? Pronunciation is very important to successful spoken communication. But how important is it for students to speak English like a native speaker? It may be something that many students would like, but is it actually that important? What's your view? Read More

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