E V O L V E S C H O O L: TeachingEnglish Newsletter 28 June 2010

TeachingEnglish Newsletter

28 June 2010

Our thanks go to Rania Jabr for her hard work as Guest Teacher over the last few weeks. Taking Rania's place is TeachingEnglish's own Fitch O'Connell. Fitch is in charge of the Brit Lit section of the site and will be blogging over the coming weeks.

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Welcome to another TeachingEnglish newsletter. This week we say thank you and goodbye to Rania Jabr and welcome to Fitch O'Connell. Fitch is the brains behind the Brit Lit section of the site and he'll be blogging over the coming weeks.

In other news we are pleased to announce the release of the first three LearnEnglish Facebook applications designed to help your learners practice their English. They are available now on the LearnEnglish Facebook page.

Also this week we have plenty for you to try in the classroom with a whole new lesson plan 'Rich!' and a new activity 'A theft in the hotel'. As ever we want to hear from you about your teaching experiences, especially about what teaching is like in your country. You can also lend a helping hand to one of our readers who thinks he has been too nice for too long, why not let him know what you think about going from 'nice guy' to 'strict guy'.

Best wishes,

TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC

Facebook apps for learners

Developed for English language learners (and teachers...) we now have three apps on our LearnEnglish facebook pages. You can check them out here: The Magic Gopher complete with its mesmerising music, Beat the Keeper and Trolley Dash.
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Rich!

This lesson takes a light-hearted look at money and magazines. Students invent their extremely wealthy future selves and then take turns to be journalists interviewing and writing for 'Rich!!' magazine.
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Theft in the hotel

This activity is a role play that allows students to take control, decide how the story will develop, and use their imagination. It can be used with a range of levels as students drive the content, but they will have to think on their feet and use the language in real time as they can't prepare for what is going to happen.

Teaching English in your country

There has been a lot of discussion on this site about the positives and negatives of being a teacher. Do you have enough support to be a teacher in your country? Is it a respected profession? What do you enjoy most about being a teacher? Watch what teachers in Vietnam and Macedonia have to say, and let us know your opinion below!
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Fitch O'Connell - biography

While many people - perhaps most - can trace their chosen careers along a fairly smooth line, possibly progressing from design to opportunity, maybe my journey can best be described as one taken by a nomad who, while appearing to be lost at times, always thought he knew where he was, even if he didn't know, or care, where he was going.
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The makeover: from nice guy to strict guy

I am afraid that I have been the nice and patient teacher for too long, and we are getting towards the end of the semester. New house rules right away and repeat them at the beginning of the next semester or just new house rules the next semester. What are your thoughts on this?
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