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Hello and welcome to the TeachingEnglish newsletter. This week we have our usual mix of articles, comments, questions and activities. We have the second article by our Guest Writer Fitch O'Connell on the use of poetry and we introduce you to 'Word of the week' a new video section on LearnEnglish Kids. Finally a couple of our readers would like your help; one would like to know your opinion of Michael Lewis's 'lexical approach' to teaching English and another would like to know whether you think it is important to always have a course book. Why not let them know your ideas? Best wishes, TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC   |
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 | 'Word of the week' is a new video section on LearnEnglish Kids that aims to teach children vocabulary that they may not find in their English course book. The videos show children in the UK using words like 'cheeky', 'chill' and 'fan'. The words are spoken individually and then the children show how the words are used in context by means of a short dialogue.
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 | Poetry, and poetry with a distinct whiff of metaphysics no less, might not be the first choice of most teachers of Year 10 for engaging their students' interest. As adults we know that overactive hormones and poetry can go well together, though not usually in a public place. Poetry, in the middle of your teenage years, is not something to share with the wider world, unless you are a graffiti artist-cum-poet perhaps.
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| This is a short teaching resource kit based on the Moniza Ali poem 'Fish Swimming'. You can read about how two schools exploited this poem to create flash animation on this site. You can see the flash animation referred to in that article here: http://www.wordpowered.org/fish_swimming Read more |
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 | For many teachers in the northern hemisphere it is almost time to wind down and recuperate. One of the traditional ways that people have 'wound down' has been to pick a pile of books that can be devoured during the delicious free time that has appeared. For many, it is also an opportunity to read 'lighter' books, as if the holiday period means that any guilt of reading 'low brow' books has been lifted.
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| Hi all, I have some questions in mind and would like to discuss your views of the lexical approach by Michael Lewis. The lexical approach presented a new view of language and offered a more detailed account of lexis. As English teachers: 1-What do you think of the approach? 2 -How would you use it (or use parts of it) in your classroom teaching? Read more |
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| Hi everyone, Is it always better to have a course book and then use some extra materials as well? Or maybe it is better to work with different materials and not stick to a course book at all? What do you think? Thank you very much in advance.
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