TeachingEnglish Newsletter 11 August 2010

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 11 August 2010 Fitch O'Connell has now finished his time blogging on the site. Upcoming Guest Writers include Adrian Underhill and Jamie Keddie. In the meantime you can still see previous writers' articles on the site. 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. Premier Skills Enabling learners and teachers to communicate in two of the world's global languages - football and English. Welcome to the latest from TeachingEnglish! We're back after a short break, and this week bring you some ideas for using tongue twisters, a debate on methodology, a new lesson plan and more. Look forward to seeing you on the site, or on our Facebook page. Best wishes, Rob TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC    Tongue twisters She sells sea shells by the sea shore. How fast can you say it without making a mistake? There are lots of ideas on how to use the tongue twisters from LearnEnglish Kids here. Read more Conversation lesson - news 'Where were you when you heard about..?' There are some news stories which leave nobody in any difficulty when answering this question. Download this lesson plan and worksheets on news stories to use in class.  Read more Cuisenaire rods in the language classroom Technology-free tools that have been somewhat overlooked in recent times, Cuisenaire rods can still be used in countless ways in the classroom. Read this article to find out how.  Read more Your preferred methodology What has the strongest influence on the way you teach? Could you say it's any one particular methodology? Or maybe just the coursebook you're using? Vote in our poll and join in the discussion. Read more Interactive white boards They do generate a lot of discussion - we have a new forum entry from a teacher whose schools are just beginning to install them. Do you have any advice for him on how to start using them? Read more

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