E V O L V E S C H O O L: TeachingEnglish Newsletter 23 September 2010

TeachingEnglish Newsletter

23 September 2010

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Welcome to the TeachingEnglish newsletter. In this week's edition there are plenty of things for you to get involved with. As well as materials to use in class, there's a new poll for you to take part in; let us know what you think about reading aloud in class, is it useful or not? And there's a novice teacher looking for some advice from experienced one-to-one teachers.

In other news Fitch O'Connell has started to blog from the Hay Festival in Segovia and there's news of the British Council Online Learning Suite, exciting new and free online courses from the British Council and ALISON.

Finally, the deadline for the ELTons 2011 is fast approaching - find out more on TeachingEnglish!

Best wishes,

Duncan
TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC

All about me

This lesson provides students with a live listening on the topic of the teacher's personal interests and opinions. The students then use this as a model to chat about similar topics with their classmates using basic tenses and a variety of structures.
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Opinion poll

In this activity students practice forming questions and explore opinions regarding migration. They create their own questionnaire and survey classmates, friends and family. The activity is based on themes from the British Council OPENCities project.
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British Council Online English Suite

In partnership with ALISON, a training company offering free online courses and certification on a variety of subject areas, British Council has produced over 600 hours of interactive, multimedia English language courses: British Council Online English Suite. The course is adapted from the original British Council Online English Suite.
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Hay in Segovia

The last time I was involved with the Hay Literature Festival in Segovia was two years ago, and it involved the poets Owen Shears and Gillian Clarke (both Welsh, incidentally) and the renowned author of children's books, Michael Morpurgo.
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How often do you get your students to read aloud in class?

Getting students to read out loud is a common practice in many classrooms, but do you think it is an effective way to help students to learn and practise English? What are the advantages and disadvantages?
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One to one teaching

I'm trying to elicit some advice from experienced teachers (especially with one to one teaching) for the following one to one problems. For example, the student feels uncomfortable or shy in a one to one situation, or the student wants the teacher to dominate the conversation.
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