E V O L V E S C H O O L: TeachingEnglish Newsletter 23 February 2011

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TeachingEnglish Newsletter

23 February 2011

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Welcome to this week's TeachingEnglish newsletter! In order for us to make the newsletter better for all you busy teachers out there we'd like to get some feedback from you about what you like and what you don't like. Take our latest survey to let us know.

There is also news of a new mini-course on our recently introduced 'Networks' pages. This is the second in a series of mini-courses that will be produced every month.

There's another Facebook app for learners of English available on the LearnEnglish Facebook pages, and information about how to build your own PLN from one of our regular technology bloggers. Finally there's a request for help from one of our readers.

Best wishes,

Duncan
TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC

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Mini courses for Teacher Associations

As part of out new Networks area we are producing a series of mini courses for teacher groups and associations. They provide training on how to manage teacher networks and we will be adding a new course every month, so watch this space!
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Superlative noughts and crosses

I like to use this activity to promote the use of the superlative form. It utilises a well-known game that students find stimulating and fun to play. Have a selection of superlative adjectives readily prepared. For example strongest, fastest, biggest, heaviest, tallest, most dangerous, etc.
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Pic your wits

We've released a new Facebook app for learners called 'Pic your wits'. Why not challenge your learners? To play the game, you have to guess what the image is. The faster you guess, the more you score! You have three chances to get it right!
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What's a PLN, why build one and how?: Part 1

The word PLN seems to have become very popular recently, so I thought we could have a look at what it is and how it works. Firstly, PLN stands for personal (or professional) learning network. That's fine but what is a personal learning network and why would we need one?
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Can somebody help me with this vocabulary and structure?

I have to teach: A group type class (at most 8 students), attending a 4 week course, 4 hrs a week, seeking to learn vocabulary and English structure: What approach should I choose to teach vocabulary, what approach should I take once students will produce linguistic tasks, what should I target while teaching English structure? Thank you in advance.
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