E V O L V E S C H O O L: TeachingEnglish Newsletter 06 April 2011

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TeachingEnglish Newsletter

06 April 2011

You will have to wait until later in the year for our next Guest Writer, but in the meantime you can check out the archive of articles and blogposts from famous ELT names, such as Alan Maley, here.

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This week we are pleased to announce that TeachingEnglish is about to undergo a significant face lift. We will still have all the same articles and lesson plans but the site should be even easier to use than before. We have also updated our ipad app'Sounds right' and it will be available on the site soon.

The newsletter will be away for 2 weeks as the TeachingEnglish team attend the IATEFL conference in Brighton and take a break for the Easter holiday.Don't forget that if you aren't able to go to this year's IATEFL conference you will be able to follow all the action live with the IATEFL online project. If you are able to attend we hope to see you there!

Best wishes,

Duncan and Rob
TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC

New look for TeachingEnglish

Over the next few weeks, you will notice TeachingEnglish is changing. You will still find the same content, the same lesson plans, articles and more. However, we hope to make it more accessible through a clearer menu, with less confusing terminology, and a more visual look.

Sounds Right - updated

Sounds Right is the British Council iPad app. It's a free interactive pronunciation chart for learners and teachers of English. We will shortly be adding the updated chart to TeachingEnglish.
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Multipliers, ELTeCS Peru and a new TA Handbook

It seems that the conference season's just starting again! TESOL was just a couple of weeks ago, IATEFL in a few more days, calls for papers out on Twitter, Facebook and landing in our email in-tray - and we've got that nice feeling again... it's good to be in our vibrant ELT profession.
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Get in line

This is a kind of class survey where you can practise asking for personal information. The great thing about this activity is that nobody needs to write anything so you need absolutely no materials, all you need is enough space for your whole class to stand up in a line (it doesn't have to be straight!)

The grammar syndrome

I have been teaching grammar to second language users of English, what I generally find is that learners are not very interested in learning grammar & the worst part is they have their own pre-conceived notions on the subject which makes it all the more difficult to learn. What should one do apart from using grammar games in the classroom to make the session more interesting & worthwhile.
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IATEFL 2011: Brighton Online

The 45th IATEFL Conference takes place in Brighton, UK between 15th and 19th April 2011. The programme includes over 400 workshops, posters, talks, panel discussions and symposiums by international presenters from over 60 countries. If you can't attend the Brighton IATEFL Conference, follow the event online!
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