British Council TeachingEnglish 22 June 2011

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TeachingEnglish Newsletter 22 June 2011 Guest Writers have been a regular feature of TeachingEnglish since 2008, and have included Adrian Underhill, Dave Willis, Scott Thornbury and Barry Tomalin, among others. You will find their blogs on these pages, covering a wide range of subjects. Read more English Language Assistants Find regular advice and classroom support for English language assistants. LearnEnglish Kids Children can develop their English skills with topic-based games, songs, stories. LearnEnglish Central 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.  Hello again and welcome to another edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter. This week we have a new activity that you can use in class with adults and teenage students. If you haven't heard of the famous British scientist Alan Turing then it might be of interest to you. We have a new video seminar on the topic of producing materials for IELTS. It's the latest in our video seminar series and is presented by Sam McCarter in London. Also for teachers looking for professional development there is a new workshop from our in-service teacher development series. Finally, if you'd like to help some less experienced teachers with your ideas, there are questions about how to help develop teaching skills and how to teach teenagers. Best wishes, Duncan Teaching English Team | British Council | BBC The Turing Test This activity involves students writing a series of questions for online 'robots' and would be ideal for intermediate level younger learners. It's inspired by the 'Turing Test': can machines show human behaviour?    Read more   Producing materials for IELTS This seminar with Sam McCarter was filmed in London earlier this year. Eleven of Sam's books have concentrated specifically on IELTS and he uses his wealth of knowledge in the field to support his presentation. Read more Reflective practice 1 This is a free online workshop for teachers. Reflective practice is the process of thinking about, evaluating, analysing and reviewing what takes place in the classroom. Its goal is to improve and transform our teaching.  Read more What's Your News? video competition There's a new video competition on LearnEnglish Kids! Give your learners a summer project to do at home and they could win some fantastic prizes. The best videos will be published on the LearnEnglish Kids website. Read more How to develop speaking skills Hi everyone! I have already posted a question on how to teach speaking to children. The information provided by some of you helped me finish my research paper on that topic. Now I'm working with two colleagues on a new research paper on how to teach speaking to teenage learners. I'd like to hear your opinion on this subject. Read more Teaching teenagers - advice please! I'm a newly qualified teacher having just completed the CELTA Cambridge course and I'm starting my first job as a teacher in 2 weeks time. The job is at a Summer Camp in Reading where we teach for 3 hours in the morning and then the rest of the day is made up with learning English through activities (typical summer camp). Read more

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