British Council TeachingEnglish 24 August 2011

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 24 August 2011 Guest Writers like Carol Read have been a regular feature of TeachingEnglish since 2008. Watch out for a new series starting later in 2011, where guests will be writing on the site and giving workshops. 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! This week's TeachingEnglish newsletter features a new video teaching tip that explores whether or not the phonemic chart is useful when teaching English. Why not watch our teachers Peter and Clare present their ideas and then let us know your own thoughts? If you've never tried using the phonemic chart with your students we're also featuring an article that demonstrates lots of ways for you to indroduce it in class.   If you teach young learners it's still not too late for you to enter them in the LearnEnglish Kids 'What's your news?' video competition. The best video will be published on the LearnEnglish Kids website. The newsletter also includes a simple word game that's suitable for high level students and finally, there's a cry for help from one of our readers who is about to be interviewed for a place on a CELTA course, can anyone help her out?   Best wishes   Duncan   Teaching English Team | British Council | BBC Using the phonemic chart    Teachers often disagree on whether or not to use the phonemic chart in their lessons. Watch Peter and Clare argue for and against, then why not tell us what you think. Do you use the phonemic chart with your students? Why? Why not?  Read more  Integrating pronunciation into classroom activities Pronunciation work has traditionally taken a secondary role in language teaching to work on grammar and more recently lexis. In my work as a teacher trainer I have been surprised at how often experienced teachers are reluctant to tackle pronunciation issues in class. Read more  Test your vocab   How many words do you think you know? This interesting website is part of an American-Brazilian research project, and gives you an estimate for how many words you know following a short two-stage test. It's free and gives you a result immediately when you finish the test, which might take up to 10 minutes.     Read more What's Your News? video competition  Don't forget this exciting 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  One word stories   This activity is extremely simple. Each student adds a word to create a group story. Despite the simplicity it can be really challenging and I would only use it with higher levels.The teacher can begin by saying the first word and each student adds the next word. Read more      CELTA interview at International House - HELP! Hello - I have an interview early next week for a CELTA course. I've been told that I will need to do two written tests each lasting 30 mins (one of the tests will relate to my Pre-Interview Assessment). I have no idea what this involves or what to prepare. Please can anyone who has done a similar interview provide any guidance or explain what exactly the tests involve? Read more

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