British Council TeachingEnglish 02 November 2011

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 02 November 2011 You might still catch Luke Meddings, the latest in our series of Guest Writers. You can read his reflections on the idea of introducing a Dogme couresebook here. 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.  Welcome back! This week in the newsletter we have the latest in our series of video tips. In this one Vikki looks at ways you can use flashcards in your classrooms to help younger learners. We also have the second in our series of featured blogs which this month features 'language moments' by Dale Coulter. There's a lesson for you to try with teenagers or adults that looks at the sport of gymnastics and there's an article from the archives which examines the differences between traditional grammar teaching and using a more 'lexicalised' approach. Finally one of our readers is new to teaching and would appreciate any help you can give them about how to teach absolute beginners. Best wishes   Duncan   TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC Flashcards                  How do you use flashcards in your class? Watch Vikki, and then let us know how you use them by leaving a comment below. Remember to check out our flashcard maker too! If you like the song at the end, you can find it on LearnEnglish Kids.   Read more  Grammar vs lexis or grammar through lexis? In this article, informed by the Lexical Approach, I reflect on grammar instruction in the classroom, including my own teaching, and make suggestions on how it can be 'lexicalised'. I consider the problems with 'traditional' grammar teaching before arguing that what we actually need is more grammar input as well as showing how lexis can provide necessary 'crutches' for the learner.           Read more  Gymnastics In this lesson students learn about gymnastics as an Olympic Sport. They learn the vocabulary and the rules governing the sport. Students can see a web version of this lesson on LearnEnglish. Read more     Featured blog of the month It's time to announce the second TeachingEnglish featured blog post! This month, our featured post is by Dale Coulter, who's based in Italy. It's a well written 'lesson skeleton' on asking questions, not too long/too short - and easy for a teacher to follow and use in their own class. Why not have a look and give it a try in one of your lessons? Read more  Absolute beginners Would anybody be kind enough to point me in the right direction. I do not have teaching experience but have been asked to help a friend to learn English. I thought I would go for a walk with her and have simple conversations about our surroundings, but she doesn't understand the simplest of sentences, so we have decided to start from scratch.              Read more

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