British Council TeachingEnglish 16 November 2011

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 16 November 2011 Luke Meddings, co-author of Teaching Unplugged, was the latest in our regular series of Guest Writers. If you missed his postings you can catch up with them 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.  Hello again! Welcome to this week's newsletter which is full of exiting new content from the TeachingEnglish site. We have a lesson plan that looks at the modern and interesting urban sport of parkour, why not try it with your students. There's also a lesson on the more conventional sport of basketball. For our more studious readers we have the latest in our Research Papers series, this time focussing on the impact of professional development in China. On a similar theme there is the British Council's continual professional development framework which will help you decide which point you're at in your career.    Finally one of our readers is quite new to teaching and would appreciate any help you can give him on deciding on the most appropriate method to use when in the classroom.  Happy teaching, Duncan   TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC Parkour                      What do you and your students know about the non-competitive urban sport, parkour? In this lesson students read about this activity, focus on informal language, then ask and answer questions about other activities in pairs.  Read more  Basketball   In this lesson students learn about basketball 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  The impact of CPD on teachers of English in China   This is the latest in our Research Papers series, covering the impact of continuing professional development in China which concludes that the recognition of English as an essential element in the modernisation of China. Read more      Continuing professional development You are on a journey as a teacher of English. But where do you want to go? What do you need to do to get there? What's the best pathway for you? Watch this video, then select the stage you're at below. Read more  So many methods! As a relative newcomer to teaching English, albeit fairly late in life, I am amazed at the variety and sheer volume of advice on teaching methods. My question is this; is the tried and trusted method of my youth still valid? If not, which basic principle should I follow to achieve my goal of teaching Thai adults how to improve their spoken English?                  Read more

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