British Council TeachingEnglish 07 December 2011

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 07 December 2011 Gavin Dudeney, co-author of How to Teach English with Technology, is just one of the writers to have appeared in our regular series of Guest Writers. 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 Everyone! Welcome to the TeachingEnglish newsletter. This week we are pleased to say that the TeachingEnglish Facebook page has been nominated for an Edublog 2011 award for the best educational use of a social network. If you've used our page perhaps you'd like to vote for us. This week's featured article looks at ways you can help young learners develop their listening skills. It looks at the nature of listening and why we need to develop our learner's skills. We're also pleased to announce the latest in our series of featured blog awards, which this month goes to the Tefltecher blog for a lesson based on the idea of being burgled. Why not give it a try? Kind regards, Duncan TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC Edublog awards 2011   TeachingEnglish is very pleased to announce that the TeachingEnglish Facebook page has been nominated in this year's Edublog Awards in the Best educational use of a social network category. You can find out more and see which other networks have been nominated here.   Read more  Listening for young learners In this article I will briefly focus on how I try to develop listening skills with our young learners who are learning English as an additional language. I will identify a number of learning theories, together with a list of considerations and cautions with some insights that I have gained from trying to make listening in my classroom more comprehensible. Read more Featured blog of the month   It's time again to announce our latest featured blog. This month, we've chosen a post by Ian James, from his 'TEFL Techer' blog. It's an idea for a lesson based on an interesting news story from the BBC, about a burglar who seems to blame his victims for being burgled. Have a look - it's well worth trying out. Read more      Five Reasons for Using Authentic Video in the Classroom   This blog entry gives five reasons for using authentic video in the classroom as part of teaching English. With the proliferation of video websites teachers are turning their eyes on this resource to bring some life and energy into the classroom.     Read more Using comic strips on developing creative thinking and writing skills I am wondering if anybody can help me find books, articles, studies, theses, dissertations, videos or anything concerning using comic strips on developing creative thinking and writing skills. Thank you in advance.   Read more

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