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| Carol Read, the author of 500 Activities for the Primary Classroom and one of our favourite Guest Writers will be posting her first article on Monday. If you teach young learners you may want to check it out.
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Welcome to this week's TeachingEnglish newsletter. Those of you who have been following the site recently will know that yesterday was the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great English author Charles Dickens. Tomorrow you can watch a special event bringing the author's work to life through music and readings. You can follow it live from 18:45 UK time.
Also this week we have a brand new BritLit workshop called 'Strap box flyer' which you can use in class and there's news of a TeachingEnglish webinar looking at dealing with challenging learners.
Finally you might like to check out our latest featured blog from Sandy Millin, the featured post looks at keeping learners motivated as they navigate their way across the intermediate plateau.
Enjoy!
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| | |  | Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. You've probably noticed that we've been celebrating this landmark with a series of materials (and now a blog too) on TeachingEnglish. On Thursday 9 February, you will also be able to watch our special British Council event, Bent and broken into a better shape: the magical storytelling of Charles Dickens.
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|  | What is a challenging learner? Why do some learners challenge us more than others? How can we understand challenging behaviour in a different way so that we can teach these learners better in the classroom? This webinar will address these questions and explain the effects of loss, trauma, violence and neglect on the brain, learning and behaviour. Read more |
| | |  | Giffen is an unpleasant man who is always on the lookout for ways to trick money out of 'suckers' and his amazing glue seems to be the perfect way to do this. Until he come across Flinty, that is. Strap Box Flyer is from the pen of one of Australia's most popular writers for children, Paul Jennings.
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|  | 'Tanggap, tiklop, tago' (receive, fold, keep): Perceptions of best practice in ELT INSET
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| | Effective in-service training (INSET) is vital for both teacher development and curriculum reform. This paper contains a number of practical guidelines on how to maximise the potential for 'best practice' in ELT INSET. The research was conducted in the Philippines where Waters and Vilches gathered data from both INSET suppliers and end-users.
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| | Featured blog from January
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| | This month, our featured blogger is Sandy Millin. We enjoyed her entry 'Motivation Stations', which deals with a situation many teachers will be familiar with: how to keep students on the 'intermediate plateau' motivated.
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| | | | Second Life is a virtual world. People use it for various purposes, teachers for learning, teaching and professional development. Here teachers exchange ideas, collaborate on projects, there are language schools, and conferences are organized regularly.
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