British Council TeachingEnglish 04 April 2012

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 04 April 2012 Regular readers will know that the TeachingEnglish website has hosted a number of Guest Writers. Why not have a look at our archive where you can find articles and blogs by ELT luminaries such as Michael Swan, Dave Willis and Carol Read. 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 TeachingEnglish has been busy getting together some great materials for you to use in your classroom. We've got the latest in our series of lesson plans that look at Olympic events and this time it's focussed on cycling. There's also a whole lesson based on 'big' numbers. We've all had students who have problems with large numbers so this one might be useful to you.   There's also news of our latest 'blog of the month award', which this month was won by Chia Suan Chong who put in a great effort to keep up with all that was going on at IATEFL.   Last but not least, if you haven't visited our 'Great' section, you might be interested in a series of lessons that focus on the best aspects of Britain. If you think your students might like to learn more about the UK then this section could be for you.   Best wishes, Duncan  TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC Big numbers!    Lots of our students have problems with big numbers. Sometimes they don't know where to say 'and'. Sometimes they confuse numbers like 'sixteen' and 'sixty'. In this lesson students revise big numbers in a fun way. First they play a guessing game, then they play Bingo! They finish with a pair work jigsaw reading activity.   Read more  Cycling In this lesson students learn about cycling as an Olympic sport. They learn the vocabulary and the rules governing the sport. The lesson gives students the opportunity to revise the prepositions 'in' and 'on' and also lets them practice their speaking skills through discussion. Read more Touchable Dreams 2   This is the second time Jeremy Harmer and Steve Bingham have performed at BC Seminars, with the distinctive mix of poetry, music and language learning.   Read more Featured blog of the month for March Well, IATEFL was very prominent in the blogosphere over the last month, and so we've chosen a blog which reflects that. Chia Suan Chong has tirelessly covered the events in Glasgow, and her reports from a range of sessions at the conference are well worth a look. Read more  English for Academics: Introduction   In this blog we are going to describe the process of course design that the team selected by the British Council and led by Rod Bolitho will go through in designing a new product - English for Academics Course. Read more Great lesson plans Britain is a great place to visit, study and work! Download lesson plans, worksheets and posters all about Britain below, to use with your students.  Read more

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