British Council TeachingEnglish 03 May 2012

TeachingEnglish Newsletter  9 May 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 Adrian Underhill, Carol Read and Michael Swan. 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 to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter. This week we'd like to introduce you to our new LearnEnglish Teens website. LearnEnglish Teens is for English learners between the ages of 13 and 17. Do you know any teenagers who might be interested? We have a free-to-download publication on language policies and practices in Europe. This collection of essays address the thorny issue of how to deal with languages - national, regional, minority, immigrant and foreign- in Europe. You might also like to read our latest featured blog by Fiona Mauchline. Fiona provides insights into how teenagers think and gives some great ideas for speaking activities to use with this age group. For your classes this week we have lessons aimed at practising different skills. 'Knowledge is Great' develops students' speaking and reading skills, 'The soundtrack game' is a lesson based on listening, and 'Writing: mini things' focuses on editing and accuracy in writing.   Bye for now, Sally  TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC  LearnEnglish Teens  Check out our new website for teens. LearnEnglish Teens is for English learners between the ages of 13 and 17. Teens can improve their English, practise for exams or just have a break from their studies with some fun activities in English.   Teenagers can register for a free account on LearnEnglish Teens. Read more  Towards a language rich Europe: multilingual essays on language policies and practices This collection of 20 essays is the first of a number of initiatives under the British Council Language Rich Europe project, a two and a half year initiative to explore language policy and practice, facilitate knowledge sharing, and promote multilingualism across Europe. Read more Featured blog of the month for April Our latest featured blog is Fiona Mauchline's - 'macappella'. Fiona is based in Spain, and in April wrote a great post on how to get teens really talking by personalising, rather than personalisation - to find out the difference, read the blog entry!    Read more Knowledge is Great This lesson is about learning and education with a focus on education in the UK. It develops the use of adjectives to describe feelings as well as speaking and reading skills. The students' own experiences and opinions form the basis of all discussions.  Read more  The soundtrack game    In this lesson, students become familiar with the sports which make up the Olympic Games then they do a listening exercise to identify the sports from the commentary. They also practise being sports commentators, while their classmates 'act out' the sports. Read more Writing: mini things Sometimes when we ask students to write a composition they spend very little time at the important editing stage. In this lesson students will do a couple of 'short writing' activities with the focus on editing and accuracy. Read more

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