British Council TeachingEnglish 23 May 2012

TeachingEnglish Newsletter  23 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. LearnEnglish Teens 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 series of business lessons. 'Meetings 1: Getting down to business' deals with the major dilemma of whether it is better to get straight down to business, or if it is important to allow small talk? The texts in this lesson present arguments from opposing viewpoints, which may help students to question their own assumptions. There's a lesson from our 'Great' series about music and music festivals, which aims to develop students' speaking, listening and reading skills . We also have a lesson about badminton as an Olympic sport, which helps students learn vocabulary and the rules governing the sport. We have ideas that you can use at the end of your school year - or at any time. A class magazine can be an excellent way to round off the academic year and focus the whole class on working together towards a common goal. Students also work together in the soap opera activity to create a profile for a group of people and imagine their relationships to each other.   From our series of seminars on areas of contemporary interest in the field of English language teaching and learning, Barry O'Sullivan takes a look at language testing; past, present and future. Have fun!   Sally  TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC  Meetings 1: Getting down to business  The beginning of a meeting presents a major dilemma: is it better to get straight down to business, or is it important to allow or even encourage small talk? The texts in this lesson may help students to question their own assumptions. Read more  Music is Great This lesson is about music and, in particular, music festivals, which have become an increasingly popular phenomenon in recent times. Students focus on speaking and listening. They also practise reading for gist and reading for specific detail. Read more Badminton   In this lesson students learn about badminton as an Olympic sport. They learn the vocabulary and the rules governing the sport. Students also practice scanning reading skills, speaking skills and review verbs which take infinitives. Read more A class magazine  Class projects can be an excellent way to get everyone working together towards a common goal. Taking some 'time out' from regular classes can help group dynamics and you may also give quieter or less able students a chance to shine.  Read more  The soap opera      In this activity students create a profile for a group of people and imagine their relationships to each other. They then construct a soap opera based around the characters and write a scene from the soap opera. Read more Language testing: looking back and looking forward In this seminar Barry O'Sullivan takes a look at language testing, all the way from Imperial China to the present day global industry, and considers where testing might be going in the future. Read more

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