E V O L V E S C H O O L: British Council TeachingEnglish 13 June 2012

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13 June 2012

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Welcome to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter. This week we have two new seminars from our series on areas of contemporary interest in the field of English language teaching and learning. First watch Luke Meddings putting dogme into practice and then see him answering questions about his lesson. For more on a similar topic, read our latest featured blog of the month; Anthony Gaughan's 'Teacher Training Unplugged'.

What vocabulary to teach and at which levels? To help teachers to plan courses, syllabi and lessons we have the Word Family Framework. Also for the classroom this week we have a lesson which gives students the chance to learn about the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and to test their knowledge with a 'Factfile Quiz'.

Teachers often want to keep developing and moving on in their professional field. This week we have an article that poses the question: 'Am I ready to be a teacher trainer?'

Bye for now.

Sally

TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC

A dogme lesson with Luke Meddings at Exeter

Our latest seminar is a dogme lesson with Luke Meddings. These seminars aim to encourage debate on areas of contemporary interest in the field of English language teaching and learning. Here you can watch Luke teaching a mixed nationality class in Britain.

A dogme lesson with Luke Meddings at Exeter: Question and answer session

Luke Meddings talks about lesson plans, the role dogme can play in the course curriculum, how he deals with new language during a dogme lesson, lesson aims, and group work. His students also give their opinion of the lesson.

Featured blog of the month for May

Our latest featured blog of the month is Anthony Gaughan's 'Teacher Training Unplugged'. Anthony works as an English language teacher and teacher trainer in Hamburg, Germany. His latest post, 'A for Attentiveness', is his response to a question posted on the IATEFL facebook page.
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Word Family Framework

The Word Family Framework (WFF) places 22,000 words on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). It shows how words within the same family are placed at different levels and is aimed at teachers who can use it to plan courses, syllabi and lessons.

English for the Games: Factfile

What do students know about the Olympic and Paralympic Games? Do they know how they first started, and what sports are represented? This lesson gives students the chance to learn about the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and to test their knowledge with a 'Factfile Quiz'.
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Am I ready to be a teacher trainer?

Experienced teachers sometimes ask themselves the question, 'Am I ready to be a teacher trainer?' They may ask it in response to a request from a boss to run a workshop, in response to seeing a job advert, or in response to their own desire to keep developing in their professional field.