E V O L V E S C H O O L: British Council TeachingEnglish 4 July 2012

TeachingEnglish Newsletter

4 July 2012

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Welcome to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter. This week we are pleased to announce the publication of the free downloadable book 'The Benefits of the English Language for Individuals and Societies: Quantitative Indicators from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia and Yemen'.

This week's top story on TeachingEnglish explains how the British Council are partnering Burma's Ministry of Education to train thousands of English teachers to improve the English levels of 2 million young Burmese each year.

Would you like to write to our website? You can read about our forums for teachers and find out where to post your comments and blog entries on the TeachingEnglish website. You can also read Nik Peachey's blog on how he uses social media for his professional development.

How do your students see you? We've got an interesting video for teachers to watch on this topic. For teachers to use in the classroom this week we have a lesson all about shopping in London which develops students' speaking skills and practises the use of idiomatic language.

Enjoy!

Sally

TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC

Book: A custom report compiled by Euromonitor International for the British Council

The British Council commissioned a report to map quantitative evidence of English language against the importance it imparts to individuals and to countries. The countries researched for this purpose are Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq and Yemen.

Top story: British Council announces new commitment to helping Burma develop its education sector

Aung San Suu Kyi has called on the UK to help reform her country's education system. As a first step towards this, the British Council are partnering Burma's Ministry of Education to train thousands of English teachers to improve the English levels of 2 million young Burmese each year.

Blog: How I use social media for my professional development

This has been a common theme to many of the presentations, workshops, webinars and seminars that I have been asked to do over the last few years, but however many times I try to present on this subject I never really feel that I get the message across as clearly and persuasively as I would like.
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Forums on TeachingEnglish

This is the place for you to ask colleagues around the world questions related to teaching, and offer your suggestions too. Don't forget on TeachingEnglish you can also have your own blog and express your opinion by adding comments across the site.

Video: Being a teacher

Have you ever wondered about how your students see you? This short film from our series of video tips is about being a teacher. What's important to you as a teacher? How do your students see you? Find out what Christine and her students say. Write to the site and leave your comments.
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Lesson plan: Shopping is Great

This lesson is about shopping in London and develops speaking skills and the use of idiomatic language. Students give a short presentation, discuss shopping habits and write a collaborative story.The students' own experiences and opinions form the basis of all discussions and written work.