British Council TeachingEnglish 05 September 2012

TeachingEnglish Newsletter  05 September 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  Welcome to our new website with material especially designed for teenage learners. 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 are pleased to announce 2 major annual events: the ELTons 2013 and the 3rd International English Language Teacher Educator Conference in Hyderabad. For the classroom we've got an interesting video on developing critical thinking. Take a look at how Alister uses a map of the world with his young learners to encourage them to think.    We also have a few activities for you to use in those all important first lessons of the new academic year and a lesson plan designed to get your students talking about themselves and their ideas.   Finally, would you dare to ask your students and colleagues to rate your classroom performance? Alex Walsh did, and if you're interested to know what he found out, take a look at his reflections on our featured blog of the month - AlienTeachers.   Enjoy!  Deb   TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC Video - Critical Thinking Our latest video is about Critical thinking. Watch Alister using the concept of maps to encourage more critical thinking in the language classroom.  Watch video     Top story - ELTons 2013 call for applications The ELTons, sponsored by Cambridge ESOL, are the only international awards that recognise and celebrate innovation in the field of English language teaching (ELT). Read more Blog - AlienTeachers   Our latest featured blog of the month is Alex Walsh's Alien Teachers. Alex is an English teacher in Seoul, South Korea who believes that as teachers we shouldn't ever stop learning or developing. In "Payback Time: Lessons From The Harshest Teacher Trainers (My Students!)" Alex reports his findings after taking the brave step of inviting his students and co-teachers to rate his performance in the classroom.  Read more Lesson plan - All about me   This lesson provides students with a live listening on the topic of the teacher's personal interests and opinions. The students then use this as a model to chat about similar topics with their classmates using basic tenses and a variety of structures. Read more Activities - first lessons  The activities that you use in your first lessons are very important and are likely to set the tone for the rest of your classes. In your first lessons, it is good to focus on two areas: getting to know each other and exchanging personal information.  These activities are suitable from beginners level up and some can be adapted to suit higher levels.  Read more 3rd International English Language Teacher Educator Conference, Hyderabad - call for papers The British Council, EFL-U (English and Foreign Languages University), ELTAI (the English Language Teachers' Association of India) and IATEFL (the International Association for Teachers of English as a Foreign Language) have come together again to host the 3rd International English Language Teacher Educator Conference from 16 - 18 March 2013. Read more

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