British Council TeachingEnglish 12 September 2012

TeachingEnglish Newsletter  12 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.    What kind of warmers do you use with your students? Why not watch Andy and pick up some ideas? We also have a lesson plan on short writing activities to get your students focused on accuracy and a nice activity on vocabulary. If you want to know how to encourage more autonomy in vocabulary learning, then take a look at this week's article.    You might also be interested in our fascinating top story on the advantages of being bilingual and our latest seminar on the growth of English as a lingua franca and the implications for classroom teachers. Enjoy!   Deb   TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC Video - Warmers   What kind of warmers do you use with your students? Watch Andy's ideas and leave your suggestions too.   watch        Lesson plan - 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   Activity - Adopt a word      At the start of the school year I ask my students to 'Adopt a word' and share it with the class.   Read more     Article - Vocabulary and autonomy   This article looks at ways to improve your students' abilities to both explore, store and use vocabulary. The general aim is to involve the students in a more autonomous fashion in their learning, rather than simply having them presented with word lists selected by the teacher or syllabus.   Read more   Top story - University study shows advantages of bilingualism Bilingual children were found to outperform children who speak one language in problem-solving skills and creative thinking, according to research led at the University of Strathclyde. Read more     Seminar - ELT, EFL, ELF & EAP  Simon Andrewes talks about English as a lingua franca, where English is used as a means of communication for work or study and where native speakers may at best be marginally involved. He also discusses the consequences of this for teachers in the classroom.    Watch here

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