British Council TeachingEnglish 24 October 2012

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 24 October 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.      Premier Skills Communicate in two of the world's global languages - English and football  Welcome to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter!   This week we announce a series of four brand new Britlit kits starting with Jackie Kay's story My Daughter, The Fox together with an opportunity to meet the writing team in Russia - check out the video below. We also have the latest edition of In English Digital 5 for lots of practical tips for the primary and secondary classroom, and a new lesson plan to challenge stereotypes of British food - Cooking in Britain Today. And if you're looking for some food for thought, take a look at the free to read articles in the October 2012 special edition of English Language Teaching Journal or our lively expert panel discussion on the state of English today and whether we should be worried about it. Enjoy!   Deb TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC Britlit Russia:  meet the team   Check out our great new Britlit kit and watch an interview with the Britlit writing team in Russia. A series of four kits have been written by school and university teachers from Russia, under the guidance of Alan Pulverness and co-ordinated by the British Council, Russia. Alan and members of the project team can be seen discussing the work and their involvement in this video made by the British Council, Russia.  Watch video   Britlit kit - My Daughter, The Fox   Jackie Kay's story My Daughter, The Fox gives the reader an unusual view of the mother/child relationship. As the title suggests, the narrator's daughter isn't human, but the feelings generated between mother and daughter are universal and so the scene is set for the paradox to be played out. The story is read by Sarah Mount.   Read more In English Digital 5 English Digital, the e-magazine written by teachers of English working in Portuguese-speaking countries, but which has global appeal. This month the country focus is Portugal, while the rest of the magazine contains articles ranging from practical tips for the primary school classroom to critical thinking with teens. Read more  Lesson plan - Cooking in Britain Today   This lesson consists of a series of activities to help students talk about food and cooking. The main focus of the lesson is a text based on a recent survey in the UK indicating that British people are becoming more adventurous and experimental in their cooking and eating habits due to the growing popularity of cooking programmes. This lesson should challenge stereotypes of British food and encourage students to discuss their own preferences and attitudes towards food and restaurants. Read more Free articles in English Language Teaching Journal     The October 2012 issue of English Language Teaching Journal is a special one looking back over developments in ELT over the last seventeen years under the editorship of Keith Morrow. To mark this event three articles are available free on-line. The Editorial by Keith Morrow, Key Conceptsin ELT by Graham Hall and Review of ELTJ reviews 1995-2012 by Alan Maley are all available free to read as HTML or a PDF. Just click and read! Read more   Who cares about English? Panel discussion recording    The British Council and the Oxford English Dictionary sponsored a discussion with an expert panel to discuss the state of the English language on Thursday 27 September 2012. The event considered issues such as: Does 'standard English' exist in today's globalised society? Who regulates the language - lexicographers, the education system, the media - or the public? Is the language being dumbed down? And does this matter? Should we be worried about the state of English today? Find out more

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