British Council TeachingEnglish 19 December 2012

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 19  December 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 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  English Agenda The British Council's UK home for ELT and research Welcome to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter!   This week our top story is about Edmodo, the fast-growing social media network site for teachers and learners. We also have 2 new seminars - Beyond CALL and A Short History of ELT and news about the Best of British Language Teaching Conference in Mexico.   We also have a selection of most-read articles from 2012 free for you to download. And for the classroom, a series of activities to start off the New Year.   The TE newletter will be taking a break over the festive period but we will be back with more great ideas on January 9th. Enjoy!     Deb TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC Edmodo - social media network for teachers and students reaches 15 million users         Edmodo, the social network for teachers who want to share with other teachers or with students, has reached the 15 million subscriber mark. There are now 1.3 million teacher members at more than 120,000 schools. Edmodo promotes anytime, anyplace learning and allows teachers to post messages, discuss classroom topics, assign and grade classwork, share content and materials, and network and exchange ideas with their peers.  Read more Beyond computer assisted language learning            This presentation by Huw Jarvis seeks to probe some of our established frameworks within the field of computer assisted language learning (CALL) and suggest an emerging alternative. In an era of ever-increasing digital devices locating our work exclusively within "computer" assisted learning is somewhat problematic. Recent studies suggest a shift to Mobile Assisted (language) Use. The presentation discusses all of these issues in relation to implications for classroom practice. Read more A Short History of ELT          This talk by Dr Richard Smith provides a fast-paced, informative chronology of ELT developments which counteracts some common myths and raises issues for critical reflection.  Read more Free research articles to download from Language Teaching         As the year begins to come to a close, Language Teaching has brought together a selection of the most downloaded articles of 2012, available free-of-charge. Visit the site to find out more. Read more  Best of British English Language Teaching conference (BBELT)            The "Best of British English Language Teaching" conference (BBELT) will take place 25th and 26th January 2013 at Gran Meliá México Reforma, Mexico City. BBELT is an academic forum aimed at introducing the latest trends and innovative techniques in ELT via interactive presentations, talks and workshops. Read more    New Year's resolutions            A series of activities to start off the New Year such as reviewing the year, talking about traditions, New Year resolutions and ways of celebrating. The materials, teachers' notes and weblinks are available for each activity.  Read more

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