E V O L V E S C H O O L: British Council TeachingEnglish 23 January 2013

TeachingEnglish Newsletter

23 January 2013

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 we have a brand new tool - the exercise generator - which enables you to create your own texts and worksheets. We also have news of an upcoming webinar on the theme of story writing and more information on the BC Turkey story sharing web conference.

For a light-hearted view on the differences between 'American' and 'English' English, take a look at an American psychologist's blog and we also have a thought-provoking report on a school without books!

And finally, if you're interested in practical activities that help your learners decode streams of speech, then don't miss our latest seminar on 29 January.

Enjoy!

Deb

TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC

Exercise generator on TeachingEnglish

TeachingEnglishTry

TeachingEnglish website is pleased to announce a revised partnership agreement with LingleOnline Ltd for its 'Gap-fill generator' resource as part of its innovative 'Tools for teachers' set of resources. Register for a TeachingEnglish account and start using the exercise generator to create texts for your classes: simply choose your level, topic and text, then create your worksheets and then print them!

Webinar: Finding the plot - Early story writing for YLs - 27 February 12pm UK time

In this webinar Suzanne Mordue will look at some ways to ensure that all children can contribute to the best of their ability. She will look at both hi-tech and low-tech ways to introduce creative writing to your classes, through materials, TPR activities and websites.

Story sharing web conference live and online

Stories are not just for testing and assessing students' knowledge of the English language. If you think the same way, join our British Council Turkey Story Sharing Web Conference on Saturday 09 - Sunday 10 February 2013. Join the pre-conference webinar, download the conference overview and register now for the event.

American and English: Language barriers?

Psychology Today features a blog by an American psychologist Bernado Tirado, who has, until recently, been living in England. He provides an interesting and amusing personal insight into some of the differences he has noticed between the English and American use of English.

Can you imagine a school without books?

The BBC has a thought-provoking video report about a school in the UK where every pupil and teacher has their very own ipad.

Upcoming seminar - Jungle listening: High and low tech approaches to teaching the stream of speech.

On Tuesday 29 January Richard Cauldwell will be looking at a variety of high and low tech activities that help improve learners' ability to decode streams of speech. Register now for this seminar.