E V O L V E S C H O O L: Maret 2013

TeachingEnglish Newsletter

27 March 2013

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Welcome to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter!

This week we have a new webinar for managers - What is CPD? Thursday 28 March.

For the classsroom we have another Pride and Prejudice lesson on the theme of Love and Marriage, a BritLit story for children and an article on motivating pupils to read.

Finally, we have an activity to help you get feedback on your lessons, and don't forget you can post your questions and suggestions on our forums.

Enjoy!

Deb

TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC

Continuing professional development seminar for managers - Thursday 28th March, 14.00 UK time

The British Council are pleased to announce the third webinar in our continuing professional development (CPD) series on our EnglishAgenda website.
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Motivating pupils to read

This is the first of two articles that look at ways to apply the process model of motivation as proposed by Dornyei (2001) to a number of suggestions and techniques for making the challenge of reading authentic literature accessible and motivating. This article describes ways to generate initial motivation.
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Love and marriage in Pride and Prejudice

This lesson is for students with a fairly advanced level of language proficiency. It can be used, not only with language learners, but also with Literature and Language groups at higher education level, TESOL students doing literature modules and Forums in teaching and training contexts.
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BritLit - Down by the Cool of the Pool

"Down by the Cool of the Pool" is a rhyming text written by Tony Mitton. Join Frog and his farmyard friends as they dance around the pool. Flip and flop, splish and splash, stomp and stamp! This little story has lots of noises for children to have fun with. It's guaranteed to make them all laugh!
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Action Research - Stop, Start, Continue

This is an idea I got from a workshop that I went to many years ago. I have used it many times since and found it to be a really useful way of getting feedback from my students on my lessons and my teaching.
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