British Council TeachingEnglish 06 March 2013

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 06 March 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 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 an interview with Nicky Hockly and the second part of her workshop on Digital Literacies.   We also have a new publication on innovations in pre-service education and a new link, InformED.   And for the classroom we have a lesson plan about paintings and a video tip on teaching pronunciation.   Enjoy!   Deb TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC     Interview with Nicky Hockly                Watch the interview with Nicky Hockly talking about digital literacies and feel free to ask any questions or comment on what she says. Watch here Digital literacies Part 2                 Part 2 in this seminar series on Digital Literacies continues to focus on information literacy and the relevance of this to language teachers.   Watch the seminar      Innovations in pre-service education and training for English language teachers                   This publication will interest and stimulate anyone who is involved in planning and providing education and training for teachers of English before they take up their positions in educational institutions. It brings together, in fourteen papers, a wealth of innovative, practical experiences and ideas from differing contexts across the world.  Read more    InformED             InformED is a blog on how to be a more effective educator through the use of education technology and learning psychology.   Find out more   Paintings                What are the five best paintings in the world? In this lesson students read about well-known paintings and look at art vocabulary. They listen to a dictation to complete a text describing a painting. Students then write a short description of a picture they have seen. Students finish by making their own 'top five' lists. Read more    Stress timing               How do you teach English pronunciation? One area often problematic for learners is stress timing. Watch Rachael using chants and rounds to help her learners. Watch video

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