British Council TeachingEnglish 13 March 2013

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 13 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 a new poll - what is your favourite Jane Austen novel? Vote now and we have a lesson plan on introducing Pride and Prejudice. Continuing on the theme of literature, we also have a seminar by Chris Lima on how to use Dickens in the language classroom.   And if you're interested in Young Learners we have an article on the importance of stirrers and settlers and an interesting talk by Sugata Mitra, this year's winner of the TED Prize - Build a School in the Clouds. Finally, if you're looking for resources, check out Edsurge's list of forty resources.   Enjoy!   Deb TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC     Forty products to help with learning a language                Over on Edsurge they have produced a list of forty ways to learn a language.The list includes courseware products as well as supplementary learning products for a whole range of different languages. They have provided a "Practice with native speakers" rating to show if there is any facility for live online chat or audio exchange. Read more Build a School in the Cloud: TED Talk by Sugata Mitra                  Educational researcher Sugata Mitra is the winner of the 2013 TED Prize. His wish is to build a school in the cloud, where children can explore and learn from one another using on-line resources and collaboration. Dr. Sugata Mitra's "Hole in the Wall" experiments have shown that children are able to teach themselves and each other without formal teaching, if they're motivated by curiosity and peer interest. Read more Dickens in the language classroom                  Chris Lima looks at how to use the work of Charles Dickens in the English language classroom. She guides participants through a literature and language lesson for upper immediate students. She also answers questions on using Dickens' work in the language classroom.  Read more   Introducing Pride and Prejudice             This lesson is designed as a gentle introduction to Austen's work and to Pride and Prejudice. It is especially concerned with easing students' way into Austen's language and style as well as motivating them to engage with the text and continue reading it outside the classroom. Read more   Stirrers and settlers for the primary classroom                  Teaching in the primary classroom is very different from teaching teens or adults because of the amount of energy children have! Knowing how to channel this energy, or when to 'stir' and when to 'settle' children will help you achieve balanced lessons without children becoming over-excited on the one hand or bored on the other.  Read more     Lateral thinking                I like to use this activity to promote recognition and then practise the past continuous. It utilises a well known lateral thinking puzzle.    Read more

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