British Council TeachingEnglish 03 April 2013

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 03 April 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!   Join us again for this year's online live coverage of IATEFL from 8th to 12th April!   We also have news for those of you interested in training - registration is now open for our Primary, CLIL and TKT Essentials online courses. And if you're interested in developing as a trainer, take a look at this week's article.    And for the classroom we have a film festival lesson plan, an acivity to practise the 3rd conditional and a tip for the classroom - telling students why.   Enjoy!   Deb TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC     IATEFL 2013: Liverpool Online now live                    The Liverpool Online project is British Council/IATEFL partnership which provides online conference coverage of this year's IATEFL Conference. The 47th IATEFL Conference takes place in Liverpool, UK between 8th and 12th April 2013. If you can't attend the Liverpool IATEFL Conference, follow the event online. Read more British Council Teacher Training                     Registration is currently open for Primary Essentials - 22 April, CLIL Essentials - 29 April and TKT Essentials - 06 May. See details of each course under the 'Moderated courses' tab. Find out more How to be a trainer                     In the first article I wrote for this guest writer spot, I looked at all the basic questions we can ask about being an English language teacher trainer, educator or mentor. I chose the question, 'How do I know if I am ready to be a teacher trainer?' This time I would like to take the question, 'How can I do my job?' That is the topic of this article. Read more Film festival season              In England, going to the cinema is one of the most popular leisure activities. There are many festivals which show films that may normally not be shown at cinemas. These festivals last for several days and show many films. This plan is based on information about two festivals in England. Read more  Events that changed history                    This activity is designed to be used as a consolidation exercise for the third conditional. It could be used as a writing activity to check the grammatical form of the 3rd conditional or as a speaking activity (see procedure 2) to guess the condition part of the sentence. Read more Telling students why                     The aims of many of the things that I do with my class are clear to me but not always to my learners - an example is when I use an inductive approach instead of giving them rules to work with. Read more

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