British Council TeachingEnglish 10 April 2013

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 10 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!   This week it's all happening at the 47th IATEFL Conference in Liverpool - check out the action as it happens online and live!   For the classroom we have a couple of lesson plans - 'Consumer Society' for higher level teens or adults and 'Is it because?' for children. We also have an activity to practise future perfect and future continuous tenses - When I'm 75. And if you're interested in motivating your teenagers, check out our latest blog - Online learning communities.   Finally, a reminder that registration is still open for our moderated online courses - Primary, CLIL and TKT Essentials.   Enjoy!   Deb TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC     IATEFL 2013: Liverpool Online live                    Check out the live video coverage, video presentations and workshops on the Liverpool Online webiste. There are also live interviews with presenters and conference delegates, reports and discussion forums. You can also follow reports from the winners of our recent Blogathon. Follow the action as it happens from Liverpool! Read more   Consumer society                      The aim of this lesson is to give students practice in reading for information and argument in an article about consumer society and give them an opportunity to discuss their opinions about the topic. Read more Is it because?                       'Is it because?' is a story for 9-10 year-olds which skilfully addresses the issue of bullying. There is a series of activities and related worksheets for you to download and use with the storybook. It forms part of the Promoting diversity through children's literature series, produced by the British Council Teaching Centre in Paris. Read more When I'm 75             This is a speaking exercise for the future perfect and future continuous forms for intermediate and upper-intermediate students. The forms themselves are used in a highly controlled way, making it suitable for a class who have just been introduced to them. Read more  Online learning communities                       Some teenage students come to us with an unsatisfactory attitude or low self-confidence with regard to L2 learning due to past experiences, do not see the relevance of language learning in their short or long-term plans or have unrealistic beliefs about language learning. This article explores the benefits of using a blended learning approach with secondary students as a platform for interaction, learning and motivation.  Read more British Council Teacher Training                     Registration is still 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

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