E V O L V E S C H O O L: British Council TeachingEnglish 17 April 2013

TeachingEnglish Newsletter

17 April 2013

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Welcome to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter!

This week we have a brand new featured blog of the month by Rachael Roberts - download her lesson, 'The science of smiling'.

And we have a new publication for those involved in designing blended learning courses.

To get you thinking about how you teach, watch Ken Wilson's seminar and if you're a manager, don't miss Gillian Davidson's webinar on observing your teaching staff.

Finally, we have a speaking activity to practise modals of possibility and don't forget that there are lots of sessions and interview recordings to watch on IATEFL Liverpool Online.

Enjoy!

Deb

TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC

Featured blog of the month for March

Our latest featured blog of the month is an excellent post by Rachael Roberts called The science of smiling: free downloadable lesson from her blog http://elt-resourceful.com In her post, Rachael asks students to try smiling with a pencil in their teeth! In addition, the lesson plan introduces them to a lexical set of idioms for describing emotions.
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Blended Learning in English Language Teaching: Course Design and Implementation

Edited by Brian Tomlinson and Claire Whittaker. It is hoped that this publication will be of interest to anyone engaged in blended learning course design in ELT and help them achieve a principled approach to design in their contexts.
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Ten quotations to make you think

Ken Wilson looks at ten quotations with the aim of making teachers think and reflect on their own practice. Teachers often quote the words of wise folk to support their ideas and opinions, usually from within the world of education. It can be useful for teachers to go outside their specialised world for words of wisdom that can genuinely make them think about how they teach.
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Continuing Professional Development Webinars

Gillian Davidson - Observation and your teaching staff - 25th April, 14.00-15.00 UK time. This talk will look at ways of building a system of observations that actively contributes to the development of your teachers.
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Class secrets for modals for possibility

This is a speaking exercise for modal verbs used to express possibility, for intermediate / upper-intermediate classes.
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IATEFL Liverpool - interviews, sessions and more

Liverpool Online provides teacher audiences worldwide with an opportunity to share ideas with colleagues before, during and after the conference. Check out the many recorded sessions and interviews still available at Liverpool Online.
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