British Council TeachingEnglish 01 May 2013

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 01 May 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 seminar on training your students to cope with authentic spoken English and a new video tip to help with classroom management.   We also have news of the 1st volume of British Council Research Papers, and a new report on the importance of teacher and student identity perceptions.   Finally, we have a lesson plan focussing on phrasal verbs with 'get' and an activity to practise gerunds and infinitives.   Enjoy!   Deb TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC   Seminar - Practical guidance on training students to cope with authentic spoken English                   It is generally accepted that listening is the skill we use most in our daily lives, and yet listening practice continues to receive the least attention in the ELT classroom. In this seminar Sheila Thorn encourages teachers to use authentic listening texts to train their students to listen more effectively Read more  There are now over 50 seminar films on a variety of ELT-related subjects available to watch online!  British Council ELT Research Papers: Volume 1                        The British Council works closely with universities and other research institutions to fund and publish ELT research. The Research Papers series gathers together the outputs of these partnerships and collaborations. This volume gathers together research published since 2009. This volume also includes reports of research not conducted within the Partnership scheme. Read more Phrasal verbs with get                         This lesson is a self-contained lesson which presents ten phrasal verbs in the context of a dialogue. Students focus on the meaning of those phrasal verbs through a vocabulary and meaning matching exercise. Students then do controlled and freer writing practice of the phrasal verbs. In the speaking activity students use the phrasal verbs in a less controlled way. Read more Gerunds and infinitives: Farmer Jones and his wife                This activity looks at the problem of whether verbs are followed by the gerund or infinitive. At Upper Intermediate level (B2 on the CEF level and FCE Cambridge exams) students are confronted with this problem and it is often useful to practise more thoroughly to help the difference in meaning of the verbs become part of the learners' active knowledge. Read more Classroom management                       For most teachers of young learners, classroom management is a big issue. Our latest teaching tip looks more closely at this topic and offers practical advice on how best to manage classes of YL students. Watch tip Identity in foreign language learning and teaching: why listening to our students' and teachers' voices really matters                       This paper explores the relationship between identity perceptions, declared learner achievement and teacher perceptions. The importance of providing a personally relevant learning and teaching environment is discussed and the report provides several practical suggestions of how this can be achieved. Read more

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