British Council TeachingEnglish 08 May 2013

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 08 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 various practical activities to try out in the classroom - a lesson plan for Shakespeare's 'Much ado about Nothing', a story to practise phrasal verbs and a fun way to get your shy students speaking.   We also have an article on how to integrate a task-based approach while not neglecting the course book syllabus, and a link to an interesting article on 21st century pedagogy.   And, finally, we have a new poll - vote for your favourite 'Pride and Prejudice' character! Enjoy!   Deb TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC   21st century Pedagogy                    How we teach must reflect how our students learn, it must also reflect the world they will emerge into. This is a world that is rapidly changing, connected, adapting and evolving. Our style and approach to teaching must emphasise the learning in the 21st century. Read more   Making time for tasks and still covering the syllabus                       This is the last in a series of four articles which will explore how to integrate a task-based approach into a typical textbook to maximise learning opportunities for your learners and to save teacher preparation time. Read more   Much Ado about Nothing                        This lesson plan follows on from the article 'Shakespeare for Teens' and it is best exploited as a series of two or three lessons. In these lessons students will learn about Shakespeare the man, Shakespeare the poet and Shakespeare the dramatist. They will discover one of his most famous comedies, Much Ado about Nothing, and will have the opportunity to re-enact one of the scenes. Read more Making it up - Phrasal verb stories                A persistent problem area for students is phrasal verbs. This story activity presents the verbs in a context helping the students to work out the meaning. It is also memorable so it's easier for students to remember them too. Read more   Speaking strings                       This tip is for a game which is really useful for getting shy students to speak. It can also be a fun way to practise extended speaking for exams, and requires very little preparation indeed.Get enough pieces of string so that you have one for each group. The pieces of string should be really long, probably about 4 metres each. Read more Latest poll                      Who is your favourite Pride and Prejudice character? Vote now in our latest poll.   Vote now

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