British Council TeachingEnglish 15 May 2013

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 15 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 news of our blog of the month - using music and song - and InEnglish Digital 6  which explores the role of digital media in the classroom.   For the classroom we also have a lesson on food festivals and a lively game to practise vocabulary. And, if you're new to Primary teaching, we have a few practical tips to help you better manage your classes.    Finally, you can watch David Crystal's fascinating talk on global English and cultural differences. Enjoy!   Deb TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC   InEnglish Digital 6                      InEnglish Digital is the British Council's e-zine written for English language teaching professionals from around the LusophonePortuguese-speak world - but it will also interest a global audience! The latest edition, InEnglish Digital 6, moves away from the country-themed approach of the earlier publications and takes the role of digital media in the classroom as its theme. Read more Featured blog of the month for April                          Our latest featured blog of the month is David Deubelbeiss's 50 ways to use music and song from his excellent blog http://community.eflclassroom.com. As you might expect from the title, his post provides 50 innovative ways to use music in the language classroom. Read more   A food festival                           When students are going to do a listening activity, it is useful to get them thinking about the topic of the listening beforehand. That way they can reactivate and extend their store of vocabulary. In this lesson, students first discuss the topic of food festivals, then they focus on their listening skills in preparation for part 2 of the FCE listening test. Read more The future of global English - coping with culture                 This talk was given by David Crystal for The English-Speaking Union annual lecture, in partnership with the British Council. There is a widely held view that one of the consequences of the rise of English as a world language is global intelligibility. However, at the level of everyday communication, cultural differences between the countries that use English often present a barrier to understanding. Watch seminar The fly swatter game                       Here is a lively and distinctive activity to practise vocabulary. When we have a new list of 15 or 20 words from a chapter, I play the fly swatter game. I write the words (without the article for nouns) in large print in rows across the board. Then I divide the class into two teams. The first time around with the fly swatters, I explain how the game works. After that, it's not necessary. Read more Starting Primary                        Teaching at primary level can cause many teachers, particularly those who have trained to teach adults, a variety of problems and generate a range of worries. Unfortunately, it is common for teachers to be asked by their institution to teach young learners even though they don't have specific training. Those first lessons with the class, which are quite probably in a different institution to your regular work, can seem daunting. In this article I provide some advice on how to deal with starting work with primary level students and I give ten top classroom management tips. Read more

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