British Council TeachingEnglish 05 June 2013

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 05 June 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 interviews with the 2013 ELTons winners and live interviews from The Image Conference taking place this Saturday in Spain.   For the classroom we have a complete set of resources on Belfast, a group writing activity, and an article on task-based reading lessons focussing on form.    And finally, check out our ideas, resources and free training courses for growing your networks. Enjoy!   Deb TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC The Image Conference - livestream                         We are pleased to announce that TeachingEnglish will be livestreaming this Saturday's Image Conference from Spain and hosting exclusive interviews from 9.30am. The Image Conference is taking place at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, UAB Casa Convelescencia, Barcelona on Saturday 8th June and has been organised by the IATEFL Learning Technologies SIG and UAB Idiomes. It is the first conference exclusively on the use of film video, image and gaming in language teaching. Read more   Interviews with ELTons winners                       The winners of this year's ELTons have been announced and you can now watch interviews with them by clicking on the 2013 winners tab.   Read more   Kaleidescope - Belfast                           The Belfast resource pack pack includes an original piece of writing by Eunice Yeates called Belfast. There is also a simple movie with pre-viewing and follow-up tasks, teacher's notes with a suggested procedure and classroom worksheets for students. Read more Form focus and recycling: getting grammar                            In my last article, Reading for Information: Motivating learners to read efficiently, I referred to four stages in a task-based reading lesson: Priming, Reading, Form focus, Recycling. We looked at the first two stages in this process, priming and reading. Now I'd like to look at the next two stages. Read more Freeze the writing - A way to make writing tasks a group activity                    This activity would follow input work on writing in a particular style - for example, an informal letter inviting a friend to visit your home town for a holiday. Read more Networks                           Networks is where you'll find resources and ideas for your teacher association, teachers' club, reading club, or any other professional development group. Try our free training courses, join in the discussion on the Networks blog and read about ideas for hosting a conference. Join now and help Networks grow! Read more

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