E V O L V E S C H O O L: British Council TeachingEnglish 25 September 2013

TeachingEnglish Newsletter

25 September 2013

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Welcome to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter!

This week we have news of the British Council Spain's Teaching Conference being livestreamed this Saurday. We also have a workshop and article by our new Guest Writer, Ceri Jones. And on 17 October we have the first of our new webinars on creative thinking in the classroom by Adam Simpson.

We aso have news this week about our upcoming moderated courses and a report on multilingualism in Europe.

And finally for the classroom check out our lesson on Facebook and social networking.

Enjoy!

Deb

TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC

British Council Spain teacher's conference 2013

This Saturday 28 September, the British Council in Spain holds its annual teacher's conference with talks in teaching centres across the country, including Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia. You can follow the live stream of speakers from 9am BST on the British Council's newly upgraded Livestream channel.
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New guest writer- Ceri Jones

On the 8th June 2013, we spent the day filming at the Image conference in Barcelona. Watch the first in our series of these filmed workshops Unleashing the power of images by Ceri Jones and read her article Stories waiting to be told. Watch the workshop and read the article.
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17 October 2013: Adam Simpson - Encouraging learners to explore language through creative activities

Encouraging learners to explore the language through creative activities in class is not as difficult as it may at first appear. This webinar will firstly look at the barriers to creativity, then how might overcome such hindrances. The session will round off with a number of easily adaptable activities which facilitate creative thinking. More webinars planned for the coming months.
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Primary Essentials moderated course - registration open!

Primary Essentials is aimed at teachers teaching primary children English in state or private schools or teachers teaching English in Secondary schools who would like to work in the primary sector. Registration is now open and the course starts 21 October. CLIL and TKT Essentials registration is opening soon!
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Facebook and social networking

How many friends have you got on Facebook? What's the friend limit on Facebook? This lesson takes a look at trends in online social networking. It gives students chance to create an imaginary online 'wall' where they can interact with each other.
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Trends in policies and practices for multilingualism in Europe

This report contains 25 detailed country and regional profiles, which focus on language policies and practices in the education sector, as well as in the media, public services and spaces, and business. It investigates current language policies and practices in EU partner countries, and how 'language rich' they are.
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