E V O L V E S C H O O L: British Council TeachingEnglish 09 October 2013

TeachingEnglish Newsletter

09 October 2013

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Welcome to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter!

To celebrate World Teacher's Day earier this week we have a brand new article by Marie Delaney on how to deal with teacher stress.

For the classroom we have a lesson plan on the theme of Multiple Intelligences, a series of activities to use with the children's book Little Beauty, and a speaking activity to develop fluency.

And finally, the IATEFL ESP SIG is calling for contributions to a new book.

And don't forget, you can now register for our moderated CLIL and TKT Essentials courses.

Enjoy!

Deb

TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC

Teacher stress, well-being and stress management -

Taking care of yourself so that you can take care of

your students

October 5th was World Teachers' Day. To celebrate the event, we are very pleased to bring you a fantastic article by Marie Delaney, author of Teaching the Unteachable and What Can I Do About the Kid Who..? Marie's article looks at the causes of teacher stress and suggests a number of strategies for dealing with this on a daily basis.

Multiple Intelligences: What are you good at?

TeachingEnglishTry

Everyone learns in different ways - knowing this, and knowing how they learn, helps students to be more confident and find ways to improve their English. It may also help them to learn more effectively in other areas of their lives. The lesson plan itself uses the MI theory by giving your students theopportunity to take part in a variety of activities which appeal to the different intelligences. Read more

More training courses - register now!

Places on our CLIL Essentials and TKT Essentials courses are now available. Using video, audio and community elements, both of these courses will give you the best opportunity to learn the essentials you need to succeed in your teaching. CLIL Essentials starts on 11th November and TKT Essentials starts on 18th November.
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Change place, change face

This activity gives students maximum speaking time and helps develop fluency. The slightly

'unusual' classroom set-up seems to encourage students to speak, producing a healthy buzz and

fostering a positive learning environment.
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Little Beauty

This is a series of activities and related worksheets for you to download and use with the storybook Little Beauty. It forms part of the Promoting diversity through children's literature series, produced by the British Council Teaching Centre in Paris. Age group: 7/8 Level: A1
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IATEFL ESP SIG - Call for book chapters

The IATEFL ESP SIG invites you to contribute a chapter to its fourth edited volume entitled 'Current Developments in English for Academic and Specific Purposes: Local innovations and global perspectives' (working title). The book will be sponsored by Garnet Education who have published the first three edited volumes.
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