British Council TeachingEnglish 13 November 2013

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 13 November  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, Adrian Holliday and Michael Swan. Online teacher training courses. Continue your professional development with our moderated and self-access training courses 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 the long-awaited Special Educational Needs course, plus a series of webinars! We also have 2 talks on the issues faced when working in a bilingual environment.   We have a brand new publication on the challenges in transition from primary to secondary schooling in ELT, and a webinar on Monday 18 November on how you can use the European Profiling Grid.   And finally, check out PopuLLar, a project to motivate secondary learners through music, and an exciting opportunity to get published - writing worksheets for Disabled Access Friendly.   Enjoy! Deb TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC   Special Educational Needs (SEN): New training course and webinars                                    In December, the Special Educational Needs (SEN) online training course goes live with a weeklong series of fivewebinars. The SEN course is for teachers working in mainstream contexts and focuses on different areas of Special Educational Needs (SEN) providing teachers with an understanding of SEN and practical strategies ensuring all learners have access to curriculum and learning. Our activity on SEN is also part of our contribution to the UN Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3rd. Read more   Building bridges between content and language: talks by Keith Kelly and Phil Ball                                    In February 2013, The British Council welcomed leading international CLIL experts Keith Kelly and Philip Ball to Madrid to discuss with teachers the issues faced when working in a bilingual environment. During the talks, they looked at questions such as language issues facing subject teachers teaching in English as well as what language teachers need to consider when incorporating content. Read more Find out more about the European Profiling Grid                                    Richard Rossner will give a free webinar: 'Assessing language teaching competences: the potential of the European Profiling Grid (EPG)' on Monday 18th November 2013. In this webinar, the background and aims of the EPG and the layout and content of both its printed and digital versions will be outlined. This will be followed by a summary of ways in which the EPG can be used and a question-answer session. Read more Key factors and challenges in transition from primary to secondary schooling in ELT: an international perspective                                  This paper addresses important issues relating to the transition from primary to secondary school: how learners and teachers of English experience that change and how schools can help. The research project received funding from the British Council's English Language Teaching Research Award. Read more    Competition - write teaching materials for Disabled Access Friendly                              The Disabled Access Friendly campaign has teamed up with ELT Teacher 2 Writer and Burlington Books to bring you this opportunity to use your worksheet writing skills to inform students about issues affecting people with mobility disability. All suitable entries will be published online on Disabled Access Friendly's site. Read more   PopuLLar: Motivating secondary school students to learn languages through their music                              PopuLLar is a European education project that uses music to motivate language learning in secondary school students as an authentic use of language and semi-autonomous project. The project asks students to write their own lyrics to songs of their choice in the target language they are learning.  Read more

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