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| 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.
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| | | | | Welcome to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter! This week we have five new Using images lesson plans for low and high level learners, and an alternative to course book-based
homework - LearnEnglish Teens learner diary. And if you're interested in using music to engage your teens, check out the Cup Song project.
We also have our blogpost of the month by Emma Sergev 'The present simple - back to basics' and a recorded webinar on how to write effective classroom materials.
And finally, we have a new freely-downloadable publication - the impact of English on learners' wider lives.
We hope you find these useful. Best wishes Deb TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC | | |
| | |  | Using images is a complete set of resources for low-level and high-level students which combine photos and audio to help get your students activating their higher level thinking skills, as well as improve their exam-level listening and speaking skills. Each pack contains teacher's notes, student worksheets, audio and images. Check out our new lessons: Tiny Cinderella, Remote house, Tattoo, Out of Time and After lunch. Read more
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| | | | Using music to motivate and engage teenage learners: The story of the Jean Monnet Broons Cup Song project | |
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| | | In June 2013, during the end-of-year party, a group of girls performed a cover of the Cup Song in front of all the members of our school. These students brilliantly showed how they could manage to play percussion with plastic cups while singing along. We were all quite impressed, to be honest, and I thought I might as well use it in one of my English lessons. Read more
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| | |  | Our latest blog of the month award is for Emma Sergev and her excellent blog post The present simple 1 - back to basics. Emma has switched off her overhead projector, sharpened her white board pen, dusted off her flash cards and gone back to basics to teach the present simple. Her post includes an attractive infographic and student worksheets. Read more
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| | | | | In this seminar the presenter considers how our beliefs about language learning can (and should) impact on our materials, and starts to explore what some of these beliefs might be. She then looks at a simple template for producing complete lessons, and considers a variety of dos and don'ts taken from her experience as a professional materials writer. The seminar includes plenty of practical examples, and participants carry out a number of short tasks. Read more
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| | LearnEnglish Teens learner diary | |
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| | | | This diary offers students and teachers a step-by-step introduction to the LearnEnglish Teens website and a more motivating and communicative alternative to course book-based homework. It can be used with students with an A2+ level of English. Every week learners look at a different section of the website. Each activity encourages learners to choose a topic that interests them and to explore it in a structured way. They are also required to reflect on their opinion of the website and to prepare for sharing their learning experience with their peers in the next lesson. Each sharing activity has a communicative purpose and is designed to take 10-15 minutes, but could take longer, or be extended if the students are particularly | | |
| | The impact of English on learners' wider lives | |
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| | | | What benefits can English language skills bring to a person's life, both professional and personal? This paper addresses this question in relation to data collected from four contrasting contexts. This research project received funding from the British Council's English Language Teaching Research Award. Download this free publication. Read more | | |
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