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| Welcome to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter! This week we think about mobile learning and the role of apps - read our latest article 'English at your students' fingertips' to
find out more and watch a webinar for more practical ideas.
For the classroom check out the lesson plan on Music and the vocabulary game Pic-your-wits.
We also have a video recording on how to exploit the creativity of young learners in your teaching approach, and a brand new blog of the month TEFL equity - Why does it matter?
We hope you find these useful. Best wishes Deb TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC |
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 | What advice do you give your students when they ask how they can improve their English? There is a lot the teacher can help with but for students to really get ahead, time spent in the classroom is not enough; they need lots of practice outside class too. In many situations around the world students at secondary level and above have access to smartphones which offer a wide variety of apps through the app stores that can help. In fact there are arguably too many and it's difficult to know where to start. One good place is of course the apps developed by the British Council and in this article, we are going to spend some time looking at the LearnEnglish mobile apps available from the British Council. Read more
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| | | Featured blog of the month for June 2014 | |
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|  | Our latest blog of the month award is for Marek Kiczkowiak and his excellent blog post around the theme of TEFL Equity. Why does it matter? Marek looks at eight important points for discussion from TEFL equity advocates on the status of non-native teachers and gives some great insight into why these issues are important. Read more
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| | Watch Catherine Kneafsey, an expert in teaching English to young learners presented her talk 'Not Just Child's Play: Creativity in Young Learner Language Learning' at the E-merging Forum 4 in Moscow. In her talk she looked at the creativity inherent in children's approaches to language learning and asked how teachers can stimulate this creativity to stretch their communicative capacities. |
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| | This skills lesson suitable for teenagers and adults at B1/B2 level aims to develop fluency and introduce vocabulary through a range of speaking activities on the topic of music. You might want to use background music where facilities allow. You will also need some samples of music, not necessarily just in English, but a variety of different genres. Read more
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| | Using the vocabulary game Pic-your-wits in class | |
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 | Pic-your-wits is a vocabulary game that you can find on Facebook and on the LearnEnglish site. You can employ Pic-your-wits to introduce a topic you are working on in class or as support material for it. It will also work well as a standalone activity that energises your class and changes its dynamics. In addition, it can be used by students as a self-study resource or for homework. Here I'm going to talk about how you can use it in a whole class context. |
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| | Ten ideas for mobile learning - webinar | |
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| | What is m-learning? There is lots of discussion about this, but what most teachers want is practical examples. This webinar, aimed at teachers with little or no experience in the subject, will show ten practical ways you can exploit mobile technology in order to support language learning. We will look at uses for both the teacher in class, and for the learner outside of lessons. Watch webinar |
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