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| | | | Welcome to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter!
This week we have a special live webcast to celebrate World Teachers' Day, and an interview and webinar with Gail Ellis on how using storybooks can meet the varying needs of children.
We also have recordings of our latest seminar - what we should teach about the rules of language - and Russel Stannard's presentation of three simple ICT tools which can revolutionise teaching and learning.
And for teachers of young learners, we have a new publication on the importance of home-school communication and a lesson plan - Seasons.
Finally, an announcement - the deadline for the English Language Teacher Educator Conference, 2015, Hyderabad call for papers has been extended to the 12 October 2014.
We hope you find these useful. Best wishes Deb TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC | | |
| | |  | Join the British Council seminar team in celebrating World Teachers' Day at this event which will launch the EAL Nexus website. There will be an opportunity to take part in group discussions online and in person on key questions in the area of English as an Additional Language. This event will take place on Friday 3rd October 2014, 1730 - 2030 UK time at the British Council, 10 Spring Gardens and live online. Read more about the topics | | |
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| | | This week we interview Gail Ellis, co-author of 'Tell it Again! The Storytelling Handbook for Primary English Language Teachers', recently republished in its third edition by the British Council. Gail describes some of the challenges that teachers face today and how using storybooks can meet children's varying needs within a class. Read moreYou can also join the webinar with Gail on Thursday 2nd October, 11am UK time. |
| | |  | In this lesson, students will look at different features of the seasons. They will listen to and sing a song, and watch a story about the changing seasons. They will think about words and ideas connected to the different seasons, and then work together to produce a poster. Finally students can complete a craft activity or play a game. Download lesson | | |
| | | | | There are rules and there are rules: What should we teach about how language works? Michael Rundell looks at who makes the rules about what makes language 'correct'? Is there one 'Standard English' which we all have to follow, or can we bend and break linguistic rules over time? This presentation gives an alternative (but equally rigorous) view of learning about language. Watch seminar
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| | Parents and young learners in English language teaching: global practices and issues in school-home contacts | |
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| |  | This freely downloadable paper by Caroline Linse, Stephen van Vlack and Oscar Bladas highlights a little-discussed global issue: the importance of school-home communications in supporting effective language learning by young learners. It draws on eight contrasting contexts: France, Mexico, Spain, Korea, Namibia, Japan, the Philippines and Bangladesh. Read more | | |
| | Russell Stannard "Simple ICT Tools" | |
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| | | | Russel Stannard presents 3 simple tools that take literally minutes to learn but can revolutionise many things about our teaching and learning. They cover areas such as helping students to speak more, improving feedback and improving collaboration amongst students. This is a highly practical presentation and you will leave the talk knowing some great technologies and some useful ways of using them in your classes. Watch presentation | | |
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