British Council TeachingEnglish 7 January 2015

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TeachingEnglish Newsletter 07 January 2015            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 first 2015 edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter!  In this edition, we have an article by CLIL expert Keith Kelly looking at collaboration between English language teachers and subject teachers. We have a video of Winnie Pang, a teacher in Hong Kong, talking about the challenges of a first class with very young learners.  There is a story about the work that the British Council is doing in Uruguay with remote teaching and we also have information about our upcoming online courses. We have a blog post from David Dodgson with suggestions for classroom activities and a lesson plan looking at future intentions using 'going to'. Happy New Year Paul TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC   Keith Kelly - COOP E CLIL: Collaboration between language teachers and subject teachers                                       In this article, Keith describes a recent training event in Austria where he was asked to provide input on how English language teachers can collaborate effectively with subject teachers. Read the article   First class with very young learners                                         In this tip, Winnie Pang demonstrates several activities that can be used with 5 year-old children who are in their first English class of the year. Winnie looks at establishing classroom routines, dealing with the issues that exist in first classes and also looks at successful ways to introduce phonics to this age group. Watch video David Dodgson - A year in review. Three quick ideas to start your 2015 classes.                                         David Dodgson is a regular contributor to the TeachingEnglish blog and one of our TeachingEnglish associates. His latest blog post provides some excellent ideas for you to use with learners in your first classes of 2015. Find out more Uruguay school pupils taught English live from London                                         School children in Uruguay are being taught English live from London, thanks to a unique videoconferencing project from the British Council and Plan Ceibal. Despite the two countries being over 6,000 miles apart, the tech-savvy initiative is using HD communications equipment to effectively link-up the classrooms across their two different continents. Currently in its pilot phase in the UK, the British arm of the project is seeing 47 classes being taught each week from Wandstead House, a community house based in the London borough of Redbridge. Read more Lesson plan - This year I...                                    In this lesson for A2 and above levels, students are introduced to and discuss the topic of New Year resolutions, while focusing on the form and use of 'going to' to express personal intentions. Download lesson plan Teacher Training with the British Council                                 Our moderated global courses give you the chance to learn and share with teachers from all over the world! All the courses have been written by our experienced team of writers and trainers. English for Teaching, CLIL Essentials and Primary Essentials start 12 January 2015; TKT Essentials starts 02 February 2015. Register now. Find out more

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