British Council TeachingEnglish 25 March 2015

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TeachingEnglish Newsletter 25 March 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 latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter!  This week we invite you to take part in a webinar on assessment. Join David Dodgson in a conversation about testing, teaching and learning on 07 April. We also have a recording of a webinar on Cyberbullying - a must-see for all teachers and parents of teenagers. If you have trouble drawing but would like to know how, then check out the video by Paul Millard on drawing people and actions. We also have an interesting podcast on mobile technologies and pedagogy. Find out which types of activities and apps researchers identified as the most beneficial for language learning. Finally, the shortlist for the 2015 ELTons awards, and registration for CLIL Essentials is now open. We hope you find these useful. Deb TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC   EnglishAgenda podcast on mobile technologies and pedagogy                                       Listen to the latest podcast with Lucy Norris, Research Associate at The Open University and co-author of the recent British Council guide on mobile technologies. Lucy discusses the importance of the opportunities mobile technology can bring both inside and outside of the classroom. You can also hear what types of activities and apps Lucy and her fellow researchers identified as the most beneficial for language learning. Read more   How to draw people and actions                                         Do you have problems drawing people and actions on the board for your students? In this video, Paul Millard from British Council Vietnam gives us some great drawing tips and shows us how to do this more effectively. Watch video Cyberbullying webinar recording by Carol Rainbow                                         The IATEFL Global Issues Special Interest Group (SIG) recently held a webinar all about cyberbullying, defined as the repeated use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) particularly mobile phones and the internet to deliberately upset someone else. Carol Rainbow talks in depth about the phenomenon and what we can do to counteract this. An invaluable presentation for all teachers and parents of teenagers. Read more   Webinar - David Dodgson: Assessing Assessment - A Conversation about Language Testing, Teaching and Learning                                         'Assessment' is one of those terms in ELT that can mean many things. We talk about formative and summative assessment, peer and self-assessment, portfolios, setting learning targets, and methods of 'alternative' assessment. And yet, in many countries around the world, pen and paper exams still carry the most weight. Does it have to be this way? Find out on 07 April, 10am UK time. Read more   ELTons Awards 2015 - shortlist announced!                                    The shortlist of nominations has now been announced for the 2015 ELTons. Find who has been nominated for the awards which recognise and celebrate innovation in English Language Teaching products. Read more CLIL Essentials course                                 If you are teaching school subjects in English, then this course will provide comprehensive training on the methodology and practice of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) you need in your work. Registration is now open and the course starts April 13th. Find out more

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