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Welcome to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter!
This week we have a great new lesson plan to celebrate World Book Day, in which students will find out about its origins, and write about their own favourite book.
On EnglishAgenda we have a new season of Continuing Professional Development webinars on a range of topics this month, which you can watch and take part in online.
Rachels Boyce's latest blog post looks at cultural issues in the classroom (particularly with regard to speaking), and our featured article looks at ways to integrate literature into the language classroom with teenagers.
Finally, our featured publication is also on the theme of reading and writing - it is a resource pack aimed at teachers who are starting to teach creative writing in their English language classes. We hope you find these useful.
Paul
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 | In this integrated skills lesson, learners learn about World Book Day. First they work in pairs, reading and writing to complete a text about World Book Day. Then they read clues and complete a book-themed crossword. The learners will then use a simple model to write about their own favourite book, using some of the vocabulary they have practised. Finally they will read their texts in class or record themselves reading the texts. There is an optional activity of making a display with the final texts Read more |
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|  | We are pleased to announce a new season of EnglishAgenda continuing professional development webinars. The first one is on April 20th and focuses on 'Creating and sustaining online Communities of Practice (CoPs)' with Katerina Kourkouli of Athens University.
On Thursday 23 April, we bring you the first in a new series of webinars showcasing ideas from the 2014 ELTons winning innovations. Here we present the winners of the ELTon for Innovations in Learner Resources. Els Van Geyte will give a practical webinar about academic writing.
On 30 April we have a webinar from the winners of the ELTon for Innovations in Teacher Resources. Katie Quartano and Paul Shaw's practical talk will show how Disabled Access Friendly's resources can help teachers explore mobility disability issues, develop students' social conscience, make lessons meaningful, and encourage critical thinking. Read more
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| | In this blog post, Rachel Boyce reflects on some of the cultural reasons for student reticence in the classroom, as well as the communicative environment created by the teacher that may encourage learners to speak more in class.
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 | Using stories and poems for language learning provides an opportunity to introduce students to a whole culture. However, teenage learners can be reluctant to engage with literature. In this article, Sue Clarke suggests some ways to integrate literature in the language classroom, along with some engaging British Council materials and tasks to use. Read more
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 | This teaching pack is based on materials developed by the British Council in cooperation with the BBC World Service, and is aimed at teachers who are starting to teach creative writing in the English Language classroom. It was inspired by the 'From critical thinking to Creative Writing' Oxford conference in 2000. Read more
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