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Welcome to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter!
This week we have news of an upcoming TeachingEnglish webinar on blogs and blogging, and three new webinars for May on EnglishAgenda.
Our featured lesson this week is 'Entrepreneurs are Great', a topic-based lesson which develops speaking and writing skills, and vocabulary.
We also have news of the Extensive Reading Foundation Awards for 2014 and a new publication on the English language needs and priorities of young adults in the European Union.
Finally, don't miss the day of webinars on storytelling from Macmillan English, Wednesday 13 May, today!
We hope you find these useful.
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TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC |
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 | Join Macmillan English for a free online event for English language teachers and professionals of all levels. On 13 May 2015, ELT expert Chris Rose and special guest storytellers will provide a full day of webinars all about how to use the art of storytelling to transform your teaching and engage your learners in a range of contexts and levels. Find out more |
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| | | Sandy Millin: Professional development through blogs and blogging
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|  | Teaching blogs contain a wealth of information, but it can be hard to know where to start. In this webinar, Sandy shows you where to find them and how to start your own. She will show you a selection of her favourite blogs, tools to keep up with them and how not to feel overwhelmed by all of the information they contain. She'll also give you some tips on how to start blogging for professional development, what to write about, and how to get people reading and commenting on it.
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| | This lesson, aimed at B1 level and above, is about entrepreneurship and its place in society. It develops speaking and writing skills and the use of context-specific vocabulary and idiomatic language. The students' own experiences and opinions form the basis of all discussions and written work. Read more
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 | As part of UK mental health awareness week 'How to avoid teacher burnout', 15 May with with Agi Enyedi. On 28 May, 'Successful inclusion for dyslexic students in the English language classroom' by the ELTons 2014 winners of Excellence in Course Innovation, Judit Kormos (Lancaster University) and Joanna Nijakowska (University of Łódz). And on 29 May, 'Factors influencing success in teaching English in state primary schools' with Fiona Copland (University of Stirling) and Sue Garton (Aston University). Recordings will also be available after the event. Find out more
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| | The Extensive Reading Foundation Awards for 2014 were recently presented to the winners at an evening ceremony during the IATEFL Annual Conference. The Extensive Reading Foundation (ERF), is an unaffiliated, not-for profit organisation which supports and promotes extensive reading in language education. You can see the awards ceremony and a thought-provoking talk about the benefits of extensive reading by Catherine Walter on the British Council's IATEFL online website. You can also find interviews with two of this year's winners, Nicola Prentis and Michael Austen. Read more
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| | The English language needs and priorities of young adults in the European Union: student and teacher perceptions | |
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| | This freely-downloadable paper explores the English language needs of young adults in the European Union. The findings reveal that both teachers and students accept different native English speaker varieties and non-native English as a lingua franca for communication; recognise the need for English for employment and study; and emphasise the importance of online communication, whilst noting the differences between 'classroom English' and 'online' or social English.
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