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Welcome to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter!
This week we have an interesting new report on the relationship between English language learning and economic development among workers from rural Bangladesh who emigrated to the Middle East in search of employment.
For the classroom we have a lesson plan for teachers of teenage and adult students at intermediate level - Living in the UK, and an article which gives practical tips on using projects with teenagers.
We also have a series of articles about the teaching of cultural skills as part of language teaching and recordings of sessions from the ESOL offender learning conference.
Registration is now open for three of our moderated online courses - why not start the new academic year by updating or refreshing your skills?
We hope you find these useful.
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 | This report investigates the relationship between English language learning and economic development among workers from rural Bangladesh who emigrated to the Middle East in search of employment. It provides first-hand accounts of language and other needs of those living and working in contexts of this sort, and provides valuable insights which can feed into the design and implementation of English language education policies and programmes. Read more
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|  | This lesson plan for teachers of teenage and adult students at intermediate level and above is based on the theme of the UK. Students will develop the ability to read and assimilate information from various sources. Learners read about the different countries of the UK: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. They practise reading for specific information, and guessing the meaning of words from the context, both important reading micro-skills. There is an optional extension in the form of a role-play, in which groups of learners compete to persuade a professional couple to move to 'their' UK country. Read more
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| | Project work is becoming an increasingly popular feature within the ELT classroom. Common projects are class magazines, group wall displays about students' countries and designs for cities of the future. A project involves students in deciding together what they want to do to complete a project whilst the teacher plays a more supporting role. Read more about using projects.
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 | In his first article, Barry Tomalin addresses the questions: What do we mean by culture? Why should we consider the teaching of a cultural skills set as part of language teaching and why should we consider it a fifth language skill, in addition to listening, speaking, reading and writing? I think there are two reasons. One is the international role of the English language and the other is globalisation. In his second article - Making culture happen in the English language classroom he looks at teaching the cultural agenda in more detail and explores possible avenues of thinking in a number of areas.
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| | The British Council and The Bell Foundation sponsored a continuing professional development conference for ESOL tutors, teachers and practitioners working in prison settings, as well as those involved in managing or leading provision of offender education. The online sessions provided teachers, managers and professionals with an opportunity to find out about the latest developments and research in the UK prison education sector and inform discussion topics on the challenges of teaching ESOL in prisons. Watch recordings
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 | Our moderated courses are led by expert online teacher trainers with many years of experience in various teaching areas. Registration is now open and start dates are: Primary Essentials 31 August; TKT Essentials 21 September; CLIL Essentials 14 September.
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