TeachingEnglish newsletter 30 September 2015

TeachingEnglish - the global home for teachers 30 September 2015 Welcome to the latest newsletter from TeachingEnglish! This week we announce a webinar organised by the IATEFL TTEd SIG, TELC and Crisis-ELT about 'Teacher Education for Difficult and 'Super-difficult' Circumstances'. To celebrate World Teachers' Day, we also have some interesting blog posts by our bloggers and associates for you to read. For the classroom, we have some great teaching tools for teens for you to use, and an interesting speaking activity to use with your adult or teen students. The featured professional practice from our new CPD framework this week is 'Managing resources', and registration for 'Primary Essentials' is now open. And finally, if you missed the 'Learning to learn' streamed conference from the British Council in Madrid, you can watch recorded sessions. We hope you find these resources useful. Deb TeachingEnglish team Teaching kids If you missed the 'Learning to learn' streamed conference from the British Council in Madrid, you can catch up by watching recorded sessions. Gail Ellis, leading expert and author of  the recently published 'Teaching children how to learn', gave the opening plenary. There were also sessions on Early Years, Exams, Bilinguilism or CLIL, and encouraging class introverts. Find out more Teaching teens Have you checked out our 'Teaching tools' for teens? From the interactive phonemic chart to badge builders, from great posters on teaching writing, reading, or vocabulary to suggestions on how to get the whole class talking, find tools to use in your teenage classroom. Read more about our teaching tools Teaching adults Do you have students who are shy, or bored with traditional pair-work activities? Try 'Change place, change face'. This is a low-preparation activity for learners at all levels that gives maximum speaking time and helps develop fluency. The slightly 'unusual' classroom set-up seems to encourage students to speak, producing a healthy buzz and fostering a positive learning environment.    Go to the activity Development This week we feature the professional practice from our new CPD framework 'Managing resources'. Find resources to help you with this professional practice. Managing resources We are also pleased to announce that registration is open for 'Primary Essentials' - an introductory course to teaching English to young learners aged 7 to 11. Find out more Events Join a webinar organised by the IATEFL TTEd SIG, TELC and Crisis-ELT about 'Teacher Education for Difficult and 'Super-difficult' Circumstances' with Amol Padwad, Prem Phyak and Richard Smith on Monday 5th October 2015, 5pm BST / 4pm UTC / 6pm CEST. This webinar addresses the neglected issue of how teachers can be prepared or supported to teach in 'difficult circumstances' including large classes, lack of resources (textbooks, technology etc.) or in 'super-difficult' or 'crisis' situations.  Read more about the webinar Magazine To celebrate World Teachers' Day on October 5th, we've asked our bloggers and associates to write about why they became teachers. Read some of their reflections in our magazine. Read the reflections on teaching You have received this newsletter because you registered on our website or previously showed interest in British Council news. If you wish to opt out of future newsletters please unsubscribe here.

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