TeachingEnglish newsletter 07 October 2015

TeachingEnglish - the global home for teachers 07 October 2015 Welcome to the latest newsletter from TeachingEnglish! This week we announce a webinar with Ian Clifford, British Council Burma discussing whether learner-centred approaches work in every culture. To celebrate World Teachers' Day on 5th October, we have created a collection of a range of useful resources on various themes for you to read, watch and use. For the classroom, we have a brand new integrated speaking lesson for adults, a great picture story lesson for kids, and a First Certificate listening skills development lesson for teens. The featured professional practice from our new CPD framework this week is 'Using inclusive practices'. And finally, registration for our courses 'CLIL Essentials' and 'TKT Essentials' is now open. We hope you find these resources useful. Deb TeachingEnglish team Teaching kids Create a picture story with your young learners using this lesson plan 'Draw a story' and a story from LearnEnglish Kids. This lesson uses a wonderful idea from Chris Riddell, currently the 'children's laureate', of turning children into illustrators. Go to the lesson plan Teaching teens This lesson plan for teachers of teenage students at level B2 is about food festivals. Students will focus on their listening skills in preparation for part 2 of the FCE listening test. Through a series of activities students will become more aware of what to 'notice' in a gap fill listening exercise, enabling them to do the Listening part 2 more successfully. Go to the lesson plan Teaching adults This is an integrated speaking lesson for higher level adults that involves them taking different roles depending the colour of their hat. In the 1980s Edward de Bono came up with his Six Thinking Hats idea, in which businessmen use a parallel thinking process which helps them become 'more productive, focused, and mindfully involved'. A similar process can be used effectively in the English classroom to get learners more involved in discussions. Go to the lesson plan Development This week we feature the professional practice from our new CPD framework 'Using inclusive practices'. Find resources to help you with this professional practice. Using inclusive practices We are also pleased to announce that registration is open for CLIL Essentials  and TKT Essentials   Events Do learner-centred approaches work in every culture? Is it time to challenge Western assumptions about education, especially when it comes to promoting 'good teaching approaches' in the developing world? On Monday 12th October at 13.30 UK time, the British Council's Ian Clifford looks at the case of Burma, in a webinar which will be of interest to those involved in teacher development. Find out more about the webinar Magazine World Teachers' Day was on October 5th. To celebrate the event for 2015, we gathered a number of useful resources from across the site into one place. Check out resources on themes of motivation, teaching mixed-level classes, making activities communicative, preparing learners for exams, and giving effective feedback. Go to the resources 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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