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TeachingEnglish newsletter 23 March 2016

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23 March 2016

Welcome to the TeachingEnglish newsletter!
This week we have a brand NEW blog of the month award which goes to Mike Astbury and his post 'Agree or disagree (and why?)'

And we also celebrate 30 years of The Teacher Trainer Journal with a brief overview by the editor, Tessa Woodward.

For the classroom we have a speaking activity for kids with good imaginations, a range of NEW resources celebrating the life and work of Shakespeare for teens, and two useful articles on teaching delexicalised verbs for teachers of adults.

And, finally, we have a NEW freely downloadable publication, 'English language teaching and learning in Egypt: an insight'.

We hope you find these resources useful.

Deb
TeachingEnglish team

Teaching kids

Desert Island Escape is a speaking activity for higher level students with good imaginations. A group of students have ended up on a desert island with a few random objects and they have to use the objects they have to help them survive on the island. 



Teaching teens

We have over 30 lesson plans and a range of articles celebrating the life and work of Shakespeare for you to use with your teenage students.Macbeth is one of a series of lesson plans to accompany the short animated videos of five of Shakespeare's plays on LearnEnglish Teens. In this lesson, learners will discuss what they would do if they ruled their country, and reflect on the advantages and disadvantages of having power.

Teaching adults

In the first part of this two part article Shaun Dowling looks at delexicalised verbs, and the problems they cause for our students. 

In the second part Shaun goes on to outline some ways in which we can help our learners with this tricky area and help them to make their English sound more natural.



Development

The Teacher Trainer Journal celebrates its 30th Birthday! The Teacher Trainer is a practical journal especially for those interested in TESOL teacher training. Whether you are an experienced teacher who tends to be asked questions by others in the staffroom, a Director of Studies with an office of your own, whether you are a course tutor on a teacher training exam course, or an inspector going out to schools, this journal is for you.




Events

'English language teaching and learning in Egypt: an insight' consists of two pieces of preliminary research into ELT in Egypt to better understand the current situation particularly in the Basic and Secondary stages of education from the point of view of ministries, teachers, students, parents and employers. These varying perspectives are considered within the parameters of the education goals of the ministry of education and the National Curriculum Framework for English as a Foreign Language: Grades 1-12. The publication is free to download. 
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Magazine

Our featured blog of the month award for February 2016 goes to Mike Astbury and his post Agree or disagree (and why?) Do you have shy students in your class? Do you find it hard to get them to speak? Mike Astbury has designed this speaking activity with them in mind! This month's shortlist includes some great posts that offer a number of different ideas for using and creating gap-fills, writing 'for and against' essays and professional emails, ways of reviewing vocabulary and suggestions for getting students to peer-teach phrasal verbs.
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