TeachingEnglish newsletter 04 May 2016

TeachingEnglish - the global home for teachers 04 May 2016 Welcome to the TeachingEnglish newsletter! TeachingEnglish is preparing to host its first ever online conference. Help us make it a success by completing our online survey. This week we also announce two NEW webinars for May - Interactive Technologies in Language Teaching with CLIL and Engaging primary students through inquiry-based learning. For the classroom we have a story activity for kids, a lesson on climate change for teens, and an activity to practise question formation for adults. And finally, if you haven't already checked out our materials for low-resource classrooms, take a look at how to deal with different aspects of diversity in multicultural contexts. We hope you find these resources useful. Deb TeachingEnglish team Teaching kids One word story is a simple activity where each student adds a word to create a group story. It is designed to be used by language assistants as well as teachers. Students stand in a circle, say a word and develop a story. Go to the activity Teaching teens Odyssey 2050 is a lesson plan for teachers of teenagers at level B2/C1 and above explores the theme of climate change. Students will be introduced to the film Odyssey 2050 and have an opportunity to express and justify their opinions about climate change. Go to the lesson plan Teaching adults Opinion Poll is an activity which gives students practice in forming questions and explore opinions regarding migration. They will create their own questionnaire and survey classmates, friends and family. The activity is based on themes from the British Council OPENCities project. Go to the activity Development Groups of teachers from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan look at different aspects of diversity, including multilingual and multicultural contexts. Topics include using the learners' own language in the classroom, handling diverse student backgrounds and managing weaker students. Go to the resources Events TeachingEnglish is currently preparing to host its first ever online conference, concentrating on the broad theme of continuing professional development (CPD).  It is planned to take place at the end of September 2016 and will be structured around the Professional Practices from the British Council's new CPD Framework for teachers and CPD Framework for teacher educators, which form part of the British Council's wider Teaching for Success approach. To make the conference a success, we want your ideas and feedback. Please complete the online survey. Complete the survey Magazine We are pleased to announce two NEW free webinars in May on the EnglishAgenda website.  On 7 May at 11.00 UK time, join Chiara Ferronato for an interesting and practical webinar on Interactive Technologies in Language Teaching with CLIL.  On 21 May at 10.00 UK time, co-authors of Oxford Discover - Kathleen Kampa and Charles Vilina - will demonstrate how engaging primary students through inquiry-based learning stimulates curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking.  Read more 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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