TeachingEnglish newsletter 11 May 2016

TeachingEnglish - the global home for teachers 11 May 2016 Welcome to the TeachingEnglish newsletter! Don't miss next Thursday's webinar with Paul Braddock on Exploring Continuing Professional Development, in which he looks at the British Council's new CPD framework for teachers. And next Saturday EnglishAgenda also presents a webinar with the authors of the 2015 winner of the ELTon award for Excellence in Course Innovation - Kathleen Kampa and Charles Vilina, who will be talking about inquiry-based learning. For the classroom this week we have a collection of games for kids, a story with a twist for teens, and an article which discusses the benefits of group work and whole class teaching for adults. We also have several blogs on the theme of teacher and career development, and this week we feature David Petrie's 'What makes an effective manager?' And finally, don't forget to give us your ideas for the first TeachingEnglish online conference by completing our online survey We hope you find these resources useful. Deb TeachingEnglish team Teaching kids 'Games from around the world' is a small collection of 5 games you can use to promote turn taking and collaboration in the classroom. The children are also introduced to the language they need in order to instruct each other and manage the games. Go to the games Teaching teens Louise Cooper's stories usually have a twist in the tale, and this is no different. It starts off ordinarily enough with a king, a crying princess and a poor suitor for the princess's hand. So, what happens to cheer the princess up? Probably not what you think. This BritLit kit is short and sweet and can be done in one or two lessons. Go to the BritLit kit Teaching adults Group and pair work are so much a part of our everyday teaching routine that we hardly pause to think before partitioning the class to tackle some particular communicative task. But group work may not always be the best option. There will be a time and a place for whole-class activities in the English language classroom, just as there's a time and a place for group and pair work. Read this article to learn more about how to make the best of both. Go to the article Development Join us on 19th May at 11.00 UK time for a webinar with Paul Braddock on Exploring Continuing Professional Development. He will be looking at the British Council's CPD framework for teachers and exploring different factors that can influence successful continuing professional development. Find out more Events EnglishAgenda is pleased to bring you a series of webinars showcasing ideas from the 2015 ELTons winning innovations. On Saturday 21 May at 10.00 UK time, we present the 2015 winner of the ELTon award for Excellence in Course Innovation. Using examples from their new primary course Oxford Discover, co- authors Kathleen Kampa and Charles Vilina will demonstrate inquiry-based learning. Find out more Magazine Read David Petrie's blog 'What makes an effective manager?' to find out more about how managerial psychology and philosophy is changing, how to more effectively make and keep our customers happy, and how to really listen. Read the blog 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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