TeachingEnglish newsletter 15 June 2016

TeachingEnglish - the global home for teachers 16 June 2016 Welcome to the TeachingEnglish newsletter! This week, to raise awareness of World Refugee Day on 20 June, we have a new 'poster project' lesson plan for Kids aged 12 and older.  On the day itself, EnglishAgenda and TeachingEnglish will be hosting two webinars. The first, for teacher educators, looks at secondary teacher training in the context of the refugee population in Palestine. The second, with Nick Bilbrough, explores the use of video conferencing tools with young learners in refugee camps.  You can also download two publications from TeachingEnglish and EnglishAgenda which look at issues of language learning for migrants and refugees. With so many sporting events taking place at the moment, it's a good opportunity to focus on the role sport plays in society - our lesson plan for Teens does just that!  As holiday season comes ever closer, why not use our new activity for low-level adult learners. At the airport will help your students master the basics of communication at check-in and beyond. Finally, we have our latest featured blog of the month award. Paul  TeachingEnglish team Teaching kids Our latest lesson plan for older kids uses text and video to get your students thinking about what it means to be a refugee. Working through a series of collaborative tasks, they will give a presentation on how they would welcome a group of refugees to their community.  Go to the lesson plan Teaching teens 'Sport is Great' for higher level teenage learners (CEF level B2 and above) looks at the role sport plays in society. The plan is designed to help students develop their speaking and writing skills, and the use of context-specific vocabulary and idiomatic expressions.  Go to the lesson plan Teaching adults Holiday time is almost upon many of us. 'Airport check-in' is a series of activities designed to help lower level learners (CEF Level A2) cope with English at the airport. With a listening activity, role-play and focus on vocabulary development, this is a great series of activities to help your students as they leave the classroom for the summer. Go to the activity Development Two publications by the British Council, both concerned with language learning and refugees, are available to download for free on TeachingEnglish and EnglishAgenda. The publication on TeachingEnglish looks at the role of language in the integration of migrants.  On EnglishAgenda, the publication looks at innovations in language teaching for migrants and refugees.  Events On Monday 20 June, both EnglishAgenda and TeachingEnglish will be hosting webinars to raise awareness of World Refugee Day. Aimed at teacher educators, the EnglishAgenda webinar will feature 3 speakers and look at secondary teacher training in the context of the refugee population in Palestine. On TeachingEnglish, Nick Bilbrough will be talking about his Hands Up! project and in particular the use of simple video conferencing tools. More about the EnglishAgenda webinar More about the TeachingEnglish webinar Magazine Our latest featured blog of the month award goes to ELT Connect for their post on useful tips to give your students or hang up on the classroom noticeboard to help them self-study and take charge of their own learning outside the classroom. Find out more about the winning post and the shortlisted blogs from May 2016. Go to the article 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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