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TeachingEnglish newsletter 14 September 2016

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14 September 2016

Welcome to the TeachingEnglish newsletter!
For the classroom this week, we have a lesson for kids on the theme of 'school'. We also feature a lesson for adults from our series on the topic of etiquette in the UK - 'Rants and raves - Please and thank you'.

The new blog topics for September and October look at the theme of assessing learning. And we have a range of new blog posts on a variety of topics, including 21st century skills.

We are pleased to announce the call for applications for the 2017 ELTons awards, and we also present a new, freely downloadable collection of papers - Creativity in English Language Teaching.

And finally, don't forget to register for the Teaching for Success Online Conference here

We hope you find these resources useful.

Deb
TeachingEnglish team

Teaching kids

In this lesson, students will be introduced to and play games to review classroom furniture and objects. They will practise using 'must' and 'mustn't' to talk about rules, and either role play being the teacher or write rules for their ideal school. Then they will do a survey about school subjects and look at different rooms in a school and activities which are happening there. Finally they can design their own school uniform and bring all their work together in the form of an ideal school project poster.

Teaching teens

There is no doubt that 21st century skills is a popular buzz term at the moment, which is interesting as we are already quite a long way into the 2000s. But if you've been to an ELT conference recently then you've probably heard the phrase used in numerous talks and you might be convinced that this is the next big thing in education. Find out more about what 21st century skills by reading James Taylor's blog post, What does the term 21st century skills mean to me?


Teaching adults

In this lesson, 'Rants and raves - Please and thank you', students will listen to a monologue about a persons reflection of using "please" and "thank you" in conversation. They will match how its done in other languages and complete a listening comprehension activity. 




Development

The ELT Council, Malta has published a new, free, downloadable book, 'Creativity in English Language Teaching', edited by Daniel Xerri and Odette Vassallo. This book presents the views of a group of teachers, trainers and researchers, all of whom share the belief that creativity needs to be an intrinsic aspect of
English Language Teaching. 

 
Events

The ELTons awards 2017 call for applications is now open! The annual awards, run by the British Council, are now in their fifteenth year and celebrate innovation and excellence in English Language Teaching (ELT) around the world. ELT professionals can apply in five categories this year: Excellence in course innovation, Innovation in learner resources, Innovation in teacher resources, Digital innovation and Local innovation.


Magazine

Our 'Magazine' section continues to grow and has become an invaluable resource for teachers around the world. Our four new topics for September and October 2016 look at the theme of 'assessing learning' and ask you to think about some of the ways we can assess learners and the effects and implications of
assessment. Find out more

You can also read our September blog posts on a variety of topics here


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