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TeachingEnglish newsletter 07 December 2016

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07 December 2016

Welcome to the TeachingEnglish newsletter!
This week we are pleased to announce a webinar by Tim Phillips - Not going round in circles, which takes place on 14 December.

For the classroom we have a NEW lesson plan for teens and adults - The Christmas gift experiment; a discussion lesson on the topic of donating to charity; and a seasonal lesson for your very young learners.

This week's featured talk from the Teaching for Success online conference is Duncan Foord's 'How to get your team thinking'.

And finally, learn more about classroom management by reading Larry Ferlazzo's latest post.

We hope you find these resources useful.

Deb
TeachingEnglish team
Teaching kids

We have lots of Christmas activities for younger learners on the site. This week we feature a lesson for very young learners where children practise Christmas words with flashcard activities and games, listen to and sing a Christmas song, then they make a Christmas card.






Teaching teens

This lesson plan for teenagers of all ages and adults uses a short, two-minute video to look at the concept of giving and receiving gifts at Christmas. The video focuses on shoppers at a shopping centre, or shopping mall, who are given a present but then told that it is not for them. Students will use creativity and analysis to predict unknown facts in addition to developing fluency and writing skills.



Teaching adults

Every year as Christmas approaches, thousands of charities launch appeals, asking for donations. Christmas is a time of giving and it is a time when many charities raise a large proportion of their total annual income. With so many charities to choose from how can we decide which one to donate to? In this activity learners will imagine the class has £100 to donate. They will work in groups to decide which of four charities they should give the money to.

Development

This week's featured talk from the Teaching for Success online conference is Duncan Foord's 'How to get your team thinking'. The ideas in this talk can be applied in staff meetings, management meetings and any projects which involve a team working together. They will help your team to become more creative and to make better decisions.



Events

Join us on 14 December at 11.00 am UK time to discover how we find our way through professional development. Tim Phillips will be discussing how you can get your bearings using the British Council CPD framework for teachers. He'll look at how you can find solutions to particular issues facing you and discuss how you grow as a teacher during your career. 

Magazine

Some say that the most effective classroom management strategy is having engaging lessons. Yes, having engaging lessons is an important element of good overall classroom management, but it's not enough. To find out more about good classroom management, read Larry Ferlazzo's latest post - Five Guidelines For Effective Classroom Management. 


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