TeachingEnglish newsletter 25 January 2017

TeachingEnglish - the global home for teachers 25 January 2017 Welcome to the TeachingEnglish newsletter This week we celebrate Chinese New Year with a new lesson plan for kids, language and skills activities for teens, and an interactive skills lesson for adults on the theme of festivals. We feature two blog posts this week - 'Sailing in Uncharted Waters', which describes how one teacher overcame new classroom challenges, and 'How do you progress from being a teacher to a materials writer?' for all you budding writers. We also have a recording of an interesting presentation which explores ways of applying cinema, and potentially film-making, to the classroom as a means of enhancing student engagement with issues of citizenship. And finally, there's still time to register for both of our new moderated courses: 'Discovering classroom management' and 'Discovering language and interaction'. We hope you find these resources useful. Deb TeachingEnglish team Teaching kids Our latest lesson plan for kids looks at Chinese New Year. In this lesson children learn about Chinese New Year customs. They are introduced to some expressions for speculating that will be practised in context when they play a board game in small groups. At the end of the lesson children find out which Chinese zodiac animal they are. Go to the lesson plan Teaching teens Dragon dances, acrobats, fireworks, a parade ... London is buzzing with excitement at Chinese New Year. There are lots of activities for your teens to practise language and skills around the theme of Chinese New Year on LearnEnglish Teens. If you have access to technology in your classroom, why not plan a lesson around these self-access activities for your learners?    Find out more Teaching adults With the Chinese New Year fast approaching, why not explore the theme of festivals with your adult learners? This integrated skills lesson for B1 level adult or older teen students offers the opportunity to read and learn about different festivals and invent an exciting new one. Go to the lesson plan Development There is nothing quite like using materials that you have written yourself with your learners. Of course many teachers also go beyond writing materials for their own classes and start to produce them for a wider audience. Seeing your name in print is a proud moment for any aspiring writer. Read Lizzie's blog if you want to make the step from teacher to materials writer. Read more Events This presentation 'Using cinema to engage young people with citizenship' by James Clarke, explores ways of applying cinema, and potentially film-making, to the classroom as a means of enhancing student engagement with issues of citizenship and self in relation to students' wider communities and related concerns. A report of the seminar is also available to freely download. Go to the recording Magazine "2016 was a year of change. A lot of people found their lives being completely different, had to deal with a lot of changes and were forced to start anew. I was one of them." Read this blog post 'Sailing in Uncharted Waters' to find out how one teacher managed to overcome new challenges, find fresh motivation and become a more creative practitioner. 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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