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TeachingEnglish newsletter 15 March 2017

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15 March 2017

Welcome to the TeachingEnglish newsletter
This week we are pleased to announce the chance to win a test worth 25 USD. Take a five-minute survey to qualify for a British Council English Test specifically for teaching professionals who would like to prove their level of English.

We also announce our new blog topics for March and April 2017 when we will look at the theme of 'The Learner'.

For the classroom, we have a special lesson for St Patrick's Day, a new primary lesson on the life of a flowering plant, and an exciting science-related lesson for teens - Electricity and lightning workshop: making a news report.

And finally, we have four recorded talks by Scott Thornbury from the fourth British Council teacher development event in Armenia.

We hope you find these resources useful.

Deb
TeachingEnglish team
Teaching kids

In our latest lesson for primary learners, 'The life cycle of a flowering plant', pupils watch a short video and complete an accompanying worksheet. After watching the video and completing the worksheet, you can extend the topic according to your age group using activities from the LearnEnglish Kids website.



Teaching teens

In this exciting lesson, 'Science in Schools - Electricity and lightning workshop', learners prepare a journalist role play for a news report interview using role cards to support the language, structure and content. They then observe each other's groups and use the peer assessment table to give feedback.


Teaching adults

To celebrate St. Patrick's Day on March 17, we have a special lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at upper intermediate level to explore the customs and traditions of this national day. The aim of this lesson is to give students practice in reading an article about St. Patrick's Day for specific information and then the opportunity to talk about the customs and traditions of their own country's national day.

Development

What makes a good English teacher? As well as demonstrating enthusiasm, organisational skills and positivity, great teachers are masters of their subject matter. They spend time developing their English. The British Council is developing the British Council English Test specifically for teaching professionals who would like to prove their level of English. Sound interesting? Take five-minute survey to qualify for a free test when it launches (worth 25 USD).



Events

In November 2016, British Council Armenia hosted their fourth teacher development event with Scott Thornbury as a guest speaker. During his visit, Scott Thornbury, delivered five sessions over three days to English language teachers from all educational sectors in Armenia as well as international participants from Iran, Georgia, Singapore, and Russia. All the sessions were live-streamed to participants from all over the globe, but four were also recorded for those of you who missed the event.

Magazine

There were some great blog posts from January and February 2017 looking at various issues around the theme of action research, mentoring and challenges for the year ahead, and you can find all these posts via the link belw. Our March and April 2017 blog topics will look at the theme of 'The Learner'. Topics include special educational needs, feedback, materials development and mLearning. Happy blogging, and reading!


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