TeachingEnglish newsletter 10 May 2017

TeachingEnglish - the global home for teachers 10 May 2017 Welcome to the TeachingEnglish newsletter This week we feature a blog post on the challenges of teaching teenagers, and a recording of this week's webinar looking at how to help adult learners become storytellers and published authors. We also feature a recorded talk from IATEFL 2017 - 'Building fluency and comprehension in dyslexic readers'. For the classroom, we have a new lesson plan for adults and teens which looks at the concept of identity and the Collecting Europe project, and an article plus activities to get you Teaching Unplugged. We also have a special lesson plan for primary kids, 'The Very Busy Spider', which raises awareness about children who are visually impaired. We hope you find these resources useful. Deb TeachingEnglish team Teaching kids This lesson plan, 'The Very Busy Spider', for teachers of primary students aged 5 to 6 years old helps in raising awareness about children who are visually impaired. Students will make a touchy-feely book and give a presentation of the story. Go to the lesson plan Teaching teens If you'd like to have a first go at 'Teaching Unplugged', your aim is simply to get students to produce language and then to use the language they produce as the basis for your lesson. The most important part is not how you generate the emergent language (that is, the language that the students produce as they are talking) but what you do with the language. The subject you choose can literally be anything in the world, but here are some ideas to get you started. Find out more Teaching adults Our latest lesson plan for adults and teenagers, 'Collecting Europe - Identity', looks at the concept of identity and the Collecting Europe project. Students will speak about identity issues, watch a short video about how people identify themselves, make predictions about their own future and the future of society, and take part in the 'Collecting Europe' quiz by considering some of the questions it asks. Go to the lesson plan Development This talk from IATEFL 2017 by Julia Koifman, 'Building fluency and comprehension in dyslexic readers', focuses on teaching dyslexic students reading comprehension and improving their spelling, speaking and writing skills. Julia explores ways to activate the inherent strengths of the dyslexic mind and deals with modern and effective methodology. Find out more and watch a recording Events In our latest EnglishAgenda webinar, which took place on Monday 8 May, Judy Kirsh, teacher educator and ESOL/literacy specialist, explored the process of supporting migrant women and volunteer befrienders to become published authors. Judy presented on behalf of Learning Unlimited LTD, winner of the 2016 British Council ELTon award for Innovation in learner resources. Find out more and watch a recording Magazine What are some of the challenges of teaching teenagers? This post, 'Teenager challenges', by James Taylor looks at some of the issues he faced and some of the lessons he has learned. 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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