TeachingEnglish newsletter 30 August 2017

TeachingEnglish - the global home for teachers 30 August 2017 Welcome to the TeachingEnglish newsletter In many parts of the world a new school year is about to begin, so this week we have activities and other resources to get you and your learners off to a flying start. For those of you who teach kids, especially those of you who are new to teaching kids, we have an article to help you cope with your first lessons. If you teach teens, why not start with classroom rules and rewards by downloading our posters and badge builders? And for teachers of adults, we have a getting-to-know-you activity focused on using question tags. We also have two practical blog posts on the topics of differentiation and designing materials for teaching and training. And finally, find out about how to motivate the unmotivated by watching a recording of this week's featured seminar. We hope you find these resources useful. Deb TeachingEnglish team Teaching kids Teaching children takes a great deal of skill, patience and preparation, so this first tip is all about getting prepared and how to cope in your first few lessons. In this article you can get some practical ideas for your first lessons, in addition to some classroom management tips. Read the article Teaching teens Why not start a new term by downloading our classroom rules poster for your secondary classroom? Or, alternatively, print out versions with blank speech bubbles and give them to your students as a first class activity. You can also motivate your teenage learners with our badge builders by encouraging them to earn skills and behaviour badges. Learn more about the posters and badge builders Teaching adults 'Getting to know you question tags' is a communicative activity to practise using question tags with rising intonation when you are not sure that your ideas are right. Learners prepare a series of statements about another person in the class. They then confirm their ideas by asking this person using tag questions. There are two worksheets: one focuses on pronunciation and the other on question tag formation. Go to the activity Development Phil Wade's latest blog post - Differentiation is the spice of life - suggests some excellent strategies for multi-level classes. Read about how he managed to teach a diverse group of learners, ranging from almost complete beginners to bilingual, by creating, developing and adapting the course content, and how he taught it. Find out more about the differentiation strategies he explored, along with their pros and cons. Read more Events Do you have problems with attendance? Do your students seem to have no interest in learning? In this seminar, 'Motivating the unmotivated', Ken Wilson outlines ten ways to create an atmosphere that makes students want to come to class.    Watch a recording of this seminar Magazine In this post, 'Do we write materials OR Do we design them!', you can read about the experience and reflections of a teacher/teacher trainer designing and writing activities and materials for the classroom and the training room. You can also use the stages of the training session and download the CLIL lesson plan. 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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