TeachingEnglish newsletter 06 September 2017

TeachingEnglish - the global home for teachers 06 September 2017 Welcome to the TeachingEnglish newsletter This week we have a practical blog post by Dave Dodgson - 'Developing Digital Literacies for Teachers'. We also have a webinar recording of Simon Shephard presenting a series of short activities to help consolidate, challenge and enhance language learning. For the classroom, we have an article to help you channel all that energy of your young learners, a lesson on the topic of school discipline for teens and a useful lesson for adults on social networking. And finally, why not take a look at our wide range of resources designed to support you in your development of the professional practice, 'assessing learning'? We hope you find these resources useful. Deb TeachingEnglish team Teaching kids Teaching in the primary classroom is very different from teaching teens or adults because of the amount of energy children have! Knowing how to channel this energy, or when to 'stir' and when to 'settle' children, will help you achieve balanced lessons without children becoming overexcited on the one hand or bored on the other. Read more Teaching teens In this lesson, students will consider school discipline. They will learn vocabulary to talk about bad behaviour and punishments, read a text about a case study of a UK teenager and her attitude to school rules, write some school rules for teachers to follow and take part in a discussion about school discipline in general. Go to the lesson plan Teaching adults For many people, social networking is seen as something to do instead of work. This lesson emphasises that social networking is real work. The lesson introduces useful language and techniques, building up to a large social networking simulation at the end. Go to the lesson plan Development In our CPD section on 'assessing learning' you can find a range of resources - free training modules, articles, activities, publications and video tips - to support you in the development of this professional practice. Find out more Events Watch this webinar recording, 'A box of tricks: warmers, coolers and fillers', to learn about a series of short activities to help consolidate, challenge and enhance language learning. Some of them are tried and tested and are old favourites, and some are variations on a theme. So whether you are an old hand or just starting out, join Simon Shephard in some practical classroom games and ideas. Watch a recording of this webinar Magazine 'Developing Digital Literacies for Teachers' is the latest blog post by Dave Dodgson, in which he discusses how teachers who are reluctant to bring technology into the classroom can be encouraged to develop their own digital literacy. The post offers practical advice to help get teachers and trainers using elements of technology with their learners. 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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