TeachingEnglish newsletter 18 October 2017

TeachingEnglish - the global home for teachers 18 October 2017 Welcome to the TeachingEnglish newsletter. This week we are pleased to announce the winner of our blog of the month award 'Games children play - TRIVIA MIX UP' by Kasia Piotrowska. For the classroom we have a lesson for kids based on the popular song 'What can it be?', a writing lesson for teens focussed on editing and accuracy, and a lesson designed for adults - Planning an excursion. We also have an article to help you develop listening skills with young learners, and a recording of a webinar with Michael Swan - 'Some things that matter in grammar teaching'. We hope you find these resources useful. Deb TeachingEnglish team Teaching kids In this lesson, learners will be introduced to the popular song 'What can it be?' They will listen to the song, complete comprehension activities, and practise the animals, mythical creatures and body parts mentioned in the song. They will also practise the 'has got' and possessive 's structures as well as sing the song.   Go to the lesson plan Teaching teens 'Writing: mini things' is a lesson plan for teachers of older teenage and adult students at level B1. Sometimes when we ask students to write a composition they spend very little time at the important editing stage. In this lesson students will do a couple of 'short writing' activities with the focus on editing and accuracy. Go to the lesson plan Teaching adults In this lesson, 'Planning an excursion' students listen to a dialogue in a travel agents, put the dialogue in the correct order and listen to check answers. There are also suggestions for developing the theme of travel to practise specific areas of grammar. Go to the lesson plan Development This article focuses on how to develop listening skills with young learners who are learning English as an additional language. A number of learning theories are identified, together with a list of considerations and cautions to make listening in the classroom more comprehensible. Go to the article Events 'Some things that matter in grammar teaching, and some that don't' is the title of a seminar by Michael Swan which looks at the theory and practice of grammar, and its role in the classroom. A recording of the seminar is available here You can also read a report of the seminar here Magazine Our featured blog of the month for September 2017 goes to Kasia Piotrowska and her post Games children play - TRIVIA MIX UP. Get your students speaking about things they enjoy with this well-prepared lesson idea. It comes with a PowerPoint game you can download. This month's shortlist also includes free writing templates, a game for reviewing vocabulary, a lesson plan where students create a poem, and an activity for creating graphs. 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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