TeachingEnglish newsletter 22 November 2017

TeachingEnglish - the global home for teachers 22 November 2017 Welcome to the TeachingEnglish newsletter This week we are happy to announce the winner of our featured blog of the month award for October 2017 - Cristina Cabal and her post 'Lacking inspiration? 6 awesome resource websites to find stuff for your classes'. For the classroom we have two different-level lesson plans on the topic of photography for your teens and adults. And for kids, a look at resources on offer to help you promote diversity through children's literature. We have an interesting blog post which considers how teaching has changed over the centuries and the implications for those of us invested in English language teaching and learning. And finally, if you're interested in some practical ideas on how we can help learners build and retain vocabulary, take a look at this week's featured video tip - 'Building and retaining vocabulary'. We hope you find these resources useful. Deb TeachingEnglish team Teaching kids Storybooks act as a springboard for a wide variety of activities designed to develop children's English language skills as well as opportunities to develop the theme or content of the book. Take a look at a selection of stories the British Council in Paris has used to address different aspects of diversity. You can download activity plans and worksheets, together with an overview of all the titles in this series (as well as further recommended storybooks).  Read more Teaching teens This lesson is all about photography. Students brainstorm vocabulary related to the topic, do a mingle activity, practise giving opinions about a set of photos, invent a character based on a photo and take part in a role play about a celebrity-seeking paparazzi. Finally, there is a discussion activity so that students can discuss their attitudes to photos and photography. Go to the lesson plan Teaching adults This lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at low intermediate level and above explores the theme of photographs. During the lesson, students get the chance to talk about photos on their mobiles or in their wallets, and then write a description of a favourite picture. Go to the lesson plan Development In this video, 'Building and retaining vocabulary', Adam Simpson, Lizzie Pinard, Rachael Roberts and George Chilton give practical ideas on the ways we can help our learners build their range of vocabulary and, more importantly, find ways to retain it. Throughout this video, they provide a number of useful activities that can be used to help students in this area. Watch the video tip Events Our featured blog of the month for October 2017 goes to Cristina Cabal and her post, 'Lacking inspiration? 6 awesome resource websites to find stuff for your classes'. In this post, Cristina talks about her choice of six websites offering free resources that make our lives as teachers so much easier. You can also find out more about our shortlisted posts for October here. Find out more Magazine How has teaching changed over the centuries and what is happening which is specific to ELT today? In this blog post, 'Plato's iPad', Richard Fielden-Watkinson looks at what advantages we have today with regard to the school, the methods, the teacher and the student.  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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