| | | | Teaching kids
Storytelling has become the new buzz in ELT, which is logical when you consider that it's one of the few wholly authentic activities that we do in the classroom. But the difficulty with storytelling and learning is how to be sure of using a range of different skills that will involve all students, whatever their language or cognitive developmental level. The Teachers' Standards produced by the UK's Department for Education in 2012 urge teachers to challenge all students and develop activities for an inclusive classroom. How can we do this with storytelling? Read Rachael Harris's article 'Bloomifying stories in the inclusive practice classroom'.
| Teaching teens
This is an integrated skills lesson which involves some discussion, reading and writing. It explores the area of 'brands' and the associations we have with particular brand names. Students will rank their favourite brand names and discuss what they like/dislike about them. They will read and discuss the context of a text about brand naming and complete related vocabulary building exercises. Lastly, students will create and brand their own imaginary product, which they will present to the rest of the class.
| Teaching adults
This lesson, 'Benefits of being bilingual', has been devised to celebrate International Mother Language Day on 21 February, which exists to promote awareness of linguistic diversity and multilingualism. However, it can be used at any time of the year. The lesson begins with a few statements about bilingualism. The students decide if these are true or false and then read a text to check their ideas. They then move on to look at impersonal report structures and end with a personalised practice activity.
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| | | | Development
On 8 February, the University of Warwick and IATEFL Research SIG jointly hosted a panel discussion called 'Video in English language teacher education'. Presenters and session titles were: Russell Stannard - Technologies' impact on teacher training; Julia Huettner - 'This is messy': Using video as a springboard for teacher reflection; and Thom Kiddle - Using video for asynchronous multimodal discussion and sharing opportunities online. This research project is funded by a British Council ELTRA award. Watch a recording of the webinar here
| Events
TIRF - The International Research Foundation for English Language Education - is pleased to announce its 2018 Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDG) competition. Grants of up to US$5,000 will be made to successful applicants investigating a range of topics in English language education. The application deadline is Wednesday 25 April 2018.
| Magazine
In this post, Corinna Keefe explains how she started a discussion about the refugee crisis, history and identity in her classroom - and why. Read more about how she planned a series of lessons about refugees, aimed at secondary school students, to give them space to explore their history, learn about the present and think seriously about the future. Using online research activities and lively discussion, her students started to form their own responses and ideas.
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