TeachingEnglish newsletter 07 March 2018

TeachingEnglish - the global home for teachers 07 March 2018 Welcome to the TeachingEnglish newsletter This week we have a new lesson for adults and teenagers on the theme of animal trafficking. For primary learners, we feature a CLIL lesson on basic numeracy. And we also feature a special lesson to mark International Women's Day. We also announce the winner of our blog of the month award, which goes to Cristina Cabal and her post 'Making vocabulary stick'. 'Ingredients for successful CLIL' is our featured webinar this week - join Keith Kelly to find out more about managing CLIL in a range of contexts. And finally, are you taking full advantage of teacher development resources and opportunities available to you via teacher networks? Check out networks in your part of the world, and find out what's on offer. We hope you find these resources useful. Deb TeachingEnglish team Teaching kids This activity, 'CLIL maths: Basic numeracy', for young primary pupils is designed to work on basic numeracy skills while communicating in English. Learners practise basic addition and subtraction, while practising 'have got' in questions and positive sentences.  Go to the activity Teaching teens This lesson, 'Unsung heroes', devised for International Women's Day, will help to raise awareness of some not very famous, but nonetheless important, women. Students discuss the women's achievements and learn some useful vocabulary for talking about social issues. There is then a focus on relative clauses, before the final task of writing about another female hero. Go to the lesson plan Teaching adults Our latest integrated skills lesson for adults and teenagers, 'Animal trafficking', looks at the illegal animal trafficking trade. In this integrated skills lesson, students will learn about the illegal pet trade in Brazil. They begin by guessing the answers to some questions and then read and find the answers in three short articles. Finally, learners work in groups and hold a discussion about crimes and punishments. Try this new lesson plan Development One aspect of taking responsibility for professional development involves being aware of, selecting and engaging in appropriate professional development opportunities and resources to inform your classroom practice. One way to do this is by joining a teacher association or teacher network. Why not take a look at the large number of teacher networks and join one in your part of the world? Find out more Events In this webinar, Keith Kelly presents 'Ingredients for successful CLIL'. By referring to examples of CLIL in action in a number of contexts, he looks at managing and supporting the CLIL implementation process and the roles and behaviours of teachers in the delivery of CLIL. He also discusses resourcing CLIL and considers factors to do with the learners in CLIL education.  Watch a recording of this webinar Magazine Our featured blog of the month for January 2018 goes to Cristina Cabal and her post 'Making vocabulary stick'. Cristina's post provides a simple activity to encourage the use of newly acquired vocabulary and to help students remember it. Our shortlisted posts for January 2018 include a board game for phrasal verbs, suggestions for building language fluency, links to 30 PowerPoint games and activities, and helping students retain new language. 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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