TeachingEnglish newsletter | | | Welcome to the last TeachingEnglish newsletter of 2018!
We've selected a range of practical resources to help you in the classroom at this special time of year, and one or two ideas to help you with your professional development.
We'll be back in 2019 with more useful resources for you, and in the meantime we wish you all a very happy and peaceful festive season!
The TeachingEnglish team | | This is a seasonal information-gap activity to practise listening and speaking with young learners. The activity requires children to describe and organise objects in a picture according to their partner's instructions. The finished product provides both them and you with good feedback on their ability to communicate. It also gives children the chance to practise simple vocabulary, cardinal numbers and to give simple instructions. Read more. | | | Dave Dodgson: A year in review. Three Quick Ideas | Although Dave's ideas were designed to kick off your first classes of 2015, they are equally useful for 2019. Read more about these three practical ideas: R&R: Reflections and Resolutions, The best (and worst) of 2014 (or 2018)! and Word of the Year. | | | A Child's Christmas in Wales | This unit is designed to explore Dylan Thomas' childhood account of a Christmas Day experience and give learners the opportunity to develop their creative writing skills by incorporating some of the linguistic features present in Dylan Thomas' prose. Designed for learners at B1 level and above, students will also learn to deal with time markers, time references and cultural references in texts. | | | Foster creativity by being a creative teacher | The best way to teach creativity is to set a good example. Now teachers are not restricted in any way to be creative in their job; making your own videos and worksheets, online assignments, quests and boardgames – this is all possible and very accessible. Alexei Kiselev teaches up to 3,000 people every day from his YouTube channel. Read more about how he uses creativity to develop creativity, imagination and collaboration skills in his students. | | | This is a Christmas lesson in which students will review Christmas vocabulary, find out about Christmas celebrations around the world, read a text about people’s attitudes to Christmas in the UK, write a Christmas themed poem and talk about unusual Christmas gifts. There are a range of activities which would be suitable for different age groups, and the opportunity for students to do some more creative Christmas activities. | | | Teacher development in 2019 | We are currently developing ideas for a number of free teacher development opportunities, which will run in 2019, and would like to get your opinion on some of the ideas we have. If you have 5 minutes spare, please go to our short survey | | | | | | | |
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