TeachingEnglish teacher newsletter 23 December 2020

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Is this email displaying properly? If not, read it in your browser Newsletter TeachingEnglish Teachers Welcome to the last edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter for 2020! First, we are pleased to announce a new free online course: Teaching Young Learners Online, which starts on 11 January 2021. For the classroom, we have a lesson plan for primary learners and a New Year activity. This week we also have a useful blog post on remote learning, and a publication on the challenges and benefits of mentoring. And finally, if you haven't had time to read our Covid-19 insight reports yet, why not take a look this holiday season? We hope you find these resources useful and we wish you a peaceful and healthy holiday season. The TeachingEnglish team My grandfriend In this lesson primary learners listen as the teacher describes the lives of three grandfriends, choosing the pictures which correspond to each person. They use the information to invent a grandfriend, or to describe a grandparent or an older person they know. You can use this lesson in face-to-face classrooms or online teaching. Go to lesson Teaching Young Learners Online On this free course, you'll explore online teaching in both theory and practice – how to plan accessible online lessons and assessments, what online safety looks like, and how best to build relationships with young learners. The course starts on 11 January 2021. Read more and register New Year's resolutions This is a pair work activity you can do with A1-level students to talk about their New Year's resolutions. The aim is to practise 'going to' and you can adapt the topics to suit learners of all ages. The activity can be done face-to-face or online. Help your learners 'make it happen' in 2021! Learn more Distance learning and English language learners Teachers and students around the globe have faced unprecedented challenges this year, some of which have become crises. Larry Ferlazzo offers a number of suggestions that may help educators craft their own responses to this unique environment. Read Larry's post Covid-19 insight reports These reports explore how state primary and secondary education systems, teachers and teacher educators have responded to the impact of Covid-19. One report focuses on how classroom closure and online provision has been managed in 52 countries; the other reports on practitioners' professional needs for supporting learners remotely in 150 countries. Read more Mentoring teacher-research: challenges and benefits according to Nepali mentors This small-scale research project sets out to systematically gather some in-depth qualitative data from a group of nine mentors with very recent experience of mentoring an average of ten secondary school teachers each on a nine-month-long action research mentoring programme. Free publication Contact us Connect with us © British Council The United Kingdom's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. A registered charity: 209131 (England and Wales) SC037733 (Scotland). You have received this newsletter because you have registered for updates. If you wish to opt out of future newsletters, please unsubscribe here. Update your marketing preferences Hello

                                                           

TeachingEnglish teacher newsletter 9 December 2020

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Is this email displaying properly? If not, read it in your browser Newsletter TeachingEnglish Teachers 9 December 2020 Welcome to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter! First, we are pleased to announce our upcoming webinar, 'Sticky Objects and Positive Emotions: researching teacher well-being and resilience', on Wednesday 09 December. For the classroom, we have a Christmas lesson plan for young learners. And if you are a teacher of primary learners, please complete our survey. This week we also bring you a series of podcasts about issues and ideas around education. And finally, we have a range of new, free online courses for the New Year – which one will you choose? We hope you find these resources useful. The TeachingEnglish team Sticky Objects and Positive Emotions: researching teacher well-being and resilience Teaching is an emotional business. Sadly, many of us are familiar with the stresses and anxieties of second language learning and teaching. This webinar on 9 December at 12 p.m. UK time, presents findings from research on EAP teachers' positive emotions within their daily lives, and offers some suggestions for ways in which teachers can support their own well-being. Register for this event Teacher Activity Groups: an effective model for professional development? Several professional development projects delivered by the British Council in recent years have used a community of practice (CoP) model called Teacher Activity Groups (TAGs). In this webinar we explore what makes the TAG model unique and present the results of a review of six TAG projects in different parts of the world. Watch a recording of this webinar A Christmas lesson This lesson for low-level primary students includes an introductory song, a focus on clothes words, review and practice of 'has got' and a labelling and colouring activity. There are suggestions for some other follow-up Christmas activities too.   Go to lesson Teaching English in primary school – survey Are you a teacher of English in a primary school? Would you like to contribute your knowledge to a major international survey on teaching English in primary schools? We are conducting a study to find out about primary school teachers' experiences of teaching English. Complete the survey Education in focus podcasts This series of nine podcasts provides examples of best practices established by successful initiatives. Episodes include a focus on raising student learning outcomes, inclusive education and technology in education, as well as 21st-century skills and English-medium instruction (EMI). Just click on a topic and listen Free online training for the New Year If you are already thinking about your New Year's resolutions and plans, and are looking for new development opportunities, check out our courses for 2021: Dealing with very challenging behaviour (from 4 Jan); Teaching with minimal resources (from 1 Feb); and Core skills in your context (from 1 March). Read more about these courses Contact us Connect with us © British Council The United Kingdom's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. A registered charity: 209131 (England and Wales) SC037733 (Scotland). You have received this newsletter because you have registered for updates. If you wish to opt out of future newsletters, please unsubscribe here. Update your marketing preferences Hello