TeachingEnglish newsletter 29 April 2020

TeachingEnglish newsletter 29 April 2020 Welcome to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter! The British Council is committed to supporting teachers and teacher educators during the Covid-19 crisis. This week we bring you news of a webinar on creative activities for young language learners at home, an online lesson for secondary and adult students, a series of free online professional development courses to choose from, a series of guides on remote teaching, and two surveys to take part in. We hope you find these and other resources on our website useful. The TeachingEnglish team Webinar – Creative activities for language learners at home This is the seventh in our series of webinars aimed at supporting teachers working in an online context. It is also the first in a series of 12 webinars by winners of the British Council's English Language Teaching Research Awards (ELTRAs). In this webinar, we present the Language Suitcase – a toolkit full of activities developed collaboratively by artists, teachers and researchers. Parents do not need to act as teachers, and children just need to activate their curiosity. Join us on 6 May at 12 p.m. UK time. Guidance for remote teaching The Remote Teaching Tips series provides practical ideas and guidance for teachers supporting their learners using a variety of platforms and approaches, across different contexts. Topics include online lessons and teaching via SMS, telephone calls, Facebook and messenger apps. See our guidance documents. Global practices in teaching English to young learners: ten years on Do you teach English to young learners? In conjunction with the British Council, the University of Stirling and Aston University have recently launched a survey for teachers of English to young learners in primary (elementary) schools. The survey aims to investigate teachers’ classroom practices and the challenges they face. The findings will be compared with findings from a similar study ten years ago in order to understand how teaching English to children has developed. Find out more. Lesson plan: Foreign words used in English Use this lesson in online or face-to-face teaching with older teenagers or adults at CEFR level B2 and above to look at how foreign words are used in the English language. The lesson begins with a short quiz about the English language, which makes sure that the students understand what a hybrid language English is and the concept of loan words. They then look at some common loan words and try to decide which language they originally came from, before reading a short text to check their ideas. Teaching for Success free online courses We offer a number of different courses free of charge. Our Language for Resilience series consists of a number of four-week modules. The first module – An introduction to trauma and its effects in the classroom – begins on 4 May 2020. Other courses on offer include 'English in early childhood: language learning and development', 'The classroom and the world', 'Learning and learners', 'Assessment in the classroom' and 'Lessons and teaching'. Find a free course to suit your development needs here. Language teacher well-being project Take part in an online survey designed by researchers from the University of Graz, the University of Sharjah and Cape Breton University about psychological and social experiences during this period of the Covid-19 pandemic. The aim of this research is to better understand the effects of the move to online and remote teaching on teachers’ health and well-being under the current conditions. It is hoped it will teach lessons we can draw on in the future to appreciate the kinds of support that teachers need when facing periods of upheaval and change. ‌ British Council teacher community on Facebook Join the British Council teacher community on Facebook to share ideas, resources and learning opportunities. ‌ Visit our website STAY CONNECTED ‌ ‌

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TeachingEnglish newsletter 15 April 2020

TeachingEnglish newsletter 15 April 2020 Welcome to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter! The British Council is committed to supporting teachers and teacher educators during the Covid-19 crisis. This week we bring you news of a webinar related to teaching young learners online, an online lesson for primary students, a free online professional development course, news of our NEW blog topics and information on how to become a TeachingEnglish blogger, and details of an IATEFL online event this coming weekend. And finally, we'd love to hear how we can best help you in the current crisis, so please complete our online survey. We hope you find these and other resources on our website useful. The TeachingEnglish team Online teaching and young learners – making the most of the situation This webinar on 17 April at 11 a.m. UK time is for teachers working to deliver classes and maintain an online offer of education to young learners. The world has been put on hold but education continues. How can we adapt our teaching for young learners? Join María José in this session, where you will be looking at different activities and strategies to keep young learners engaged. Find out more. My sea creature – online lesson materials In this online lesson for primary learners, students are introduced to different sea animals through flashcard games. They then complete a worksheet to invent their own sea creatures, which they present to their classmates. At the end of the lesson they listen to a fun song. Included in the teachers' notes, there is guidance and advice for what teachers need to know and do before and at the beginning of an online class.  What do you need for teaching remotely? How can TeachingEnglish help? Many teachers and teacher educators now find themselves working online and remotely because of the Covid-19 crisis. The British Council is committed to helping you with this different way of working. In order to respond in the most effective way possible, we have created a survey so that you can tell us more about exactly what you need in terms of ideas, support and resources. Tell us your needs in our survey about teaching remotely during the Covid-19 crisis. Migrants and refugees in education: a toolkit for teachers Learn how to teach and support young people across the globe affected by violence, conflict or displacement by taking this free, online course. You’ll hear from experienced teachers, talking about the challenges of refugee education, what they learned and strategies they have used when teaching migrant learners both in countries affected by conflict and in host countries. Find out more. Blog topics for April–June 2020 Not surprisingly, our blog topics for the period April–June 2020 look at the issue of teaching or managing a team of teachers remotely, or online, while many schools are closed. Find out more about our latest topics here. And if you are not a TeachingEnglish blogger but would like to become one, find out how here. IATEFL Global Get-Together 2020 Join the IATEFL Global Get-Together on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 April for two days of online sessions. This two-day professional development web event organised by IATEFL is offered free of charge to the worldwide English language teaching community. There is no need to register. Find out more here. ‌ British Council teacher community on Facebook Join the British Council teacher community on Facebook to share ideas, resources and learning opportunities. ‌ Visit our website STAY CONNECTED ‌ ‌

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TeachingEnglish newsletter 01 April 2020

TeachingEnglish newsletter 01 April 2020 Welcome to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter! The British Council is committed to supporting teachers and teacher educators during the Covid-19 crisis. This week we bring you news of a second webinar related to teaching online; a blog post on getting your students to improve their reading levels online; and three free online professional development courses for you. We also have festive activities for primary learners that can be adapted and used via online teaching, and a global survey for you to complete. We hope you find these and other resources on our website useful. The TeachingEnglish team Support for teachers and teacher educators during the Covid-19 crisis The British Council is committed to supporting the use of technology for the continuation of education in a crisis. As many teachers find themselves in an unfamiliar situation of having to teach their classes online, with little or no experience, the British Council TeachingEnglish website is committed to providing as much support as possible to help you navigate your way through the world of online teaching. Here you can find a list of initiatives that we are currently providing, or planning to provide, in the coming weeks. Teaching online – if the tech fails, and structuring lessons This is the second in our series of three webinars which offer guidance in key areas of teaching online. This webinar focuses on what to do if the technology fails and transferring some of the course elsewhere, plus lesson structure and task-types. Watch a recording of the webinar and find out about other webinars in the series here. Teaching for Success online courses We are currently running our three Teaching for Success online courses via FutureLearn. Enrol for free and take your professional development to a new level. Explore 21st-century skills, ICT and multilingual approaches with 'The classroom and the world'; understand learners, policy and practice with 'Learning and learners'; look at lessons, courses and resources with 'Lessons and teaching'. Find out more. Easter Children love learning about festivals and the way other people celebrate them. It’s also fascinating for them to compare how they celebrate the same festival in their own country. Why not adapt some of these activities to online teaching? Or get young learners to do activities on the LearnEnglish Kids site? You could also get parents involved in helping out during remote teaching. Artificial intelligence – a tool for inclusivity in education? Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the very fabric of the world as we know it. This blog post reviews an approach to improving students' reading comprehension that has been provided to the teaching profession to use for free. Readtheory allows a teacher to create a class to which their students enrol. The reading level is assessed for each individual student, which the teacher can observe in the class dashboard and then monitor the individual progress each student makes. At the same time, students can also see their own progress. Find out more about getting signed up and started.   Global survey for English language teachers: how far does published research matter to you? In conjunction with the British Council, Northumbria University, UK, has recently launched a survey for all English language teachers, teacher trainers and other English language teaching professionals – 'Reading research: English language teachers' practices and priorities'. We are interested in the opinions and activities of all English language teachers, whether you read published research or not. Find out more. ‌ British Council teacher community on Facebook Join the British Council teacher community on Facebook to share ideas, resources and learning opportunities. ‌ Visit our website STAY CONNECTED ‌ ‌

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