TeachingEnglish newsletter 21 July 2020

TeachingEnglish newsletter 21 July 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. To this end we bring you news of three online events including a webinar and panel discussion, three online lesson plans, and news of the latest guide in our Remote Teaching Tips series. We also bring you a new publication on the theme of English Medium Instruction for Higher Education. We hope you find these resources useful. The TeachingEnglish team Teaching through the Covid-19 pandemic This webinar on Tuesday, 21 July at 12 pm UK time, presents insights into how teachers and teacher educators are coping with the impact of Covid 19 pandemic on teaching and learning. We will explore what teachers’ experiences have been and what ministries of education have done to support remote teaching and learning. We will present resources and ideas which will help you support your learners remotely and also help you manage the return to learning in school. Conversations of our time - live event series Conversations of our time is a series of free digital events that will give you the opportunity to learn from and engage with respected and inspiring thought leaders from around the globe. Each event will address a key societal issue and provide you with actionable insights from our expert panel to equip you to meet your societal challenges that have been intensified by Covid-19. Our second event, 'Living through uncertain times', will investigate how people and communities adapt during times of significant change. Join us 13 August, 12.00 - 13.00 UK time. Read more. Food issues Use this lesson for teens or adults at B1 level in online or face-to-face teaching to focus on a variety of food-related issues. The lesson plan looks at two food-related topics: School dinners and Britain's snack culture. The online lesson looks exclusively at Britain's snack culture and focuses on a single text, rather than a jigsaw reading. Learners make notes about key facts to help them summarise the main ideas and answer a series of true or false questions. Supporting neurodiversity in online teaching Read the latest guide in our Remote Teaching Tips series, which provides practical ideas and guidance for teachers supporting their learners using a variety of platforms and approaches, across different contexts. ‘Neurodiversity’ describes the different ways brains develop, which result in different strengths and challenges related to thinking and learning. This guide helps you to make your remote teaching more supportive and encouraging for neurodivergent learners. For more guides in the series, click here. Holidays Use this lesson for primary learners, specifically designed for online classes, to talk about holidays and holiday activities. Children learn and practise vocabulary through reading, listening and speaking activities; introduced to some past simple forms and play some simple games. They also show a holiday souvenir and write and speak about a previous holiday. 2019 International Symposium on EMI for Higher Education in the New Era: Selected Proceeding This publication brings together selected proceedings shared at the ‘2019 International Symposium on EMI for Higher Education in the New Era’, Beijing. It comprises of 13 papers that shed light on key challenges and solutions relating to English Medium Instruction (EMI) policy and implementation in a variety of contexts.   Shopping - different shops This lesson for A1 learners reviews vocabulary relating to everyday shopping and introduces different shop names. The lesson notes are specifically for online lessons and the class materials have been made available as a PowerPoint. Students practise speaking and listening using these items in a meaningful context. They then write short sentences about different shops. Panel discussion: Developing expertise through experience This Panel Discussion is being held by the Society of Pakistan English Language Teachers (SPELT) to celebrate their 36th anniversary. The topic is inspired by the British Council book 'Developing Expertise through Experience' edited by Alan Maley. Join this online discussion about the role of experience in teachers' professional development on Friday 24 July 2020, 4.00-6.00 p.m. local time in Pakistan. ‌ 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 07 July 2020

TeachingEnglish newsletter 07 July 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. To this end, this week we bring you news of three webinars to give you insights in the current crisis. We also bring you two reports focused on how education systems, teachers and teacher educators have responded to the impact of Covid-19, and details of the Language for Resilience online training series. And for the classroom, we have two new online lessons to use with your learners. We hope you find these resources useful. The TeachingEnglish team Learning at home This lesson for primary children looks at a number of different contexts of remote learning. They will read texts about several different children and answer some questions they have written themselves. They will also identify what the children like and find difficult, and consider solutions that could help the children, as well as compare their experiences to their own.   Covid-19 insight reports These reports explore how education systems, teachers and teacher educators have responded to the impact of Covid-19. One report provides a snapshot of the policies and practice of ministries of education in 52 countries in managing the closure of schools and the provision of remote learning in the state primary and secondary sectors. A second report provides insight into the experience and professional needs of more than 9,600 teachers and teacher educators from over 150 countries as they learn to support their learners remotely. Language for Resilience: Dealing with very challenging behaviour Welcome to the Language for Resilience online series. There will be five training courses for teachers in the series, each with different start dates: 1–26 June 2020: An introduction to trauma and its effects in the classroom; 6–31 July 2020: Dealing with very challenging behaviour (this module); 3–28 August 2020: Teaching with minimal resources; 7 September – 2 October 2020: Context and positioning – core skills in your context; 5–30 October 2020: Learning and resources. Find out more. The challenges of remote learning and teacher resilience – Wednesday 8 July 2020 Teachers are experiencing some of the most dramatic changes in their careers and are under pressure to find new ways to support and reach their students. Around 70 per cent of schoolchildren are not attending school in buildings due to closures and rapid moves to remote learning. What is the impact of this change on teacher resilience and well-being? How are teachers and schools responding in different contexts? This is a panel event, with speakers from around the world, followed by questions from the audience. Read more. Coffee shop showdown Our latest online lesson plan for adults and older teenagers at B1 level uses video from The English Channel to help students develop listening and speaking skills. This lesson plan is both a standalone plan for one listening/video lesson and an overview of how to stage and construct listening or media-based plans more generally, with an emphasis on how top-down and bottom-up modes of processing work during the course of such a lesson.  Global north–south project-based learning: Student-to-student telecollaboration for language learning Student-to-student projects across continents are a pedagogically sound addition to teacher-led online instruction. We outline an ongoing telecollaborative project which involves science students in the UK, Palestine and Malawi. Watch a recording of this webinar looking at student-to-student projects across continents. British Council teaching resources survey In response to the Covid-19 crisis, the British Council has been sharing a range of digital events, webinars, short online courses and other resources to support teachers and teacher educators around the world. Please complete our British Council survey and tell us how you have been using teaching and development resources during Covid-19.  Webinar – International research into teacher professional development: implications in the current context Join us on 15 July for a webinar about recruitment, retention and in-service training of English language teachers in public schools/universities in Latin America and the Middle East. In the first part we review the research findings relating to teacher professional development. We then move on, in the second section, to discuss the implications of these findings and the way the situation has altered and/or been impacted by the current Covid-19 situation. ‌ 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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