TeachingEnglish teacher newsletter 31 March 2021

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Is this email displaying properly? If not, read it in your browser Newsletter TeachingEnglish Teachers Welcome to this week's edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter! This week we are happy to bring you news of a free, online course 'Dyslexia and foreign language teaching'. We also announce our new blog topics for April to June, and you can catch up on our featured posts from March. For the classroom, we have a speaking activity to wake up your sleepy learners and a couple of lesson plans to mark two special events, Easter and April Fool's Day. And finally, we have a recording of an interesting panel discussion with researchers and English teachers in Gaza.   We hope you find these resources useful. The TeachingEnglish team Being English teachers in Gaza Over the last year, a small group of primary English teachers from Gaza have been working with a researcher to reflect on and discuss their professional identity as teachers. This is a panel discussion with the research participants, showcasing their perspectives on a number of questions. Watch the panel discussion Blog topics for April, May and June 2021 Our new blog topics look at official language days, teaching reading in online classes, encouraging students to speak more, and a focus on vocabulary teaching. On this page you can also take a look at the most recent posts from our TeachingEnglish bloggers, and find out how you can become a TeachingEnglish blogger. Read more Chocolate Tie in some of these activities to a lesson about Easter. Chocolate Easter eggs are a part of the Easter celebrations for most British people. In the lesson, students list their favourite sweet and savoury foods, take a quiz about chocoholics and do a simple reading task and a fun recipe dictation. Finally, they will invent their own new chocolate bar. Read more April Fool's Day In this lesson students will learn about April Fool's Day in the UK. They will discuss whether they have a similar day in their country, read about attitudes to April Fool's Day in the UK, read about and then explain some famous April Fool's Day tricks and finally come up with their own trick to play on someone else. Go to the lesson plan ARM exercises: speaking activity to wake up a sleepy class This is a great way to start a lesson with a free-speaking activity. I call it 'ARM exercises' which is simply short for Accept, Reject or Modify statements. The activity can really stimulate discussion and the focus is very much on the students rather than the teacher. To round off the activity, finish with a short, whole-class feedback stage. Go to the activity Dyslexia and foreign language teaching Enrolment is open for this free, online course starting on 19 April 2021. Learn more about dyslexia, and gain practical teaching tools and insights to help dyslexic students learn foreign languages. This exciting four-week course is offered by Lancaster University in co-operation with FutureLearn. Find out more and join the course 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

                                                           

TeachingEnglish teacher newsletter 17 March 2021

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Is this email displaying properly? If not, read it in your browser Newsletter TeachingEnglish Teachers Welcome to this week's edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter! This week we are happy to bring news of two webinars on the themes of picturebooks for the primary ELT classroom and face-to-face storytelling. For the classroom, we have a nice speaking activity, especially for those of you who are returning to face-to-face teaching, a project idea and a framework for class discussions. And finally, we would also ask you to kindly complete our survey on English as a global language.   We hope you find these resources useful. The TeachingEnglish team Picturebooks in European primary English language teaching (ELT) This webinar on 18 March 2021 will discuss picturebooks and their potential for the primary ELT classroom. How can you choose and use picturebooks? How can materials be developed around picturebooks? The presenters will answer these questions and more and share a wide range of free resources from their website. Register now Face-to-face storytelling: Freedom to share physical and sensory space As many of us return to face-to-face teaching, how can we make the most of the space we physically share with our students? In this webinar David Heathfield explores opportunities storytelling gives us to playfully adapt the physical space we share inside our classrooms as well as in larger indoor and outdoor spaces. View webinar A class magazine Class projects can be an excellent way to focus the whole class and get them working together towards a common goal. Taking some 'time out' from regular classes and doing something completely different can really help group dynamics, and you may also give quieter or less able students a chance to shine. Making a class magazine is a project that will appeal to most groups, as it allows individuals to work on what interests them. Read more Discussion wheels Discussion wheels are a good way of giving students time to think and formulate opinions before they do discussion work. They work particularly well with areas of discussion which can have ranges of agreement or disagreement. The discussion wheel approach gives the students more of a supportive framework and a goal for their discussion. A downloadable discussion wheel template is also provided. Find out more British Council research into English as a global language We are interested in your views and opinions on trends and movements in English. The results of this online survey will be used to stimulate thought and discussion about the ever-changing position of the English language in the world. This is a follow-up survey to an earlier one using a more country-focused lens. Take part In the teacher's shoes This is a great activity for the first class with a new group or when you come back to class after a holiday, a weekend or remote teaching. Students work in teams and write questions to ask you, but instead of you answering, students step into your shoes and try to answer the questions as they think you would answer. Go to the activity 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