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TeachingEnglish Teachers Welcome to this week's edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter! This week we are happy to announce a new training series, 'Climate action in language education'. We also share news of an upcoming webinar about how to address human trafficking and modern day slavery in the classroom. For the classroom, we have a new lesson plan to raise awareness of the origins of the English language. We also feature an interesting blog post on reading books with learners in class, and two articles by David Heathfield on using storytelling online and face-to-face. And finally, we have a new publication from the 12th Language and Development Conference, Language and the Sustainable Development Goals. We hope you find these resources useful. The TeachingEnglish team | |
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 New training series: Climate action in language education The 'Climate action in language education' professional development training series consists of three modules: Introducing climate change issues into language teaching classes, Developing and delivering lessons with a sustainability focus, and Making sustainability part of your learners' lives. Module one starts on 28 April. |
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|  Ready-to-use teaching resources on human trafficking and modern-day slavery This webinar will examine how and why we can address human trafficking and modern day slavery in our lessons. The session will begin with a brief overview of slavery and human trafficking today and then introduce teaching resources for both online and in-class teaching. Join us on 29 April at 10.00am UK time for this webinar with Judy Boyle. |
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 Foreign words used in English This lesson, which can be used in online or face-to-face teaching, is for older teenagers or adults with CEFR level B2 and above and focuses on the fact that many English words come from different languages. Learners become aware of the origins of the English language and understand more about why spelling and pronunciation rules in English can feel very arbitrary. |
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|  Book reading included in our lessons? Why not? Some teachers consider reading a book in class a waste of time, mainly because it does not belong to the material needed to work towards an exam. In this blog post, Theodora Papapanagiotou describes how she managed to get her students to read a whole book in class and how she also uses short stories at special times of year. All of the activities she suggests can be adapted to online teaching. |
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 Face-to-face storytelling: freedom to share physical and sensory space In this article, David Heathfield looks at the benefits of using storytelling in face-to-face English language classes and gives practical advice with clear examples. Read his latest article about effective use of storytelling in the English language classroom. You can also read David's article about online storytelling here. |
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|  Language and the Sustainable Development Goals This collection of papers is from the 12th Language and Development Conference (LDC) which took place in Dakar, Senegal in 2017. The conference attracted over 250 delegates, 125 of whom participated as speakers, and this was the first LDC to be held in both English and French. This publication is free to download. |
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