Classroom and teacher development resources: webinars, lesson plans and more
June 2022 Welcome to this month's second edition. We hope that you are well and find these professional development and classroom resources useful: Best wishes, The British Council TeachingEnglish Team www.teachingenglish.org.uk | |
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 Yoga and relaxation This lesson for primary learners introduces children to some basic yoga poses and guided relaxation. In the first part of the lesson, learners do a basic yoga pose and a warm-up. They then learn and practise language for giving instructions for yoga poses. Finally, they create their own instructions for a partner to follow, experience a guided relaxation, draw a picture to illustrate the 'story' they heard and describe it. |
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|  English Connects Action Research: Learnings from the African classroom This webinar on 18 June provided a description of the English Connects Action Research project and showcased the 19 projects carried out. The projects focused on various topics such as promoting speaking practice, managing mixed and large classes, and improving reading comprehension, among others. Participants explained the focus of their study, their methods and key findings, the action plan implemented and the impact this had in their classrooms. |
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 English Teaching Talks: Inclusion In this series of six short videos, Susan Douglas sets out how we can give all our learners access to rich and engaging learning and make our own contribution to the United Nations 'Sustainable Development Goal 4' about inclusion. She highlights that inclusive behaviours come from inclusive values, and it's these inclusive values that teachers can model and encourage in class. She gives practical examples to help teachers on this journey. |
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|  Picturebooks to spark empathy and social justice actions Join us on 28 June for a webinar with David Valente looking at how picturebooks can encourage empathy and social justice in young learners. You will consider some of the reasons for focusing on intercultural citizenship education (ICE) in primary ELT, and explore why picturebooks have particular potential for sparking children's empathy and social justice actions beyond the classroom walls. Examples of creative teaching ideas for ICE will be showcased and some free, downloadable teaching resources will be shared. |
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 Chocolate: from the land to the hand Use this lesson with teenagers or adults to celebrate World Chocolate Day on 7 July. The aim of the lesson is to learn who makes our chocolate and, importantly, who receives our money each time we buy a bar of chocolate. Students will do a few reading activities where they learn about different stages of the journey and where most/least of their money goes. They are 'paid' by the teacher in squares of chocolate, so that they actually feel the unfairness of the system. Then, they finish with a discussion on the injustices. |
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|  How to design tasks which promote creative thinking skills: Part 2 Join us on 30 June for the second in our series looking at designing tasks to promote creative thinking skills. In Part 1, we looked at what a task is, and how to adapt coursebook materials to encourage more creative thinking skills. In Part 2, we will revisit meaning-focused and creative tasks, and what we need to do to make sure we enable both to happen in the classroom. From here we'll look at how we can use artworks, images and texts to inspire our students in creative writing and speaking tasks. |
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