TeachingEnglish Newsletter 20 August 2010

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 20 August 2010 Fitch O'Connell has now finished his time blogging on the site. Upcoming Guest Writers include Adrian Underhill and Jamie Keddie. In the meantime you can still see previous writers' articles on the site. Facebook Keep up to date with the latest updates on TeachingEnglish via our Facebook page.  LearnEnglish Kids Children can develop their English skills with topic-based games, songs, stories. LearnEnglish Develop your English, with language games, downloads, stories and articles. BritLit The aim of BritLit is to help teachers from around the world to exploit English literature in the ELT classroom. Premier Skills Enabling learners and teachers to communicate in two of the world's global languages - football and English. Welcome to this week's newsletter! As well as some classic revision materials we have a new activity with downloadable worksheets. There's also a reminder about our teacher training portal: Train. If you're a teacher trainer or a teacher looking to do some online training, why not have a look? Look forward to seeing you on the site, or on our Facebook page. Best wishes, Rob TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC    Revision activities On this page you will find lots of ideas for classroom activities to help your students with general revision as well as revision of grammar and vocabulary points. Read more Migrant stories This activity is based around a website that tells the true stories of some people who migrated to Australia many years ago. The activity includes reading as well as listening and viewing skills and your students will need to have access to an internet connected computer. Read more Pre-listening activities Listening skills are hard to develop. Students can do a variety of work before listening to help them understand the listening. This article looks at the aims and effectiveness of different types of pre-listening tasks. Read more Teacher training materials 'Train', our teacher training area, was launched earlier this year. For teachers, there are videos and self-access online courses, while for teacher trainers there are downloadable workshop materials, including guidelines on how to use them. Read more Using sound effects with young learners Do you use sound effects in class as an alternative to flashcards? A teacher from China writes: 'They have a lot of potential, and rather than just experiment I wondered if I could learn from others' experiences.' Can you help? Read more

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LearnEnglish Kids August 2010

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August 2010   Welcome to the latest LearnEnglish Kids newsletter. In this newsletter you can find out about: our members. our new Explore English section. LearnEnglish Kids on Facebook. some of the brand NEW content on the site. a new tip for teachers about using tongue twisters in class. We'd love to know what you think about our site. Your comments and feedback help us plan for the future. Email us at: learnenglish.kids@britishcouncil.org Members' activity Many children around the world are enjoying school holidays at the moment, which means more free time to practise their English! The site really is buzzing with activity. Members are now interacting with each other; asking questions and commenting on each others' posts, which is great to see. Check out our Your Turn section to see how children around the globe are telling each other about their lives. This month the question is all about how children celebrate their birthdays. To register on the site, click here.  Explore english We have a new section on our site called Explore English. The section is in its early stages but we have four videos from learners in Hong Kong who share their learning tips with us. Have a look at our new learning tips videos. Each video comes with a worksheet and a transcript of what the children say. we have Almost 2000 people on our facebook page! Thank you to everyone who has visited our Facebook page. We now have almost 2000 people who 'like' our page. If you use Facebook regularly, it's an easy way to keep in touch with new content on the site. It's also proving useful as a way to share comments and give us feedback. Please recommend our page to friends who have or teach small children. We would love to see you there! To check out our Facebook page click here. You can also find us on Twitter and YouTube. What's New? New content this month includes two new songs. The ABC Fruity Band and The Hokey Cokey. These are fresh versions of popular children's songs and are aimed at our younger users. We also have new tongue twisters, some new jokes and new Word of the Week videos. tips for teachers This month we have a new tip for teachers with plenty of practical ideas on how to use tongue twisters in the classroom.  If you use any of the teaching tips please do let us know how the classes went. All feedback from teachers is valuable and we appreciate your comments. more from the british council Would you like to find online materials for teenagers and adult learners? Have a look at LearnEnglish Central and find lots of resources to help you practise English. Are you a teacher of English? Find articles, lesson plans and more on Teaching English, the website for teachers brought to you by the British Council with the BBC. Let the British Council help you find the right English course whatever your level, wherever you are. The United Kingdom's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. A registered charity: 209131 (England and Wales) SC037733 (Scotland) Our privacy and copyright statements. Our Freedom of Information Publications Scheme. You have received this e-mail because you registered on our website or have previously indicated an interest in British Council events. If you wish to opt out of this British Council e-mail list unsubscribe here.

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