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TeachingEnglish Newsletter04 September  2013
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Regular readers will know that the TeachingEnglish website has hosted a number of Guest Writers. Why not have a look at our archive where you can find articles and blogs by ELT luminaries such as Adrian Underhill, Carol Read, Adrian Holliday and Michael Swan.


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The TeachingEnglish newsletter is back with exciting top stories!

 

This week we have news about the successful ELT Online Reading Group, a new featured blog of the month and a new classroom tool for learning words - Word Bucket.

 

We also have a new publication on trends in Primary English Language Teaching worldwide, and a call for papers for the Journal of NELTA.

 

Finally, why not check out our 'Sport is Great' lesson, one in a series of 'Great' lessons about Britain on the TE site. 

Enjoy!

 

Deb
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ELT Online reading group 
                            

Six years ago, Chris Lima set up and began managing the now successful ELT Online Reading Group. Fast forward to August 2013 and the group has over 1,500 members in an active community. The group has grown so much in the last couple of years that it was decided to create a new website that could accommodate all the online traffic and provide a more interactive, visually appealing and user-friendly website.
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Featured blog of the month for July

                       

 

Our latest featured blog post of the month is Roseli Serra's The "Dos and Don'ts" for children -Teaching Young Learners from her blog Roseli Coffee Desk. While many students enjoy learning English at first, they lose interest when it stops being fun for them. Roseli looks at how we can avoid this by connecting with our students, engaging their interest and making our classrooms a fun place to be.
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British Council Survey of Policy and Practice in Primary English Language Teaching Worldwide 
                             

This global survey provides an overview of recent policy decisions and trends in the area of teaching English to primary school children, in a wide variety of countries and regions. It will interest and inform policymakers, researchers and practitioners in the field.
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Sport is great

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This lesson is about sport and its place in society. It develops speaking and writing skills and the use of context-specific vocabulary and idiomatic language. The students' own experiences and opinions form the basis of all discussions and written work. Level: B2+. Age: older teens and adults.

Word Bucket

                     
Word Bucket is a personal English dictionary, notebook and vocabulary learning game. It allows students to save all new words to their personal Bucket and learn them through fun tests and games - ideal for individual revision or class competition. The perfect classroom tool for learning words.
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Call for papers, Journal of NELTA 2013 

                             

First published in 1996, the Journal of NELTA is a premiere publication of Nepal English Language Teachers' Association (NELTA). This journal has been an integral part of NELTA's mission for 'enhancing the quality of English language teaching and learning through professional networking, supporting and collaboration'. The editorial board would like to invite contributions for the 2013 issue of

the journal. The deadline for submissions is SEPTEMBER 30, 2013.
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Minggu, 01 September 2013

LearnEnglish Kids Newsletter

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LearnEnglish Kids Newsletter
September 2013

Welcome to the latest LearnEnglish Kids newsletter.


In the UK and many other countries, it's time for children to go back to school after the long summer break. 

Children can watch our Superhero High story and imagine going to this amazing school! Parents and teachers can introduce younger children to useful classroom language in English with our Quiet please song. 

We have flashcards with school equipment and lots of games for children to practise school vocabulary. Finally, kids can write and tell us how they feel about going back to school on our school and homework your turns.

We now have 10 great new and updated lesson plans based on LearnEnglish Kids songs and stories. 

These lesson plans help students explore the song or story, with comprehension and extension activities, language reinforcement, as well as chances to perform the song or recreate the story! 

The lesson plans are on our sister site, TeachingEnglish, on the "Lesson plans" tab. You'll even find a Superhero High lesson plan to use with the above story!

September 8 is International Literacy Day, and September 26 is the European Day of Languages. September 21 is World Peace Day. 

Our Speak and Spell section is based on the UK literacy programme Letters and Sounds. It helps children discover English sounds, pronunciation and spelling through fun songs, stories and games, to help them get an early start with English literacy. There's even a free app to download.

To celebrate the European Day of Languages, children can write and tell us about which languages they speak, and what's their favourite word in English. Children can also tell us about how they celebrate World Peace Day. 



It's the start of a new school year for us here at LearnEnglish Kids, and this year we are looking forward to new and exciting things on the site!
 
We have added more topics to the Your Turn section, where children can practise writing about lots of different things. 
 
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