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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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| | | | | Welcome to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter! I'm sure that those of you who made it to this year's IATEFL conference would agree that it was yet another successful but packed event. The good news is you can still catch up online! And why not start with our editor's choice - the future of learning.
We also have news of upcoming events - the ETp Live! conference in June and a special seminar on 22 April in London - English, Speech and Society.
And finally, check out our latest blogpost - Creating The Conditions For Self-Motivated Students and a lesson plan on introducing and setting up Class Journals. We hope you find these useful. Best wishes Deb TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC | | |
| | |  | IATEFL Harrogate took place from 2nd - 5th April. If you weren't able to attend the conference in person, you can still watch featured talks, sessions and recorded interviews with conference presenters and delegates. Catch up now!
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| | | | Harrogate online editor's choice - Plenary by Sugata Mitra | |
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| | | In his talk, The Future of Learning Sugata Mitra takes us through the origins of schooling as we know it, to the dematerialisation of institutions as we know them. Thirteen years of experiments in children's education takes us through a series of startling results - the most startling of them all: groups of children with access to the internet can learn anything by themselves. From the slums of India to the rich international schools of Washington and Hong Kong, Sugata's experimental results show a strange new future for learning. |
| | | | | The ETp Live! conference takes place in Brighton on 21 June 2014. Aimed at professional English teachers, as well as Directors of Studies, ETp Live! will bring the practical approach of English Teaching professional to a full one-day event, which will feature a variety of seminars, interactive workshops, networking and facilitated discussions, all focusing on enabling professional English language teachers to improve their practice.Read more
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| | | | | Read our latest blog post by TeachingEnglish associate Larry Ferlazzo, who looks at creating the right conditions for students to become self-motivated learners. You can then blog your own ideas on how you help your learners motivate themselves. Read more | |
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| |  | This lesson plan looks at one way class journals might be set up in order to introduce students to the idea and to get them working with journals. The kind of class journal described here is designed to get the students writing freely in a range of different ways. The emphasis is on fluency, as opposed to any kind of genre writing, and could be compared to the kind of oral fluency activities done with students. Read more | | |
| | Upcoming seminar - English, Speech and Society | |
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| | | | To celebrate UNESCO English Language Day, our next seminar by Urszula Clark will be held on Tuesday 22 April. Is English coming to mark an identity which cuts across other factors such as age, gender, social class and ethnicity? Based on Economic and Social Science Research Council (ESRC) funded research, attend to debate the relationship between the English language and identity. Join us 1830 - 2030 at British Council London. Register now! | | |
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