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| Welcome to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter! This week we have news of the British Council / Southampton University MA in ELT delivered entirely online and offering a more
convenient way to study.
For the classroom we have two new lesson plans for younger learners, a reading and role play activity for your Intermediate students and an article on Learning Circles - a path to learner independence.
And finally, check out the Spontaneity in Language Teaching Conference to be held in Birmingham in September. We hope you find these useful. Best wishes Deb TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC |
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 | Enhance your career prospects with the world's English experts and open up a world of opportunities with an internationally recognised post-graduate qualification in English language teaching from the UK. The MA in ELT has been developed by the British Council in collaboration with Southampton University and is completely online, offering you an affordable and convenient way to study. It takes 2.5 years and is aimed at experienced English teachers. Read more
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|  | In this lesson, students will listen to a song about taking care of teeth and complete some comprehension activities. Then they will think about different good and bad ways of looking after teeth, and produce either a poster or a questionnaire related to their ideas. Finally, they will look at the different types of teeth we have and their function. Read more
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| | I n this lesson, students will look at different features of the seasons. They will listen to and sing a song, and watch a story about the changing seasons. They will think about words and ideas connected to the different seasons, and then work together to produce a poster. Finally students can complete a craft activity or play a game.Read more
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| | Brasshouse Language Centre, Birmingham and Horizon Language Training will be holding a conference on Spontaneity in Language Teaching on 27th September 2014. Speakers include Adrian Underhill, Alan Maley, Luke Meddings, Nick Bilbrough and Vivian Gladwell. There will also be an 'Open Space' component to the day and a few surprises! Read more
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| | Here is an activity to challenge the students' reading skills at intermediate level and give them controlled speaking practice in a role play. The learners have to put a jumbled conversation into the correct order and can then act it out in pairs. The conversation takes place in a Travel Agent's. Read more |
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| | English Learning Circles - a path to learner independence | |
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 | Getting students to use English with each other is a problem which is often difficult to overcome. Learning Circles are one way to help students recognise the importance of using English and to motivate them to do so in the classroom. What are Learning Circles?What are the principles underpinning successful English Learning Circles? How do you set up a Learning Circle? Read more |
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