TeachingEnglish teacher newsletter 06 October 2021

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Is this email displaying properly? If not, read it in your browser Newsletter TeachingEnglish Teachers Welcome to this week's edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter! Our celebrations for World Teachers' Day have begun! Earlier today we heard from Sophia Mavridi, who looked back on our language teaching experiences during Covid-19 to look ahead, while Lesley Fearn explained how integrating Online Community Projects into language curriculums can support teachers in their professional development and incite learner-centred approaches. In our last newletter, we brought you news of Thursday's webinars – Teenagers: Flow and the random factor and Using WhatsApp for interactive tasks.This week, we bring you more information about our events on Wednesday and Friday and look forward to you joining us for these. To mark Dyslexia Awareness Week 2021, we also feature a talk by Maria Jose Galleno: Giving a hand. Apps for dyslexia. And finally, with Halloween just around the corner, we bring you a collection of activities to help you celebrate this fun festival with your learners. We hope you find these resources useful. The TeachingEnglish team Quizzing tools, retrieval practice and multi-modal feedback in language lessons Join Joe Dale on Wednesday 6 October 2021 at 12 p.m. UK for the third talk in our World Teachers' Day 2021 celebrations. Joe will showcase a variety of examples of good practice in online teaching. He will explain ways in which teachers have dealt with life during the pandemic and show how different cross-platform tools can promote collaboration, independent learning, retrieval practice and assessment opportunities in a remote teaching and hybrid teaching context. Find out more and register A recipe for teacher learning In his talk on Wednesday 6 October at 5 p.m. UK, Matthew Ellman will look at the essential ingredients of impactful teacher development activity. Teachers will learn how to make time spent on development productive; trainers will find out what they can do to ensure their training makes a difference once trainees go back to their classrooms. Read more and register Digital literacies Join Nicky Hockly on Friday 8 October 2021 at 12 p.m. UK for the seventh talk in our World Teachers' Day 2021 celebrations. Nicky will look at some of the theory underpinning digital literacies and explore how teachers can develop their learners' digital literacies (while often developing their own!). By the end of this webinar, you will have a clearer understanding of what digital literacies are and why they are important. You will also have some practical ideas about how to develop your learners' digital literacies in class while also supporting their language learning. Read more and register Eco-literacy: What? Why? And How? We end our World Teachers' Day celebrations with Ceri Jones and Katherine Bilsborough on Friday 8 October at 5 p.m. UK. If you are thinking, 'Eco-literacy! What is it? Why is it important? How can I do it?' this webinar is for you. This session will give you a clear understanding of what eco-literacy means, why it is important and, more importantly, how you can easily start developing your learners' eco-literacy skills. Register and join us Giving a hand. Apps for dyslexia In this talk, Maria Jose Galleno looks at different apps that help learners who have dyslexia. Maria explains how technological tools can be used to enhance learning opportunities and help dyslexic learners become free from dependence on simplified material and special aid from the teacher. By using the technology, teachers are able to deliver more valuable lessons in which they can engage all students, thus creating a fully inclusive classroom. Watch a recording Halloween activities Check out our collection of classroom activities that can be used at Halloween to practise vocabulary, speaking, reading and listening, all suitable for A2+ level students. Activities include a quiz, a challenge, word games, discussions, stories and more. And if you can't find what you're looking for, take a look at more classroom ideas here. Go to the activities Contact us Connect with us © British Council The United Kingdom's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. A registered charity: 209131 (England and Wales) SC037733 (Scotland). You have received this newsletter because you have registered for updates. If you wish to opt out of future newsletters, please unsubscribe here. Update your marketing preferences

                                                           

LearnEnglish Kids newsletter October 2021

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Is this email displaying properly? If not, read it in your browser LearnEnglish Kids October 2021 Welcome! It's October, and we have ideas for two special days coming up this month to share with you. For World Teachers' Day on 5 October, teachers and parents can teach kids vocabulary with our printable flashcards. There are over 60 different topics to choose from, and you can learn how to play a fun flashcard game below! Then, Halloween is on 31 October, and children can learn English while making a lantern with our video and craft activity. Go to LearnEnglish Kids Using flashcards Many teachers use flashcards to teach and reinforce new language in class, and they are also a great way to help kids practise vocabulary at home. Watch our video tip Card safari to see how to turn flashcards into a fun game! See the tip Halloween Do you celebrate Halloween? On LearnEnglish Kids we've got spooky Halloween stories, songs and crafts for kids to enjoy. Watch this How to ... video to find out how to make a beautiful lantern decoration and then try to make it yourself! Happy Halloween! Watch the video EnglishScore Tutors Do you have teenage children who need to improve their speaking in English? If so, EnglishScore Tutors, the British Council's one-to-one English tutoring service for 13- to 17-year-olds, is here to help. EnglishScore Tutors offers one-to-one online classes with professional English tutors. Each 30-minute session is designed for your child and their learning goals. Try your first session for just $1 English courses Courses for children Apps for learning Courses for you Connect with us © British Council The United Kingdom's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. A registered charity: 209131 (England and Wales) SC037733 (Scotland). You have received this newsletter because you have registered for updates. If you wish to opt out of future newsletters, please unsubscribe here. Update your marketing preferences