Friendship, Beatrix Potter and special days in July

LearnEnglish Kids newsletter July 2020

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LearnEnglish Kids newsletter July 2020 Hello again! It's July and there's a lot going on this month. We've got some great activities for you and your children to celebrate this month's special days. Happy learning! The LearnEnglish Kids team WORLD POPULATION DAY UN World Population Day is celebrated on 11 July. One moment around the world is a fun story about people in different countries.  Kids can also have fun singing along with One small world, a song about cities and countries around the world and the people who live there.     BEATRIX POTTER AND BRITISH TALES Do you know Beatrix Potter and her tales of Peter Rabbit and his friends? She was born on 28 July, in 1886. Your learners can find out about her fascinating life in our animated story. Have a look at the other stories in our British tales section, which has ten videos about characters and people from British history, each with interactive and downloadable exercises. INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FRIENDSHIP People all across the world celebrate their friendships on 30 July, which is the International Day of Friendship.  You'll find a variety of activities in our Friends topic: songs, stories, poems, videos and more. Happy Friendship Day! BRITISH COUNCIL ENGLISH COURSES Did you know that the British Council has teaching centres in many countries around the world?  Look for your country/territory on our Courses page to see if there are any English courses where you live, or check the list on the British Council website. Are you aged 13-17? Are you learning English? Go to our LearnEnglish Teens website to find lots of free resources to help you pass exams and have fun while you learn English online.  Are you learning English? Have a look at LearnEnglish to find lots of resources to help you practise your English.  Do you teach English? Find lesson plans, articles and more on TeachingEnglish, the website for teachers brought to you by the British Council with the BBC.  Visit our Premier Skills website to learn two of the world's global languages - English and football.    We'd love to know what you think about our site. Send us your comments at: learnenglish.kids@britishcouncil.org      The United Kingdom's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. A registered charity: 209131 (England and Wales) SC037733 (Scotland)    www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglishkids    You have received this email because you subscribed to our electronic newsletter. If you wish to opt out of this British Council mailing list, please unsubscribe here. Our privacy and terms of use statements. Our commitment to freedom of information.

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TeachingEnglish newsletter 24 June 2020

TeachingEnglish newsletter 24 June 2020 Welcome to the latest edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter! The British Council is committed to supporting teachers and teacher educators during the Covid-19 crisis. To this end, this week we bring you news of a new free course on teaching young learners online and a webinar about language, diversity and inclusion during and after Covid-19. We also bring you two blog posts focused on how to set up a classroom on an LMS (learning management system) and teacher motivation in these challenging times. And for the classroom – online or face-to-face – we introduce activities on the theme of summer, a lesson to celebrate World Chocolate Day and Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream for your younger learners. We hope you find these resources useful. The TeachingEnglish team Teaching Young Learners Online On this free course from the British Council you’ll explore online teaching in both theory and practice – how to plan accessible online lessons and assessments, what online safety looks like and how best to build relationships with young learners. Work together to plan, create and facilitate inclusive online learning that engages and inspires young people. Find out more about our new free FutureLearn course for teachers, starting this week, here. IMMLE conference proceedings webinar Watch a recording of our latest webinar about language, diversity and inclusion during and after Covid-19. A panel of speakers from the British Council, UNESCO Bangkok, Language and Development Conference Trustees, Thai Ministry of Education and participants from the Inclusion, Mobility and Multilingual Education Conference discussed the role of language, diversity and inclusion during and after Covid-19. Activities on the theme of summer If summer holidays are approaching, it can be nice to base some of your lessons around this seasonal theme. Here is a selection of activities that you can use at various levels. Although designed for use in the classroom, many can be adapted for use online to create interesting projects for your teenage learners. You can also find a selection of activities more suited to intermediate-level learners here. A Midsummer Night's Dream for kids Celebrate midsummer with this lesson for older primary (9–11 years) learners. Use the short animated video to introduce Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, check comprehension and discuss the ideas of 'dreams' and 'magic'. Finally, develop their creative writing skills by getting them to imagine and write about a magical dream or a magic potion or spell. Setting up a classroom or teacher training on an LMS (learning management system) – Edmodo and Class Dojo Even though emergency remote teaching offers no time for conducting teacher professional development without pressure, that does not mean that you cannot still develop your online classroom flow in a matter of days. Everything can be achieved with the effective use of proper tools, even if you are not very tech-savvy and even if you live on another continent. This blog post clearly outlines steps for setting up your classroom effectively through Edmodo (for teenage and adult students) and Class Dojo (for young and very young learners).  Chocolate: from the land to the hand Celebrate World Chocolate Day on 7 July with this lesson for adult and teenage students about who makes our chocolate and, importantly, who receives our money each time we buy a bar of chocolate. Students read about different stages of the journey and learn where most/least of their money goes. They are ‘paid’ by the teacher, so that they actually feel the unfairness of the system. Finish with a discussion on the injustices. Teacher motivation at a challenging time 'The current situation has changed everything and nothing. We sit at home, our lives so much different in form than they were a few long weeks ago, and yet the content – the need for work, for closeness and continuity – is still with us, it’s fundamental.' Read this post by Richard Fielden-Watkinson about what motivates us as teachers and how it may be difficult to feel motivated in the current situation we find ourselves in. ‌ British Council teacher community on Facebook Join the British Council teacher community on Facebook to share ideas, resources and learning opportunities. ‌ Visit our website STAY CONNECTED ‌ ‌

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