If you are an English language teacher or trainer then we can help to provide you with materials and ideas to use in your classroom as well as new pedagogical articles each week.
This is the second article by our Guest Writer Gavin Dudeney in which he looks at the much hyped micro blogging platform ‘Twitter’. Rather than simply letting people know what you’re up to Gavin describes how the site can be used to create personal learning platforms which can be used to quickly solve problems.
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This lesson is based on an audio extract which can be found on the British Council LearnEnglish Professional website. It encourages students to reflect on their learning styles and gives them an opportunity to put into practice the learning strategies they hear being discussed on the audio.
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Narrative, telling stories and anecdotes forms an important part of our everyday communication. This lesson is aimed at developing the ability to tell stories or anecdotes. It is based on an idea from 'Once Upon a time' by John Morgan & Mario Rinvolucri. It starts with fluency practice and works towards developing accuracy.
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The BritLit project has worked with a lot of stimulating writers over the years. Most of them have become firm friends of the project team and with teachers from many countries with whom they have worked, shared ideas and found a common interest. Louise Cooper was one such writer, and when she died suddenly last month for many who had met her in the course of the project it was like losing a friend.
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Would you discuss openly and directly some sensitive issue with your students, for example, those concerning some personal situations or those connected with what's happening at your school or university, for example?
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When I introduced the Speech-fronted program to the new entrants of the Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, there was a burning question that came from all quarters: coordinators of different sorts, teachers who taught in the program and others who were not in the program raised a question: Aren’t you going to teach grammar? My answer was “No!”
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We invite you to apply for selection as one of 2010's Roving Reporters by completing the Writing Challenge below. The winners will have their conference fee, flights and connecting travel, hotel accommodation, meals and subsistence paid for.
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This is an ambitious exploratory project which aims to capitalize on the many resources that a diverse population can bring to a city without ignoring the challenges that successful integration involves. We aim to engage over a 100 cities and develop OPENCities into a kitemark for cities worldwide.
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I have often found that learners of all levels feel that there is inadequate time spent on listening in most language courses. Adult learners often complain that (sometimes) after years of study, they can’t understand native speakers. This is partly because they do not receive adequate exposure to authentic texts in class. Another is that it’s hard to find authentic audio texts that can be easily adapted for classroom use.
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A fourteen year old finds himself in trouble with the school Principal – again. This time, however, he has a genuine excuse, but is he likely to be believed? This popular BritLit kit has been revised and reshaped from the 2005 original and contains new material. The teacher is offered a ‘slimmed down’ version which can be used to occupy just one or two lessons. There is also a bank of supplementary material for those who want to spend more time on the story.
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Recently my friend went through one of my articles and commented: "I find too many simple sentences in the article. It is good to use complex sentences. Do we teachers of English teach 'plain English"? Should we promote plain English. I would like to read your views on the topic.
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Strong language and swearing are all part of everyday spoken English. Do you feel comfortable teaching this aspect of English or do you think it's something that is not suitable, appropriate or necessary. Do you think we should teach 'bad language'?
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