If you are a newly qualified or experienced English language teacher looking for support, we can provide you with teaching materials, tips and resources specifically designed by British Council teachers for use with young learners and teens.
This lesson plan offers your students plenty of speaking practice, including a 'find someone who' exercise, a quiz, and an interview roleplay. There are also guidelines for students to create their own film storylines, with the potential for them to perform the first scenes.
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Join us and fellow ELT professionals from around the world to discuss, reflect on and develop ideas. The 42nd IATEFL Conference offered many opportunities for professional contact and development. Catch up with the Conference online!
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This primary tip is mainly dedicated to primates, but their are activities for other animals as well, including ideas for superlative exercises ('the fastest animal in the world' etc). There are lots of fun tasks for younger learners to do including writing an e-card and singing a song.
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In the UK there is now a tendency to encourage consumers not to use plastic bags for their shopping due to their environmental impact. This latest Essential UK lesson plan has a series of tasks related to this trend including a picture dictation, quiz and discussion tasks.
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Authentic cartoons, children’s programmes and films are challenging but extremely rewarding. In this tip you will find general ideas for using DVDs in addition to some recommended film scenes, cartoons and online movies which you can use in lessons with younger learners.
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