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Talking English

Welcome to the British Council India's latest edition of Talking English,
our new update on everything for English Language Teachers and Professionals. Every month we will bring you the latest global news to help bring you up to date with current methodology and trends, and to let you know what events we’re organising to help English language teachers in India....

This issue features:

  • New professional training courses from Project English
  • Read the latest edition of Exam News
  • Teen-speak - crack the code with this resource from the excellent 'Got a Teenager?' site
  • Why study languages? - reasons for learning and aptitude quizzes
  • Reading aloud - pros, cons, and some great ideas
  • Images - another excellent source of images for classroom use

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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Project English is offering two day professional training workshops for companies and organisations throughout India. Read more about the workshops and how to register here.
EXAM NEWS
The latest edition of British Counil Exam News is out! This edition has a great study article on improving pronunciation and training programmes held recently in Jaipur and Mumbai. Download Exam News here.
Teen-speak dictionary for 'rents
JargonBuster is an online wiki to bridge the gap between parents and tens. Read the full BBC story, visit the JargonBuster website and get your teen-speak up to date. Flossin! For more on teen issues, check out the rest of the 'Got a Teenager?' site...
NB: beware of possible controversial content.
www.gotateenager.org.uk/ - image © Bill Benson
r u fit for languages?
www.whystudylanguages.ac.uk; © Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies, 2006
Why study languages? offers a colourful collection of interactive and printable resources to help learners discover the joys of language learning. Check out the language lab cool activities, the presentation slides, teacher's notes and printables. Happy exploring!
Reading aloud. Shh...!
Reading aloud is one of those love-hate topics. Do you ever do it? How do you do it? Read James Houltby's article in Teaching English and follow the similar links for the benefits of reading aloud, activities, polls and discussion. Interesting stuff!
www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/reading-out-loud - image: © Mat Wright
Pictures, photographs and images
www.learn-ict.org.uk/resources/gallery/
The Learn-ICT Picture Gallery is a collection of quality images for you to use in your school projects. You can search by topic area and within each gallery you find subsections for each topic. You can view the images online or save them onto your computer. Enjoy!
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