2012-13 is going to be an exciting year at the British Council Israel, filled with an amazing line-up of workshops for teachers and learners and an international blogging competition
Online booking is now open for the 47th Annual IATEFL Conference and Exhibition taking place in Liverpool, UK from 8-12 April 2013. With over 4,000 members, IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as Foreign Language) is one of the most thriving communities of ELT teachers in the world. For more info about the Association and to read more about the upcoming conference, visit the IATEFL website.
In a unique collaboration between the British Council and Kibbutzim College, we are offering an English Tutors Course - ‘A Practical Course for becoming an English tutor’. The course runs once a week and prepares fluent English speakers to tutor English on an individual basis or in small groups. It provides exposure to basic methods and tools for teaching English as a Foreign Language. Graduates of the course will receive a certificate from Kibbutzim College of Education. For more information click here.
Our team of teacher trainers deliver over 30 workshops, lectures and seminars, on a range of topics, from using learning technologies in the classroom to teaching grammar lexically and story-telling for elementary students. Click for a list of our workshops in 2012-13. Attend one of our workshops at an ETAI conference or through your English Inspector who can help organise a workshop in your area.
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Free teaching and learning resources |
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For more resources for your learners visit LearnEnglishKids and now the brand new website for teenagers, LearnEnglish Teens.
Following the huge success of last year’s TeachingEnglish Blogathon, a second Blogathon will be held on 1-28 February 2013 on the TeachingEnglish website with a chance for the most active, enthusiastic and interesting bloggers to win some fantastic prizes including an all-expenses paid trip to the UK for the 47th Annual IATEFL Conference and Exhibition, the largest teachers’ conference in the world! Check out the winning Israeli blog from last year. This online event is a unique opportunity for international English teachers to network with other teaching professionals and to share good practice in ELT. More details to follow on our website and Facebook page.
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British Council Israel Pre-Conference Event and Summer ETAI Conference 2012 |
From 2-4 July 2012, the British Council Israel together with our partners at ETAI (English Teachers Association in Israel) ran a hugely
successful pre-conference event (PCE) on “Integrating Technologies into ELT” followed by the Annual Summer ETAI Conference “Keeping an Open Mind”. The events were attended by special guest speaker from the UK and Learning Technologies expert Gavin Dudeney, who gave a number of fascinating keynote speeches and presentations on the use of teaching tools in the digital age. Materials from Gavin’s sessions can be viewed by clicking on these links:
Digital Literacies (ETAI Plenary and Workshop)
http://www.dudeney.com/DigitalLiteracies.pdf
Digital Images (ETAI PCE Session I)
http://www.dudeney.com/images.pdf
mLearning (ETAI PCE Session II & BC Session)
http://www.dudeney.com/mLearning.pdf
http://www.dudeney.com/mLearningBookmarks.html
http://www.dudeney.com/MobileIdeas.pdf
To view photos from the events, please visit the British Council Israel’s Facebook page.
Register with the British Council Schools Online website for lots of fantastic opportunities in international programmes and activities including partnerships with schools worldwide.
7th February 2012 marked the bicentenary of Charles Dickens’ birth. To celebrate this milestone, the British Council Israel is running a series of workshops, events and offering a range of free educational resources throughout 2012.
For the campaign’s signature event, which took place in February 2012, the British Council Israel brought to Israel English language author Jeremy Harmer and world-renowned violinist Steve Bingham to present two musical, theatrical performances based on Dickens’s most prolific works. The performances were well received by hundreds of Ministry of Education representatives, English teachers and students from all over the country. “Thank you so much for treating us with such a spirit lifting event! Jeremy Harmer's performance together with Steve’s playing and the wonderful atmosphere added tremendously to our great enjoyment of Charles Dickens's literature.” (English Department Head, Ohalo college in Kazrin). Read more about our exciting Dickens' performances with Jeremy Harmer.
The Spring ETAI conference on 28 March 2012, honoured Dickens with an ‘Oliver Twist’-themed breakfast sponsored by the British Council Israel as well as a ‘What the Dickens?!’ workshop which was presented by Senior Teacher Trainer at the British Council, Leo Selivan.
The TeachingEnglish website has ready-to-go lesson plans and a series of short films about famous Dickens’ heroes and villains, such as Oliver Twist and Scrooge.
Download for free our Dickens 2012 resource pack
Have you got our passport yet? Every time you participate in a British Council English event, workshop or course ask your British Council teacher trainer to stamp your passport, and you will be in the running to win tickets to our wonderful cultural events throughout the country.
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