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
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The English Effect has arrived! |
The biggest English exhibition for the British Council in 20 years went up in the gallery space in the British Council office in London at the end of March. Alongside The English Effect exhibition, the UK will be holding a season of international events and activities with lots of opportunities to get involved!
Win a tablet through our video competition:
The British Council is running a competition on The English Effect website, where people can send in 20 second videos of themselves talking about what English means to them with a chance to win a tablet! Competition closes 17 May. Visit the website for details of how to enter: http://englisheffect.britishcouncil.org/changing-lives/
Are you on twitter?
We have been working with experts across the English language sector to generate interesting discussion online around English language and what it means today. If you are on twitter please join the debate #EnglishEffect and on the British Council Facebook page.
Live streaming of events:
A number of events will be live streamed including: ‘Politics of pronunciation: Should we all sound the same?’ a debate around UK regional accents on 16 May 18:00-20:30 UK time and the ELTons-sponsored by Cambridge English – The British Council’s annual awards ceremony celebrating innovation in ELT on 22 May 18:00-21:00 UK time. The whole programme of events is available at www.britishcouncil.org/englisheffect
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Winners of Teaching English Blogathon 2013 |
The moment has arrived to announce our Teaching English Blogathon winners! This online event gave international English teachers a unique opportunity to network with other teaching professionals from around the world and to share good practice in ELT.
Congratulations to our regional winners Sanja Bozinovic, Addeh Hovassapian and Branka Segvic who will be attending the 47th Annual IATEFL Conference and Exhibition taking place in the UK in April!
Our four regional runners-up (in no particular order) who have won an I-pad and a Teacher Training Journal subscription are: Evgeniya Zimina, Gayane Shabunts, Alenka Miljevic and Yildiz Terzioglu.
A special congratulations goes to our Israeli winner Sharona Attiya who has won a Ipad Mini!
Thank you to all those who took part for your energy and dedication. It was difficult to choose winners as you all inspired us with a wonderful exchange of ideas, knowledge and concerns regarding ELT throughout the blogging adventure.
You can read some of the participants’ amazing blogs by clicking here. Read more about the Blogathon here.
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ELT Professionals Gala Film Screening |
On 6 February, over 150 Israeli English Language Teaching professionals including Ministry of Education Inspectorate, enjoyed an evening of entertainment at the Holon Cinematheque, sponsored by the British Council and scholastic publishers UPP, as part of the British Film Festival 2013. Guests were treated to a sumptuous reception followed by a performance by Israeli music star Susie Miller, better known as ‘Susie Surprise’, and a screening of the film, ‘The First Grader’. A special mention went to the winners of the British Council’s Global Glogs competition who presented their Glogs at the event. The competition gave students from the British Council Connecting Classrooms programme the opportunity to express their thoughts and ideas on "global citizenship" through a digital poster made on Glogster. First prize went to the students from Atid Lod High School for Sciences; second prize to the students from Brenner High School, Petach Tikva; third prize to the students from Gymnasia Realit Mekif Alef School, Rishon L’Zion and a special commendation prize went to the students from Sharet School, Netanya.
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 |
TeachingEnglish is the global home for English teaching on the web. It brings together everything busy teachers need, from classroom materials to professional development courses.
For more resources for your learners visit LearnEnglishKids and now the brand new website for teenagers, LearnEnglish Teens.
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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.
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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