Every week, we will post a different creative and interesting activity or idea on our facebook page and website to help make teaching that bit easier.
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How do you get them thinking? |
Never an easy answer! But there's hope - our latest tip for teachres looks at 'Critical thinking'. Watch a teacher using the map of the world with his young learner class to encourage greater critical thinking in language learning. Try it out and let us know how it goes!
Speaking a new language entails taking risks and teachers need a lot of ideas, strategies and input to get their students condifently speaking in a target language. That's exactly where communication strategies come into play, so have a look at seminar run by Kathleen M. Bailey whose session approaches the topic of learner autonomy in the contexts of conversations in the target language.
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Present Prefect problems about to become past! |
So, some of your student HAVE HAD problems with the present perfect tense ever SINCE you first mentioned it to them? We have a creative activity to help you out! Read the "Perfect story" and send your problems to the past!
After a long summer break, being late is probably a problem for some of your students - now you can share a LearnEnglish joke with them and teach a couple of expressions related to being late!
Do you have a prescription for mastering English in a week? Or a pain killer recipe for a headache caused by irregular verbs in English? Erm, or is it the other way round? For more on some very confusing words in English, please visit our LearnEnglish site.
If you're teaching any age group between 8 to 18 your students are bound to have heard about Justin Bieber. Good or bad, options have been formed about him all over the world. To get your students talking about something that is probably discussed over lunch breaks, use this interesting article on the LearnEnglish Teens website! We are sure every student will have something to say!
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Cool, cooler, the coolest |
That is an adjective that your students probably CAN transform into a comparitive and a superlative form. But what about good, bad, lucky, interesting? Visit the LearnEnglish Teens website and take a look at an interesting video, definitions and loads of exercises which will help your students with comparatives and superlatives!
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What time do you go to school? |
Well, we don't know about your schedule, but we do have a great video which will help your young learners with telling time! Watch it here!
...little aeroplanes - for your very young learners! Listen to a song, watch a video and counting will never be a problem again!
Football, advice on health and learning English at the same time - do you need more reasons to visit the PremierSkills website? Read an interesting article about a very healthy initiative from the Southampton club - you have a full support package waiting for you so visit our website and we are sure your students will get a kick out of it!
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Shakespeare Would Like This |
Shakespeare would like this - BritLit – all you need in order to start using literature in your teaching!
If you are looking for ideas on introducing literature into your teaching, this is the right place for you. Visit this link http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/britlit and find numerous BritLit resources kits which contain texts and downloadable materials to help teachers using literature in the English language classroom. We have also prepared interviews with writers who are discussing their work – for more on that, please, visit this page: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/worldwords.
How many of your students use/own a dictionary? Or are they exclusively using online resources?
We have prepared an interesting seminar delivered by Michael Rundell who explores the future of dictionaries. You can listen and watch here: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/seminars/who-needs-dictionariesYou can also download all slides here: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/MR_BC-Seminar_9%20Oct%202012.pdf.
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Word for Word – Palabra por Palabra |
Word for Word examines the social, economic and political impact of Spanish and English in the world today. The book explores a broad range of issues, from language policy and its influence on the state of language learning in schools, and the language dimensions of student mobility in Europe and beyond; to the role of English and Spanish in driving business and economic growth; and the shifts and changes in Spanish and English as dominant global languages. And you can download it for free here:
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/publications/word-word-social-economic-political-impact-spanish-english
Have your students mastered the patterns and materials vocabulary? If not, this will Learn English Teens.
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To Skype or not to Skype? |
This is something very close to the heart of your teenage (and older!) students…an interesting article – and a great discussion topic!http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/2012/10/03/skype-more-important-it-looks.
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I like, but she likeS…??? |
One of the first things kids learn in a foreign language is expressing what they like and what they don’t like. So, to make it a bit easier for you, we have prepared this reference card. Lean English Kids
If you’re planning a Halloween lesson with your students, our flashcards will help!
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/worksheets/halloween-flashcards.
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Grammar Rules vs. Premier League Rules |
If you’re having a hard time convincing your students that grammar rules do matter, how about showing them the Premier League book of rules and regulations available on the British Council Premier Skills website? It will make interesting reading for your students who are into football, they will read in English and you can ask them to analyse the language used in this text…and you might even stir up a discussion!
http://premierskills.britishcouncil.org/en/learn-english/premier-league-handbook
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