TeachingEnglish newsletter 14 March 2018

TeachingEnglish - the global home for teachers 14 March 2018 Welcome to the TeachingEnglish newsletter This week we are pleased to announce that our next webinar will take place on 28 March. Join Simon Borg for 'Teacher evaluation in ELT'. As Easter approaches, this week we feature a couple of activities that focus on how this time is celebrated in the UK, together with opportunities for learners to reflect on special occasions in their cultures. We also include a complete set of teaching resources at two different levels designed around a graffiti image for your teenage and adult learners. We have a new winner of our blog of the month award: Thiago Veigga for his post 'A lesson on connected speech - Intermediate/B1 onwards'. And finally, our new blog topics for March and April are all about the learner. Why not share your experiences by blogging for us! We hope you find these resources useful. Deb TeachingEnglish team Teaching kids Children love learning about festivals and the way other people celebrate them. It's also fascinating for them to compare how they celebrate the same festival in their own country. Easter is widely celebrated by children across the world and it is interesting from a cross-cultural point of view to develop at least a few activities related to eggs, bunnies and hot cross buns! [Go to the lesson plan]( Teaching teens 'One nation under CCTV' is a complete set of teaching resources designed around an interesting and unusual photograph, with activities to activate your students' higher-level critical thinking skills. This pack looks at the topics of art and street art. The focus is on developing students' ability to speculate about an image, listening for specific information and summary-writing skills. [Go to the resources]( A version of this lesson is also available for lower levels. [lower levels]( Teaching adults For a lot of people in the UK, the Christian festival of Easter means the opportunity to eat chocolate eggs. This is a simple, low-level reading and discussion task on the theme of Easter in the UK. It helps students learn about how this time is celebrated in the UK and reflect on special occasions in their own culture. [Go to the reading task]( Development Our blog topics for March and April are all about the learner. We ask how you help your students break through the B2 plateau; if and how you help your students with personal problems that seem to be affecting them in class; how you approach culturally or socially and economically diverse classes; and how you manage disruptive or shy students and bullies. [Read more]( Events In our next webinar, 'Teacher evaluation in ELT' - 28 March, Simon Borg will discuss the importance of teacher evaluation and ways of designing teacher evaluation systems that support teacher development. Key points that will be covered are the purposes of teacher evaluation, teacher evaluation criteria and different ways of collecting evidence about what teachers can do. [Find out more]( Simon also discusses some of the key messages about effective teacher evaluation that are identified in [a recent report]( Magazine Our featured blog of the month award for February 2018 goes to Thiago Veigga and his post 'A lesson on connected speech - Intermediate/B1 onwards', a lesson plan for older intermediate teenage and adult students that helps them to understand and recognise connected speech. Our shortlisted posts for February 2018 include useful vocabulary for playing games, a game that is always different and an enjoyable warmer or filler for students at any level. [Read more]( You have received this newsletter because you registered on our website or previously showed interest in British Council news. If you wish to opt out of future newsletters, please unsubscribe [here](. British Council, 10 Spring Gardens, London, SW1A 2BN United Kingdom [SafeUnsubscribe™ {EMAIL}]( [Forward this email]( | [Update Profile]( | [About our service provider]( Sent by teachingenglish@britishcouncil.org in collaboration with [Constant Contact]( [Try it free today](