TeachingEnglish newsletter 16 May 2018

TeachingEnglish - the global home for teachers 16 May 2018 Welcome to the TeachingEnglish newsletter For the classroom this week we have a series of activities on the topic of kings and queens for young learners. We also have tips on the way you can use questions to engage more effectively with your learners, and a communicative exercise to practise using question tags with older learners. We're also pleased to announce our blog topics for May and June, which focus on classroom ideas and managing the lesson. If you're interested in the teaching of pronunciation, take a look at our article 'Global English and the teaching of pronunciation'. And finally, join us for our next webinar, 'Using Voice and AI assistants for language learning', on 30 May 2018 at 11.00 a.m. UK time. We hope you find these resources useful. Deb TeachingEnglish team Teaching kids Kings and queens is a topic which can be spread over a few lessons and one which covers several language areas, including food, clothes, biographies, family trees and parties. It's steeped in British culture as the Royal Family is an integral part of British identity and image abroad. The majority of the activities are linked through a fictitious king or queen invented by the children themselves in pairs or small groups, depending on the size of your class. [Go to the lesson plan]( Teaching teens This short article, 'Question techniques and strategies', focuses on the way you use questions to engage with your students and how these can have a big effect on your lessons. In addition to advice on preparing questions and giving students time to answer, you can also get some tips to help you get the most out of your questions. [Read the article]( Teaching adults 'Getting to know you question tags' is a communicative exercise to practise using question tags with rising intonation when you are not sure that your ideas are right. It would be suitable for freer practice once the area has been introduced and practised in a more controlled form. Learners prepare a series of statements about another person in the class. They then confirm their ideas by asking this person using tag questions. There are two versions. [Go to the activity]( Development The emergence of so many different kinds (or 'varieties') of international English has caused a number of linguists to question the use of native speaker pronunciation models in the teaching of English. This article presents research into the pronunciation of global English and gives some teaching implications. What is global English? What are the implications of EIL for pronunciation? The findings from research and the implications for pronunciation teaching are presented. [Read the article]( Events Join us on 30 May 2018 at 11.00 a.m. UK time for a webinar with Joshua Underwood to find out how voice-driven artificial intelligence assistants can be used in language learning. In this webinar Joshua Underwood discusses and demonstrates some opportunities and issues related to using voice-recognition and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support English language learning and teaching, including voice-search, Siri, Google Assistant and Amazon's Alexa. [Find out more and register for this event]( Magazine Blog topics for May and June 2018 focus on classroom ideas and managing the lesson. How do you start and round up lessons? How much do you use L1 (the students' native language) in the classroom? How do you effectively manage discussions and conversation classes? What suggestions do you have for games and activities that help students build and retain vocabulary? These are just some of the questions. Find out how you can have your own blog on TeachingEnglish and read our fantastic blog posts from the last two months. [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](