TeachingEnglish newsletter 23 May 2018

TeachingEnglish newsletter 23 May 2018 Welcome to this week's new-look TeachingEnglish newsletter. We've selected a range of practical resources to help you in the classroom and ideas to help you with your professional development. We hope you find them useful. The TeachingEnglish team Four games for vocabulary development Games are one of the best ways to engage students and help them learn, especially younger learners. Larry Ferlazzo tells us about [four great games]( that can be used for vocabulary development. Call for chapter proposals for a new British Council publication The British Council is looking to create a new publication, to join its growing collection of global publications, on the theme of ‘Creating an inclusive school environment’. [Find out how you can contribute](. Smoking stinks! A lesson plan for the teenage classroom International Tobacco Day is on 31 May. Raise awareness of the dangers of smoking with this [integrated skills lesson plan]( for teenage learners at CEF level A2 and above, written by Rachael Roberts. Raising awareness of diversity in the language classroom In this article, Ann Margaret Smith looks at [the need to acknowledge diversity in our classrooms]( and suggests a range of activities that can be used to raise awareness of some of the issues that may exist. TeachingEnglish Training [Evaluating and creating digital content]( is a 15-hour online moderated course which explores how to evaluate and create digital resources and activities to use with your learners, in and out of the classroom. Our next course begins on 6 June 2018. [Rate our newsletter](#) Is the content of this email relevant to you? Yes [Select]( No [Select]( STAY CONNECTED [[Facebook] ]( [[Twitter] ]( British Council | 10 Spring Gardens, London, SW1A 2BN United Kingdom [Unsubscribe {EMAIL}]( [Update Profile]( | [About our service provider]( Sent by teachingenglish@britishcouncil.org in collaboration with [Trusted Email from Constant Contact - Try it FREE today.]( [Try it free today](