The book every english learner should have british council. Teachingenglish is brought to you by the british council, the world s english teaching experts. Students describe their earliest childhood memory and listen to other students describe theirs, watch a short film and reconstruct the narration, and talk about other childhood memories. One third stories writes digital bedtime tales that start in english and end in a different language, by gradually introducing foreign words. This is a comfy place to work because its very modern, the building, its clean and weve got sunshine from outside the window. The learners will then use a simple model to write about their own favourite book and add an illustration, using some of the vocabulary they have practised. We are a royal charter charity, established as the uks international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. Oct 14, 2016 this elt lesson plan is designed around a short film by 19year old filmmaker bethany titled my earliest childhood memory, and, the theme of childhood memories. Teachingenglish is brought to you by the british council, the worlds english teaching. Elt, teaching, esl, networking, free, resources, materials, lessons, lesson. We have lots of great videos for you to watch and learn new words.
British council the british council creates international opportunities for the people of the uk and other countries and builds trust between them worldwide. Prepare for your ielts test with a range of free resources from the british council. With over 60 talks and panel discussions by speakers from around the world, the teaching for success online conference delivered a wide range of engaging and insightful presentations covering all aspects of professional development for teachers in all contexts. Apart from the course books for the british council english language centre courses, we have books that are tailored for various cambridge english examinations and other academic references. The 23rd april is world book day, but did you know that it is also shakespeare day. We re delighted to have won the teaching english british councils. The course will be soon available and will last four weeks. World book day world book day is a registered charity. Newspaper reading activities teachingenglish british council. How to get started as an online teacher of english. I met many teachers from all over country and heard about their experiences in the classroom and attended talks from a variety of speakers about new trends and developments in english teaching. Teaching english to adults oxford university press. Apr 15, 2016 world book day 2016 posted on 15 april, 2016 by carmonafj this year we are celebrating the 400th anniversary of william shakespeare s death and of course, his career as a playwright and a poet. Revise unseen fiction is an examfocused, studentfriendly workbook filled with activities designed to consolidate your students skills and prepare them for their gcse english language exam.
Do you find it easy to learn new vocabulary in english. Feb 27, 2017 world book day is the first thursday in marchireland and great britain. Watch videos showing children in the uk using the new words in conversation. Prize giving ceremony of book reading competition british.
We have a wide variety of books and resources for you to download in pdf format, including case studies and insights from around the world. Below youll find videos and online lessons, as well as preparation books, facetoface courses, seminars and workshops. We also have several practical resource books with ideas for you to use in the english language teaching classroom. Film english remains free and takes many hours a month to research and write, and hundreds of dollars to sustain. World book day is an ell lesson from the british council. This is an this integrated skills lesson, aimed at young learners with an english level of a2 and above to help them learn about world book day. We have hundreds of highquality resources to help you in the classroom as well as articles, videos, publications and courses to help you with your continuing professional. Prepare for your ielts test with the british council. My strange encounter with a wild pig british council.
The british council and daffodil education network jointly launched a nationwide book reading competition at the dhaka university campus office in observance of the world book day 2017 and to commemorate 401th anniversary of his death of famous bard william shakespeare. I had always enjoyed learning languages in school, but only recently did i start learning german. Ask a different student at the end of each class to find an interesting newspaper article and to summarise it to the other students during the next class, explaining why they chose it. A short video presented by teachers and tas at the british council, hcmc, vietnam. Romanian translators taking part in a great feast of languages workshop in cologne blog on the most challenging words of the day, when translating texts from shakespeares plays.
Thursday 7th march is world book day calling all young. Teaching without a coursebook wont please everyone all of the time and can create a lot of extra work, but in terms of your own teacher development and as a way of keeping your classes fresh and interesting for your students, i would definitely recommend giving it a try from time to time. Watch alister using the map of the world with his young learner class to encourage greater critical thinking in language learning. Word of the day translating shakespeare into romanian. Ignite your pupils imaginations with these engaging world book day resources. The learning process is different, and adults usually attend classes for a specific reason, whether thats to launch a new career, prepare for university, improve their effectiveness in the workplace, or simply get ready for a holiday. The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the learnenglish teens team. Ive been working in the british council hong kong for nearly two years. Mar 03, 2016 as its world book day today, we spoke to an entrepreneurial startup thats teaching languages through storybooks. In the program, we will look at the 12 professional practices for cpd on the british councils teacher development framework. The eltons, sponsored by cambridge english, are the only international awards that recognise and celebrate innovation in the field of english language teaching.
Ielts is the world s most popular english language test. Teaching without a coursebook teachingenglish british council. The british council s first online cpd conference for teachers and teacher educators took place in october 2016. Ludmila janockova, teacher at the prague teaching centre in czech republic, talks about the pleasures of teaching enthusiastic students at the british council. If you are a busy english language teacher or trainer looking for support and development materials for your classroom, we can help you with the collection of free materials on the british councils website for teachers. World book day english and creative writing more galleries. To encourage students to read newspapers in english on a more regular basis, organise short presentations at the beginning of each class.
Each year we select a new group of bloggers, from the british council s language assistants, who share their experiences of learning languages and living abroad. She has been a fulltime writer since 1972, first teaching english, then holding. English word videos for kids british council learnenglish kids. I recently went to an educational conference, organised by the british council, for professionals involved in english language teaching in mexico. British council hcmc world book day whats your favourite book. Find out about award categories and previous winners. If you are an english language teacher or english language teaching elt professional, we have lots of free resources to support your work. Historically, this annual initiative aims to acknowledge the contribution teachers make to society, address the global teacher shortage and improve the quality of teaching. Students work in pairs, reading and writing to complete a text about world book day. Our teaching centres provide high quality language teaching to english language learners in 47 countries. If you want help planning your lessons, youve come to the right place. For learners of english, its important to know not just the meaning of the word, but what it means when used in a specific context.
We stock a wide range of books, magazines and educational products, which mainly focus on english language learning and teaching. How to find the right resources to develop your skills as a teacher. The prize giving ceremony was held at the british council library in fuller road. If you find any joy or value in it, please consider supporting film english with a monthly subscription, or by contributing a oneoff payment.
Take control of your english and learn the most important and frequent english words with my wordbook 2, from the british council and cambridge university press. Mar 05, 2015 inspiring teaching world book day 2015. Its a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and most importantly its a celebration of reading. Take ielts with the british council british council.
World book day teachingenglish british council bbc. Its touching, funny, and has some excellent ideas for learning english on your own. British council 12, kagurazaka shinjukuku, tokyo email for inquiry to english education team, british council online teaching courses and resources. Thursday 5th march marks world book day when learners of all ages from schools up and down the country will come together to celebrate their favourite authors, illustrators, books and, of course, reading. Inenglish digital is an ezine for teachers of english written by teachers and other elt professionals from different portuguese speaking countries the magazine contains a wide range of articles which will be of interest to all educators of english. She gives online english lessons to adult learners and business professionals of all levels, worldwide.
She a native english speaker from the uk, currently living in israel, and became an english teacher by accident. I want to talk about something i saw in the british council that is very weird to me. For christmas as a child, i always received a huge stack of books and often by boxing day id already read half of them. Work, learn and live in other countries by taking the ielts test with the british council. Christmas ad of the day allegro english of all this years christmasthemed ads, i think this one for polish auction site allegro is my favourite. Critical thinking teachingenglish british council bbc.
Then they read clues and complete a book themed crossword and find a mystery word. The best resources for world book day april 23rd or first. And i thought this might be a good place to reprint links to all my. Dia internacional del libro learnenglish kids british council. Monday 6 june 2016 by anca tomus, alexandru calin, andreea ioana. Each year we select a new group of bloggers, from the british councils language assistants, who share their experiences of learning languages and living abroad. World teachers day, a unesco initiative, was first held in 1994 and today is celebrated in more than 200 countries worldwide.