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18/06/2023
TeachingEnglish newsletter 14 June 2023
From TeachingEnglish on 2023-06-14 17:08
Classroom and teacher development resources: mini-event, lesson plan, podcast, online course and more
Teaching English to refugees and displaced learners
Free online course
TeachingEnglish
June 2023
Welcome to the first edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter for June. We hope that you find these professional development and classroom resources useful.
Best wishes,
The British Council TeachingEnglish Team
www.teachingenglish.org.uk
Mini-event: Inclusion in the classroom
Secondary lesson plan: Refugee poster project
TeachingEnglish podcast: How can I ensure my teaching is inclusive?
Publication: 'Innovations in English language teaching for migrants and refugees'
News: What's happening on TeachingEnglish in June 2023?
Online course: Teaching English to refugees and displaced learners
The PEPELT project: Empowering teachers to embrace their wider professional remit
Inclusion in the classroom: mini-event
This one-day webinar event will feature four webinars with ELT experts from around the world. Register once to attend up to four webinars on 20 June from 11 a.m. to 3.45 p.m. (UK time). All four webinars focus on how teachers can be inclusive in the ELT classroom. The webinars are for teachers of primary, secondary and young adult English language learners. Topics include facing challenges, empowering asylum seekers and refugees, LGBTQIA+ and resisting invisibility, and diversifying pronunciation tasks.
Register now
Refugee poster project
Since 2001, the United Nations has designated 20 June as World Refugee Day, dedicated to raising awareness of the situation of refugees throughout the world. In this lesson for secondary learners, pupils learn what a refugee is by reading a definition, some statistics and some information about how refugees might feel. They then imagine a group of refugee children of the same age are coming to live in their town, and work in groups to produce a poster with ideas for activities to make them feel welcome. Finally, they present their ideas to the class, using posters to help them explain their ideas.
Go to lesson plan
TeachingEnglish podcast: How can I ensure my teaching is inclusive?
All children have the right to learn, but often they are not given the opportunity to do so. Even when they are present in the classroom, they are not fully included in the learning. In this episode, teachers involved in the British Council's innovative Teaching for All programme in South Africa will share approaches which can promote inclusivity, particularly in diverse classroom communities. Then, leading inclusivity expert Anne Margaret Smith will share her ideas about how these strategies can be adapted and adopted in your teaching context.
Listen to podcast
'Innovations in English language teaching for migrants and refugees'
Edited by David Mallows, this collection brings a wealth of ideas and practices in English language teaching, and aims to stimulate new thinking and experimentation by providing accounts of innovative experiences from a range of national and international contexts. There are three chapters with a focus on primary education, four looking at the secondary sector, one about 16- to 19-year olds, and six chapters focusing on adult ESOL. While the phase of education is used as an organising principle, many of the ideas discussed could be equally applied to other age groups.
Download your free copy
What's happening on TeachingEnglish in June 2023?
This month TeachingEnglish is focusing on the themes of 'Understanding learners', 'Inclusion' and 'Motivation'. Whether you are a teacher or a teacher educator, this page gives you an overview of all the activity happening across our TeachingEnglish channels in June 2023. Find out about current and future free online training courses, future online events, webinars and events on Facebook and Instagram Live, and theme-based classroom lessons and activities. You can also download an infographic and pin it up in your staffroom.
Find out more
Teaching English to refugees and displaced learners
Make your classroom a trauma-sensitive learning environment. Help your learners to shine by working creatively with limited resources and by managing challenging behaviour positively. In this free four-week online course starting on 6 June, you will learn about trauma and its effects on the classroom, teaching with minimal resources and dealing with very challenging behaviour.
Dates: Enrolment ends on 26 June and the course closes on 3 July.
Cost: Free
Level of English required: Minimum CEFR B1
Professional development certificate awarded
Enrol now
The PEPELT project: Empowering teachers to embrace their wider professional remit
Picturebooks in European Primary English Language Teaching (PEPELT) has been committed to promoting and supporting the use of picturebooks in primary English language teaching since October 2018.
This webinar will take a retrospective, celebratory look at the last five years of the PEPELT project. The PEPELT team will share some behind-the-scenes stories, showcase the resources on the PEPELT website and launch a surprise.
Date: 28 June 2023
Time: 12.30–4.00 (GMT)
Registration link: https://tinyurl.com/PEPELTCelebration
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Teaching English to refugees and displaced learners
Free online course
TeachingEnglish
June 2023
Welcome to the first edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter for June. We hope that you find these professional development and classroom resources useful.
Best wishes,
The British Council TeachingEnglish Team
www.teachingenglish.org.uk
Mini-event: Inclusion in the classroom
Secondary lesson plan: Refugee poster project
TeachingEnglish podcast: How can I ensure my teaching is inclusive?
Publication: 'Innovations in English language teaching for migrants and refugees'
ten to podcast
'Innovations in English language teaching for migrants and refugees'
Edited by David Mallows, this collection brings a wealth of ideas and practices in English language teaching, and aims to stimulate new thinking and experimentation by providing accounts of innovative experiences from a range of national and international contexts. There are three chapters with a focus on primary education, four looking at the secondary sector, one about 16- to 19-year olds, and six chapters focusing on adult ESOL. While the phase of education is used as an organising principle, many of the ideas discussed could be equally applied to other age groups.
Download your free copy
What's happening on TeachingEnglish in June 2023?
This month TeachingEnglish is focusing on the themes of 'Understanding learners', 'Inclusion' and 'Motivation'. Whether you are a teacher or a teacher educator, this page gives you an overview of all the activity happening across our TeachingEnglish channels in June 2023. Find out about current and future free online training courses, future online events, webinars and events on Facebook and Instagram Live, and theme-based classroom lessons and activities. You can also download an infographic and pin it up in your staffroom.
Find out more
Teaching English to refugees and displaced learners
Make your classroom a trauma-sensitive learning environment. Help your learners to shine by working creatively with limited resources and by managing challenging behaviour positively. In this free four-week online course starting on 6 June, you will learn about trauma and its effects on the classroom, teaching with minimal resources and dealing with very challenging behaviour.
Dates: Enrolment ends on 26 June and the course closes on 3 July.
Cost: Free
Level of English required: Minimum CEFR B1
Professional development certificate awarded
Enrol now
The PEPELT project: Empowering teachers to embrace their wider professional remit
Picturebooks in European Primary English Language Teaching (PEPELT) has been committed to promoting and supporting the use of picturebooks in primary English language teaching since October 2018.
This webinar will take a retrospective, celebratory look at the last five years of the PEPELT project. The PEPELT team will share some behind-the-scenes stories, showcase the resources on the PEPELT website and launch a surprise.
Date: 28 June 2023
Time: 12.30–4.00 (GMT)
Registration link: https://tinyurl.com/PEPELTCelebration
Register for the event
Connect
with us
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TeachingEnglish newsletter 14 June 2023
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From TeachingEnglish on 2023-06-14 17:08
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Classroom and teacher development resources: mini-event, lesson plan, podcast, online course and more
Click Here to view this email in browser
Teaching English to refugees and displaced learners
Free online course
TeachingEnglish
June 2023
Welcome to the first edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter for June. We hope that you find these professional development and classroom resources useful.
Best wishes,
The British Council TeachingEnglish Team
www.teachingenglish.org.uk
Mini-event: Inclusion in the classroom
Secondary lesson plan: Refugee poster project
TeachingEnglish podcast: How can I ensure my teaching is inclusive?
Publication: 'Innovations in English language teaching for migrants and refugees'
News: What's happening on TeachingEnglish in June 2023?
Online course: Teaching English to refugees and displaced learners
The PEPELT project: Empowering teachers to embrace their wider professional remit
Inclusion in the classroom: mini-event
This one-day webinar event will feature four webinars with ELT experts from around the world. Register once to attend up to four webinars on 20 June from 11 a.m. to 3.45 p.m. (UK time). All four webinars focus on how teachers can be inclusive in the ELT classroom. The webinars are for teachers of primary, secondary and young adult English language learners. Topics include facing challenges, empowering asylum seekers and refugees, LGBTQIA+ and resisting invisibility, and diversifying pronunciation tasks.
Register now
Refugee poster project
Since 2001, the United Nations has designated 20 June as World Refugee Day, dedicated to raising awareness of the situation of refugees throughout the world. In this lesson for secondary learners, pupils learn what a refugee is by reading a definition, some statistics and some information about how refugees might feel. They then imagine a group of refugee children of the same age are coming to live in their town, and work in groups to produce a poster with ideas for activities to make them feel welcome. Finally, they present their ideas to the class, using posters to help them explain their ideas.
Go to lesson plan
TeachingEnglish podcast: How can I ensure my teaching is inclusive?
All children have the right to learn, but often they are not given the opportunity to do so. Even when they are present in the classroom, they are not fully included in the learning. In this episode, teachers involved in the British Council's innovative Teaching for All programme in South Africa will share approaches which can promote inclusivity, particularly in diverse classroom communities. Then, leading inclusivity expert Anne Margaret Smith will share her ideas about how these strategies can be adapted and adopted in your teaching context.
Listen to podcast
'Innovations in English language teaching for migrants and refugees'
Edited by David Mallows, this collection brings a wealth of ideas and practices in English language teaching, and aims to stimulate new thinking and experimentation by providing accounts of innovative experiences from a range of national and international contexts. There are three chapters with a focus on primary education, four looking at the secondary sector, one about 16- to 19-year olds, and six chapters focusing on adult ESOL. While the phase of education is used as an organising principle, many of the ideas discussed could be equally applied to other age groups.
Download your free copy
What's happening on TeachingEnglish in June 2023?
This month TeachingEnglish is focusing on the themes of 'Understanding learners', 'Inclusion' and 'Motivation'. Whether you are a teacher or a teacher educator, this page gives you an overview of all the activity happening across our TeachingEnglish channels in June 2023. Find out about current and future free online training courses, future online events, webinars and events on Facebook and Instagram Live, and theme-based classroom lessons and activities. You can also download an infographic and pin it up in your staffroom.
Find out more
Teaching English to refugees and displaced learners
Make your classroom a trauma-sensitive learning environment. Help your learners to shine by working creatively with limited resources and by managing challenging behaviour positively. In this free four-week online course starting on 6 June, you will learn about trauma and its effects on the classroom, teaching with minimal resources and dealing with very challenging behaviour.
Dates: Enrolment ends on 26 June and the course closes on 3 July.
Cost: Free
Level of English required: Minimum CEFR B1
Professional development certificate awarded
Enrol now
The PEPELT project: Empowering teachers to embrace their wider professional remit
Picturebooks in European Primary English Language Teaching (PEPELT) has been committed to promoting and supporting the use of picturebooks in primary English language teaching since October 2018.
This webinar will take a retrospective, celebratory look at the last five years of the PEPELT project. The PEPELT team will share some behind-the-scenes stories, showcase the resources on the PEPELT website and launch a surprise.
Date: 28 June 2023
Time: 12.30–4.00 (GMT)
Registration link: https://tinyurl.com/PEPELTCelebration
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: The PEPELT project: Empowering teachers to go beyond language teaching. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Picturebooks in European Primary English Language Education (PEPELT) has been committed to promoting and supporting the use of picturebooks in primary English language teaching since October 2018. As a social media project, it has helped teachers and other professionals move away from the convention...
03/01/2023
PETITION: Pass a Deforestation-Free Import law Call on the NZ Government to stop the importation of products associated with forest destruction and human rights abuse
July 2022 British Council Newsletter is in with interesting information. I've posted a research report below on how language teaching has been affected since Covid struck.
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09/06/2022
Facebook's pages are just not working now they've gone META. I would like to post information as before but I can't. It's crazy.
01/05/2022
BAAL TEASIG CONFERENCE 2022 - LIVE IN LONDON!
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**Call for abstracts**
BAAL TEASIG Annual Conference 2022
Horizon scanning: Where next for language testing?
Dear Colleagues,
We are very pleased to announce that BAAL TEASIG is holding a one-day IN PERSON conference on Friday 24 June 2022 at the British Council, London, on the theme of 'Horizon scanning: Where next for language testing?'
The landscape of language assessment research and practice has dramatically evolved in the past two years. In this first in-person annual conference after the pandemic, we would like to celebrate the resilience and creativity of our field, by discussing where we are and where we are going in various sub-fields of language testing.
Guest speakers
· Dr Jing Xu (Cambridge University Press & Assessment) 'Some issues in automated scoring of language performance tests: Methodologies, practices, and ethics'
· Dr John Pill (Lancaster University) 'Current ESP testing for health professionals: A tentative diagnosis'
We welcome both completed and work-in-progress papers and posters that help us understand recent developments in different aspects of language assessment research and practice, and/or that suggest new directions. Topics may include (but are NOT limited to):
· assessment literacy in a digital age
· language assessment and EDI: test-taker accommodation
· language assessment in EMI contexts
· innovative assessment and research tools
· innovative test delivery modes
· post-pandemic language assessment practice
· remote assessment / remote proctoring
· the assessment and test taker ownership
· the rise of alternative tests
· the future of assessment constructs
· the future of assessment validity
· the future of ESP / LSP testing
· the use of AI in language assessment
· translanguaging and language assessment
Prospective participants are invited to submit an abstract of no more than 250 words by email as a Word attachment to [email protected] by Tuesday 10 May 2022. Please indicate (a) your full name, (b) any affiliation, and (c) whether your abstract is for a paper or a poster presentation.
Registration for the conference (including refreshments and lunch)
Standard = £50
BAAL member = £40
Student = £25
BAAL student member = £20
More information will be available at https://www.baalteasig.co.uk/ in due course.
Timeline
Call for abstracts: Tuesday 26 April 2022
Abstract submission deadline: Tuesday 10 May 2022
Acceptance notification: Monday 16 May 2022
Registration begins: Monday 16 May 2022
Provisional programme: Monday 16 May 2022
We gratefully acknowledge the generous financial support of the British Council for this event.
Kind regards,
BAAL TEASIG Committee
https://www.baalteasig.co.uk/
British Association for Applied Linguistics
Testing, Evaluation and Assessment Special Interest Group
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10/03/2022
TeachingEnglish Teacher Educator Newsletter
From TeachingEnglish on 2022-03-10 00:00
TeachingEnglish Teacher Educator Newsletter
Teachers discussing together
March 2022
Welcome to this month's edition. We hope you find these courses, events and resources for March useful:
Apply for a British Council ELTons Award
Podcast: How can I integrate the Sustainable Development Goals into my teaching?
Teaching pathways: How to teach pronunciation course
K-12 Vietnamese learners' oral peer feedback in classroom L2 task-based interaction
FORTELL Special Issue on teacher-research mentoring
MOOC: Communicating across cultures
Best wishes,
The British Council TeachingEnglish Team
www.teachingenglish.org.uk
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Apply for a British Council ELTons Award
The ELTons awards are a chance to celebrate the most innovative ways to learn and teach English. Last year, we received 180 applications from over 50 countries. Make your submission to the ELTons by 23.59 UK time on Thursday 17 March 2022. This event relates to the teacher educator professional practice 'Contributing to the profession'.
Submit an application
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How can I integrate the Sustainable Development Goals into my teaching?
In this podcast from our podcast series 'British Council Teaching English', we hear from three ELT writers who contributed articles to the British Council publication 'Integrating global issues in the creative English language classroom'. This publication relates to the teacher educator professional practice 'Planning teacher learning'.
Listen to the podcast
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Teaching pathways: How to teach pronunciation
In this practical 4-week online course, teachers and teacher educators can develop their understanding of phonology and their ability to support learners with effective pronunciation activities in the classroom. Enrolment is open until 21 March 2022. This course supports the teacher educator professional practice 'Knowing the subject'.
Sign up for the course
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K–12 Vietnamese learners' oral peer feedback in classroom L2 task-based interaction
This research analysed learners' classroom interactions regarding peer feedback frequency and characteristics. The research suggests pedagogical implications for harnessing the benefits of peer feedback, taking into consideration its mediating factors. This research supports the teacher educator professional practice 'Knowing the subject'.
Download this publication
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FORTELL Special Issue on teacher-research mentoring
This special issue of Fortell (India), co-edited by former ARMS mentor Ravinarayan Chakrakodi is for teacher educators who work in the field of mentoring teachers and academic researchers. It includes articles, book reviews and interviews on teacher-research mentoring. This volume supports the teacher educator professional practice 'Taking responsibility for own professional development'.
Access the current issue
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Communicating across cultures
On this course, culture experts from the British Council will guide you on how to successfully navigate multicultural and multilingual situations, improving your cultural intelligence (CQ) in the process. This course supports development of the teacher educator professional practice 'Understanding the educational context'.
Join this course
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