ELT Spotlight - British Council

Hornby Report

(ELT) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:02:00 GMT

Enjoy this rich and last Hornby report by Chris Lima This is my last report as a Hornby Scholar since my course is now officially over. 30th September was the last day of my journey in the Masters in Education � ELT Trainer Development which I started a year ago at the ... More

Halloween Activities

(ELT) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:05:00 GMT

There are lots of activities for Halloween on LearnEnglish Kids, the British Council�s site for young learners, which you can use with your students to mark the occasion.They range from a song about a Scary Skeleton to a story about a Haunted House, from a Halloween facts quiz to a selection of terr ... More

Mr Lazy - giving advice

(ELT) — Mon, 5 Oct 2009 17:11:00 GMT

This lesson plan is about giving advice, and involves creating grammar chants to present and practise target structures. Age group � young learnersLevel � pre-intermediate/intermediate Through the use of chants, grammar can be introduced in a young l ... More

ETP in Caxias do Sul

(ELT) — Mon, 5 Oct 2009 16:16:00 GMT

From left to right Maria Val�sia da Silva, ETP Coordinator-RS, Gladis da Costa, the first teacher who received the ETP certificate and D�bora Oss, ETP Coordinator-RS The English Teachers� Portfolio has gone beyond original expectations. In Caxias do Sul, ... More

International English Language Testing System (IELTS)

(ELT) — Fri, 2 Oct 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Are you familiar with the IELTS exam, accepted in thousands of educational institutions all over the world, including the UK, USA and Australia? This is usually a pre-requisite for those seeking to study abroad at post-graduate level, and is valid for 2 years.Here on the ELT Online Community, over t ... More

�Weapons of mass Instruction�

(ELT) — Fri, 2 Oct 2009 13:14:00 GMT

It is not often that we see military metaphors such as the one above being used in a peaceful or constructive context, but this quote from a speech at the 15th CIEAD - Congresso Internacional de Educa��o a Dist�ncia, given by Prof. Mahmood-ul-Hassan Butt from Pakistan�s Allama Iqbal Open University, ... More

English in a State of Flux: LABCI Conference 2009

(ELT) — Thu, 1 Oct 2009 16:05:00 GMT

Held in the beautiful city of Buenos Aires, the XII meeting of the Latin American British Cultural Institutes was originally due to take place in July but was postponed to 17-19 September as a result of the ban on large gatherings earlier this year to avoid the spread of the H1N1 flu v ... More

International English Language Testing System (IELTS)

(ELT) — Tue, 1 Sep 2009 19:10:00 GMT

Join the ELT e-Reading Group

(ELT) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:51:00 GMT

ELT e-Reading Group is an initiative from a group of English language teachers from different countries worldwide. The group works independently, with some technical and materials support from the British Council.� The group was set up with the following objectives: ... More

Homes and Furniture

(ELT) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:19:00 GMT

On the LearnEnglish Kids website you will find a whole range of activities for teaching the topic �Homes and Furniture�. These range from simple vocabulary games useful to introduce the topic through to activities for developing reading and writing skills at different levels with many suggestions ... More