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Christmas

Submitted by TE Editor on 11 December, 2011 - 13:46

There are lots of Christmas activities on the British Council’s site for young learners - LearnEnglish Kids - which you can use with your students during the festive season.

Halloween

Submitted by TE Editor on 27 October, 2011 - 11:26

Happy Halloween from the team at LearnEnglish Kids! There are lots of activities for Halloween on our site and you will find most of the content here:

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Family snapshot

Submitted by Luke Meddings on 19 October, 2011 - 17:15

If you teach young learners who are all the same age and live in the same town, opportunities for sharing and comparing life experiences can feel more limited than they would be in a multi-national class of adult learners.

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Using LearnEnglish Kids for listening

Submitted by Sally Trowbridge on 30 August, 2011 - 14:21

Why not use the songs, stories, videos, games and tongue twisters on LearnEnglish Kids for listening practice with your young learners?

Here are some tips and ideas on how to use LearnEnglish Kids for listening practice with your classes.

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Getting the whole class talking

Submitted by TE Editor on 16 August, 2011 - 14:39

The following activities are designed to get everyone talking. They can be used with all levels because the language required to communicate is determined by the students.

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Storytelling response tasks

Submitted by David Heathfield on 12 July, 2011 - 14:08

Response tasks are designed to give students the chance to express themselves creatively and openly, not for comprehension checking.

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Other cultures

Submitted by NikPeachey on 25 August, 2010 - 11:00

One of the good things about migration is the opportunities it brings for learning about other cultures.

Creating Vokis – online animated characters that speak

Submitted by TE Editor on 12 May, 2010 - 15:26

Vokis are great for practising speaking skills with students. Creating an animated character and giving it a voice is real fun to do and breaks down the inhibitions that students often have when faced with recording themselves speaking in English.

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Focusing on language

Submitted by TE Editor on 5 May, 2010 - 11:16

This is the latest in our series of video tips. How do you teach language to teenagers? There are lots of different ways - here are some suggestions from us.

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Magic Pencil

Submitted by TE Editor on 31 August, 2009 - 16:12

The Magic Pencil exhibition and website celebrated children's book illustration and brought together the work of 13 illustrators who offered familiar as well as new and varied ways of approaching book illustration.