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Dealing with challenging learners

Submitted by Anonymous on 24 September, 2011 - 15:22

Date: 14 February 2012

Time: 1200 UK time (check what time this is in your country)

Theme: What is a challenging learner? Why do some learners challenge us more than others? How can we understand challenging behaviour in a different way so that we can teach these learners better in the classroom? This webinar will address these questions and explain the effects of loss, trauma, violence and neglect on the brain, learning and behaviour.

Watch a recording of the webinar: You can watch a recording here:
http://britishcouncil.adobeconnect.com/p6vgewf66wb/

About the speaker: Marie Delaney is Director of The Learning Harbour, Cork, Ireland. She is a teacher, trainer and Educational Psychotherapist with many years of experience of working with school management, staff and pupils around challenging behaviour.

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Conducting Feedback on Exercises and Tasks

Submitted by Duncan M on 26 November, 2009 - 09:40

The term feedback can apply to a number of classroom situations and procedures, but here it refers to a range of techniques employed by the teacher to facilitate responses from the students to an exercise or task.

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Milestones in ELT - a series of classic ELT texts from the British Council

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Submitted by Anonymous on 28 October, 2009 - 12:32

This is the first in our new series of video tips. What do you think is important when you tell a story to young learners?

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Directory of UK ELT Research 2005–08

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Submitted by TE Editor on 5 August, 2009 - 18:13

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Submitted by TE Editor on 19 March, 2004 - 13:00

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