Podcasts

In this section you can listen to radio programmes for teachers of English from the BBC World Service and audio and video podcasts from the British Council.

Innovations in teaching

What is meant by innovation in teaching? Are there some genuinely new ways of teaching language? Are there new technologies - e.g.: the interactive white board - that have revolutionised how we learn and the way we teach? What innovative methodologies are of interest to the classroom teacher or educationalist working around the world?

Innovations in Teaching comes up with the answers as we look at challenges and changes in the world of ELT and find ideas for teachers to take away.

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Innovations in teaching  

Introduction
We begin the series by thinking about what 'innovation' really means - ELT materials writer, Jeremy Harmer, offers some insights.


13:22 minutes (6.12 MB)

Your rating: None Average: 4.7 (16 votes)
Innovations in teaching 2  

Interactive whiteboards
This time the spotlight's on technology as we hear how interactive whiteboard can transform the ELT classroom.


13:54 minutes (6.37 MB)

Your rating: None Average: 4.1 (9 votes)
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13:51 minutes (6.35 MB)

Content and Language Integrated Learning' (CLIL) - Part 1
Now we turn to Europe and focus on methodology, for an increasingly popular way of putting content and language learning together.

Your rating: None Average: 4.3 (12 votes)
Innovations in teaching 4  

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) - Part 2
Team teaching, talking about volcanoes, and making presentations on Geometry - all happening in Italy, and all showing new ways of teaching English.


14:12 minutes (6.5 MB)

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Innovations in teaching 5  

Let's get talking
We look at both hi-tech and low-tech approaches to the challenge of spoken communication.


13:52 minutes (6.35 MB)

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Innovations in teaching 6  

Reference revolution
How often do you use a dictionary? Probably lots. And how often do you think about what goes into it?


15:23 minutes (7.05 MB)

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Copyright information - Please Read
These programmes are copyright British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). You may download these programmes for your own personal or classroom use only. They may not be copied, distributed or made available to other websites. For any questions relating to the use of these programmes please email: teachingenglish@britishcouncil.org

Note:
Innovations in Teaching was a BBC English production for BBC World Service. It was written and presented by Warrill Grindrod with studio production by series Editor, Frances Cox. It was first broadcast by BBC World Service in August 2004.

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