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The international newsletter aboutlearning English with BBC World Service

englishLEARNING

2003-2004


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Tips on tuning inThere are a number of ways in which you can

listen to BBC World Service Learning English

radio programmes in your area.

ON YOUR RADIO

Depending on where you are in the world, you can hearLearning English radio programmes on short wave,

medium wave or FM.

FREE RADIO PROGRAMME SCHEDULES

Details about Learning English radio programmes you can

hear in your area and where to find them on your radio

are contained in a series of programme schedules.

ON THE LEARNING ENGLISHWEBSITE

Programme schedules can be downloaded from

theLearning Englishwebsite at:

www.bbcworldservice.com/learningenglish/radio/

highlights.shtml

BY EMAIL

Programme schedules can be delivered to you

via an automatic email service. Send a blank

email to: [email protected]

BY POST

To receive a free programme schedule by post,

write to us at the address opposite.

If you are a subscriber to Learning English

newsletter, you should have received a

programme schedule with this newsletter.

ON THE INTERNET

www.bbcworldservice.com/learningenglishBBC World Service programmes are also carried round

the clock on the internet. From August 2003, you can

listen to some of the previous weeks Learning English

radio programmes using the BBC World Service Radio

Player. Simply click on the LISTEN TO BBC WORLD

SERVICE START RADIO PLAYER button at the top of

theLearning Englishwebsite home page and selectLearning English from the list.

2 LEARNING ENGLISH 2003-2004

CONTENTS

CONTENTSWhats in issue 9 ofLearning Englishnewsletter plus how to tune in to programmes 2

WELCOME Celebrating 60 years of English

teaching on BBC World Service 3

RADIO Plan your listening week a roundup

of the new programmes coming up for learners

and teachers 4

RADIO Putting the audience at the heart

of the programme 5RADIO Building links with the audience 6

ONLINE Click on the links and learn an

introduction to the Learning English website 7

ONLINE Learning English website focus on

WATCH AND LISTEN video,audio and

text-based activities for learners 8

ONLINE Make friends online

a step by step guide to using the Learning EnglishMESSAGE BOARDS 9

ONLINE For teachers by teachers an

introduction to the teaching English website 10

IN THE CLASSROOM Choosing and using

whats right for your students a teachers guide

to using BBC Learning English radio,online and

printed materials in the classroom 11

DOWNLOADS Resources for learners andteachers to print off from the Learning English

and teaching English websites 12

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Welcome to another packed edition of the Learning

English newsletter, your guide to what BBC World Service

is providing for learners and teachers of English over the

coming year.There are some new services,but everything

we do is focused on giving you free access to authentic, up

to date, topical English.

Its an important year for us in the Learning English

team, as were celebrating 60 years of English teaching

from BBC World Service. The first radio lessonswere

in 1943,helping listeners with grammar, vocabulary and

pronunciation in just a few parts of the world. Listening

back to the archives it seems everyone was expected to

talk like a member of the royal family.The clippedpronunciation sounds very upper-class,and the subject

matter included things like how to get directions to

Piccadilly Circus. How things have changed! Now youre

just as likely to hear learners from around the world

describing their own experiences of studying English.And

of course we have the internet,an incredible learning tool.

The role of English has also changed a lot over 60 years.

It certainly doesnt belongto the Brits any more,as many

countries have adopted it as part of their own linguistic

tool kit. At the same time its become a kind of lingua

franca to help people from different countries talk to

each other.

Perhaps the biggest difference for the World Service

production team has been the explosion in the number of

ways that we can talk to each other. Just flick through these

pages and see if you can spot some of them: voting by

mobile phone in west Africa, text messages in China,

internet message boards discussing everything from

phrasal verbs to favourite foods, FM radio partnerships in

Poland,China or Senegal.And this is not just a hi-tech

revolution.We still get plenty of good old-fashionedletters. I often wonder what our predecessors in the

Learning Englishteam 60 years ago would have made of it.

If you are lucky enough to have access to the internet,

you may already have spotted our re-designed Learning

English website (see pages 7-9),which brings a much

greater wealth of material for learners, including ways of

contacting other learners. If you are a teacher you should

definitely check out the teaching English website, jointly

produced with the British Council (see page 10).This is an

excellent forum for exchanging ideas as well as picking up

tips on running successful lessons.Both these websites

allow you to hear again some of the radio programmes

which we broadcast every day to different parts of the

world.That means you can listen as often as you want and

at a time thats convenient to you.One thing hasnt changed in the last 60 years.Were still

helping people to communicate across the globe and to

understand each other better. Im looking forward to

seeing what the next 60 years will bring.

3LEARNING ENGLISH 2003-2004

BBC World Service celebrates60 years of teaching EnglishThere has never been more for learners and teachers of English from BBC World Service. David Thomas,

Managing Editor of the Learning English output, introduces some of the current highlights.

WELCOME

HOW TO CONTACT US

BY POSTLearning EnglishBBC World ServiceBush HouseLondon WC2B 4PHUK

BY TEL / FAXTel:+44 (0)20 7557 1270 (answerphone)Fax:+44 (0)20 7557 1311

BY [email protected]

ONLINE

www.bbcworldservice.com/learningenglishwww.teachingenglish.org.uk
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Do your intermediate level students use

the same old words and expressions all

the time? Perhaps theyre ready for an

English Makeover(Sep-Dec 03) the

new series that helps real learners to

refresh their conversational English. Or they could take the Radio

English Test (Jan-Mar 04) and answer questions on

pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary. How will they score

against the guest student in the studio?

If your upper intermediate students have a

head for business, Power Speaking (Jul-

Aug 03) offers them the tips and

techniques theyll need to assert

themselves in business situations. Real-life

stories aboutWorking Abroad (Oct-Nov 03) highlight theinter-cultural and communication difficulties they can expect to

face if theyre planning on taking jobs overseas using English.

Better Business Writing (Jan-Feb 04) for intermediate learners

covers all the written communication skills theyll need for business,

from emails and memos to job applications and letters of

resignation.

Language In Focus programmes offer

learners of English access to programmes

targeted at a broader World Learning

audience. For example, during the

Making A Livingterm (Jul-Aug 03),

Language In Focus considers the implications of labels like

peasant, farmer, hunter-gatherer and nomad that are often

applied to people in traditional livelihoods. Who chooses these

descriptions, and what are the hidden meanings behind the words?

Learners with a strong interest in news

and current affairs will welcome The Big

Story (Jul-Aug + Nov-Dec 03). The

series provides the background to todays

main news stories as well as the language

needed to follow BBC World Service news reports in English. Eachprogramme focuses on a major international news topic, such as

globalisation, water and migration.

Listeners letters and competitions take

centre stage in The Friday Show (every

fourth Friday), which also showcases new

programmes coming up in the month

ahead. The ever-popularLiving EnglishMagazine (Jul-Aug 03 + Jan-Feb 04) invites listeners to send in

their questions and learning tips and to share the experiences of a

guest learner each week. Listen carefully toWhere To Next?

(Sep-Nov 03), a new radio and web based board game for

learners. Only if listeners send in the correct answers to the clues,

does the virtual journey around the world move on! There are

more journeys of the imagination in The Reading Group (once

a month, from Nov 03), which brings learners and experts

together through a shared love of reading (see feature opposite).

Music is a wonderful way to engageyounger learners in particular and Pop

Goes English (Jan-Feb 04) is sure to

delight. Featuring songs by British pop

groups, the series provides extensive

listening practice for elementary level learners and a few new

dance moves! Talking Music (Jul-Oct 03) combines pop star

interviews with music news and reviews in a lively magazine format

to help intermediate students master the language they need to

talk about music.

The audio diaries of three trainee teachers

provide insight into key teaching areas in

Cross Training (Feb-Mar 04), while in

Lessons From Learners (Dec 03-Jan

04) its the turn of the students to explain

what its like to be on the receiving end of different teaching

approaches. Practical classroom tips in Teaching Tales (Oct-Dec

03), show how the art of storytelling can be an effective means of

teaching English. If you have trouble getting your students to talk in

English, then tune into Conversation Class (Jun-Jul 03) to hear

teachers and experts get real conversations going.

Two new programmes will help you get intermediate students

reading and writing. Six Love Stories (Sep-Oct 03) looks at the

language of relationships and literary devices through sixcontemporary novels, while in Page Turners (Mar-Apr 04)

learners discuss why some novels are just too good to put down!


RADIO

MONDAYS

LowerlevelELT

WEDNESDAYS

AccesstoWorld

Learningeducational

programmes

THURSDAYS

Currentaffairs

FRIDAYS

Achanceforlearners

tohavetheirsay

SATURDAYSMusic

SUNDAYS

Programmesfor

teachersandaboutliterature

TUESDAYS

Workandbusiness

Planyourlisteningweek...Remember you can record BBC World Service programmes from your radio onto cassette and use them in the classroom.


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Learning From FOOCPopular weekly radio series, From Our

Own Correspondent (FOOC), has run

for many years on BBC World Service. It

features topical reports in English from BBC

correspondents around the world. But how

much can students of English understand?

TheLearning Englishteam decided to find out!

Special reports were commissioned from

BBC correspondents, including Bridget Kendall,

Kevin Connolly, Kate Clark and Jill McGivering.

Back in the studio, the reports were played to

learners from key World Service regions, to

help develop listening strategies and boost

vocabulary. This provides the basis for

Learning From FOOC (Jun-Jul 03).

The reports were treated as a listening

comprehension exercise. If students ran into

difficulty, we helped them by focusing on

those problem language areas, says

presenter Susan Fearn. Through their

experiences, we hope to help listeners

around the world gain greater access to

mainstream all-English reports on BBC World

Service radio, says producer John Goodman.

English Makeover

Another series that puts the learner firmly at

the centre of production isEnglish

Makeover(Sep-Dec 03). Users of English in

different professions and from different

countries tell us their particular problems

with English. ELT expert Karen Adams gives

advice which the students then act upon,

returning later to tell us how they got on. In

this way, the content of the programmes is

largely determined by the learners

themselves. Guest learners include a Mexican

dancer, a Kazakh flautist and a Korean chef.


RADIO

Putting the audience at theheart of the programmeBBC World Service has been broadcasting radio programmes for learners and teachers of English for

60 years. Increasingly, the programme-making process is about collaboration and about bringing the

audience into the studio not just teachers and other ELT experts, but real learners of English too.

C

LARISSALEAHY

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Left: Mexican dancer Aura Alvarez is one of the learners to receive an English Makeover from the BBC.Right: Listener Annemarit van de Made from the Netherlands returns as a guest presenter in the secondseries of The Reading Group

The Reading Group

Monthly series The Reading Group

returns in November 2003 and invites

you to get involved!

In the first series, ELT authors offered

strategies for reading books in English, and

learners put their English into practice by

reporting from some of Londons literary

locations. Annemarit van de Made from

the Netherlands went to The British

Library to report on the original

manuscript of her favourite novel JaneEyre. Now, shes looking forward to guest

presenting in the next series ofThe

Reading Group!

I love reviewing books and talking

about the problems we face when

reading books in English as non-native

speakers. It is fantastic to acknowledge the

pleasure of reading and its importance in

people's lives.

Producer Amber Barnfather says "Do

get involved! Tell us what topics interest

you most it could be anything from

dictionaries to detective novels!

HOW YOU AND YOUR

STUDENTS CAN GET INVOLVED

1. Be a reporter! Write a report (no

more than 200 words) telling us about your

local library, your favourite bookshop, your

local reading group or about the reading

habits of your class

2. Send us your review of a favourite

read! (no more than 200 words) Briefly

explain the plot or contents. Tell us why you

chose to read the book and what you think is

best about it. Why do you recommend yourbook to The Reading Group?

3. Share your tips for making reading

books in English more enjoyable.

Email us for more details at:

[email protected]

'Reading Group' in the subject line. Don't

forget to tell us what country you're in. There

may be a chance for you to take part in the

programme directly, so please include a

telephone number if you can.

Or write to: The Reading Group, BBC

World Service, Room 308, Bush House,

London WC2B 4PH, UK.


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Club dAnglais the Benin trip

Club dAnglais, the popular interactive

series for learners in Francophone Africa, is

almost entirely made up of stories and

comments from listeners, sent in by post,

email or recorded over the telephone.

In March 2003, the Club dAnglaisteam

travelled to Cotonou, Benin, to meet the

audience face to face and to gather

programme content for a one-off interactive

special programme. For the first time ever,

listeners to BBC Afrique were asked to vote

for the subjects they wanted to hear about.

Votes came in to the programme by email,

mobile phone text message and via the

Learning English website. The results of the

vote showed the two most popular subjectsto be the Voodoo religion and the history of

the Slave Coast in Benin. Producer Abigail

Wincott then recorded the reports on these

subjects during the trip.

The one-off Benin special was a real

experiment and a chance to see whether this

level of audience interactivity could actually

work. We learnt a lot from this first attempt,

which by and large went really well. We

definitely want to do more of this in the

future, says Abigail.

At the same time as collecting the

interviews for the special programme, the

Club dAnglaisteam took the opportunity

to meet some of their regular listeners. At an

all day event of competitions and games,

learners also took the opportunity to make

contact with each other. It was amazing to

meet so many of the people who have

contributed to past programmes at the

event, says Abigail, and I think the listeners

enjoyed meeting each other as well.

Listen out for the new series ofClub

dAnglais in 2004.

Reaching the audience vialocal FM radio stations

Many listeners tune in to BBC World Service

programmes for learners and teachers of

English on their local FM radio stations. The

BBC currently works with over 100 radio

stations in over 30 countries. As well as

ensuring clear reception for listeners, theserelationships help programme-makers to find

out more about the needs of the audience.

On air in PolandIn November 2002, members of the Learning

Englishteam travelled to Szczecin in Poland to

meet local learners and teachers of English. As

well as running seminars at some of the local

universities, colleges and schools, the team

had a chance to meet the audience on air.

Throughout the week, Elizabeth

Greenfield, presenter of English language

teaching programmes on the BBC Polish

service, was a guest on the morning show on

Radio Szczecin. Listeners were invited to ring

the show with answers to questions about

the popular BBC World Service Learning

English series Buzz Words.

Buzz Words producer, Keith Rickets,

says, the visit was a great chance to meet

listeners and our partner broadcasters, and to

see first hand that students really do enjoy

learning with our programmes. Its confirmed

that lively, short, topical series work really

well with the audience in Poland.

FM partners in SenegalMany teachers and learners of English in

Senegal listen to BBC World Service Learning

English programmes on five local FM radio

stations. In March 2003, Anna Jones and

Mark White from the BBCs Learning English

team travelled to Dakar to meet producers

and presenters from these five stations and astation in Mali, as well as representatives

from the Senegalese Ministry of Education,

the British Council and a local English

language institute.

The workshop focused on the content,

presentation and relevance of BBCs

Learning English radio programmes, printed

support material and website. Our five

partner stations were very enthusiastic

about the output and had lots of good

suggestions for future programmes, says

Mark White. In addition, we gained a

valuable insight into the needs of our African

audience and plenty of ideas of how we can

serve them even better.


RADIO

J

OANNEREFFIN

From left to right: Producer Tony Grimes meets students in a school in Cotonou, Benin; Smiles all round at the Learning English ev ent in Cotonou; Nabi Amatou tellsproducer Abigail Wincott about her special Voodoo deity, in Porto Novo, Benin.

Building links with the audienceWith our audience of learners and teachers of English dispersed around the world, we need to

make sure were really serving your needs. To this end, the Learning English programme-makers

take every available opportunity to find out from listeners themselves what it is they want to hear.


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The BBC World Service Learning English website is a self-study online

resource for all those interested in improving their English. Packed full of

interactive audio and video exercises, Learning English is a dynamic way

for learners of English to develop their English language skills.

Designed for use by learners at home or in the classroom, the site is

divided into distinct sections covering topics such as NEWS ENGLISH,

BUSINESS ENGLISH, GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY, and

QUIZZES. You can also find information about BBC Learning English

radio programmes as well as links to other related sites.

The site is updated every weekday, so there is always new material

for learners to enjoy whenever they drop in. To keep up to date with all

thats new, sign up for the weekly email newsletter on the site.

If your learners have a question about the English language, why not

get them to email our language experts on the LEARN IT page or put it

to the international community of learners and teachers on the Learning

English MESSAGE BOARDS? This feature provides a safe community

for late teens onwards where your students can communicate with other

learners and teachers around the world (see page 9).

With multiple choice quizzes, language practice, self-study coursesand online chat, the Learning English website is a superb one-stop

learning resource.


Click on the linksand learn!

ONLINE

BBC LEARNING ENGLISH WEBSITEwww.bbcworldservice.com/learningenglish
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WATCH AND LISTEN is a section of the BBC Learning English

website where your learners can find video, audio and text based

activities on a range of language topics. Ask your students to find out

about an artist in the current British music chart by watching their latest

video online and then reading about their life, their music and the key

vocabulary from the song. Or set them the task of finding out about

the hidden secrets of cities around the UK in BEYOND THE

POSTCARD. With interactive audio and video exercises, this in-depth

feature gives your students an interesting insight into cities and towns

throughout the United Kingdom with challenging activities to develop

their vocabulary and comprehension skills.

During 2003, look out for additional postcards from Belfast, Edinburgh,

York, Cardiff and Shrewsbury.

Other features in this section include...

VIDEO NATION authentic video diaries from real people around

the United Kingdom as well as interactive exercises for learners

RETRO ENGLISH an exciting and informative way for your

students to explore the last three decades of British popular culture

through music and interviews with pop stars

MUSIC DIRECTORY let Katrina Leskanich of 80s pop band

Katrina and the Waves be your guide through genres of modern music

and musical events, from drum + bass, soca and salsa, to Womad and

the Brit Awards

www.bbcworldservice.com/learningenglish/multimedia/index.shtml


ONLINE

Focus on:Watch and Listen

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ONLINE

In the COMMUNICATE section of the BBC Learning English website

there are plenty of opportunities to practise communication and writing

skills with other learners around the world in a safe online community.

Join the BBC ENGLISH DISCUSSION GROUP and exchange

emails in English with new friends on a range of topics, including lifestyles,

the latest news and learning and teaching English.

Or you can actively participate in discussions as they happen through a

variety of English language MESSAGE BOARDS. Each board focuses

on a particular topic, so add your thoughts by replying to comments or

suggest a topic yourself and find out what other people think.

To join the DISCUSSION GROUP or subscribe to the MESSAGE

BOARDS, follow the instructions at:

www.bbcworldservice.com/learningenglish/communicate/index.shtml

A great place tomake friends online


How to use the MESSAGE BOARDS

HINT For this you will need an email address.

STEP 1 Register your name and email address you onlyhave to register once. Simply clickREGISTER and

follow instructions.HINT You can choose the name youll be known by on

the message boards.

HINT You will also need to think of a password.

STEP 2 Decide your viewing options. You can choose toview messages as they are posted irrespective of

the topic (clickTIME ORDER) or, if you prefer,you can choose to see the messages within each

topic separately (clickDISCUSSION).HINT You can also choose to view only the message title

(click TITLES ONLY) or the title plus the first few

lines of the message itself (click EXPANDED)

its up to you!

STEP 3 Now click on MESSAGE BOARDS and chooseany one of the Message Boards.

HINT Why not start with Communicate here youll

find people from all over the world chatting about

themselves, the English language and other topics.

HINT You dont have to write anything if you dont want to

just read what other people are saying.

HINT You can have your questions about the English

language answered by teachers on the Ask a

question Message Board then look up

explanations to some of the most frequently asked

questions on the GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY

section of the main Learning Englishwebsite.
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The teaching English website is a rapidly growing resource for teachers

of English around the world. Produced jointly by the BBC and the British

Council, teaching English combines methodological articles from

professionals and academics in the field of English language teaching with

practical classroom ideas and downloadable resources. You can send in

questions on your particular teaching problems and also vote on a range

of teaching issues.

The site is divided into a number of main sections THINK, TALK,

TRY and DOWNLOADS.

THINKis the self-study section of the site. Each week, youll find a new

article on a topic of relevance to English language teachers from teaching

with phonemic symbols to teaching mixed-ability classes.

TALK is your chance to interact with other teachers through the

teaching English MESSAGE BOARD or by sending in your comments

and questions for consideration by other teachers in the global

community. You can also make your opinion count in the interactive

Vote feature. For example, do you think you should encourage yourstudents to have a native-speaker-like pronunciation? So cast your vote

and see the opinions of fellow teachers around the world.

TRY is where you can share practical activities,

tips and lesson plans with other teachers online.

Activities are sent in by visitors to the site so

why not share your ideas?

DOWNLOADS is where you can find

downloadable quizzes, phonemic posters,

BBC World Service radio programmes for

teachers, books, resource packs, short stories

and more. All these resources are available

free of charge.


ONLINE

For TeachersBy Teachers

TEACHING ENGLISH WEBSITEwww.teachingenglish.org.uk

EMAIL NEWSLETTER To be kept up to date you can sign up

for the free teaching English email newsletter. To the join the mailing

list, go to:www.teachingenglish.org.uk/talk/list.shtml
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Not very long ago, one of the major

problems facing many English teachers was

the lack of interesting and exciting material

for use in the classroom. With the advent of

the internet and the growth of satellite TV,

however, we suddenly discovered a whole

new world of teaching materials at our

fingertips. Immediate access to newspapers,

magazines and English-language programmes

meant that our students need never be stuck

with one boring old textbook. However, as

one problem started to disappear it rapidly

became replaced by another.

There is now a huge amount of materialavailable to us as teachers on the web, via

TV and radio and in print. The range of both

material and media means that putting

together a lesson or series of lessons can

sometimes seem overwhelming. With so

much choice, how can we be sure of

choosing exactly whats right for our students?

One advantage of the BBC World Service

is that it provides radio programmes and

web-based materials which complement each

other. This means that, with a little planning,

teachers can combine the materials availableto create new and interesting lessons for

students. If you have access to the radio and

the web, here are some ideas which you

might like to try out.

USE STUDY GUIDES IN CLASS

A series of downloadable study guides is

available on the Learning English website,

covering a wide range of topics. Why not try

to match the worksheets from the study

guides to the different programmes which

youll be using in class? For example, if you have

a group of students who are learning English

for business, you could ask them to prepare

short presentations to give in class. First, ask

them to discuss what they feel are the keyfeatures of a good presentation, then ask them

to compare their ideas with the Presentations

worksheet in The Language Of Work

And Study study guide. The final task on this

worksheet asks them to prepare a short

presentation. Before launching into this task,

help them prepare by listening to Power

Speaking the programme designed to help

boost learners use of business language.

Follow this up with the presentation task,

focusing on how well they use the language

they have learnt from the radio programme.Each study guide can be linked with a range

of BBC World Service radio programmes,

focusing on language skill development (e.g.

Conversation Class with the Better

Speaking study guide) or on specific

language areas (e.g. The Big Story with the

Language Of The Media study guide).

BUILD A READING GROUP This

autumn sees the return ofThe Reading

Group, the popular programme devoted to

helping learners read and enjoy literature

written in English. You can read on page 5

how your students can become involved in

the making of the programme. Why not

capitalise on their interest further by making

use of the Learning English message boards?

Some students can feel a little at sea when

invited to contribute to an international

medium such as the message boards.

However, using the programme as a

springboard, you could ask your students to

post their own recommendations for books

in English on the website, and invite

comments from other readers. In this way,

you can help your students to create a virtual

community of learners with similar interests.

GET CLUED UP! As teachers, we allknow that language games are a good way to

bring variety to a lesson. On the teaching

English website there are lots of multiple-

choice quizzes that you can print off and

photocopy for your students. The quizzes

cover a variety of language topics, from

idioms and collocations to shopping and

sport, so youre bound to find something of

interest to your students.

But why not build on them? By setting a

quiz or puzzle as a class task (or competition)

before students listen to a radio programmeon a related topic, you can stimulate their

interest in what they are about to hear. After

they have listened to the programme, and

discussed what they have heard, why not

challenge them to create a puzzle or quiz

based on the programme to test their

classmates? The game can have the same

format as the one which they completed

before the programme, but the content must

be different.

These are just a few ways in which the

BBC World Service can help you combine

web-based material and media with excellent

listening material for lessons which help your

students access a whole world of English.


IN THE CLASSROOM

BBC Learning English: Choosingand using whats right for your studentsThere is a wealth of material to support teachers of English on BBC World Service radio and online.

Karen Adams, expert in learning and teaching, suggests some ways you can make the best use of

Learning English radio programmes and online resources in the classroom.


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PROGRAMME SCHEDULES

Make sure you know when to

tune in to BBC World Service

Learning English radio

programmes for learners andteachers of English. Download

the latest radio programme

schedule for details of what

you can hear in your area.


highlights.shtml

STUDY BOOKLETS

A series of 12-page

Learning English study

booklets covering a

number of topics. The

booklets include extracts

from BBC World Service

Learning English radio

programmes as well as

additional material and

are ideal for self-study or

for use in the classroom.

Booklets include

Better Speaking Improve your spoken EnglishEffective Reading Reading literature in English

Learning Guide Build your vocabulary, make useful phrases

and correct your own errors

Self Study Make the most of your study time

The Language Of Study And Work Write better essays, give

effective presentations and get that job!

The Language Of The Media Access news headlines, sports

commentaries, arts reviews and financial reports on BBC

World Service


studyguides/index.shtml

CLASSROOM RESOURCES

Quizzes and wordgames are always useful

in the language classroom and on the

teaching English website there is a handy

selection of multiple-choice quizzes readyfor you to download and photocopy.

Each question has a choice of four

possible answers, only one of which is

correct. A guide for teachers is provided.

There are quizzes to suit all levels of

learner, covering a wide range of

language areas, including grammar and

vocabulary topics.

www.teachingenglish.org.uk/download/quizzes.shtml

BOOKS FOR TEACHERS

Action Plan for Teachers a guide to

teaching English by Callum Robertson

with Richard Acklam

A 44 page illustrated book on the subject

of English Language Teaching. The book

covers the topics of planning and

preparing lessons, teaching methodology

and classroom practice, using technology

in the classroom, and also has ideas for

and examples of practical activities for

different stages of the lesson.

www.teachingenglish.org.uk/download/books.shtml

New downloads are added all the time,

so make sure you regularly check whats

available on the Learning English and

teaching Englishwebsites.

DownloadsResources you can print off the Learning English and teaching Englishwebsites.

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