BRITISH COUNCIL - NEWS

December 2009

Just before you take your well-deserved holidays, the British Council would like to share with you some of the latest scholarship opportunities and other exciting news in the world of ELT! Below, you will find details of our latest developments. We would also like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy Christmas and prosperous New Year! Mary Godward Projects Director info@britishcouncil.org.ar

	Innovation in English Language Teaching
The British Council is running a competition to identify and reward innovation in ELT in public primary schools. The winner will be invited to attend the IATEFL Conference in Harrogate from 7 to 11 April 2010 flying with British Airways.

	Hornby Scholarship now open
The Hornby Educational Trust offers scholarships to study a one-year full-time Master's Degree in the UK in an ELT-related subject. We are looking for people who want to make a real difference on return to their countries and who will inspire their colleagues.

	Argentinian shortlisted for prestigious award
Jorgelina Carlassare, of the Ministry of Education of the Province of Buenos Aires, has been shortlisted for the Cambridge ESOL International Award for Innovation. Jorgelina has been shortlisted for her primary learner handbook, Welcome to English 3! We wish her the best of luck in the final round.

	Language Assistant's Programme
Every year the Ministry of Education works together with the British Council to send teachers of English to the UK to practice as language assistants. The 2010 winners will receive a fully-funded scholarship to spend up to 9 months working at a school.

	British Council Directory of UK ELT Research 2005 - 2008
Institutions in the UK sent in details of research in ELT to be published in this downloadable directory. The idea is to share UK-based research with ELT professionals worldwide, and to get researchers talking to each other. There are around 850 research outputs from 52 institutions. Better get reading!

	Google and the Lexical Approach
Google is great for searching, but is what it searches just a giant corpus? This article gives several practical examples of how you can use Google, combined with a lexical approach to teaching, to enrich your class material with authentic examples, as well as building learner autonomy.

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