Teaching in Practice	Upcoming Events	Resource for Teaching

Exam Services	Burning Questions	Readers’ Poll

Editor’s Picks

Any simple and effective processes to help students develop their pronunciation? Here’s one suggestion.	Did you also vote for writing as being the most challenging IELTS module? Here is how you can help students conquer it.	Perfect App for students to develop vocabulary learning skills – you have to check it out.

Teaching in Practice

Shadow reading in Shenyang

In September, we ran a workshop for IELTS teachers in Shenyang. One of the participants’ activities that we explored was a simple and effective process to help students develop their pronunciation.

What is it? Shadow reading.

Let us tell you how.

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Writing: What’s the problem?

In the August 2014 IELTS e-newsletter, we asked which IELTS module (Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking) you found most challenging. Surprisingly, two thirds of people who responded said that writing was the most challenging.

What challenges do students face when writing? How can we begin to answer this question? This article begins to investigate the problem.

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Upcoming Events

30 days left to take part! The Complex sentence challenge

There are thirty days left to take part in the Complex Sentence Challenge. Have you submitted your entries and stand the chance to win goody bags containing a whole load of stuff useful for teaching IELTS yet?

As one of the ways to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the IELTS test, we are developing some classroom activities that help teachers with an issue they often tell us about: Complex sentences.

We’ve already had a number of entries from around China. You still have time to submit your examples of sentences which cause difficulties for students by the end of November. The winners will be announced in the December in issue.

Give us examples of complex sentences that are challenging for students you teach.

Click here to submit your example

Resource for Teaching

MyWordBook App

Do you need to help your students develop their vocabulary learning skills? Download MyWordBook app. It’s a free app that helps students learn vocabulary more effectively.

Click here to download

Lexical notebooks and vocabulary cards

Check out this really helpful article about developing lexical notebooks and vocabulary cards… good to read this and download the MyWordBook app, too!

Click here to download

Readers’ Poll

Which statement best describes you regarding personalisation?

a) I train other teachers on how to do this.

b) I personalise my lessons often.

c) I’ve heard of this but give me an example.

d) What’s personalisation?

Click here to vote!

Exam Services

New IELTS test center in Wuhan.
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Post-test service is incorporated into the registration website of The National Education Examinations Authority.
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The IELTS Attendance Ticket can be printed seven days before the paper test date.
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Burning Questions!

Do you have questions about teaching, English or IELTS that you would really love an answer to? Send them to colin.barnett@britishcouncil.org.cn

In each e-newsletter we will respond to some of your questions. Here comes the questions for this issue.

Remember, we also have a Frequently Asked Questions list on www.chinaielts.org, for you to visit!


	I'm looking for the IELTS teacher training programs on IELTS speaking, writing, and Listening. wondering if you had these kinds of things available.

Thank you for this question, Icelander!

We run events throughout the year for teachers. Our website for teacher development has details of course that run throughout the year. Visit

www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teacher-training to see the courses available.

We also run specialised workshops on different aspects of IELTS and topics connected to assessment literacy. Please get in touch saying which province you live in and what your interest is. Then, we can let you know when we will run a workshop in your area.

Cheers,
Colin


	It is a common fact that the students attending IELTS training courses receive their materials from a limited ranging from Cambridge IELTS3 to Cambridge IELTS9. And naturally, both Chinese kids and their teachers take every endeavour to make the most of this series. However, a question arises that what will happen to those kids who made inconspicuous progress after running out of IELTS materials. Could possibly be an answer for this dilemma? In other words, how could we make sensible use of this series (and other materials if advised)

Thanks ever so much for raising one of my favourite topics: materials!

The British Council in partnership with Beijing Language and Communication Press, recently released the Essential Guide to IELTS. It’s packed with useful samples and information for students.

An area you raise that really excites me is how to exploit materials. There are many great techniques and strategies for exploiting resources and getting more for your money, as we say in English!

Watch this space for ideas on exploiting materials and resources.But if you can’t wait visit our website for teachers to find useful resources for teaching, please click here: Teachingenglish.britishcouncil.org.cn

As a sneek preview of what’s to come in later newsletters, make sure you answer the question in this month’s survey on personalization!