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What’s GEP How is the TeachingEnglish website structured? Who is GEP for? GEP and examples for class use

What’s GEP about? GEP is a British Council product GEP contains multimedia features such as audio and video, and offers lots of opportunities for teachers to interact. GEP offers free, quality-assured classroom materials for teacher’s incl. lesson plans, worksheets, teaching tips and ideas and articles to help them with their professional development. There is also information on teacher development courses, qualifications and professional conferences available from the UK and from the British Council. Many of those courses can be delivered face-to-face or online.

How is the TeachingEnglish website structured? TeachingEnglish is organised into five main areas: (5Ts) train talk try transform think

TRAIN hosts free training resources for teachers and teacher trainers. These include videos and self-access online courses on topics such as teaching grammar, using learning technologies and understanding learner styles.

offers free teaching materials for the classroom. TRY Activities Lesson plans Tips Teaching kids BritLit Links Quizzes

offers free articles and discussions about teaching methodology – including contributions from leading UK experts and an ELT glossary. ( articles, database) THINK

includes forums where teachers can meet other teachers around the world to discuss ideas, get advice and keep blogs. TALK

provides teachers with resources and information for their professional development and qualifications, including sections on specialist areas such as CLIL and teaching young learners. TRANSFORM

Who is Teaching English for? The site is mainly for English language teachers, but the ‘Transform’ area is of interest to teachers, professional associations and policy-makers alike.Transform

GEP and examples for class use Life on other planets ( level A2-B1; age teenage/adult; timing min) To help students understand Aims: To help students understand a text about space exploration To develop students' vocabulary on the topic of astronomy and space exploration To develop students' communication and discussion skills