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Develop your child’s speaking and writing skills

These extension courses focus on writing skills. Course materials are specially designed by British Council experts.

Classes are taught by experienced and internationally qualified teachers in a small-class setting that maximises interaction between teacher and students.

Course levels

Confident writing (p3 - p4), on this course your child will: .

• produce five pieces of writing from different genres, learn strategies to plan their ideas before publishing and receive feedback on them
• analyse and identify features of different text types, including a fairy tale, a letter of complaint, a novel and a play
• notice the differences between formal and informal language and the impact this has on their writing.

Creative Writing (P5 - P6)

• develop their creative writing skills by working on genre analysis, idea generation and structural techniques 
• develop character creation skills and editing techniques 
• be exposed to technical language related to text features and grammatical terminology.

These courses are only available to P3-P4 and P5-P6 students who have registered for Primary Plus in the September or February semester.

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The Skill-based English Courses consist of 12 hours of learning.

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Top tips to improve your creative writing

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They say everybody has a novel in them... but it can be hard to know where to start if you’ve never written anything before.

At the British Council Library we’ve got everything you need to inspire your writing, from the best works of literature from around the world, to writing guides, digital resources and more.

To get the creative juices flowing, we’ve got some top tips for budding writers:

1. Everybody has a story to tell

Your story is important. Storytelling is how, as a species, we understand ourselves and each other. By telling our stories we can share insight, wisdom, humour, pain, loss and more.

One useful thing to remember is that in the specific is the universal. By showing us your world, your point of view, your story, other people will connect with it, since we all share a common humanity.

Remember: you have a story that is worth telling, whether it is big or small. So tell it!

2. Don’t get it right, get it written!

There is always that stage when you start writing where, after the first few pages have come out in an exciting flurry, things start to get difficult. Maybe you realise your plotting has become inconsistent, or you’re not sure where to go next with a particular character.

You have to remember, this happens to everybody, and it is not a sign you should give up!

Get your idea written! You can’t do anything with a blank page, but if you at least get the words out, you can rework them into something brilliant!

3. Turn up!

While writing can be a fun hobby, it is also hard work at times. It’s important to remember that quiet time at the desk is what will get your novel completed, not talking about it!

It can be useful to think of time working on your novel as the same as turning up to work. You’d never simply not show up! Likewise, with writing, show up for yourself.

4. Write what you would want to read

It’s an easy trap to fall into, to try to write what you think people will want to read, or what you think will be a hit. Trends change so quickly that, if you try too hard to capture the zeitgeist, that it may be too late.

Be interested, not interesting. Write what interests you: a story that you are willing to spend months thinking about, researching and fleshing out.

5. Write what you know AND what you don’t know!

The phrase ‘write what you know’ gets bandied about a lot, and there is some truth to it.

At the same time, writing can be a wonderful and vital way of putting yourself in someone else’s shoes, so don’t underestimate the power (and enjoyment) of exploring other people, ways of life and worlds.

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Explore innovative ways to digitalise and monetise creative work – from monetising hybrid revenue streams, to effectively translating creative work online.

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Creative group writing

This activity really makes writing in class fun. It's good practice for writing creative stories using narrative tenses.

I have used this activity with children and adults from pre-intermediate level and up. At the end of this activity, students usually get a funny story written by at least seven students or pairs of students from their class.

Preparation

• Make copies of the worksheet (or you could use a blank piece of paper, lined if possible).
• Prepare questions for the story (see procedure below).
• Tell the students that they are going to write a story together. They can write in pairs or individually.
• Give out the worksheet or blank paper. Make sure the students write their names at the top.
• Tell the students what their story is going to be about and ask them a question. They have to write their answer on the worksheet. The questions should be who/what/when/where/how questions.
• I usually use this activity when I cover the topic of aliens with a class, but you can use this activity for most topics. I tell the students that they have seen an alien and they are going to write a story about what happened. Then I read out or write on the board the first question:

When did you see the alien and where were you?

• After the students have completed the answer for the first question they fold the worksheet over so that their answer cannot be seen and then they pass it to the student/s on their right. Then you ask the second question and the procedure is repeated with the remaining questions. Here are the rest of the questions I usually ask:

Who were you with?

What were you doing?

What did the alien look like?

What did you do when you saw the alien?

What happened in the end?

• The students shouldn't read what the previous student/s have written. This makes the end result even more amusing.
• When the students have completed all the questions tell them to open out the worksheet and pass it to the person whose name is written on top.
• Tell the students to read their stories. Usually they get a few laughs!
• Ask a few students to read their stories to the class.

Alternatives

This activity can be used for many other topics. Here are another few examples:

Meeting someone famous

• What famous person did you meet?
• Where did you meet them and who were you with?
• What was the famous person wearing and how did he/she look (e.g. glamorous/ taller than I thought/ not too beautiful)?
• What was he/she like? (e.g. friendly/ funny/ annoyed)
• What did you do when you saw the famous person?
• What happened next? (e.g. He/she signed an autograph/ walked away)

A great holiday

• Where and when did you go?
• Who did you go with?
• Describe the place you went to.
• What did you do there? (e.g. snowboarding, trekking, swimming, climbed a mountain)
• What sights did you see? (e.g. The Eiffel Tower, the Pyramids, the Great Wall of China)
• What was the weather like?
• Did you have a good time?

Error correction

If you would like to correct some of the students writing errors take note of the most common errors and write their sentences (or change the sentence so that the student can't be identified) on the board for the students to correct. Alternatively, you could make a worksheet for the next class to correct these errors.

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Are you a learner at B2 English level (upper intermediate) ? This section offers writing practice to help you write clear, detailed text on a wide range of topics related to your interests. Texts include essays, reports, reviews, messages and emails.

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Improve your English writing with expert teaching

Our Premier Writing course is for students who want to improve their English writing skills for either study or work. You will learn all aspects of writing in English, from brainstorming ideas, creating outlines and structuring paragraphs to writing essays and reports. 

On this course you will: 

• practise your writing skills for study and work through a range of tasks, such as writing a letter, a curriculum vitae (CV), an essay or a report
• learn how to write different types of paragraph effectively on both academic and professional topics
• build confidence in clearly expressing your ideas and opinions in an advanced piece of writing 
• expand your vocabulary and improve your grammatical accuracy in your English writing.

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In a world that’s shifting toward regimented standardized tests and data-driven work, writers are often overlooked and undervalued.  Imagine engaging in self-expression, frivolous though clarification, and creating universes with imaginary personalities, emotions, places, and walks of life outside your own lives. Whether writing blogs, journalism stories, short stories, or creating characters, now help your child unleash their imagination and guide them to write constructively with our  Literary Legends Course .  Designed specifically for children aged 11-14, this course is for students wishing  to become skilled and impactful writers.

This course will help your child to:

• truly develop their own voice and perspective without limitations
• feel more comfortable and confident when asserting their opinions and perspectives
• boost their imagination need to think creatively and create new pieces of literature
• develop empathic skills and create a collaborative environment

In addition to analyzing both popular pieces and their own writing, your child will also create a portfolio of writing that they can use to promote themselves as a writer . During interactive classes, literary legends will apply writing techniques, participate in discussions, and provide peer feedback.  Experience the transformation of your child into an empathic writer with this ‘Literary Legend’ course. Are you ready to follow your creative instincts and put pen to paper with the right skills and mindset?

Course content - 11 to 12 year olds

Designed for young learners to enable them to write stories, poems, blogs and other creative texts. The programme includes regular feedback and guidance by our highly experienced and certified teachers. Students will also get a chance to interact on a range of discussions and activities with other budding writers to help them reach their full potential as a writer and build their own writing community. 

Course content – 13 to 14 year olds

The course covers developing plots, creating characters, dialogue writing, short stories and blogging and writing for the internet. It has been specifically designed for those who wish to write creatively and not for axcademic writing. With weekly feedback, our experienced and internationally certified teachers will guide students to develop their own unique writer’s voice. 

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UEFA fines Russia’s Krasnodar over unqualified coach

MOSCOW (AP) — He’s coached Russian club FC Krasnodar to Champions League qualifying for the first time. UEFA’s reaction? Go away and study.

European soccer’s governing body said Tuesday it fined Krasnodar 50,000 euros ($56,100) because de-facto head coach Murad Musayev has spent the last year working without the right license.

UEFA says it ordered Musayev not to perform “any function of a head coach, as well as of any coaching staff, at UEFA competition matches,” and banned him from the dugout. He’ll have to wait a year before taking the UEFA Pro license course.

Krasnodar’s fine was imposed “for the violation of the general principles of conduct” in the case, UEFA said.

Musayev took over as Krasnodar’s head coach in April 2018, but his lack of a UEFA Pro license meant he’s been listed as a “senior coach” with other staff named as head coach, at least on paper. However, Musayev is widely seen as the one in charge during games.

Krasnodar was third in the Russian league last season and starts its Champions League campaign in the third qualifying round in August against an opponent yet to be confirmed.

Last season, Musayev’s team reached the last 16 of the Europa League, knocking out Bayer Leverkusen on the way, before losing 3-2 on aggregate to Valencia.

This story has been corrected to show that Krasnodar’s Champions League qualifying campaign starts next month, not next week.

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Krasnodar's are the oldest tea plants in Russia, and the older the plant, the better the tea it produces. Source: Mikhail Mordasov / RIA Novosti

Guests to the Winter Olympics are probably aware of the region’s unique cuisine, given Sochi’s long history as a port and its proximity to Georgia. But less well known is the area’s unique Krasnodar tea blend. This 150-year-old tea possesses strong healing properties, and its exquisite aroma resembles that of China's elite Lansing teas.


In the 18th century, the Russian and British empires together held a monopoly on the global tea trade. At the time, there were two ways to get to China, the homeland of tea. The sea trade routes passed through British-controlled Nanking, while the overland route, through Kyakhta, led to Russia. Russian tea merchants did not fear competition from the British.

They considered the tea that arrived in Russia far superior to that the British consumed because of the form of transportation. The heat and humidity of the southern seas, which tea clippers would take weeks to cross, ruined the delicate tea leaves.

By contrast, overland transportation only improved tea's qualities. True connoisseurs would pay a higher price for products offered by the Russian importers.


When the British started cultivating tea in India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the Russians, too, decided to expand their production base. The first attempts to acclimatize tea plants in what was then the southern fringe of the Russian Empire, in Georgia and Azerbaijan, were made in the 19th century.

The experiment proved a success: the Russian tea plantations yielded their first crops in the early 20th century, although the quality of the local tea blends left much to be desired. The local soils were too inferior to hope for anything better. The only advantage of the Georgian and Azeri teas was their relative cheapness.


Then Judas Koshman entered the scene. A mysterious figure whose early life remains largely unknown, Koshman is believed to have come from a small Jewish settlement in Ukraine to earn his keep working tea plantations in Georgia. 
In the early 20th century, when he was already 60 years old, Koshman found himself in the tiny mountainous settlement of Solokhaul near Sochi.

He used the money saved from working on a tea plantation in Georgia to buy a small plot of land. Koshman and his family started acclimatizing tea plants brought from Georgia. Koshman’s neighbours questioned his endeavour.

In the 1870s, agriculturists had shown that the North Caucasus was too cold for growing tea.

However, it took the tea plants introduced from Georgia just four years to take root to such an extent that they no longer needed to be wrapped for the winter, even though temperatures in Solokhaul may drop to 10 degrees Farenheit in January.

Ten years later, in 1913, the Koshmans celebrated their first yield of tea. What later became known as the Krasnodar tea blend (after the name of the region – Krasnodar Territory) has the sweetness, beautiful dark-amber tint and flowery aroma of the best Chinese Lansing teas.

The harsh North Caucasus climate may affect the size of the crop, but it is thanks to the climate that the local tea contains more healthful substances than the Chinese equivalents.


Recognition did not come easily to Koshman. In his modest house, which has been turned into a museum, there is a vast collection of non-committal replies from the Russian Academy of Sciences: St. Petersburg scholars dismissed Koshman's reports on the Krasnodar tea blend as hoaxes, while the Georgian tea lobby set the police on their potential rival.

Koshman's wife had to bail him out of prison at one point. It was not until the Soviet era, when Koshman was already over 70, that he received a gold medal at an agricultural exhibition.


The hand-picked Koshman House tea is a truly exclusive product. Koshman's are the oldest tea plants in Russia, and the older the plant, the better the tea it produces. Koshman's teas eventually spread across the mountainous area of greater Sochi in the 20th century.

Krasnodar teas were on sale in the Soviet era, but they did not enjoy any particular popularity because the tea leaves were picked mechanically, robbing the tea of its unique properties.

Even during Perestroika, when the once-gigantic Koshman plantation fell into decay, the Krasnodar tea blend retained its reputation as a unique hand-picked product, and continued to be manufactured in small batches.

It remained the northernmost tea in the world until 2012, when the UK gathered its first locally grown crops.

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