Assignment 5: LanguageGive advice to a new teacher in your schoolSome schools use a buddy system when a new teacher arrives. The new teachers buddy is usually another teacher who has worked at the school for a long time and knows all the rules and procedures. The buddys responsibility is to help the new teacher quickly settle into the school by giving advice.Imagine a new teacher has arrived in your school and you are going to be their buddy. You are going to write him/her an informal email giving advice.You should include:

1. How you felt when you were a new teacher at your school (see module 2 past tenses)2. A range of modal verbs (should (nt), must(nt), (dont) have to (see module 3 making suggestions)3. Some information things you wish you had known when you started working at the school (see module 9 wish/ if only)4. A suitable style for an informal email to a colleague (see B2 Self-study part A Festivals)5. A suitable layout for an email

6. Reasons for each piece of adviceWrite 150-200 words. Add your text to the box below:Hi Chris, Id like to share my teaching experience with an amiable teacher like you. I was very much elated hearing the news that I got the chance to work in a school. It was wonderful platform for me to learn the good qualities of a great teacher. Let me share some of them with you. First of all, a good teacher should be adaptable. Itll enable the lesson to meet the needs of the students.

Now, check that you have included points 1-6 above, then submit your assignment. The British Council, 2012The United Kingdoms international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity.