Safer Internet Day resources

Online safety and digital literacy material on LearnEnglish Teens, LearnEnglish Kids,
Teaching English and Premier Skills English

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NEW for 2017 https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study B2/C1 Video created by Safer

-break/video-zone/your-image-your-future Internet Day for 2017.
Your image
- your future
(Video zone)

Online safety https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/ A2 Reading activity - text is a

poster reading-skills-practice/online-safety-poster poster of online safety tips.
(Reading skills)

School poster https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/ A1 Writing activity - based on a

project writing-skills-practice/school-poster-project poster about staying safe
(Writing skills) online.

Online safety https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/l A1 Listening activity - a

conversation istening-skills-practice/online-safety- conversation between a
(Listening skills) conversation mum and her son about
online safety.

Online safety UK https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk- B1/B2 Reading - online safety with

(Read UK) now/read-uk/online-safety-uk a UK focus.

How to be a safe https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/ B1 Reading - with tips on how

and smart reading-skills-practice/how-be-safe-and-smart- to search safely online.
searcher searcher
(Reading skills)

Let’s fight it https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study B2/C1 Video produced by Childnet

together -break/video-zone/cyberbullying-lets-fight-it- with clear messages about
(Video zone) together the dangers of
cyberbullying.

Your digital https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/ B2 Reading with messages to

footprint reading-skills-practice/your-digital-footprint raise awareness for users to
(Reading skills) take care with what they
share online.

The Filter Bubble https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/l B2 Listenings (in two parts) to

(Listening skills) istening-skills-practice/filter-bubble-part-one introduce the idea of the
internet Filter Bubble - that
https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/l results in limited and
personalised information

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istening-skills-practice/filter-bubble-part-two being delivered to internet

users. Creates a ‘tunnel
vision’ of the world.

The pros and https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/ B2 Speaking exercise with the

cons of mobile speaking-skills-practice/pros-and-cons-mobile- chance of raising the topic
phones phones of the advantages and
disadvantages of mobile
(Speaking skills)
phones.

I Like It - Safer https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study B1/B2 Song created by Webwise

Internet Day -break/video-zone/i-it-safer-internet-day-song Ireland for Safer Internet
song Day. Messages about
staying safe online.
(Video zone)

Online safety tips https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk- B1/B2 Video with Premier Skills

(Video UK) now/video-uk/online-safety-tips English and LearnEnglish
Teens managers talking
through online safety tips.

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Problem page http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/writin A2 A text in the style of an

(Writing practice) g-practice/problem-page advice column with two
letters explaining online
safety problems with advice.

Five internet http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/video A1 An embedded Youtube

safety tips -zone/five-internet-safety-tips video with interactive
(Video zone) exercises and printable
worksheets.

Digital citizenship http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/work A2 A printable ‘personality quiz’

quiz sheets/digital-citizenship with answer key.
(Worksheets)

Online safety http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/your- A2 A comment wall with

(Your turn) turn/internet-safety discussion prompts.

For parents

Internet and https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/help B1 An article from the ‘Helping

computer safety ing-your-child/internet-and-computer-safety your child’ section. Includes
’Think you know: 5 golden
rules’ poster download.

Stay safe online https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/top- A1 From the ‘Top tips’ section.

tips/stay-safe-online

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Webcomic http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills A2 Online webcomic that

(Reading skills) /read/five-united/staying-safe-online follows a group of teenagers
in Indonesia. Online
language activities and
discussion points about
online safety.

Webcomic http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills B1 Online webcomic that

(Reading skills) /read/beautiful-game/staying-safe-online follows a group of teenagers
in Brazil. Online language
activities and discussion
points about online safety.

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Online safety https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/online B1/B2 In this lesson, students start

(Teaching teens - -safety by talking about how they
lesson plan) use the internet, they then
watch a video about online
safety and read about
staying safe online. They do
a speaking activity based on
the video and the text, and
finish by making a poster
with their top tips for staying
safe online.

Online safety for https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/online A2 This lesson addresses the

teenagers -safety-teenagers and topic of online safety in a
(Teaching teens - above motivating way, allowing
lesson plan) students to discuss issues,
share their opinions and
ideas and then do some
online activities to finish the
lesson or as a homework
task.

Kyle Mawer: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/kyle- N/A Blog post by Kyle Mawer

Online safety and mawer/kyle-mawer-online-safety-young-
young learners learners-0
(Continuing
professional
development -
Integrating ICT -

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blog post)

Online Safety https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/fabian N/A Blog post by Fabiana

(Continuing a-casella/online-safety Casella
professional
development -
Integrating ICT -
blog post)

Tracy Dumais - https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/tracy- N/A This webinar uses lessons

Children's apps dumais-childrens-apps-you-can-trust learned while developing of
you can trust the British Council’s
(Webinar) LearnEnglish Kids Playtime
app to reflect on the issue of
trust in Young Learner app
design, marketing and use.

E-safety in and http://englishagenda.britishcouncil.org/continuin N/A In this webinar, Helen Legge

out of the young g-professional-development/teacher-educator- clarifies what we mean by e-
learner framework/demonstrating-effective-teaching- safety and investigate why
behaviour/e-safety-and-out-young-learner-
classroom teachers should be
classroom
(Webinar) concerned with it. The
webinar Includes activities
to raise awareness in class
and to approach digital tools
in the best way with young
learners.

E-safety training http://englishagenda.britishcouncil.org/continuin N/A Training materials and

for teachers of g-professional-development/teacher-educator- session plan which can be
young learners framework/demonstrating-effective-teaching- used as the basis of a
behaviour/e-safety-training-teachers-young-
(Training training session.
learners
session)

Online safety posters

Kids: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/OnlineSafetyPoster-Kids1_0.pdf

Teens: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/OnlineSafetyPoster-Teens-white1_0.pdf

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