WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY?

It's a country, region or locality's ability to use information and knowledge for economic growth and development. Info@UK offers the latest news on British Council projects and activities that contribute to the Knowledge Economy in the UK.

Draw and colour with Uncle Fred

'All you need is a pencil, paper and crayons...' and the easy step-by-step instructions by Uncle Fred to help children draw, colour and have a lot of fun with bunny, panda, chimpanzee and a few more friends. You can also print them out for offline fun!

Kids resources

Looking for resources for your kids lessons? Don't look any further: ESL Kids Lab offers printable worksheets, games, video and audio recordings, PowerPoint lesson videos, interactive vocabulary and grammar quizzes and lots more. Nice and easy, and (mostly) free!

Did you hear the one about two sunbathing elephants?

Do you ever use short texts in your classes? In this very interesting Guardian article, Scott Thornbury tells us about the pedagogical potential of short texts. Text organisation, sentence structure, word formation, vocabulary distribution and frequency, and lots more out of only two sunbathing elephants...

The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

The CEFR describes language learning in terms of levels of general and communicative competencies. The Framework is flexible, multilingual, non-dogmatic, extensively documented, easy to use, and is being adapted and implemented in countries worldwide. Check this easy-to-understand intro and have a look at the CEFR.

A bear called Paddington...

In 1956 the English writer Michael Bond bought a small toy bear for his wife, named it Paddington because they lived near Paddington Station, and wrote a few stories... which have been translated into thirty different languages since then. Paddington fun activities here!