British Council aims to provide all English language teachers and students of English language in India with quality resources they need from the UK.

To achieve this vision, we work with state governments, civil society organisations and corporate foundations. This enables us to reach state teachers, trainers and teacher-trainers and also contribute in raising the standards of English language teaching and learning in the country. Our offer includes teacher trainings, resources and professional development opportunities that are specifically adapted to the local educational context and needs of the end-beneficiaries.

Through the Policy Dialogues and think tanks, we offer stakeholders a platform for sharing models of best practice, knowledge and experience in English language teaching and learning.

Following on from the success and recommendations from the three Policy Dialogues on English, we have instituted one think tank on Continuous Professional Development of English teachers which has already resulted in a bibliography on the topic. We are also planning a series of think tanks on:

•Curriculum Reform and Renewal in a Multilingual Context
•Pre-service Training for English Language Teachers and Trainers
•Teacher Education
•Change Management

If you are interested in contributing to the thinking on any of these issues, please write to Debanjan.Chakrabarti@in.britishcouncil.org

Access to information and research is essential for policy makers and practitioners alike to make informed and evidence-based pedagogical decisions which will impact on millions of teachers and learners. The British Council is committed to working with partners from across India and the UK to make this research more accessible to a wider community of policy makers, ELT professionals, researchers, practitioners and professionals from the wider field of education to present, debate and discuss research findings and identify the implications but also possible solutions for their contexts.

This seminar, Promoting Access to 21st Century ELT Research, is just one way we hope to achieve this goal.

So come and join our speakers, Dr Usha Dutta, Department of Languages, NCERT and Dr Richard Smith, University of Warwick, UK in the debate on Monday 13 February at 2.30 – 5.30 at the British Council, New Delhi.

Register by sending an email to Nataasha.southwell@in.britishcouncil.org or register on the spot.