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Our collaborative venture with the BBC, TeachingEnglish, at www.teachingenglish.org.uk provides articles on different aspects of teaching and practical activities to download and use in class.

Language Assistant is for British Council language assistants. If you are still in higher education, or are recently graduated you may be interested in spending a year as a Language Assistant abroad - see www2.britishcouncil.org/languageassistants. It has tips, materials, a discussion forum, and links to help young inexperienced teachers with their teaching. And there is a lot here for any teacher of English.

Specialist sources of CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) software and resources:

Wida Software
2 Nicholas Gardens
London W5 5HY, UK
Telephone +44 (0)20 8567 6941
Fax +44 (0)20 8840 6534
E-mail info@wida.co.uk
Website www.wida.co.uk

Camsoft
10 Wheatfield Close
Maidenhead
Berkshire SL6 3PS, UK
Telephone +44 (0)1628 825 206
Fax +44 (0)1628 820 431 as telephone switches automatically
E-mail info@camsoftpartners.co.uk
Website www.camsoftpartners.co.uk

Yes British Council offers a range of services both online and within in its centres. Many British Council centres offer face to face courses for both novice and experienced teachers that lead to internationally recognised certification.

If you are looking for something less structured and formal you can go to www.teachingenglish.org.uk where you will find a wide range of teaching materials, lesson plans, articles on methodology and free resources to download. The site also hosts a community of teachers, with up to 35, 000 visitors each month, and you can put your teaching questions to them or perhaps help someone else.

If you are an M.A. student, teacher trainer, lecturer or researcher, you might find SearchEnglish more useful. With its ELT dedicated database of links you can find articles from all over the internet. SearchEnglish searchenglish.britishcouncil.org also hosts communities of practice and you can join in through forums and discussion groups.

If you are just starting to learn your trade as a teacher then perhaps the Language Assistant site would be more useful www.britishcouncil.org/languageassistant/ This site has tips, lesson plans, materials and a free downloadable manual. The site focuses mainly on the teaching of English to young learners.