- Date
- 29 April 2022 - 15:00
Building key skills in Chinese Mandarin
Teacher Kay McLeod explains how the Mandarin Excellence Programme is helping teachers and pupils tackle the challenges of learning Mandarin.
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- Teaching, Languages
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- 21 April 2022 - 09:05
Learnings from a digital creative exchange: Coventry x Beirut
J.D. Harlock, one of the participating writers on Coventry City of Culture Trust Youthful Cities Programme
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- Arts and culture
- Date
- 08 March 2022 - 06:17
Breaking bias: lessons from the boardroom
On International Women’s Day 2022, Stevie Spring CBE, Chairman, British Council gives us real-world advice on navigating challenges and breaking stereotypes in the workplace.
- Tags
- Gender and inclusion, Gender equality
- Date
- 01 December 2021 - 16:00
Babies’ language learning can help adult learners
English language teacher, Elsa O'Brien says adult language learners can learn a lot about pronunciation and intonation from the way babies learn language.
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- Languages, English and languages, Teaching
- Date
- 24 November 2021 - 14:00
What do Year 9 pupils think about learning languages?
A new YouGov survey commissioned by the British Council explores the attitudes of Year 9 pupils in England towards language learning. Vicky Gough, our Schools Adviser, tells us more.
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- Languages, Schools, Secondary school, Teaching
- Date
- 15 November 2021 - 11:30
Training the future workforce for automation and technological change
Dr Daniel Susskind, co-author of the best-selling book The Future of the Professions and the author of A World Without Work, spoke to us about training the workforce of the future.
- Tags
- Skills, Education and skills, Technology, Policy
- Date
- 27 October 2021 - 08:48
Six trends for the new future of English language teaching
What are the current trends in English language teaching? Taking a cue from this year's ELTons award finalists, writer Chia Suan Chong lists her top six.
- Tags
- English language, Learning resources, Technology
- Date
- 11 August 2021 - 14:56
How we built a digital arts and community centre
Artistic Director Beth Watton tells us how her organisation built a digital arts and community centre during the pandemic.
- Tags
- Arts and culture, Arts
- Date
- 04 August 2021 - 08:02
Language learning gives me ‘richer experiences with a broader mindset’
How do international experiences and language learning shape our perception of the world? We asked Dame Caroline Wilson DCMG, British Ambassador to China.
- Tags
- Study outside the UK
- Date
- 08 July 2021 - 09:30
How has Covid-19 affected language learning in England's schools?
Language teaching was suspended at one in five primary schools in January 2021 due to Covid-19 and the impact has been felt more acutely in deprived areas.
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- Teaching