- Date
- 20 January 2017 - 10:00
How to keep your students motivated
Cristina Cabal has been teaching for 26 years. She shares some of her top tips for keeping students motivated.
- Tags
- Teaching, Teaching resources, Schools, English language
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- Date
- 18 January 2017 - 10:00
How many languages do you need to learn on a year abroad?
Elliot Douglas, who is currently on our English Language Assistants programme, explains how a local dialect showed him a different side to Germany.
- Tags
- Work outside the UK, Teaching, Schools
- Date
- 16 January 2017 - 10:12
Bernardine Evaristo: 'Books expand our imaginations'
Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo talks about reading books against the internet's distractions, as well as which new writers to look out for.
- Tags
- Literature, Arts
- Date
- 12 January 2017 - 09:34
How to make the most of your time abroad when not teaching
What should you do when you're not teaching as an English language assistant? We asked Faye Briscoe, who is on a teaching placement at a primary school in France.
- Tags
- English language, Work outside the UK, Teaching resources
- Date
- 11 January 2017 - 10:19
Eight ways to celebrate Chinese New Year in your school
As Chinese people around the world prepare to welcome the Year of the Rooster, Clare Kelly and Gemma Squires of Dane Royd school in England suggest how your school can join.
- Tags
- Schools, Teaching resources
- Date
- 10 January 2017 - 21:10
There's no such thing as a bad teaching placement abroad
A year abroad comes with many challenges. Sam Pollard, who is on our English Language Assistants programme in Mexico right now, explains how to make the most of the experience.
- Tags
- English language, Teaching, Schools, Work outside the UK
- Date
- 09 December 2016 - 15:30
Jo Clifford: 'I see writing as a way of resisting prejudice'
We asked playwright Jo Clifford to tell us about her creative process and how her experience of transgender issues has influenced her writing.
- Tags
- Theatre, Arts, Equal opportunities and diversity
- Date
- 07 December 2016 - 10:29
Five tips for using authentic video in the classroom
How can teachers use video content that isn't designed especially for language learners? English language teaching materials writer and developer Lewis Lansford explains.
- Tags
- English language, Teaching
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- Date
- 01 December 2016 - 09:45
Would Shakespeare's potions really work?
Shakespeare's plays are full of biochemical concoctions and cosmology, so how much of a scientist was he? We asked the British Council's former science adviser, Dr Tim Slingsby.
- Tags
- Science, Shakespeare, Arts, Literature, Theatre
- Date
- 23 November 2016 - 16:19
Why we should care about Libya's cultural heritage
What damage has been done to Libya's cultural heritage and why should we protect it? The British Council's Tony Calderbank finds out.
- Tags
- Arts