- Date
- 22 February 2021 - 12:12
How I create fun and effective Mandarin Chinese lessons
Mandarin teacher Frank Fan tells us how he uses learning activities and games in his classroom – as well as a sense of humour.
- Tags
- Teaching, Languages
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- 12 November 2020 - 07:59
Which languages did the UK study in lockdown?
We asked 2,000 UK adults about their experience of language learning and what languages young people should learn today. British Council’s Vicky Gough breaks down the results.
- Tags
- Languages
- Date
- 29 June 2020 - 08:00
Language learning is still in decline in England's schools
The annual Language Trends survey examines teachers' views of language teaching in schools in England. Its author, Ian Collen, explains some of this year’s findings.
- Tags
- Languages, Schools, Primary school, Secondary school, Teaching
- Date
- 27 January 2020 - 09:48
Language learning and boys – how some schools beat the odds
Girls are more than twice as likely to achieve a good grade in languages, but some schools are bucking this trend, and they have two things in common.
- Tags
- Publications, Languages
- Date
- 03 July 2019 - 08:00
'Harsh and inconsistent marking' – teachers in England on why pupils opt out of languages
The Language Trends Survey 2019 charts the health of language teaching in schools in England. The British Council's Vicky Gough summarises its findings.
- Tags
- Languages, Educational research, Publications
- Date
- 26 October 2017 - 11:20
Two insider views on how Brexit will affect UK arts
Manick Govinda of UK arts producing organisation Artsadmin is an advocate for the UK’s vote to leave the European Union. Artsadmin founder Judith Knight takes the opposite view.
- Tags
- Arts
- Date
- 18 September 2017 - 20:02
How do fish talk to each other?
There are more than 230,000 species of marine life in our ocean. So how do they communicate? We asked FameLab finalist and marine chemical ecologist Dr Mahasweta Saha.
- Tags
- Science, Scientific research
- 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
- 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 November 2016 - 03:26
A brief introduction to the poetry of Burma
We asked Maung Day, Burmese poet and writer in residence at Edge Hill University in the UK, about poetry in Burma today, and the influences on his own writing.
- Tags
- Arts, Literature